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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CONCEPTION occurs
12 times
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Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... conception.
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
2.
... conception because
it seemed inadequate.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
Perhaps we
rejected this
particular conception
because it
seemed inadequate.
3.
... conception he
likes, provided it makes sense ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
He can
choose any
conception
he
likes,
provided it
makes
sense to him.
4.
... conception, however
inadequate, was sufficient to make ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
Our
own conception, however
inadequate, was
sufficient to make the
approach and to
effect a
contact with Him.
5.
... conception, however
limited it was.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
So we used our
own conception,
however
limited it was.
6.
... conception of
a Power greater than themselves.
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
With few
exceptions our
members find that they have
tapped an
unsuspected inner resource which they
presently identify with
their
own conception of a
Power greater than
themselves.
7.
... conception of
God?"
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
He said, "Why don't you
choose your
own conception of
God?"
8.
... conception of
God.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
Much to our
relief, we
discovered we did not
need
to
consider another's
conception of
God.
9.
... conception of
God.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
When, therefore, we
speak to you of
God, we
mean your
own conception of
God.
10.
... conception of
God.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
If the
man be
agnostic or
atheist, make it
emphatic that he does not have to
agree with your
conception of
God.
11.
... conception seems
to make little difference.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
Whether we
agree with a
particular approach or
conception seems to make
little difference.
12.
... conception whatever.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
Actually, we used to have no
reasonable conception
whatever.
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