From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... conscious.
BB p.85,
Into Action
2.
... conscious and
ill at ease most of ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I was self conscious and ill at ease most of the time, my health was at the breaking point, and I was thoroughly miserable.
3.
... conscious companionship
with his Creator.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
4.
... conscious contact
with God.
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
5.
... conscious contact
with God.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
Almost any experienced A.A. will tell how his affairs have taken remarkable and unexpected turns for the
better as he tried to improve his conscious contact with God.
6.
... conscious contact
with God as we understood ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
"Sought through prayer and meditation to
improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying
only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."
7.
... conscious contact
with God as we understood ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve
our conscious contact with
God as we understood Him,
praying only for knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that
out.
8.
... conscious contact
with God, it is not ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that
we are going to be inspired at all times.
9.
... conscious contact
with God, with His grace, ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
But its object is always the same: to improve our conscious contact with God, with His grace, wisdom, and love.
10.
... conscious of
God as they never were ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
11.
... conscious of
His presence, we began to ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we
could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter.
12.
... conscious or
feel that you must apologize ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
You will no longer be self-conscious or feel that you must apologize as though your husband were a
weak character.
13.
... conscious or
unconscious fears, is the basic ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
For pride, leading to self-justification, and
always spurred by conscious or unconscious fears, is the basic breeder of most human difficulties, the chief
block to true progress.
14.
... conscious relation
with God as we understood ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him.
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