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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... basic breeder
of most human difficulties, the ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
2.
... basic, flaws
which sometimes were responsible for ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
We can go far
beyond those things which were
superficially wrong
with us, to see those
flaws which were
basic,
flaws which sometimes were
responsible for the
whole pattern of our
lives.
3.
... basic ideas
in Akron or New York ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
Besides these, there were
scattered alcoholics who had
picked
up the
basic ideas in
Akron or New
York who were
trying to
form groups in other
cities.
4.
... basic ingredient
of all humility, a desire ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
That
basic ingredient of
all
humility, a
desire
to
seek and do
God's will, was
missing.
5.
... basic literature
into many languages and dialects.
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
6.
... basic natural
desires is the main object ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
Nor do we
enter into
debate
with the many who still so
passionately cling to the
belief that to
satisfy our
basic natural desires is the
main object of
life.
7.
... basic principle
of all scientific progress: search ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
Time after
time, my
instructors held up to me
the
basic principle of
all
scientific progress:
search and
research, again and again, always with the
open mind.
8.
... basic principles
of A.A., as they are ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The
basic principles of
A.A., as they are
known today, were
borrowed mainly from the
fields of
religion and
medicine,
though some
ideas upon which
success finally
depended
were the
result of
noting
the
behavior and
needs of
the
Fellowship itself.
9.
... basic principles
of the A.A. program, it ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
10.
... basic problem
is.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Before
tackling the
inventory problem in
detail, let's have a
closer
look at what the
basic problem is.
11.
... basic solution
of these bedevilments more important ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
We were having
trouble with
personal relationships, we couldn't
control our
emotional natures, we were a
prey to
misery and
depression, we
couldn't make a
living, we had a
feeling of
uselessness,
we were
full of
fear, we were
unhappy, we couldn't
seem
to be of
real help to other
people -- was not a
basic solution of these
bedevilments more
important than whether we should see
newsreels of
lunar flight?
12.
... basic text
for our Society and has ...
BB xi,
Preface
Because this book has
become the
basic text for our
Society and has
helped such
large numbers of
alcoholic men and
women to
recovery, there
exists strong sentiment against any
radical changes being made
in it.
13.
... basic text
of the Fellowship, and it ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
The book "
Alcoholics Anonymous"
became the
basic text of the
Fellowship, and it still is.
14.
... basic text,
those words have proved to ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Like so much of
A.A.'s
basic text, those
words have
proved to be far more
visionary than the
founding members could
ever have
imagined.
15.
... basic trouble?
BB p.61,
How It Works
What is his
basic trouble?
16.
... basic troubles
are the same as everyone ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Our
basic troubles are the
same as
everyone else's, but when an
honest effort is made "to
practice these
principles in all our
affairs," well-
grounded A.A.'s
seem to have the
ability, by
God's
grace, to take these
troubles in
stride and
turn them into
demonstrations of
faith.
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