From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXAMINE occurs
5 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... examine for
a moment this idea of ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
Let's
examine for a
moment
this
idea of
dependence
at the
level of
everyday
living.
2.
... examine our
motives in each thought or ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
As we
glance down the
debit
side of the
day's
ledger, we should
carefully examine our
motives in each
thought or
act that
appears to be
wrong.
3.
... examine the
evidence of our senses, and ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
It is not by
chance we were
given the
power to
reason, to
examine the
evidence of our
senses, and
to
draw conclusions.
4.
... examine the
principles by which the alcoholic ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
One more
suggestion: Whether the
family has
spiritual convictions or not, they may do well to
examine the
principles by
which the
alcoholic member is
trying to
live.
5.
... examine themselves
ruthlessly to determine how their ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
But all
alcoholics who have
drunk themselves out of
jobs,
family, and
friends will
need to
cross-
examine themselves
ruthlessly
to
determine how their
own
personality defects
have thus
demolished their
security.
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