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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... entire absence
of profit motive, and their ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The
unselfishness of these
men as we have
come to
know them, the
entire absence of
profit motive, and their
community spirit, is
indeed inspiring to one
who has
labored long and
wearily in this
alcoholic
field.
2.
... entire abstinence.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
The only
relief we have to
suggest is
entire abstinence.
3.
... entire burden
and trouble of others find ...
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
But those of us who have
tried to
shoulder the
entire burden and
trouble of others
find we are soon
overcome by them.
4.
... entire company.
BB p.145,
To Employers
Only a few
knew of it at
first but,
within a
short time, it was
billboarded throughout the
entire company.
5.
... entire confidence
of another alcoholic in a ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
But the
ex-
problem drinker who has
found this
solution, who is
properly
armed with
facts about
himself, can
generally win
the
entire confidence of
another
alcoholic in a few
hours.
6.
... entire family
is, to some extent, ill."
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
The
entire family is, to
some
extent,
ill."
7.
... entire implication
of Step Six?
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Many will at once
ask, "How can we
accept the
entire implication of
Step Six?
8.
... entire product.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
He may not see at once that he has
barely scratched a
limitless
lode which will
pay dividends only if he
mines
it for the
rest of his
life
and
insists on
giving
away the
entire product.
9.
... entire psychic
change there is very little ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
This is
repeated over and over, and
unless this
person can
experience an
entire psychic change there is very
little hope of his
recovery.
10.
... entire satisfaction,
our drinking went out of ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
We
thought "
conditions"
drove us to
drink, and when we
tried to
correct these
conditions
and
found that we couldn't to our
entire satisfaction, our
drinking went out of
hand and
we
became alcoholics.
11.
... entire supply
away from him to throw ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If he can
afford it, he may have
liquor concealed all over
his
house to be
certain no
one gets his
entire supply
away from him to
throw down the
wastepipe.
12.
... entire Twelve
Steps for the answers.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
But in the
longer run we
clearly realize that these
are only the
pains of
growing up, and
nothing but
good can
come from them if we
turn more and more to the
entire Twelve Steps for the
answers.
13.
... entire willingness
to approach these individuals, admitting ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
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