From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... carry a
beneficial message.
BB p.77,
Into Action
2.
... carry A.A.'s
message.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
3.
... carry A.A.'s
message.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Perhaps this will happen in a succession of
cases, and we may be deeply
discouraged as to our ability to carry A.A.'s message.
4.
... carry A.A.'s
message.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
5.
... carry A.A.'s
message to the next alcoholic.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled,
to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in
full citizenship, and
above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance
of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.
6.
... carry A.A.'s
message to the next sufferer?
12&12 p.24,
Step One
7.
... carry bright
promise and meaning.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
But now the words "Of myself I am nothing, the Father doeth the works" began to carry bright promise and meaning.
8.
... carry green
recruits through a severe hangover.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
9.
... carry his
message to another alcoholic.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
10.
... carry it
out.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
We ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of
His will that we can have for that day, and that we be given the grace by which we may carry it
out.
11.
... carry its
message to the alcoholic who ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
"Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers."
12.
... carry its
message to the alcoholic who ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Five -- Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic
who still suffers.
13.
... carry me
through that night and the ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
With a certain satisfaction I reflected there was enough
gin concealed about the house to carry me through that night and the next day.
14.
... carry on
a correspondence which will do ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
If there is none nearby, you
will be invited to carry on a correspondence
which will do much to insure your sobriety no matter how isolated you are.
15.
... carry on
our occupations in such an ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
Being mostly business or professional folk, we
could not well carry on our occupations in such an event."
16.
... carry on
our occupations in such an ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
Being mostly business or professional folk, we
could not well carry on our occupations in such an event.
17.
... carry on
our other good works.
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
18.
... carry our
knowledge into other fields, we ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had declared that our Fellowship couldn't hire service workers nor could any A.A. member carry our knowledge into other fields, we were taking the counsel of fear, fear which today has been largely dispelled in the light of
experience.
19.
... carry that
out."
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
"Sought through prayer and meditation to
improve our conscious
contact with God as we understood Him, praying
only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to
carry that out."
20.
... carry that
out."
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
And we think that the whole
range of our needs is well defined by that part of Step Eleven which says: "...knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that
out."
21.
... carry that
out.
BB p.59,
How It Works
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve
our conscious contact
with God as we understood
Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that
out.
22.
... carry the
A.A. message to those who ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
Under these compulsions of self-preservation, duty, and
love, it is not strange
that our Society has concluded that it has but one
high mission -- to carry the A.A. message to those who don't know there's a way out.
23.
... carry the
A.A. spirit into our daily ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
24.
... carry the
burden of avoiding them or ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
25.
... carry the
life-giving grace of God; His ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; our world arteries would no longer carry the life-giving grace of God; His gift to us would be spent aimlessly.
26.
... carry the
load alone; how much they ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
They will tell how they tried to carry the load alone; how much they suffered of irritability, anxiety,
remorse, and depression; and how, unconsciously seeking
relief, they would sometimes accuse even their best friends of the very character defects they themselves were trying to
conceal.
27.
... "carry the
message."
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Maybe we are doing fine on only two of them, the First Step and that part of the Twelfth where we
"carry the message."
28.
... carry the
message to so many alcoholics ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
By a great deal of ardent Twelfth Step work we sometimes carry the message to so many alcoholics that they place
us in a position of trust.
29.
... carry the
vision of God's will into ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
30.
... carry the
world's troubles on our shoulders.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders.
31.
... carry them
through?
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
32.
... carry these
lessons over into tomorrow, making, ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
Here we need only recognize that we did act or
think badly, try to visualize how we might
have done better, and resolve with God's help to carry these lessons over into tomorrow, making, of course, any amends still neglected.
33.
... carry this
load day in and day ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Volunteer committeemen and assistants could be of great help, but they could not
be expected to carry this
load day in and day out.
34.
... carry this
message to alcoholics, and to ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of
these steps, we tried to
carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."
35.
... carry this
message to alcoholics, and to ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
12. Having had a spiritual
awakening as the result
of these steps, we tried to
carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
36.
... Carry this
message to other alcoholics!
BB p.89,
Working With Others
37.
... carry us
through.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
38.
... carry with
us a picture of the ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
We women carry with us a picture of the ideal man, the sort of chap we would like our husbands to be.
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