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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CONSTRUCTIVE occurs
6 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... constructive.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
As a
matter of
fact, the
waking hours are usually well
filled with things that are
constructive.
2.
... constructive action.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
3.
... constructive if
they can be carried on ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
4.
... constructive imagination;
all sound achievement rests upon ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
There's
nothing the
matter with
constructive imagination; all
sound achievement rests upon
it.
5.
... constructive imagination,
we might proceed like this:
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
When, by such
simple devices, we have
placed
ourselves in a
mood in which we can
focus undisturbed on
constructive imagination, we might
proceed like this:
6.
... constructive projects.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
In
partnership with others --
women and
men -- they can
devote themselves to any
number of
ideas, people, and
constructive projects.
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