From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... behavior and
example, to convince those about ...
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.
2.
... behavior and
needs of the Fellowship itself.
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.
3.
... behavior blocked
a partnership relation with any ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
4.
... behavior, his
problems, his background, the seriousness ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
Get an idea of his behavior, his problems, his background, the seriousness of his condition, and his religious leanings.
5.
... behavior in
the face of a desperate ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
6.
... behavior is
as absurd and incomprehensible with ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
Our behavior is as absurd
and incomprehensible with respect to the first drink as that of an individual with a passion, say, for jay-walking.
7.
... behavior is
but a phase of his ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
If the family will appreciate that dad's current behavior is but a phase of his development,
all will be well.
8.
... behavior of
other people -- people who really ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
Our present anxieties
and troubles, we cry, are
caused by the behavior of other people -- people who really need a moral inventory.
9.
... behavior of
others, why do I lack ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Or, if my disturbance was seemingly caused by the
behavior of others, why do I lack the ability to accept conditions I cannot change?
10.
... behavior patterns
vary.
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
11.
... behavior respecting
financial and emotional security.
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
Also of importance for
most alcoholics are the questions they must ask about their behavior respecting financial
and emotional security.
12.
... behavior, we
insisted that we had been ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
As to our grandiose behavior, we insisted that we
had been possessed of nothing but a high and legitimate ambition to
win the battle of life.
13.
... behavior when
drinking has aggravated the defects ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
Moreover, it is usually
a fact that our behavior when
drinking has aggravated the defects
of others.
14.
... behavior, whether
the destruction fell on the ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Yet no alcoholic, soberly analyzing his destructive behavior, whether the destruction
fell on the dining-room furniture or his own moral fiber, can claim "soundness of mind" for himself.
15.
... behavior which
our friends probably know about ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
Then, for good measure, we
add dramatic descriptions of that part
of our drinking behavior
which our friends probably know about anyhow.
16.
... behavior will
convince them more than our ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
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