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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CAREFULLY occurs
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1.
... carefully.
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
We should, of
course,
ponder and
weigh each
instance carefully.
2.
... carefully.
BB p.65,
How It Works
When we were
finished we
considered it
carefully.
3.
... carefully all
personal relationships which bring continuous ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
4.
... carefully examine
our motives in each thought ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
As we
glance down the
debit
side of the
day's
ledger, we should
carefully examine our
motives in each
thought or
act that
appears to be
wrong.
5.
... carefully explained,
and it is seen by ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
When your
mission is
carefully explained, and it is
seen by the
recipient of your
confidence how
helpful
he can really be, the
conversation will
start easily and will soon
become eager.
6.
... carefully explained
to such people that he ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
When you have
carefully explained to such people that he is a
sick person, you will have
created a new
atmosphere.
7.
... carefully followed
directions, we have begun to ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
If we have
carefully followed directions, we
have
begun to
sense the
flow of His
Spirit into us.
8.
... carefully, for
one careless, inconsiderate remark has ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
Members of a
family
should
watch such
matters
carefully, for one
careless,
inconsiderate remark
has been
known to
raise the
very
devil.
9.
... carefully is
that we do not relate ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
Another
principle we
observe carefully is that we
do not
relate intimate
experiences of another
person unless we are
sure he would
approve.
10.
... carefully over
that evening in Washington.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
"As soon as I
regained my
ability to
think, I went
carefully over that
evening
in
Washington.
11.
Carefully reading
the first five proposals we ...
BB p.75,
Into Action
Carefully reading the
first five proposals we
ask if we have
omitted anything, for we are
building an
arch through
which we shall
walk a
free man at
last.
12.
... carefully reviewing
what we have done.
BB p.75,
Into Action
Returning home we find a
place where we can be
quiet for an
hour,
carefully reviewing what we have done.
13.
... carefully surveyed
this whole area of human ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Having
carefully surveyed
this
whole area of
human relations, and having
decided exactly what
personality traits in us
injured and
disturbed
others, we can now
commence to
ransack memory for the
people to whom we have
given offense.
14.
... carefully taken,
and we have made peace ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
When our
inventory is
carefully taken, and we have made
peace with ourselves, the
conviction follows that
tomorrow's
challenges can be
met as
they
come.
15.
... carefully to
see what its real merit ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Therefore, we ought to
consider each
request carefully to see what
its real merit is.
16.
... carefully upon
each instance, and have tried ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
After we have made the
list of people we have
harmed, have
reflected
carefully upon each
instance, and have
tried to
possess ourselves of the
right attitude in which to
proceed, we will see that the
making of
direct amends divides those we
should
approach into several
classes.
17.
... carefully what
had happened.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
On each of these
occasions we
worked with him,
reviewing
carefully what had
happened.
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