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... carefully.
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
2.
... carefully.
BB p.65,
How It Works
3.
... carefully all
personal relationships which bring continuous ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
To take inventory in this
respect we ought to consider carefully all personal relationships which bring continuous or recurring trouble.
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
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
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
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
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