From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... depends on
us and on our motives.
BB p.70,
How It Works
It depends on us and on our motives.
2.
... depends upon
A.A. unity."
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
3.
... depends upon
A.A. unity.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
4.
... depends upon
able example and not upon ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
5.
... depends upon
his learning, eloquence, or on ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and
bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends upon his learning, eloquence, or on any special individual skills.
6.
... depends upon
obedience to spiritual principles.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
7.
... depends upon
the extent to which he ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
Whether such a person can quit upon a nonspiritual basis depends upon the extent to which he has
already lost the power to choose whether he will drink or not.
8.
... depends with
complete trust upon a motor ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
Ask the polio sufferer confined to an
iron lung who depends with complete trust upon a motor to keep the breath of life in him.
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