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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CONDITIONS occurs
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1.
... conditions.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
This was not only
faith; it was
faith that
worked under all
conditions.
2.
... conditions.
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
But all of them do
require a
complete willingness
to make
amends as
fast and
as far as may be
possible in a
given set of
conditions.
3.
... conditions?
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
Then
comes the
acid test: can we
stay sober,
keep in
emotional balance, and
live to
good purpose under all
conditions?
4.
... conditions.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Obviously not much
partnership can
exist
under these
conditions.
5.
... conditions.
BB p.64,
How It Works
So we had to get down to
causes and
conditions.
6.
... conditions.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
Occasionally you will have to
meet such
conditions.
7.
... conditions.
BB p.111,
To Wives
We
know women who are
unafraid, even
happy under
these
conditions.
8.
... conditions.
BB p.141,
To Employers
Nearly always, these
antics indicate nothing more than
temporary conditions.
9.
... conditions and
found that we couldn't to ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
We
thought "
conditions"
drove us to
drink, and when we
tried to
correct these
conditions and
found that we
couldn't to our
entire satisfaction, our
drinking went out of
hand and
we
became alcoholics.
10.
... conditions as
they are?
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
If I am
unable to
change
the
present state of
affairs, am I
willing to
take the
measures necessary to
shape my
life to
conditions as they are?
11.
... conditions at
your home.
BB p.114,
To Wives
You
draw more and more into
yourself and you
think everyone is
talking about
conditions at your
home.
12.
... "conditions" drove
us to drink, and when ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
We
thought "
conditions"
drove us to
drink, and when we
tried to
correct these
conditions and
found that we
couldn't to our
entire satisfaction, our
drinking went out of
hand and
we
became alcoholics.
13.
... conditions every
day.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
We
meet these
conditions every
day.
14.
... conditions I
cannot change?
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Or, if my
disturbance was
seemingly caused by the
behavior of others, why do I
lack the
ability to
accept conditions I cannot
change?
15.
... conditions of
body and mind which accompany ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Talk about the
conditions of
body and
mind which
accompany it.
16.
... conditions of
the day we asked.
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
Then, in
Step Seven, we
humbly asked God to
remove our
shortcomings such as He could or would under the
conditions of the
day we
asked.
17.
... conditions --
remove defects of character will be ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
Of
course, the often
disputed question of
whether
God can -- and will, under
certain conditions --
remove defects of
character will be
answered with a
prompt affirmative by almost any
A.A. member.
18.
... conditions, the
pains of failure are converted ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
Under these
conditions, the
pains of
failure are
converted into
assets.
19.
... conditions, the
same thing is taking place ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Under only
slightly different conditions, the
same thing is
taking place in many
eastern cities.
20.
... conditions we
can employ our mental faculties ...
BB p.86,
Into Action
Under these
conditions we can
employ our
mental faculties with
assurance, for after all
God
gave us
brains to use.
21.
... conditions we
have found most effective.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the
man who is
making
the
approach has had the same
difficulty, that he
obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his
whole deportment shouts at the new
prospect
that he is a
man with a
real answer, that he has no
attitude of
Holier Than
Thou,
nothing whatever
except the
sincere desire to be
helpful; that
there are no
fees to
pay, no
axes to
grind, no people to
please, no
lectures to be
endured -- these are the
conditions we have
found most
effective.
22.
... conditions we
naturally made mistakes.
BB p.107,
To Wives
Under these
conditions we
naturally made
mistakes.
23.
... conditions, whatever
they were.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
It
never occurred to us
that we
needed to
change
ourselves to
meet conditions,
whatever they were.
24.
... conditions your
prospect will see he is ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
Under these
conditions your
prospect will see he is under no
pressure.
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