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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DISCOVERED occurs
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1.
... discovered.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
All too
late that was
discovered.
2.
... discovered a common solution.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
The
tremendous fact for
every one of us is that we have
discovered a
common solution.
3.
... discovered God.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
4.
... discovered liquor.
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
I was
part of
life at
last, and in the
midst of the
excitement I
discovered liquor.
5.
... discovered many more reasons later on.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
I
discovered many more
reasons later on.
6.
... discovered she had left Alcoholics Anonymous in ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
When her will was
read, it was
discovered she had
left Alcoholics Anonymous
in
trust with the
Alcoholic Foundation a
sum of
ten thousand dollars.
7.
... discovered that at the point of professionalism, ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
We have
discovered that at the
point of
professionalism,
money and
spirituality
do not
mix.
8.
... discovered that faith had been involved all ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
So, in one way or another, we
discovered that
faith had been
involved all
the
time!
9.
... discovered that hurricanes have a way of ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Even the
suggestion of such a thing
never fails to
whip up a
hurricane, and we
have
discovered that
hurricanes have a way of
mauling with
equal severity both the just and the
unjust.
10.
... discovered that our own group, or A.A. ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
For the
time being, we who were
atheist or
agnostic discovered that our
own group, or
A.A. as a
whole, would
suffice as a
higher power.
11.
... discovered that relief never came by confessing ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
They always
discovered that
relief never came by
confessing the
sins of other people.
12.
... discovered that there was perfect safety in ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
We had
discovered that there was
perfect safety in the
process of
trial and
error.
13.
... discovered that when one alcoholic had planted ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
It was then
discovered that when one
alcoholic had
planted in
the
mind of another the
true
nature of his
malady, that
person could
never be the
same again.
14.
... discovered that while we weren't alone any ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
But we soon
discovered that while we weren't alone
any more in a
social sense,
we still
suffered many of the
old pangs of
anxious apartness.
15.
... discovered the answer to alcoholism.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
16.
... discovered the best possible source of emotional ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
When we
developed still more, we
discovered the
best possible source of
emotional stability to
be
God Himself.
17.
... discovered the joy of helping others to ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
When a few
men in this
city
have
found themselves, and have
discovered the
joy of
helping others to
face life again, there will be no
stopping until
everyone
in that
town has had his
opportunity to
recover
-- if he can and will.
18.
... discovered the principles by which the individual ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
As we
discovered the
principles by which the
individual alcoholic
could
live, so we had to
evolve principles by
which the
A.A. groups and
A.A. as a
whole could
survive and
function effectively.
19.
... discovered to be a healer of pain.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
It brought a
measure of
humility, which we soon
discovered to be a
healer of
pain.
20.
... discovered we could face life successfully, as ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
21.
... discovered we did not need to consider ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
Much to our
relief, we
discovered we did not
need to
consider another's
conception of
God.
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