From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... becomes a
battleground for the instincts, there ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
2.
... becomes a
military casualty.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Maybe there are serious domestic or romantic difficulties, or perhaps that boy we thought God was looking after becomes a military casualty.
3.
... becomes a
regular habit, until he is ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
4.
... becomes a
religious enthusiast.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
5.
... becomes a
sick and irresponsible child who ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
As matters get worse, the husband becomes a sick and irresponsible child who
needs to be looked after and extricated from
endless scrapes and impasses.
6.
... becomes a
working part of the mind.
BB p.87,
Into Action
What used to be the hunch or
the occasional inspiration gradually
becomes a working part of the mind.
7.
... becomes acute
and constant.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
As we redouble our efforts at control, and continue to fail, our suffering becomes acute and constant.
8.
... becomes an
active guardian of our Fellowship.
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
9.
... becomes angry,
indignant, self-pitying.
BB p.61,
How It Works
10.
... becomes clear,
cost what it may?
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance -- meanwhile resolving to do the right
thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may?
11.
... becomes disgustingly,
and even dangerously anti-social.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
Yet let him drink for a day, and he frequently becomes disgustingly, and even dangerously anti-social.
12.
... becomes just
how and by what specific ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Therefore our problem
now becomes just how and by what specific
means shall we be able to let Him in?
13.
... becomes of
them?
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
What becomes of them?
14.
... becomes, on
the next occasion, still more ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
15.
... becomes operative,
this man can also stop ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
If a sufficiently strong reason -- ill health, falling in love, change of environment,
or the warning of a doctor -- becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate, although he may
find it difficult and troublesome and may even
need medical attention.
16.
... becomes plain
that the group must survive ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
17.
... becomes practically
nonexistent.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
18.
... becomes really
neglectful.
BB p.119,
To Wives
19.
... becomes still
less communicative.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
20.
... becomes the
chairman of a committee composed ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
21.
... becomes the
principal asset of the family ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
The alcoholic's past thus becomes the principal asset of the family and frequently it
is almost the only one!
22.
... becomes the
seat of perilous wealth or ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of
unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by
discussion, vote, and,
whenever possible, by
substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and
that, like the Society it
serves, it will always remain democratic in thought
and action.
23.
... becomes the
sole object of our lives, ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
When the satisfaction of our instincts for sex, security, and society
becomes the sole object of our lives, then pride steps in to justify our excesses.
24.
... becomes unbearable
and you have to leave ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
Even though your husband becomes unbearable and you have to leave him temporarily,
you should, if you can, go without rancor.
25.
... becomes uncontrollable,
whether in the sewing circle ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
When an individual's desire for prestige becomes uncontrollable, whether in the sewing circle or at the international conference table, other people suffer and often revolt.
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