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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FAULT occurs
15 times
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1.
... fault?
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Appraising each
situation fairly, can I
see where I have been at
fault?
2.
... fault.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Those who did would sometimes
assure us that, after
all, a
lively bender was
only a
good man's
fault.
3.
... fault.
BB p.81,
Into Action
Undoubtedly we should
admit our
fault.
4.
... fault-finding are
to be avoided like the ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Argument and
fault-
finding are to be
avoided
like the
plague.
5.
... fault, he
is sure that other people ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
Admitting he may be somewhat at
fault, he is
sure that other people
are more to
blame.
6.
... fault in
many respects, he should not ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Though his
family be at
fault in many
respects, he
should not be
concerned about that.
7.
... fault is
elsewhere.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
In all these
situations we
need self-
restraint,
honest analysis of what is
involved, a
willingness to
admit when
the
fault is ours, and an
equal willingness to
forgive when the
fault is
elsewhere.
8.
... fault is
ours, and an equal willingness ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
In all these
situations we
need self-
restraint,
honest analysis of what is
involved, a
willingness to
admit when
the
fault is ours, and an
equal willingness to
forgive when the
fault is
elsewhere.
9.
... fault, like
tardiness.
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
10.
... fault; next
we make a vigorous attempt ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a
look backward and
try to
discover where we have been at
fault;
next we make a
vigorous attempt to
repair the
damage we have
done; and
third, having thus
cleaned away the
debris of
the
past, we
consider how,
with our
newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may
develop the
best possible relations with
every
human being we
know.
11.
... fault of
her own, became accustomed to ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
12.
... fault, so
feuds of years' standing melt ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
Sometimes the
man we are calling upon
admits his
own fault, so
feuds of
years'
standing melt away in an
hour.
13.
... fault; they
seem to have been born ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
They are not at
fault; they
seem to have been
born that way.
14.
... fault, we
tried to disregard the other ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
Though a
situation had not been
entirely our
fault, we
tried to
disregard the
other
person involved entirely.
15.
... fault, what
should we have done instead?
BB p.69,
How It Works
Where were we at fault, what should we have done
instead?
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