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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
COMMENCE occurs
14 times
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1.
... commence at
a simpler level.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
So it was
comforting to
learn that we could
commence at
a
simpler level.
2.
... commence shoulder
to shoulder your common journey.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
You will be
bound to them with new and
wonderful ties, for you will
escape disaster together and you will
commence shoulder to
shoulder your
common journey.
3.
... commence spiritual
growth, to effect our first ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
At the
start, this was all we
needed to
commence spiritual growth, to
effect our
first conscious relation with
God as we
understood Him.
4.
... commence the
search for his own defects, ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
Now
willing to
commence the
search for his
own defects, he will
ask, "Just how
do I go about this?
5.
... commence to
call some groups "wet," others ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
There would be
real danger
should we
commence to call some
groups "
wet," others "
dry," still others "
Republican" or "
Communist," and
yet others
"
Catholic" or "
Protestant."
6.
... commence to
change profoundly.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
7.
... commence to
describe yourself as an alcoholic.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
When he sees you
know all about the
drinking game,
commence to
describe yourself as an
alcoholic.
8.
... commence to
outgrow fear.
BB p.68,
How It Works
At once, we
commence to
outgrow fear.
9.
... commence to
put our A.A. way of ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
But when we
approach Step
Ten we
commence to
put our
A.A. way of
living to
practical use,
day by
day, in
fair weather or
foul.
10.
... commence to
quest for the principles through ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
As we had once
struggled and
prayed for
individual recovery, just so
earnestly did we
commence to
quest for the
principles through which
A.A.
itself might
survive.
11.
... commence to
ransack memory for the people ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Having
carefully surveyed this
whole area of
human relations, and having
decided exactly what
personality traits in us
injured and
disturbed
others, we can now
commence to
ransack memory for the
people to whom we have
given offense.
12.
... commence to
see the full implication of ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
It
marked the
time when we
could
commence to see the
full
implication of
Step Seven: "
Humbly asked Him to
remove our
shortcomings."
13.
... commence to
solve their problems.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
Most
alcoholics have to be
pretty badly mangled before they really
commence to
solve their
problems.
14.
... commence to
watch us with speculative eyes, ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
Then they
commence to
watch
us with
speculative eyes,
pick up a
fragment of
A.A. history, and soon have the
solid facts.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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