From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 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
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
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
Six months earlier, the broker had been
relieved of his drink obsession by a sudden spiritual experience,
following a meeting
with an alcoholic friend who had been in contact
with the Oxford Groups of
that day.
17.
... contact with
us.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
18.
... contact with
you who wrote this book."
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
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