From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CONTACT occurs
18 times
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Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... contact as
possible.
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
In
Step Eleven we saw that
if a
Higher Power had
restored us to
sanity and
had
enabled us to
live with
some
peace of
mind in a
sorely troubled world, then such a
Higher Power was
worth knowing better, by as
direct contact as
possible.
2.
... contact at
all.
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
There will be other
cases where
action ought to be
deferred, and still others in which by the very
nature of the
situation we
shall
never be able to make
direct personal contact at all.
3.
... contact with
a Power greater than ourselves.
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
While the
comment or
advice of others may be by no
means infallible, it is
likely to be far more
specific than any
direct guidance we may
receive
while we are still so
inexperienced in
establishing contact with
a
Power greater than
ourselves.
4.
... contact with
God.
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
5.
... 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.
... contact with
God as we understood Him, ...
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.
... contact with
God as we understood Him, ...
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.
... contact with
God, it is not probable ...
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.
... contact with
God, with His grace, wisdom, ...
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.
... contact with
Him.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
Our
own conception,
however
inadequate, was
sufficient to make the
approach and to
effect a
contact with Him.
11.
... contact with
newcomers and with each other ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
Frequent contact with
newcomers and with each other is the
bright spot of our
lives.
12.
... contact with
or take membership in a ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Though the
family has no
religious connections, they may
wish
to make
contact with or take
membership in a
religious body.
13.
... contact with
our two larger centers.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Little clusters of
twos and
threes and
fives of us have
sprung up in
other
communities, through
contact with our
two larger centers.
14.
... contact with
some of our alcoholic crowd?
BB p.138,
To Employers
Why not bring him into
contact with some of our
alcoholic crowd?
15.
... contact with
some of us.
BB p.144,
To Employers
As our
work spreads and our
numbers increase, we
hope your
employees may be
put in
personal contact with some of us.
16.
... contact with
the Oxford Groups of that ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
17.
... contact with
us.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
On
leaving the
asylum he
came into
contact with us.
18.
... contact with
you who wrote this book."
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
Still you may say: "But I will not have the
benefit of
contact with you
who
wrote this book."
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