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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CIRCUMSTANCES occurs
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1.
... circumstances.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
When
temporary good fortune came our way, we
indulged ourselves in
fantasies of still
greater victories over
people and
circumstances.
2.
... circumstances?
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
What about all those
unhappy lives which were the
direct result of
unfortunate birth and
uncontrollable circumstances?
3.
... circumstances.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
And they have
increasingly found a
peace of
mind which can
stand firm in the
face of
difficult circumstances.
4.
... circumstances!
BB p.100,
Working With Others
Follow the
dictates of a
Higher Power and you will
presently live in a new
and
wonderful world, no
matter what your
present
circumstances!
5.
... circumstances could
we endorse any related enterprise, ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
6.
... circumstances, does
a fellow 'take it easy'?
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
But just how, in these
circumstances, does a
fellow 'take it
easy'?
7.
... circumstances happened
to be good, we no ...
12&12 p.121,
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.
8.
... circumstances, he
needs to develop the quality ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
All by himself, and in the
light of his
own circumstances, he
needs to
develop the
quality of
willingness.
9.
Circumstances made
him willing to believe.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
Circumstances made him
willing to
believe.
10.
... circumstances, ought
to decide for themselves.
BB p.103,
Working With Others
We
feel that each
family, in
the
light of their
own circumstances, ought to
decide for
themselves.
11.
... circumstances, she
was often obliged to treat ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
By
force of
circumstances,
she was often
obliged to
treat father as a
sick or
wayward child.
12.
... circumstances should
we give endorsements, make alliances, ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
And in no
circumstances should we
give endorsements, make
alliances, or
enter public controversies.
13.
... circumstances warrant.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
So let each
family play together or
separately,
as much as their
circumstances warrant.
14.
... circumstances warrant,
we ask our wives or ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
If
circumstances warrant,
we
ask our
wives or
friends to
join us in
morning meditation.
15.
... circumstances we
have gone out deliberately to ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
In some
circumstances we have
gone out
deliberately to
get
drunk,
feeling
ourselves
justified by
nervousness,
anger,
worry,
depression,
jealousy or the like.
16.
... circumstances which
brought us misfortune we felt ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
It
set in
motion trains of
circumstances which
brought us
misfortune we
felt we didn't
deserve.
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