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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CONSCIOUSNESS occurs
12 times
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1.
... consciousness.
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
2.
... consciousness."
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Our more
religious members call it "
God-
consciousness."
3.
... consciousness and
being.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
He has been
granted a
gift
which
amounts to a new
state of
consciousness and
being.
4.
... consciousness" followed
at once by a vast ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Though it was not our
intention to
create such an
impression, many
alcoholics have nevertheless
concluded that in
order to
recover they
must acquire an
immediate and
overwhelming "
God-
consciousness"
followed at once
by a
vast change in
feeling and
outlook.
5.
... consciousness of
every man that he can ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Burn the
idea into the
consciousness of every
man that he
can get well
regardless of anyone.
6.
... consciousness of
our intolerable situation as best ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
We were in a
position where
life was
becoming impossible, and if we had
passed into the
region from
which there is no
return through
human aid, we had but
two alternatives: One was
to go on to the
bitter end,
blotting out the
consciousness of our
intolerable situation
as
best we could; and the other, to
accept spiritual help.
7.
... consciousness of
the power of God in ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
This
dream world has been
replaced by a
great sense of
purpose,
accompanied by a
growing consciousness of the
power of
God in our
lives.
8.
... consciousness of
the Presence of God is ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
When many
hundreds of people are able to say that
the
consciousness of the
Presence of
God is
today the most
important fact of their
lives, they
present a
powerful reason why one should have
faith.
9.
... consciousness of
your belief is sure to ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
The
consciousness of your
belief is
sure to
come to you.
10.
... consciousness will
do wonders for you socially.
BB p.115,
To Wives
Your new
courage,
good nature and
lack of
self-
consciousness will do
wonders for you
socially.
11.
... consciousness with
sufficient force the memory of ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
We are
unable, at
certain
times, to bring into our
consciousness with
sufficient
force the
memory of the
suffering and
humiliation of even a
week
or a
month ago.
12.
... consciousness within.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I was to
test my
thinking
by the new
God-
consciousness within.
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