From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... clear.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
In it alcoholism was described from the alcoholic's point of view, the spiritual ideas of the Society were codified for the first time in the Twelve Steps, and the application of these Steps to the alcoholic's dilemma was made clear.
2.
... clear a
channel choked up with anger, ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
Just saying it over and over will often enable us to clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or misunderstanding, and permit us to return to the surest help of all -- our search for God's will, not our own, in the moment of stress.
3.
... clear away
morbidity and encourage balance.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
4.
... clear away
the wreck.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
5.
Clear away
the wreckage of your past.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
6.
... clear, cost
what it may?
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance -- meanwhile resolving to do the right
thing when it becomes
clear, cost what it may?
7.
... clear-cut directions
are given showing how we ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
8.
... clear-cut idea
of what has actually happened ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
These give a fair cross section of our membership and a clear-cut idea of what has actually happened in
their lives.
9.
... clear mind
and body of the effects ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
10.
... clear now
that we ought never to ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
It is clear now that we ought never to name boards to govern us, but it is equally
clear that we shall always need to authorize workers to serve us.
11.
... clear recognition
of what and who we ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
To those who have made progress in A.A., it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a
sincere attempt to become what we could be.
12.
... clear that
he is not under pressure, ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
13.
... clear that
if we ever were to ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
It became clear that if we
ever were to feel emotionally secure among grown-up people, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop the sense of being in partnership or
brotherhood with all those around us.
14.
... clear that
we made our own misery.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
15.
... clear that
we shall always need to ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
It is clear now that we ought never to name boards to govern us, but it is equally
clear that we shall always need to authorize workers to serve us.
16.
... clear the
distinction between the alcoholic and ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
17.
... clear the
ground a bit.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
18.
... clear thinking
and honest appraisal.
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
19.
... clear three
pertinent ideas:
BB p.60,
How It Works
Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to
the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas:
20.
... clear understanding
and right, grown-up attitudes, very ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
21.
... clear understanding
of the risk he takes ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
You think he ought to know the subject better, as everyone should
have a clear understanding of the risk he takes if he drinks too much.
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