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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EASY occurs
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1.
... easy.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
His
sponsor probably
says, "Take it
easy.
2.
... easy'?
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
But just how, in these
circumstances, does a
fellow 'take it
easy'?
3.
... easy!
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
He could say, "How very easy!
4.
... easy.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
We
need not be
discouraged when we
fall
into the
error of our
old ways, for these
disciplines are not
easy.
5.
... easy.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
That was not easy.
6.
... easy.
BB p.86,
Into Action
We
relax and take it
easy.
7.
... easy; a
price had to be paid.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
Simple, but not
easy; a
price had to be
paid.
8.
... easy alternatives
to face.
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
To be
doomed to an
alcoholic death or to
live on a
spiritual basis are not always
easy alternatives to
face.
9.
... easy and
superficial point of view.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
We
naturally congratulate ourselves on what
later proves to be a far too
easy and
superficial point of
view.
10.
Easy Does
It.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
Easy Does It.
11.
... easy for
the two friends.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
But
life was not
easy for the
two friends.
12.
... easy to
be vague about this matter.
BB p.86,
Into Action
It would be
easy to be
vague
about this
matter.
13.
... easy to
begin the practice of Step ...
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
Once we have
come into
agreement with these
ideas,
it is really
easy to
begin
the
practice of
Step Three.
14.
... easy to
get way off the track.
BB p.68,
How It Works
It's so
easy to get way off the
track.
15.
... easy to
let up on the spiritual ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
It is
easy to let up on the
spiritual program of
action and
rest on our
laurels.
16.
... easy to
read our fear that large ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
Between these
lines, it is
easy to
read our
fear that
large numbers of
incoming people
might
break our
anonymity wide open.
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