From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... done?
12&12 p.24,
Step One
2.
... done."
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
3.
... done."
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
In all times of emotional disturbance
or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness
simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to
know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done."
4.
... done.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
This vital Step was also the means by which we began to get the feeling that we could be forgiven, no matter what we had thought
or done.
5.
... done?
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
6.
... done.
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
There can only be one consideration which should qualify our desire for a complete disclosure of
the damage we have done.
7.
... done."
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
8.
... done."
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
As the day goes on, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request: "Thy will, not mine, be done."
9.
... done.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
Practically every A.A. member declares that no satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well done.
10.
... done.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
11.
... done."
BB p.67,
How It Works
12.
... done.
BB p.75,
Into Action
Returning home we find a place where we can be quiet for an hour, carefully reviewing
what we have done.
13.
... done."
BB p.85,
Into Action
14.
... done."
BB p.88,
Into Action
We constantly remind
ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done."
15.
... done.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
16.
... done?
BB p.140,
To Employers
17.
... done, a
genuine gratitude for blessings received, ...
12&12 p.95,
Step Ten
An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude for blessings received, and
a willingness to try for
better things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek.
18.
... done a
wrong he could not possibly ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
19.
... done about
alcoholism in their own firms.
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
Employers learn that great corporations have
set their approval upon us, and wish to discover what can be done
about alcoholism in their own firms.
20.
... done about
our vengeful resentments, self-pity, and ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
But in A.A. we slowly learned that something
had to be done about our vengeful resentments,
self-pity, and unwarranted pride.
21.
... done about
them.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Something had to be done
about them.
22.
... done, and
chalking up debits where due.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Here we cast up a balance sheet, crediting ourselves with things well done, and chalking up debits where due.
23.
... done and,
God willing, it shall not ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
24.
... done, and
have the honest desire to ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson.
25.
... done, and
having searched our hearts with ...
12&12 p.95,
Step Ten
Having so considered our day, not omitting to take due note of things well done, and having searched our hearts with neither fear nor favor, we can truly thank God for the blessings we have
received and sleep in good conscience.
26.
... done and
make our apologies.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
27.
... done, and
the paper was printed in ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
28.
... done; and
third, having thus cleaned away ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have
been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop
the best possible relations with every human being we know.
29.
... done another,
we resentfully focus on the ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
To escape looking at the
wrongs we have done another, we resentfully
focus on the wrong he has
done us.
30.
... done any
good.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
31.
... done anything
for me!"
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
Our friend's gorge rose as he bitterly cried out: "If there is a God, He certainly hasn't
done anything for me!"
32.
... done better?
BB p.86,
Into Action
What could we have done better?
33.
... done better,
and resolve with God's help ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
Here we need only recognize that we did act or
think badly, try to visualize how we might
have done better, and resolve with God's help to carry these lessons over into tomorrow, making, of course, any amends still neglected.
34.
... done, but
it has hazards.
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
This can be done, but it has hazards.
35.
... done by
our drinking.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
After coming from our first meeting, or perhaps after we have finished reading the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," we usually want to sit down with some member of the family and readily admit the damage we have done by our drinking.
36.
... done drinking.
BB p.138,
To Employers
37.
... done for
him.
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
38.
... done for
him.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
39.
... done for
him what he could not ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
But my friend sat before me, and he made the point-blank declaration that God had
done for him what he could not do for himself.
40.
... done for
others as well as for ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
It is A.A.'s experience
that particularly in these cases we ought to pray that God's will, whatever it is, be
done for others as well as for ourselves.
41.
... done formerly,
it was because of misunderstanding.
BB p.142,
To Employers
Next he can be assured that
you do not intend to lecture, moralize, or condemn; that if this was done
formerly, it was because of misunderstanding.
42.
... done harm,
provided that we do not ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
We must be willing to make amends where we have done harm, provided that we do not bring about still more harm in so doing.
43.
... done him
and, though we may have ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
It may be he has done us more
harm than we have done him
and, though we may have acquired a better attitude toward him, we are
still not too keen about admitting our faults.
44.
... done I
would enter upon a new ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
My friend promised when
these things were done I
would enter upon a new relationship with my
Creator; that I would have the elements of a way of living which answered all
my problems.
45.
... done if
any results are to be ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
In many homes this is a difficult thing to do, but
it must be done if any results are to be expected.
46.
... done if
we are to expect sobriety, ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
But all who are in the least reasonable will agree upon one point: that there is plenty wrong with us alcoholics about which plenty will have to be done if we are to expect sobriety, progress, and
any real ability to cope with life.
47.
... done; in
defeat we were bitter.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
48.
... done in
red ink.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
49.
... done in
the past.
BB p.76,
Into Action
50.
... done in
the past?
BB p.140,
To Employers
51.
... done instead?
BB p.69,
How It Works
52.
... done it.
BB p.114,
To Wives
53.
... done it
in the chapter on alcoholism.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
54.
... done, meanwhile
forgiving the wrongs done us, ...
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
We shall want to hold ourselves to the course of admitting the things we have done, meanwhile forgiving the
wrongs done us, real or fancied.
55.
... done miracles.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
56.
... done on
an individual basis.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
57.
... done or
said?"
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
The question which might naturally come into your mind would be: "what did the man
do or say that was different from what others
had done or said?"
58.
... done others
has not been great, the ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has.
59.
... done others
-- the kind that make daily ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Such a roster of harms done others -- the kind that make daily living with us as practicing alcoholics
difficult and often unbearable -- could be extended almost indefinitely.
60.
... done our
part.
BB p.78,
Into Action
61.
... done our
utmost to straighten out the ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
Simply we tell him that we
will never get over drinking until we have done our utmost to straighten out the past.
62.
... done ourselves
has.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has.
63.
... done so
for the alcoholic is easily ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
64.
... done so
with finality, only to be ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
Our friends have counseled chucking the
men and we have done so with finality, only to be back in
a little while hoping, always hoping.
65.
... done so
yet.
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
66.
... done something
right.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
67.
... done that
sort of thing.
BB p.78,
Into Action
68.
... done the
impossible.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
69.
... done the
very thing that all her ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
After the husband joins A.A., the wife may become discontented, even highly resentful that Alcoholics Anonymous
has done the very thing that all her years of devotion had failed to do.
70.
... done their
worst.
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
71.
... done these
drunks.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
72.
... done this
when taking moral inventory, but ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways.
73.
... done to
them.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
As soon as we begin to feel confident in our new way of life and have begun, by our behavior and example, to
convince those about us
that we are indeed changing for the better, it
is usually safe to talk in complete frankness with those who
have been seriously affected, even those who may be only a little
or not at all aware of what we have done to them.
74.
... done to
them and to their mother.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
75.
... done to
us!
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
76.
... done us.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
To escape looking at the
wrongs we have done another, we resentfully
focus on the wrong he has
done us.
77.
... done us
more harm than we have ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
It may be he has done us more
harm than we have done him
and, though we may have acquired a better attitude toward him, we are
still not too keen about admitting our faults.
78.
... done us,
real or fancied.
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
We shall want to hold ourselves to the course of admitting the things we have done, meanwhile forgiving the
wrongs done us, real or fancied.
79.
... done, we
are really able to leave ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
80.
... done, we
resolutely looked for our own ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
81.
... done well
enough in admitting these things ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
82.
... done well
may dispute this, so let's ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Some who feel they have done
well may dispute this, so
let's try to think it through a little further.
83.
... done would
have stopped me for, so ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
I know, in my own particular case, that nothing my company could
have done would have stopped me for, so long as I
was able to hold my position, I could not possibly realize how serious my situation was.
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