From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXERCISE occurs
6 times
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1.
... exercise helped
much.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
2.
... exercise of
an option brought in more ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
The
exercise of an
option
brought in more
money,
leaving us with a
profit of
several
thousand dollars for that
year.
3.
... exercise our
will power along this line ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
We can
exercise our will
power along this
line all we
wish.
4.
... exercise, reading
inspirational books, going to health ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Here are some of the
methods we have
tried:
Drinking beer only,
limiting the
number of
drinks,
never drinking alone,
never drinking in the
morning,
drinking only at
home,
never having it in the
house,
never drinking during
business
hours,
drinking only at
parties,
switching
from
scotch to
brandy,
drinking only
natural wines,
agreeing to
resign if ever
drunk on the
job,
taking a
trip, not
taking a
trip,
swearing off
forever (with and without a
solemn oath),
taking more
physical exercise,
reading inspirational books,
going to
health farms and
sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to
asylums --
we could
increase the
list
ad infinitum.
5.
... exercise self-restraint.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
6.
... exercise special
vigilance.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Now that we're in
A.A. and
sober, and
winning back the
esteem of our
friends and
business associates,
we find that we still
need to
exercise special vigilance.
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