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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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1.
... comes.   BB p.76, Into Action   Go to page 76 in the Big Book
If we haven't the will to do this, we ask until it comes.


2.
... comes!   BB p.85, Into Action   Go to page 85 in the Big Book
It just comes!

3.
... comes along.   12&12 p.96, Step Eleven
We A.A.'s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, usually for the first time in our lives, and strenuously trying to help the next alcoholic who comes along.


4.
... comes at once by taking a few ...   BB xxix(xxvii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks -- drinks which they see others taking with impunity.


5.
... comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity ...   BB p.133, The Family Afterward   Go to page 133 in the Big Book
Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence.


6.
... comes closest to the supernatural, namely in ...   BB p.572(574), Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix V
Edward Dowling, S.J.,(*) of the Queen's Work staff, says, "Alcoholics Anonymous is natural; it is natural at the point where nature comes closest to the supernatural, namely in humiliations and in consequent humility.

7.
... comes first.   12&12 p.159, Tradition Six
Alcoholics Anonymous saved my life, and it comes first.

8.
... comes first.   12&12 p.189, Tradition One (Long)
Hence our common welfare comes first.


9.
... comes first.   BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Hence our common welfare comes first.

10.
... comes harder to those who have lost ...   12&12 p.28, Step Two
Sometimes A.A. comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have tried faith and found it wanting.

11.
Comes now the same question raised in ...   12&12 p.146, Tradition Four
Comes now the same question raised in Tradition One.


12.
... comes out he races in front of ...   BB p.38, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 38 in the Big Book
But the day he comes out he races in front of a fire engine, which breaks his back.

13.
... comes, perhaps just before going to sleep, ...   12&12 p.93, Step Ten
When evening comes, perhaps just before going to sleep, many of us draw up a balance sheet for the day.

14.
... comes the acid test: can we stay ...   12&12 p.88, Step Ten
Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions?

15.
... comes the biggest question yet.   12&12 p.111, Step Twelve
Now comes the biggest question yet.


16.
... comes the day when he simply cannot ...   BB p.22, There Is A Solution   Go to page 22 in the Big Book
Then comes the day when he simply cannot make it and gets drunk all over again.

17.
... comes the election.   12&12 p.134, Tradition Two
Now comes the election.


18.
... comes to a friendly agreement about them.   BB p.131, The Family Afterward   Go to page 131 in the Big Book
This means trouble, unless the family watches for these tendencies in each other and comes to a friendly agreement about them.

19.
... comes to A.A. as a whole, that's ...   12&12 p.177, Tradition Ten
But when it comes to A.A. as a whole, that's quite a different matter.


20.
... comes to combating liquor, though it often ...   BB p.7, Bill's Story   Go to page 7 in the Big Book
It relieved me somewhat to learn that in alcoholics the will is amazingly weakened when it comes to combating liquor, though it often remains strong in other respects.

21.
... comes to ego deflation, few Steps are ...   12&12 p.55, Step Five
When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are harder to take than Five.


22.
... comes to mind in which a malicious ...   BB p.145, To Employers   Go to page 145 in the Big Book
One instance comes to mind in which a malicious individual was always making friendly little jokes about an alcoholic's drinking exploits.


23.
... comes to most men gradually, but His ...   BB p.14, Bill's Story   Go to page 14 in the Big Book
God comes to most men gradually, but His impact on me was sudden and profound.

24.
... comes to speak at a meeting, we ...   12&12 p.110, Step Twelve
If our turn comes to speak at a meeting, we again try to carry A.A.'s message.


25.
... comes to the surface and we laboriously ...   BB p.49, We Agnostics   Go to page 49 in the Big Book
When, however, the perfectly logical assumption is suggested that underneath the material world and life as we see it, there is an All Powerful, Guiding, Creative Intelligence, right there our perverse streak comes to the surface and we laboriously set out to convince ourselves it isn't so.

26.
... comes to us.   12&12 p.105, Step Eleven
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.

27.
... comes to us alone may be garbled ...   12&12 p.60, Step Five
The second difficulty is this: what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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