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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... defects.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
2.
... defects.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
3.
... defects.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
What we
must recognize now is that we
exult in some of
our
defects.
4.
... defects.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
At this
first sitting, it
is
necessary only that we
make a
general admission of our
defects.
5.
... defects.
BB p.72,
Into Action
This
requires action on
our
part, which, when
completed,
will mean that we have
admitted to
God, to
ourselves, and to
another human being, the
exact nature of our
defects.
6.
... defects all
of us have in varying ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
7.
... defects and
admit them.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
Little by
little the
family may
see their
own defects and
admit them.
8.
... defects and
had really admitted them, even ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
How could we be
certain that we had
made a
true catalog of our
defects and had
really admitted them,
even to
ourselves?
9.
... defects and
take action toward their removal ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
At the
very least, we
shall have to
come to
grips with some of our
worst character defects and
take action toward their
removal as
quickly as we can.
10.
... defects are.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
11.
... defects are
probably not more numerous or ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
12.
... defects as
these, and few of us ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
13.
... defects at
these rock-bottom levels.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Of
course, most
human beings don't
suffer these
defects at these
rock-
bottom levels.
14.
... defects based
upon shortsighted or unworthy desires ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
15.
... defects based
upon that alone, wouldn't be ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Hence it was most
evident
that a
solitary self-
appraisal, and the
admission of our
defects based upon that
alone, wouldn't be
nearly enough.
16.
... defects, both
sobriety and peace of mind ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
17.
... defects, but
in some instances this will ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
We
will want to be
rid of some of these
defects, but
in some
instances this
will appear to be an
impossible job from which we
recoil.
18.
... defects contributed
to my financial instability?
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
19.
... defects deep
down in us under thick ...
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
20.
... defects, even
though such disclosures were painful ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
First of all, we had to
admit that we had
many of these
defects,
even though such disclosures were
painful and
humiliating.
21.
... defects has
been self-centered fear -- primarily fear ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
22.
... defects, have
discussed them with another, and ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
But when we have
taken a
square look at some of these
defects, have
discussed
them with
another, and have
become willing to have them
removed, our
thinking
about
humility commences to have a
wider
meaning.
23.
... defects have
not been so glaring.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
Some
will object to
many of the
questions posed,
because they
think their
own character defects have not
been so
glaring.
24.
... defects have
thus demolished their security.
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
25.
... defects, he
will ask, "Just how do ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
Now willing to
commence the
search for his
own defects, he
will ask, "
Just how do I
go about this?
26.
... defects, if
we think we have any ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
We
shall claim that our
serious character defects, if we
think we have
any at all, have been
caused chiefly by
excessive drinking.
27.
... defects may
be glaring, but the chances ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
Their
defects may be
glaring, but the
chances
are that our
own actions are
partly responsible.
28.
... defects of
character.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
Some
others will think of this
list as
defects of
character.
29.
... defects of
character."
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
"Were
entirely ready to
have
God remove all these
defects of
character."
30.
... defects of
character.
BB p.59,
How It Works
6. Were
entirely ready to
have
God remove all these
defects of
character.
31.
... defects of
character are not going to ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
You should
point out that his
defects of
character are
not
going to
disappear
over night.
32.
... defects of
character" -- is A.A.'s way of ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
33.
... defects of
character removed, because we still ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
At
Step Six,
many of us
balked -- for the
practical reason that we
did not
wish to have all our
defects of
character removed,
because we
still loved some of them too
much.
34.
... defects of
character will be answered with ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
35.
... defects of
others.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
36.
... defects of
others could be cured maybe ...
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
The
personality defects
of
others could be
cured maybe with a
loan.
37.
... defects of
their frail craft, every test ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
And this they did
find, in
measure to
transcend all
the
defects of their
frail craft,
every test of
uncertainty,
pain,
fear, and
despair, and
even the
death of
one.
38.
... defects of
these people, and sometimes used ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
39.
... defects, or,
if you wish, of our ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
That is the
measure of our
character defects, or, if
you
wish, of our
sins.
40.
... defects or
theirs.
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
We
must not
exaggerate
our
defects or theirs.
41.
... defects, past
and present.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
42.
... defects, representing
instincts gone astray, have been ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
43.
... defects, restitution
to those harmed, helpfulness to ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
44.
... defects should
be called, let's take a ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
45.
... defects taken
from them.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Some
people, of
course,
may
conclude that they are
indeed ready to have all
such defects taken from them.
46.
... defects that
have made us hard to ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
Almost always we
want to
go further and
admit other defects that have
made us
hard to
live with.
47.
... defects the
objectionable questions are concerned with.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
48.
... defects, then
where do we stand?
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
But when we
face up to the
less violent aspects of these
very same defects, then where do we
stand?
49.
... defects, there
will be little need to ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
50.
... defects, they
have finally ambushed us into ...
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
Whatever the
defects, they
have
finally ambushed
us into
alcoholism and
misery.
51.
... defects they
themselves were trying to conceal.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
52.
... defects to
another human being is humility ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
53.
... defects to
another human being we could ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Most of us would
declare that
without a
fearless admission of our
defects to
another human being we could not
stay sober.
54.
... defects to
another person is, of course, ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
55.
... defects to
be lifted out of us ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
This does not
mean that we
expect all our
character
defects to be
lifted out of us as the
drive to
drink was.
56.
... defects we
are still unwilling to give ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
57.
... defects; we
have ascertained in a rough ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
We have
admitted certain defects; we have
ascertained in a
rough way what the
trouble is; we
have
put our
finger on the
weak items in our
personal inventory.
58.
... defects were
still there.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Though now recognized, our
defects
were
still there.
59.
... defects which
cause or aggravate them.
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
60.
... defects while
we blamed others for them.
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Or
anger and
hurt pride might be the
smoke screen under which we were
hiding some of our
defects while we
blamed others for them.
61.
... defects, will
be obliged to admit that ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
But
even these
people, if
they
construct a
list of
still milder defects,
will be
obliged to
admit that they
prefer to
hang on to some of
them.
62.
... defects with
another person.
BB p.72,
Into Action
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