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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... completely.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
But his
venture wound up
in a
law suit and
bogged down
completely.
2.
... completely.
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
I
personally know scores of
cases who were of
the
type with whom other
methods had
failed completely.
3.
... completely away
from our aversion to the ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
To get
completely away from our
aversion to the
idea of being
humble, to
gain a
vision of
humility as the
avenue to
true freedom of the
human spirit, to be
willing to
work for
humility as
something to be
desired for itself,
takes most of us a
long,
long time.
4.
... completely despair.
BB p.110,
To Wives
Four: You may have a
husband of whom you
completely
despair.
5.
... completely give
themselves to this simple program, ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
Those who do not
recover are people who cannot or
will not
completely give
themselves to this
simple program, usually
men and
women who are
constitutionally incapable of being
honest
with themselves.
6.
... completely hostile
world.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
We no
longer live in a
completely hostile world.
7.
... completely lost
their effectiveness in helping alcoholics.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
8.
... completely new
set of conceptions and motives ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Ideas,
emotions, and
attitudes which were once the
guiding forces of the
lives of these
men are
suddenly cast to one
side, and a
completely new
set of
conceptions and
motives begin to
dominate them.
9.
... completely new
stories were added; and the ...
BB xi,
Preface
"
Bill's
Story," "
Doctor Bob's
Nightmare," and one other
personal history from the
first edition were
retained intact;
three were
edited and one of
these was
retitled; new
versions of
two stories were
written, with
new
titles;
thirty completely new
stories were
added; and the
story section was
divided into
three parts, under the same
headings that are used now.
10.
... completely on
life's terms, I cannot be ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
Until I could
accept my
alcoholism, I could not
stay sober;
unless I
accept life completely on
life's
terms, I cannot be
happy.
11.
... completely removed
from any human being all ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
So far as we
know, it is
nowhere on the
record that
God has
completely removed from any
human being
all his
natural drives.
12.
... completely upon
a stronger person for guidance ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
13.
... completely when
he's drinking.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
Goes off his
head completely when he's
drinking.
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