From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... cause.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
2.
... cause.
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
In fact, we felt duty-bound to throw the whole weight of the A.A. name behind any meritorious cause.
3.
... cause.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous
to be something of far greater importance than
the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause.
4.
... cause actual
harm.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
5.
... cause --
affects my.
BB p.65,
How It Works
6.
... cause financial
harm.
BB p.78,
Into Action
7.
... cause him
great trouble, practically all the ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
When thus out of joint, man's natural desires cause him great trouble, practically
all the trouble there is.
8.
... cause him
to die a few years ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
9.
... cause laborers
and capitalists to love each ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
It occurred to us that we could take what we had into the factories and cause laborers and capitalists to love each other.
10.
... cause men
to make the supreme sacrifice ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There are many situations which arise out of the phenomenon of craving which cause men to make the supreme sacrifice rather than continue to fight.
11.
... cause more
trouble.
BB p.68,
How It Works
12.
... cause of
his drinking and his failure ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure
at life; that unless he is
now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst
of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the
faulty foundation of
his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
13.
... cause of
more contention within our Fellowship ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Despite this certainty, it is nevertheless true that few subjects have been the
cause of more contention within our Fellowship than professionalism.
14.
... cause of
our woes, including our alcoholism, ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
Since defective relations with other human beings have nearly always been the immediate cause of our woes, including our alcoholism, no field of investigation
could yield more satisfying and valuable
rewards than this one.
15.
... cause" of
some sort, the God of ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
No doubt the universe had a "first cause" of some sort, the God of the Atom, maybe, hot and cold by turns.
16.
... cause of
temperate drinking any good, for ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
We would not even do the cause
of temperate drinking
any good, for not one drinker in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by one who hates it.
17.
... cause of
their destructive drinking.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
Alcoholics especially should be able
to see that instinct run wild in themselves is the underlying cause of their
destructive drinking.
18.
... cause or
aggravate them.
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
A.A. experience has taught us we cannot live alone with our pressing problems and the character defects which
cause or aggravate them.
19.
... cause other
than our own.
12&12 p.159,
Tradition Six
20.
... cause physical,
mental, emotional, or spiritual damage ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
To define the word "harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual
damage to people.
21.
... cause, there
is something wrong with us.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
It is a spiritual axiom
that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is
something wrong with us.
22.
... cause to
live for as much as ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
23.
... cause us
excessive misery.
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Nearly anyone could submit a good list of such defects as these, and few of us
would seriously think of
giving them up, at least until they cause us excessive misery.
24.
... cause us
to dramatize and exaggerate our ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
25.
... cause, what
can I do about that?
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
26.
... cause you
to lie to people when ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
Your desire to protect
him should not cause you to lie
to people when they have a right to know where he is and
what he is doing.
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