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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... entirely.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
2.
... entirely.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
This often
caused the people we had
loved most to
push us
aside or perhaps
desert us
entirely.
3.
... entirely.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
With that
rejection we
imagined we had
abandoned the
God idea entirely.
4.
... entirely.
BB p.67,
How It Works
Though a
situation had not been
entirely our
fault, we
tried to
disregard the
other
person involved
entirely.
5.
... entirely a
problem of mental control.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
I do not
hold with those who
believe that
alcoholism
is
entirely a
problem of
mental control.
6.
... entirely admitted
his condition, he has become ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Even though your
protégé may not have
entirely admitted his
condition, he has
become
very
curious to
know how
you got well.
7.
... entirely contrary
to his own desires, was ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
8.
... entirely dependable,
though it emanate from our ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Neither is
reason, as most of us use it,
entirely dependable, though it
emanate from our
best minds.
9.
... entirely devoted
to Step Twelve.
BB p.88,
Into Action
10.
... entirely different
angle.
BB p.66,
How It Works
We were
prepared to
look
at it from an
entirely different angle.
11.
... entirely free
from alcohol for a period ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There is the
type who always
believes that after being
entirely free from
alcohol for a
period of
time he can take a
drink without
danger.
12.
... entirely getting
rid of self without His ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
And there often
seems no way of
entirely getting rid of
self without His
aid.
13.
... entirely honest
with somebody if we expect ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
We
must be
entirely honest with somebody if we
expect to
live long or
happily in this
world.
14.
... entirely if
they have good reason for ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
15.
... entirely ignored.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
16.
... entirely normal
in every respect except in ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
Then there are
types entirely
normal in every
respect
except in the
effect alcohol has upon them.
17.
... entirely of
alcoholics says it's going to ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
When a
society composed
entirely of
alcoholics
says it's
going to
pay its bills, that's really
news.
18.
... entirely of
alcoholics trying to help one ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
At
first, the
society was
composed entirely of
alcoholics trying to
help one another.
19.
... entirely of
promoters was frightening.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
20.
... entirely, or
if when drinking, you have ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
If, when you
honestly want
to, you find you cannot
quit entirely, or if when
drinking,
you have
little control
over the
amount you take, you are
probably alcoholic.
21.
... entirely our
fault, we tried to disregard ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
Though a
situation had not been
entirely our
fault, we
tried to
disregard the
other
person involved
entirely.
22.
... entirely out
of hand when drinking.
BB p.109,
To Wives
He often gets
entirely out of
hand when
drinking.
23.
... entirely out
of reach.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
Afterward, we
found
ourselves
accepting many things which then
seemed entirely out of
reach.
24.
... entirely outside
of A.A. -- for example, your ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
This
individual may be
entirely outside of
A.A. -- for
example, your
clergyman or your
doctor.
25.
... entirely personal
affair which each one decides ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
This should be an
entirely personal affair which each
one
decides for himself in the
light of
past associations, or his
present choice.
26.
... entirely ready
to have God remove all ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
"Were
entirely ready to have
God remove all these
defects of
character."
27.
... entirely ready
to have God remove all ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
So
Step Six -- "Were
entirely ready to have
God remove all these
defects of
character" --
is
A.A.'s way of
stating the
best possible attitude one can take in
order to make a
beginning
on this
lifetime job.
28.
... entirely ready
to have God remove all ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
6. Were
entirely ready to
have
God remove all these
defects of
character.
29.
... entirely ready"
to have God remove the ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
So in a very
complete and
literal way, all
A.A.'s have "
become entirely ready" to have
God remove the
mania for
alcohol from their
lives.
30.
... "entirely ready"
underline the fact that we ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
The
key words "
entirely ready"
underline the
fact that we
want to
aim at the very
best we
know or can
learn.
31.
... entirely sensible,
was pretty drastic.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
But the
program of
action, though
entirely sensible, was
pretty drastic.
32.
... entirely separate
from Alcoholics Anonymous, it uses ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
33.
... entirely when,
later, in an upper room ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Impressed by those who
visited him at the
hospital, he
capitulated entirely when,
later, in an
upper room of this
house, he
heard the
story of some
man whose
experience closely tallied with his
own.
34.
... entirely willing
to aim toward perfection.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
It is
suggested that we ought to
become entirely willing to
aim toward perfection.
35.
... entirely with
his first half dozen prospects.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
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