From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DEVELOPMENT occurs
9 times
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1.
... development.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
This, of
course, is the
process by which
instinct
and
logic always
seek to
bolster egotism, and so
frustrate spiritual
development.
2.
... development.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Our
answer is in still more
spiritual development.
3.
... development.
BB p.118,
To Wives
The
chances are he will not for, like
yourself, he is just
beginning his
development.
4.
... development.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
5.
... development, all
will be well.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
If the
family will
appreciate that
dad's
current behavior is but a
phase of his
development, all
will be well.
6.
... development almost
always insist on checking with ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
It is
worth noting that
people of very
high spiritual development almost
always
insist on
checking with
friends or
spiritual advisers
the
guidance they
feel
they have
received from
God.
7.
... development of
self-restraint.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
Our
first objective will
be the
development of
self-
restraint.
8.
... development of
that kind of humility that ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
It is a
step in the
development of that
kind of
humility that makes it
possible for us to
receive
God's
help.
9.
... development, we
will be amazed before we ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
If we are
painstaking about this
phase of our
development, we
will be
amazed before we are
half way through.
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