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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... face.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
Decidedly unfriendly, he
stared at
me out of
eyes which were
slits in his
red and
swollen face.
2.
... face.
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
To be
doomed to an
alcoholic death or to
live on a
spiritual basis are not always
easy alternatives to
face.
3.
... face.
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
The
foregoing pages
(though
addressed only to
wives)
indicate the
problems such people may
face.
4.
... face, A.A.'s
speak the language of the ...
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Modem-to-
modem or
face-to-
face,
A.A.'s
speak the
language of the
heart in all
its power and
simplicity.
5.
... face admission
of our wretched conduct to ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
We got a
pretty severe shock when we
realized that
we were
preparing to make a
face-to-
face admission of our
wretched conduct to those
we had
hurt.
6.
... face and
drink like a gentleman, our ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
If anyone who is
showing inability to
control his
drinking can do the
right-about-
face and
drink like a
gentleman, our
hats are off to him.
7.
... face and
rectify errors and convert them ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
We
grow by our
willingness to
face and
rectify errors and
convert them into
assets.
8.
... face, and
to be rid of, the ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
Though our
decision was a
vital and
crucial step, it could have
little permanent effect unless at once
followed by
a
strenuous effort to
face, and to be
rid of, the
things in ourselves which had been
blocking us.
9.
... face as
he replied, "Oh, but that's ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
Hopelessness was
written large on the
man's
face as he
replied, "
Oh, but that's no use.
10.
... face combat.
BB p.82,
Into Action
Good generalship may
decide that the
problem be
attacked on the
flank
rather than
risk a
face-to-
face combat.
11.
... face falls
when we speak of spiritual ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
12.
... face his
problems squarely that God might ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
He saw that he would have to
face his
problems squarely that
God might
give him
mastery.
13.
... face in
places where there is drinking, ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
Why
sit with a
long face in
places where there is
drinking,
sighing about
the
good old days.
14.
... face indecision.
BB p.86,
Into Action
In
thinking about our
day
we may
face indecision.
15.
... face it.
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Few
indeed are the
practicing alcoholics
who have any
idea how
irrational they are, or seeing their
irrationality, can
bear
to
face it.
16.
... face jail,
but we are willing.
BB p.79,
Into Action
We may
lose our
position
or
reputation or
face jail, but we are
willing.
17.
... face life
again, there will be no ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
When a few
men in this
city
have
found themselves, and have
discovered the
joy of
helping others to
face life again, there will be no
stopping until
everyone
in that
town has had his
opportunity to
recover
-- if he can and will.
18.
... face life
successfully, as we became conscious ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
19.
... face of
a desperate desire to stop ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
20.
... face of
collapse and despair, in the ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
In the
face of
collapse
and
despair, in the
face of
the
total failure of their
human resources, they
found that a new
power,
peace,
happiness, and
sense of
direction flowed into them.
21.
... face of
difficult circumstances.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
22.
... face of
difficulties that would have made ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
I
pointed out that I had had
nothing to
drink whatever for
three years, and this in the
face of
difficulties
that would have made
nine out of
ten men drink their
heads off.
23.
... face of
expert opinion to the contrary, ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Doubtless you are
curious to
discover how
and why, in the
face of
expert opinion to the
contrary, we have
recovered from a
hopeless condition of
mind and
body.
24.
... face of
the total failure of their ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
In the
face of
collapse
and
despair, in the
face of
the
total failure of their
human resources, they
found that a new
power,
peace,
happiness, and
sense of
direction flowed into them.
25.
... face the
fact that being in the ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
But we do have to
soberly face the
fact that being in the
public eye is
hazardous,
especially
for us.
26.
... face the
fact that each will have ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
At the very
beginning, the
couple ought to
frankly
face the
fact that each will
have to
yield here and there if the
family is
going to
play an
effective part in the new
life.
27.
... face the
fact that we must find ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
But after a while we had to
face the
fact that we
must find a
spiritual basis of
life -- or else.
28.
... face the
hideous Four Horsemen -- Terror, Bewilderment, ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
29.
... face the
proposition that either God is ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
30.
... face them.
BB p.78,
Into Action
We
must lose our
fear of
creditors no
matter how far we have to go, for we are
liable to
drink if we are
afraid to
face them.
31.
... face-to-face, A.A.'s
speak the language of the ...
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Modem-to-
modem or
face-to-
face,
A.A.'s
speak the
language of the
heart in all
its power and
simplicity.
32.
... face-to-face admission
of our wretched conduct to ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
We got a
pretty severe shock when we
realized that
we were
preparing to make a
face-to-
face admission of our
wretched conduct to those
we had
hurt.
33.
... face-to-face combat.
BB p.82,
Into Action
Good generalship may
decide that the
problem be
attacked on the
flank
rather than
risk a
face-to-
face combat.
34.
... face-to-face Twelfth
Step work.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
There are many
opportunities even for those
of us who
feel unable to
speak at
meetings or who are
so
situated that we cannot do much
face-to-
face Twelfth Step work.
35.
... face-to-face work
with the alcoholic who suffers ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Almost from the
beginning, we have been
positive that
face-to-
face work with the
alcoholic who
suffers
could be
based only on the
desire to
help and be
helped.
36.
... face Twelfth
Step work.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
There are many
opportunities even for those
of us who
feel unable to
speak at
meetings or who are
so
situated that we cannot do much
face-to-
face Twelfth Step work.
37.
... face up
to.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
These were
problems of
life which we could
never face up to.
38.
... face up
to the less violent aspects ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
But when we
face up to the
less violent aspects of these very same
defects, then where do we
stand?
39.
... face warmed
my heart.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
40.
... face work
with the alcoholic who suffers ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Almost from the
beginning, we have been
positive that
face-to-
face work with the
alcoholic who
suffers
could be
based only on the
desire to
help and be
helped.
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