From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... direction.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
2.
... direction.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
With the best of intentions, he tends to force his own will into all sorts of situations and problems
with the comfortable assurance that he is acting under God's specific direction.
3.
... direction.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
All this should be very encouraging news for those who recoil from prayer because they don't believe in it, or because
they feel themselves cut off from God's help and direction.
4.
... direction.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
Upon entering A.A., these attitudes were sharply reversed, often going much too far in the opposite direction.
5.
... direction.
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
But today, in well-matured A.A.'s, these distorted drives have been
restored to something
like their true purpose and direction.
6.
... direction?
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
7.
... direction.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
8.
... direction.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
9.
... direction and
advice.
BB p.121,
To Wives
10.
... direction, and
I reached into my pocket.
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
11.
... direction and
strength to meet my problems ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I was to sit quietly when in
doubt, asking only for
direction and strength to
meet my problems as He
would have me.
12.
... direction could
we set foot on the ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Only by discussing ourselves, holding back nothing, only by being willing to take advice and accept direction could we set foot on the road to straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility.
13.
... direction flowed
into them.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
In the face of collapse
and despair, in the face of
the total failure of their
human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of
direction flowed into them.
14.
... direction from
Him who has all knowledge ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
Much has already been said about receiving strength, inspiration,
and direction from Him who has all knowledge and power.
15.
... direction he
likes.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
16.
... direction, I
became irritated and my mind ...
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
When they talked of a God personal to me, who was love,
superhuman strength
and direction, I became irritated and my mind snapped shut against such a theory.
17.
... direction if
he fails to show unselfishness ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
He is not likely to get far in any direction if he fails to show unselfishness and
love under his own roof.
18.
... direction of
his Creator, and said he ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
On the third day the lawyer gave his life to the care and direction of his Creator, and said he was perfectly willing to do anything necessary.
19.
... direction, provided
we took other simple steps.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
As soon as we admitted the
possible existence of
a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit
of the Universe underlying the totality
of things, we began to be
possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.
20.
... direction to
do the right thing, no ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
Reminding ourselves
that we have decided to go to
any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we
be given strength and
direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be.
21.
... direction to
millions.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We have learned that whatever the human frailties of various faiths may be, those faiths have given purpose and direction to millions.
22.
... direction when,
in rare cases, we get ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
Or we may be tipped over in
the other direction when, in
rare cases, we get a cool and skeptical reception.
23.
... direction with
the purpose of pleasing ourselves ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
We threw money about in every direction with the purpose of pleasing ourselves and impressing other people.
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