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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... concerned.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
This
phony form of
respectability was our
undoing, so
far as
faith was
concerned.
2.
... concerned.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
The
authorities were
much concerned.
3.
... concerned, A.A.
would go even further.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
So
far as
alcoholics are
concerned,
A.A. would
go even further.
4.
... concerned about
that.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Though his
family be at
fault in
many respects, he should not be
concerned about that.
5.
... concerned, and
lay our cards on the ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
6.
... concerned, are
not always so.
BB p.139,
To Employers
7.
... concerned, except
when it would injure them ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
8.
... concerned, it
has worked with us.
BB p.144,
To Employers
By
no means do we
offer it as the
last word on this
subject, but so
far as we are
concerned, it has
worked with us.
9.
... concerned not
being present, we thought we ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
10.
... concerned now
overwhelmed us, especially when we ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
11.
... concerned, our
outlook underwent the same revolutionary ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
12.
... concerned, self-confidence
was no good whatever; in ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
Then we had been
told that so
far as
alcohol is
concerned,
self-
confidence was
no good whatever; in
fact, it was a
total liability.
13.
... concerned that
a couple remain apart.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
Sometimes it is to the
best interests of all
concerned that a
couple remain apart.
14.
... concerned, there
is nothing obligatory about it.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
So
far as we are
concerned,
there is
nothing obligatory about it.
15.
... concerned this
will be a strictly personal ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
16.
... concerned, we
had to drop the word ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
Where
other people were
concerned, we had to
drop the
word "
blame" from our
speech and
thought.
17.
... concerned with.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
18.
... concerned with
a drinking problem.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
This should
suggest a
useful program for
anyone concerned with a
drinking problem.
19.
... concerned with
ourselves, our resentments, or our ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
Whatever our
protestations, are not most of us
concerned with
ourselves, our
resentments, or our
self-
pity?
20.
... concerned with
personal relations.
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
21.
... concerned with
us humans when we want ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
Thus was I
convinced that
God is
concerned with us
humans when we
want Him
enough.
22.
... concerned with
ways to make A.A. more ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
Let it be
noted, too, that
they were
almost always
concerned with
ways to
make A.A. more effective, how to do
the most
good for the most
alcoholics.
23.
... concerned would
at times wish he could ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
Every doctor concerned would at
times wish he could
devote himself to his
chosen field rather than
work only with the
group.
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