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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DESTROY occurs
10 times
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1.
... destroy himself
by alcohol, but He did ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
He did not
design man to
destroy himself by
alcohol,
but He did
give man instincts to
help him to
stay alive.
2.
... destroy his
chances for material and emotional ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
In such a
case, this
imperious urge can
destroy his
chances for
material and
emotional
security as well as his
standing in the
community.
3.
... destroy my
confidence and fill me with ...
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
Did
fear and
inferiority about my
fitness for my
job destroy my
confidence and
fill me with
conflict?
4.
... destroy our
chance of being helpful.
BB p.67,
How It Works
If we do, we
destroy our
chance of being
helpful.
5.
... destroy our
spiritual heritage as futile disputes ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Seven (Long)
6.
... destroy our
spiritual heritage as futile disputes ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
7.
... destroy ourselves
in the process.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
The
tyrant alcohol wielded a
double-
edged sword over us:
first we were
smitten by an
insane urge that
condemned us to go on
drinking, and then by an
allergy of the
body that
insured we would
ultimately destroy
ourselves in the
process.
8.
... destroy the
reputation of his partner, disgrace ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
If he
opened that
old affair, he was
afraid it
would
destroy the
reputation of his
partner,
disgrace his
family and take away his
means
of
livelihood.
9.
... destroy their
lives, they commit a most ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
When
men and
women pour so much
alcohol into
themselves that they
destroy their
lives, they
commit a most
unnatural act.
10.
... destroy us.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
Any others would
surely destroy us.
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