From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... fears.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for
financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears.
2.
... fears.
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
3.
... fears are
the termites that ceaselessly devour ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
These fears are the termites that ceaselessly devour the
foundations of whatever sort of life we try to build.
4.
... fears, despite
advice from the Foundation that ...
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
By his eloquence he allayed all fears, despite advice from the Foundation that it could issue no charter, and that ventures
which mixed an A.A. group with medication and
education had come to sticky ends elsewhere.
5.
... fears fall
from us.
BB p.75,
Into Action
Our fears fall from us.
6.
... fears have
subsided.
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
It is significant, now
that almost no A.A. in our Fellowship breaks anonymity at the public level, that nearly all these fears have subsided.
7.
... fears, is
the basic breeder of most ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
For pride, leading to self-justification, and
always spurred by conscious or unconscious fears, is the
basic breeder of most human difficulties, the
chief block to true progress.
8.
... fears, no
matter what our material prospects ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
But as time passed we found that with the help of A.A.'s Twelve Steps we could lose those fears, no matter what our material prospects were.
9.
... fears often
continued to haunt us.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
Even when we were well reestablished in our business, these terrible
fears often continued to haunt us.
10.
... fears or
anxieties into making a life ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
We have seen that we were prodded by unreasonable fears or anxieties into making a life business of winning fame, money, and what we thought
was leadership.
11.
... fears that
they could get over them, ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
When, with God's help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too.
12.
... fears thoroughly.
BB p.68,
How It Works
13.
... fears were
to prove groundless?
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
14.
... fears which
would make a serene and ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
And these were fears which would make a serene and useful existence, at any financial level, quite impossible.
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