From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXAMINATION occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... examination are
bound to make all the ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
For these
minutes and sometimes
hours spent in
self-
examination are
bound to make all the other
hours of our
day better and
happier.
2.
... examination is
likely to reveal the very ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
To these it can be
suggested that a
conscientious examination is
likely to
reveal the very
defects the
objectionable questions are
concerned
with.
3.
... examination, meditation,
and prayer.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
There is a
direct linkage
among
self-
examination,
meditation, and
prayer.
4.
... examination of
our personal relations every bit ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
While the
purpose of
making restitution to
others is
paramount, it is
equally necessary that we
extricate from an
examination of our
personal relations every
bit of
information about ourselves and our
fundamental difficulties that we can.
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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