From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 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
3.
... development.
BB p.118,
To Wives
4.
... development.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
Though some of his manifestations are alarming and disagreeable, we think
dad will be on a firmer foundation than
the man who is placing business or professional success
ahead of spiritual development.
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
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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