From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BEGUN occurs
14 times
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1.
... begun.
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
The
moment we tell our
families that we are really
going to
try the
program, the
process has
begun.
2.
... begun.
BB p.110,
To Wives
Maybe the
doctor has been called in, and the
weary round of
sanitariums and
hospitals has
begun.
3.
... begun.
BB p.117,
To Wives
Seed has
started to
sprout in a new
soil, but
growth has only
begun.
4.
... begun, by
our behavior and example, to ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
As soon as we
begin to
feel
confident in our new way of
life and have
begun, by our
behavior and
example, to
convince those about us that we are
indeed changing for the
better, it is usually
safe to
talk in
complete frankness with those who have been
seriously affected, even
those who may be only a
little or not at all
aware of what we have done to them.
5.
... begun to
comprehend their futility and their ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
We have
begun to
comprehend their
futility and their
fatality.
6.
... begun to
develop this vital sixth sense.
BB p.85,
Into Action
We have
begun to
develop
this
vital sixth sense.
7.
... begun to
drink in this nonchalant way, ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
How often have some of us
begun to
drink in this
nonchalant
way, and after the
third or
fourth,
pounded on the
bar and said to ourselves, "For
God's
sake, how did I ever get
started again?"
8.
... begun to
get a basis for daily ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
By this
time, at
Step Ten, we had
begun to get a
basis for
daily living, and we
keenly realized that we would
need
to
continue taking personal inventory, and
that when we were in the
wrong we ought to
admit it
promptly.
9.
... begun to
have a spiritual experience.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
He had
begun to have a
spiritual experience.
10.
... begun to
learn tolerance, patience and good ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
We have
begun to
learn tolerance,
patience and
good will
toward all
men, even our
enemies, for we
look on them as
sick people.
11.
... begun to
reach into forty foreign lands.(*)
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
12.
... begun to
sense the flow of His ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
If we have
carefully followed directions, we
have
begun to
sense the
flow of His
Spirit into us.
13.
... begun to
solve the problem by the ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
Many a
man like you has
begun
to
solve the
problem by
the
method of
substitution.
14.
... begun to
try, with or without your ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
He has
begun to
try, with or
without your
cooperation,
various means of
moderating or
staying dry.
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