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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... extent.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
2.
... extent, A.A.
has offset the damage to ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
To a
surprising extent,
A.A. has
offset the
damage to
family life brought about by
years of
alcoholism.
3.
... extent emotionally
ill as well as frequently ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Finally, we
begin to see that all people,
including ourselves, are to some
extent emotionally ill as well as
frequently wrong, and then we
approach
true tolerance and see
what
real love for our
fellows actually means.
4.
... extent have
my own mistakes fed my ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
I can
ask myself to what
extent
have my
own mistakes fed my
gnawing anxieties.
5.
... extent, ill."
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
The
entire family is, to
some
extent,
ill."
6.
... extent, in
fact, to a considerable extent ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
These things were
true to some
extent, in
fact, to a
considerable extent with
some of us.
7.
... extent or
other, been affected.
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Then, as
year by
year we
walk back through our
lives as
far as
memory will
reach,
we shall be
bound to
construct a
long list of people who have, to some
extent or other, been
affected.
8.
... extent, that
is true.
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
To a
certain extent, that
is
true.
9.
... extent that
it does in you."
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
I have
never seen one
single case recover, where that
state of
mind existed to the
extent that it does in you."
10.
... extent that
we do as we think ...
BB p.68,
How It Works
Just to the
extent that we do as we
think He would have us, and
humbly rely on Him, does He
enable us to
match calamity with
serenity.
11.
... extent that
we permit these, do we ...
BB p.66,
How It Works
To the
precise extent that
we
permit these, do we
squander the
hours that
might have been
worth while.
12.
... extent that
we stop making demands upon ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We
discover that we do
receive guidance for our
lives to just about the
extent that we
stop making demands upon
God to
give it to us on
order and on our
terms.
13.
... extent the
facts of A.A. life confirm ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
14.
... extent this
is already true.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
To some
extent this is already
true.
15.
... extent to
which he has already lost ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
Whether such a
person can
quit upon a
nonspiritual
basis depends upon the
extent to which he has already
lost the
power to
choose whether he will
drink
or not.
16.
... extent we
have become God-conscious.
BB p.85,
Into Action
To some
extent we have
become God-
conscious.
17.
... extent with
some of us.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
These things were
true to some
extent, in
fact, to a
considerable extent with
some of us.
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