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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... enter into
debate with the many who ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
Nor do we
enter into
debate
with the many who still so
passionately cling to the
belief that to
satisfy our
basic natural desires is the
main object of
life.
2.
... enter into
public controversy, because we know ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
In this
respect, we do not
enter into
public controversy, because we
know that our
Society will
perish if it does.
3.
... enter public
controversies.
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
4.
... enter them
and expel their obsession.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
As they are
humbled by the
terrific beating administered by
alcohol, the
grace of
God can
enter them and
expel their
obsession.
5.
... enter to
expel our destructive obsessions until ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
It
seems plain that the
grace of
God will not
enter to
expel our
destructive obsessions until we are
willing to
try this.
6.
... enter upon
a new relationship with my ...
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.
7.
... enter us
and expel the obsession.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
The
fact was we really hadn't
cleaned house so that the
grace of
God could
enter us and
expel the
obsession.
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