From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... basic breeder
of most human difficulties, the ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
For pride, leading to self-justification, and
always spurred by conscious or unconscious fears, is the
basic breeder of most human difficulties, the
chief block to true progress.
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
5.
... basic literature
into many languages and dialects.
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Literature has played
a major role in A.A.'s growth, and a striking phenomenon of
the past quarter-century has been the explosion of translations of our basic
literature into many languages and dialects.
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
The basic principles of
the A.A. program, it appears, hold good for individuals with
many different lifestyles, just as the program has brought recovery to those of many different nationalities.
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
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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