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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... change?
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Or, if my
disturbance was
seemingly caused by the
behavior of others, why do I
lack the
ability to
accept conditions I
cannot
change?
2.
... change.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
3.
... change.
BB p.84,
Into Action
Our
whole attitude and
outlook upon
life will
change.
4.
... change.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
One
feels that something more than
human power is
needed to
produce the
essential psychic change.
5.
... change begins.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
As their
grief and
anxiety
wear away, a
subtle change begins.
6.
... change came
over them.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
They
show how the
change came over them.
7.
... change could
hardly have been brought about ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
He finally
realizes that he has
undergone a
profound alteration in his
reaction to
life; that such a
change could
hardly have
been brought about by himself alone.
8.
... change, courage
to change the things I ...
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
In all
times of
emotional disturbance
or
indecision, we can
pause,
ask for
quiet, and in the
stillness
simply say: "
God grant me the
serenity to
accept the things I cannot
change,
courage to
change the things I can, and
wisdom to
know the
difference.
9.
... change, Courage
to change the things we ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
God grant us the
serenity to
accept the
things we cannot
change,
Courage to
change the things
we can, And
wisdom to
know
the
difference.
10.
... change for
the worse, for we had ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
If our
circumstances happened to be
good, we no
longer dreaded a
change for the
worse, for we had
learned that these
troubles could be
turned
into
great values.
11.
... change has
occurred, the very same person ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other
hand -- and
strange as this may
seem to
those who do not
understand -- once a
psychic change has
occurred, the very same
person who
seemed doomed, who had so many
problems he
despaired of
ever
solving them,
suddenly finds himself
easily able to
control his
desire for
alcohol, the
only
effort necessary
being that
required to
follow a few
simple rules.
12.
... change her
mind, but she didn't.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
The
girl we
wanted to
marry had other
notions; we
prayed God that she'd
change her
mind, but she didn't.
13.
... change his
religious views, that I wanted ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
Finally, he saw that I wasn't
attempting to
change his
religious views, that I
wanted him to
find the
grace in his
own religion that would
aid his
recovery.
14.
... change in
feeling and outlook.
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
15.
... change in
our attitude toward God.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
During this
process of
learning more about
humility, the most
profound result of all was
the
change in our
attitude
toward God.
16.
... change in
our attitude which permits us, ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
The
Seventh Step is where
we make the
change in our
attitude which
permits us,
with
humility as our
guide, to
move out from
ourselves
toward others and
toward God.
17.
... change in
our outlook.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
18.
... change in
our outlook will take time, ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Such a
radical change in
our
outlook will take
time,
maybe a
lot of
time.
19.
... change in
personality.
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Even among those who
occasionally land back in here again, we
observe a
profound change in
personality.
20.
... change in
their way of living and ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
They
flatly declare that
since they have
come to
believe in a
Power greater than themselves, to take a
certain attitude toward that
Power, and to do
certain simple things,
there has been a
revolutionary change in their way of
living and
thinking.
21.
... change in
time.
BB p.83,
Into Action
They will
change in
time.
22.
... change of
clothes, and three huge volumes ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
23.
... change of
environment, or the warning of ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
24.
... change of
heart.
BB p.143,
To Employers
Though you are
providing him with the
best possible medical attention, he
should
understand that he
must undergo a
change of
heart.
25.
... change of
heart was dramatic, convincing, and ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
26.
Change of
scene, the best efforts of ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
27.
... change our
plan.
BB p.75,
Into Action
It is
important that he be able to
keep a
confidence; that he
fully understand and
approve what we are
driving
at; that he will not
try to
change our
plan.
28.
... change our
point of view.
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
We had to
ask ourselves why we shouldn't
apply to our
human problems this same
readiness to
change our
point of
view.
29.
... change ourselves
to meet conditions, whatever they ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
It
never occurred to us
that we
needed to
change
ourselves to
meet conditions, whatever they were.
30.
... change profoundly.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
31.
... change setting
in.
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
Looking at those who were only
beginning and still
doubted themselves, the
rest
of us were able to see the
change setting in.
32.
... change sufficient
to bring about recovery from ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
The
terms "
spiritual experience" and "
spiritual awakening"
are used many
times in this book which, upon
careful reading,
shows that the
personality change sufficient to bring about
recovery from
alcoholism has
manifested itself among us in many
different forms.
33.
... change that
A.A. has wrought in all ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
This
principle is
telling evidence of the
profound change that
A.A. has
wrought in all of us.
34.
... change the
present state of affairs, am ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
If I am
unable to
change the
present state of
affairs, am I
willing to
take the
measures necessary to
shape my
life to
conditions as they
are?
35.
... change the
things I can, and wisdom ...
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
In all
times of
emotional disturbance
or
indecision, we can
pause,
ask for
quiet, and in the
stillness
simply say: "
God grant me the
serenity to
accept the things I cannot
change,
courage to
change the things I can, and
wisdom to
know the
difference.
36.
... change the
things we can, And wisdom ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
God grant us the
serenity to
accept the
things we cannot
change,
Courage to
change the things
we can, And
wisdom to
know
the
difference.
37.
... change their
habits on your account.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
Let your
friends know they
are not to
change their
habits on your
account.
38.
... change there
is very little hope of ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
This is
repeated over and over, and
unless this
person can
experience an
entire psychic change there is very
little hope of his
recovery.
39.
... change was
in the section of personal ...
BB xi,
Preface
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