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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CONSIDER occurs
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1.
... consider another's
conception of God.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
Much to our
relief, we
discovered we did not
need
to
consider another's
conception of
God.
2.
... consider briefly
what we have been trying ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
So let's
consider briefly
what we have been
trying to do up to this
point:
3.
... consider carefully
all personal relationships which bring ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
4.
... consider each
request carefully to see what ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Therefore, we ought to
consider each
request carefully to see
what
its real merit is.
5.
... consider how,
with our newfound knowledge of ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a
look backward and
try to
discover where we have been at
fault;
next we make a
vigorous attempt to
repair the
damage we have
done; and
third, having thus
cleaned away the
debris of
the
past, we
consider how,
with our
newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may
develop the
best possible relations with
every
human being we
know.
6.
... consider it,
my own mind was about ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
"Although I
asked Charlie
for a
little time to
consider it, my
own mind was about made up.
7.
Consider next
the plight of those who ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
Consider next the
plight of those who once had
faith, but have
lost it.
8.
... consider one
that is a classic.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
Here let us
consider one that is a
classic.
9.
... consider our
plans for the day.
BB p.86,
Into Action
We
consider our
plans for the
day.
10.
... consider ourselves
fortunate indeed.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
Therefore, we who are
alcoholics can
consider ourselves
fortunate indeed.
11.
... consider such
nonsense.
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
I
simply won't
consider such
nonsense.
12.
... consider the
others, and in abiding faith ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
Each
needed to
consider the
others, and in
abiding faith they
knew they
must find their
real strength.
13.
... consider these
self-revealing accounts in bad taste.
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
We
hope no one will
consider
these
self-
revealing accounts in
bad taste.
14.
Consider, too,
our talents for procrastination, which ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Consider, too, our
talents
for
procrastination, which is really
sloth in
five syllables.
15.
... consider what
humility is and what the ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Since this
Step so
specifically concerns
itself with
humility, we should
pause here to
consider what
humility is and what the
practice of it can
mean to
us.
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