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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BOUND occurs
10 times
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1.
... bound by
obligation are the members of ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
2.
... bound by
ties of blood or affection ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
What they say will
apply to
nearly everyone bound by
ties of
blood or
affection to an
alcoholic.
3.
... bound for
New York, and of finding ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I have a
shadowy recollection of being in an
airplane bound for New
York, and of
finding a
friendly taxicab driver at the
landing field instead of my
wife.
4.
... bound to
appear that A.A. was now ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
5.
... bound to
be a far cry from ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
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sobriety brought about by the
admission of
alcoholism and by
attendance at a few
meetings is very
good indeed, but it is
bound to be a
far
cry from
permanent sobriety and a
contented,
useful life.
6.
... bound to
construct a long list of ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Then, as
year by
year we
walk back through our
lives as
far as
memory will
reach,
we shall be
bound to
construct a
long list of people who have, to some
extent or other, been
affected.
7.
... bound to
devote themselves solely to the ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
But once these
men had
hit upon
a
cure, once it
became apparent that only by their
united effort could this be
accomplished, then all of them would
feel bound to
devote themselves
solely to
the
relief of
cancer.
8.
... bound to
make all the other hours ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
For these
minutes and sometimes
hours spent in
self-
examination are
bound to make all the other
hours
of our
day better and
happier.
9.
... bound to
them with new and wonderful ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
You will be
bound to them with new and
wonderful ties, for you will
escape disaster together and you will
commence shoulder to
shoulder your
common journey.
10.
... bound to
throw the whole weight of ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
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