From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... comfort."
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
When gluttony is less than
ruinous, we have a milder
word for that, too; we call it
"taking our comfort."
2.
... comfort in
the laughter and talk.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We can be the ones who take on
the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the
coffee and cake after the meetings, where so
many skeptical, suspicious newcomers
have found confidence
and comfort in the laughter and talk.
3.
... comfort of
any conviction at all.
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
4.
... comfort of
oblivion it brought.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
When our drinking had become much worse, money was only an urgent requirement which
could supply us with the next drink and the temporary comfort of oblivion it brought.
5.
... comfort than
to be comforted -- to understand, ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted --
to understand, than to be understood -- to love, than
to be loved.
6.
... comfort than
to be comforted, to understand ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
At these critical moments, if we remind ourselves that "it is better to comfort than to be comforted, to understand than to be understood, to love than to
be loved," we will be following the intent of Step Eleven.
7.
... comfort than
to receive it; better to ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
He thought it better to
give comfort than to receive it; better to understand than to be understood; better to forgive than to be forgiven.
8.
... comfort, the
character-building was lost in the ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
But whenever we had to choose between character and comfort, the
character-building
was lost in the dust of our chase after what we thought was happiness.
9.
... comfort the
melancholy one by first showing ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
They comfort the melancholy one by first showing him that his case is not strange or different, that his character defects are probably not more numerous or worse than those of anyone else in A.A.
10.
... comfort those
who are, or who may ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
11.
... comfort to
ourselves and those about us?
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Can we transform these calamities into assets,
sources of growth and
comfort to ourselves and
those about us?
12.
... comfort which
comes at once by taking ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The 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.
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