From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... effective.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
That the man who is making
the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with
a real answer, that he has
no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that
there are no fees to pay, no axes
to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured -- these are the conditions we have found
most effective.
2.
... effective conscience
of our whole Society in ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
II. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience of our whole Society in its world affairs.
3.
... effective, how
to do the most good ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
Let it be noted, too, that
they were almost always concerned with ways to make A.A. more effective, how to do the
most good for the most alcoholics.
4.
... effective leadership,
we should endow each element ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
III. To insure effective leadership, we
should endow each element of A.A. -- the Conference, the General
Service Board and its service corporations, staffs,
committees, and executives -- with a traditional "Right of Decision."
5.
... effective living
for many, alcoholic or not.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
6.
... effective member
of Alcoholics Anonymous, he still ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
Though he is now a most effective member of Alcoholics Anonymous,
he still smokes and drinks coffee, but neither his wife nor anyone else stands in judgment.
7.
... effective mental
defense against the first drink.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
8.
... effective part
in the new life.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
At the very beginning,
the couple ought to frankly face the fact that each will have to yield here and there if the family is
going to play an effective part in the new life.
9.
... effective spiritual
experiences(*) which have revolutionized our ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and
effective spiritual experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.
10.
... effective spiritual
structure can be built.(*)
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can
be built.(*)
11.
... effective therapy."
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
This self-insurance has
resulted in the restoration of physical, mental and spiritual health and self-respect to hundreds of men and women who would be hopelessly down and out without its unique but effective therapy."
12.
... effective thought
during the period of premeditation ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
We now see that when we began to drink deliberately, instead
of casually, there was little serious or effective thought during the period of premeditation of what the terrific consequences
might be.
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