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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXPERIENCED occurs
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1.
... experienced.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
After all, we are experienced.
2.
... experienced a
few distressing failures, but in ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
They
experienced a few
distressing failures,
but in those
cases they made an
effort to bring the
man's
family into a
spiritual
way of
living, thus
relieving much
worry and
suffering.
3.
... experienced a
very strange sensation.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
One
year later he called to
see me, and I
experienced a very
strange sensation.
4.
... experienced A.A.
member if this really works.
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
They
dubiously ask an
experienced A.A. member if this really
works.
5.
... experienced A.A.
will tell how his affairs ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
Almost any
experienced A.A. will
tell how his
affairs have
taken remarkable and
unexpected turns for the
better as he
tried to
improve his
conscious contact with
God.
6.
... experienced dad's
elation.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
Many of us have
experienced dad's
elation.
7.
... experienced many
of them.
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
We have experienced many of them.
8.
... experienced members,
but he surely won't take ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
This doesn't
mean an
A.A. won't
take
advice or
suggestions from more
experienced members, but he
surely won't take
orders.
9.
... experienced nothing
but constant deflation and a ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
This
statement may
surprise newcomers who
have
experienced nothing
but
constant deflation and a
growing
conviction that
human
will is of no
value whatever.
10.
... experienced people,
of course, in all times ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
More
experienced people, of
course, in all
times and
places have
practiced unsparing self-
survey and
criticism.
11.
... experienced servants
of the whole.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
All such
representatives are to be
guided in the
spirit of
service, for
true leaders in
A.A. are but
trusted and
experienced servants of the
whole.
12.
... experienced servants
of the whole.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
All such
representatives are to be
guided in the
spirit of
service, for
true leaders in
A.A. are but
trusted and
experienced servants of the
whole.
13.
... experienced social
worker who understood what alcohol ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
A
city wanted an
experienced social worker who
understood
what
alcohol could do to a
family.
14.
... experienced, who
not only has stayed dry ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
We shall
want to
speak with
someone who is
experienced, who not only has
stayed dry but has been able to
surmount other
serious
difficulties.
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