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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... drinkers.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
2.
... drinkers.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
They
think that the
Twelve
Steps can
mean more than
sobriety for
problem drinkers.
3.
... drinkers.
BB p.112,
To Wives
Drinkers like to
help other
drinkers.
4.
... drinkers again
later.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
5.
... drinkers --
alcoholics -- should not drink at all.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
They
wanted to say that
liquor should be
enjoyed,
not
misused;
hard drinkers ought to
slow down, and
problem drinkers --
alcoholics -- should not
drink at all.
6.
... drinkers are
abnormal, but everybody hopefully awaits ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
In a
vague way their
families and
friends sense that these
drinkers are
abnormal, but
everybody
hopefully awaits the
day when the
sufferer will
rouse himself from his
lethargy and
assert his
power of will.
7.
Drinkers are
like that.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
Drinkers are like that.
8.
... drinkers are
not so affected, nor can ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
Normal drinkers are not so
affected, nor can they
understand the
aberrations of the
alcoholic.
9.
... drinkers as
others seldom can.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
Just as
firmly bound by
obligation are the
members of
Alcoholics Anonymous, who have
demonstrated that they can
help problem drinkers as others
seldom can.
10.
... drinkers," but
cannot endure the suggestion that ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Some will be
willing to
term themselves "
problem drinkers," but cannot
endure the
suggestion that they are in
fact mentally ill.
11.
... drinkers, depend
upon our constant thought of ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Our very
lives, as
ex-
problem drinkers,
depend upon our
constant thought of others and how we may
help meet their
needs.
12.
... drinkers have
excuses with which they are ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
Some
drinkers have
excuses
with which they are
satisfied part of the
time.
13.
... drinkers have
little trouble in giving up ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
14.
Drinkers like
to help other drinkers.
BB p.112,
To Wives
Drinkers like to
help other
drinkers.
15.
... drinkers of
us in the first place, ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Still
goaded by
sheer necessity, we
reluctantly come to
grips with those
serious character flaws that made
problem drinkers of us in
the
first place,
flaws which
must be
dealt with to
prevent a
retreat into
alcoholism once again.
16.
... drinkers ought
to slow down, and problem ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
They
wanted to say that
liquor should be
enjoyed,
not
misused;
hard drinkers ought to
slow down, and
problem drinkers --
alcoholics -- should not
drink at all.
17.
... drinkers, their
common interest in A.A. and ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
Their
common suffering
as
drinkers, their
common interest in
A.A. and
spiritual things, often
enhance such
unions.
18.
... drinkers, we
can say that his explanation ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
But as
ex-
problem drinkers, we can say that his
explanation makes
good sense.
19.
... drinkers, we
smile at such a sally.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
As
ex-
problem drinkers, we
smile at such a
sally.
20.
... drinkers, we
still thought we had to ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
Though
ex-
drinkers, we still
thought we had to
hide from
public distrust and
contempt.
21.
... drinkers which
we hear all the time.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Now these are
commonplace observations on
drinkers
which we
hear all the
time.
22.
... drinkers who
read this page will understand!
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
Unhappy drinkers who
read this
page will
understand!
23.
... drinkers who
should have been fired long ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
They often
jeopardize their
own positions by
trying to
help serious drinkers who should
have been
fired long ago, or
else
given an
opportunity to get well.
24.
... drinkers who
want to recover.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
Perhaps you are not
acquainted with any
drinkers who
want to
recover.
25.
... drinkers, who
would be greatly insulted if ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Certain drinkers, who would
be
greatly insulted if
called
alcoholics, are
astonished at their
inability to
stop.
26.
Drinkers will
not stand for it.
BB p.103,
Working With Others
Drinkers will not
stand for
it.
27.
... drinkers will
seize upon it, to follow ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Our
hope is that when this
chip of a book is
launched on
the
world tide of
alcoholism,
defeated
drinkers will
seize upon it,
to
follow its suggestions.
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