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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... cause.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
We
blamed them, being quite
unable to see that our
unreasonable demands
had been the
cause.
2.
... cause.
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
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
The only
exceptions we will make will be
cases where our
disclosure
would
cause actual harm.
5.
... cause --
affects my.
BB p.65,
How It Works
I'm
resentful at -- the
cause --
affects my.
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
It may
cause him to
die a few
years before his
time.
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
It
seems to
cause more
trouble.
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
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
We saw as
never before that we could not
lend the
A.A. name to any
cause other than our
own.
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
Therefore, you
probably need fresh interests and a
great cause to
live for as much as your
husband.
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
Too much
guilt and
remorse
might
cause us to
dramatize and
exaggerate our
shortcomings.
25.
... cause, what
can I do about that?
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
And if the
actions of others are
part of the
cause, what can I do
about that?
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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