From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... conditions.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
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
5.
... conditions.
BB p.64,
How It Works
6.
... conditions.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
7.
... conditions.
BB p.111,
To Wives
8.
... conditions.
BB p.141,
To Employers
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
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
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
19.
... conditions, the
same thing is taking place ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
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
23.
... conditions, whatever
they were.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
24.
... conditions your
prospect will see he is ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
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