From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXISTENCE occurs
13 times
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1.
... existence.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
I was soon to be
catapulted into what I like to
call the
fourth dimension of
existence.
2.
... existence?
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Did not these
feelings, after all,
determine the
course of
our
existence?
3.
... existence, at any financial level, quite impossible.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
And these were
fears which would make a
serene and
useful existence, at any
financial level, quite
impossible.
4.
... existence in his community.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
5.
... existence lie ahead.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
The most
satisfactory years of your
existence lie ahead.
6.
... existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
7.
... existence of God can be proved; the ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
Religion says the
existence of
God can be
proved; the
agnostic says
it can't be
proved; and the
atheist claims proof of the
nonexistence of
God.
8.
... existence of which we had not even ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
We have
found much of
heaven and we have been
rocketed into a
fourth dimension of
existence of
which we had not even
dreamed.
9.
... existence, often far exceed their proper functions.
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
Yet these
instincts, so
necessary for our
existence,
often far
exceed their
proper functions.
10.
... existence, the full answer to which may ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
This is a
riddle of our
existence, the
full answer to which may be only in the
mind of
God.
11.
... existence, they show the underlying reasons why ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
12.
... existence, they wouldn't want it.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
If
newcomers could see no
joy or
fun in our
existence, they wouldn't
want it.
13.
... existence was shot through with it.
BB p.67,
How It Works
It was an
evil and
corroding thread; the
fabric of our
existence was
shot through with it.
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