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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... common.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
The
doctors weren't
trying to find how
different we were from one another; they
sought to find whatever
personality traits, if
any, this
group of
alcoholics had in
common.
2.
... common and
that you would like, in ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
But
point out that we
alcoholics have much in
common and that you would like, in any
case, to be
friendly.
3.
... common are
not too hard to understand.
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
And these things which they have in
common are not
too
hard to
understand.
4.
... common effort,
the well-understood fact that in ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service,
gladly rendered,
obligations
squarely met,
troubles well
accepted or
solved with
God's
help, the
knowledge that at
home or in the
world outside we are
partners in
a
common effort, the well-
understood fact that in
God's
sight all
human beings are
important, the
proof that
love freely given surely brings a
full return, the
certainty that we are no
longer isolated and alone
in
self-
constructed prisons, the
surety that we
need no
longer be
square pegs in
round holes but can
fit and
belong in
God's
scheme of things -- these
are the
permanent and
legitimate satisfactions of
right
living for which no
amount
of
pomp and
circumstance, no
heap of
material possessions, could
possibly be
substitutes.
5.
... common enough,
we A.A.'s find we need ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Although these
attitudes are
common enough, we
A.A.'s find we
need something much
better in
order to
keep our
balance.
6.
... common form
of trouble too.
BB p.79,
Into Action
That's a
common form of
trouble too.
7.
... common good,
we realize that the sacrificial ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
8.
... common ground
of tolerance, understanding and love.
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
All
members of the
family
should
meet upon the
common ground of
tolerance,
understanding and
love.
9.
... common interest
in A.A. and spiritual things, ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
Their
common suffering as
drinkers, their
common interest in
A.A. and
spiritual things, often
enhance such
unions.
10.
... 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.
11.
... common manifestations.
BB p.64,
How It Works
12.
... common peril
is one element in the ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
The
feeling of having
shared in a
common peril is one
element in the
powerful cement which
binds us.
13.
... common problem
and help others to recover ...
Grapevine,
Preamble
Alcoholics Anonymous is a
fellowship of
men and
women who
share their
experience,
strength
and
hope with each other that they may
solve their
common problem and
help others to
recover from
alcoholism.
14.
... common problems
and to help fellow sufferers ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
15.
... common sense.
BB p.77,
Into Action
When it will
serve any
good
purpose, we are
willing
to
announce our
convictions with
tact and
common sense.
16.
... common sense
and will power that he ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
What has
become of the
common sense and will
power that he still sometimes
displays with
respect to
other
matters?
17.
... common sense,
their will power?
BB p.107,
To Wives
What had
become of their
judgment, their
common sense, their will
power?
18.
Common sense
would thus become uncommon sense.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
19.
... common solution.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
The
tremendous fact for
every one of us is that we have
discovered a
common solution.
20.
... common suffering
as drinkers, their common interest ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
Their
common suffering as
drinkers, their
common interest in
A.A. and
spiritual things, often
enhance such
unions.
21.
... common suffering;
one having a vast potential ...
BB p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
22.
... common symptoms
of emotional insecurity are worry, ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
23.
... common: they
cannot start drinking without developing ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
All these, and many others, have one
symptom in
common: they cannot
start drinking without
developing the
phenomenon of
craving.
24.
... common to
most denominations.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
25.
... common welfare
came first.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
How well they saw that their
common welfare came first.
26.
... common welfare
comes first.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition One (Long)
Hence our
common welfare comes first.
27.
... common welfare
comes first.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Hence our
common welfare comes first.
28.
... common welfare
first?
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
How can they
possibly place their
common welfare first?
29.
... common welfare
is paramount.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
On such
issues our
common welfare is
paramount.
30.
... common welfare
is paramount.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
On such
issues our
common welfare is
paramount.
31.
... common welfare
should come first; personal recovery ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
32.
... common welfare
should come first; personal recovery ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
33.
... common with
all the others.
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
But
certainly each
genuine one has something in
common with all the others.
34.
... common with
these people, though he may ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Being
possessed of a
spiritual experience,
the
alcoholic will find he has much in
common with these people, though he may
differ with them on many
matters.
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