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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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... facing his problems in the light of ...   BB p.568(570), Appendix II, Spiritual Experience   Display entire Appendix II
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problems in the light of our experience can recover, provided he does not close his mind to all spiritual concepts.

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... facing ourselves is indescribable.   12&12 p.50, Step Four
As we persist, a brand-new kind of confidence is born, and the sense of relief at finally facing ourselves is indescribable.


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... facing process.   BB p.64, How It Works   Go to page 64 in the Big Book
Taking a commercial inventory is a fact-finding and a fact-facing process.

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... facing up to another person.   12&12 p.60, Step Five
Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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