From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
Click
to display the full page from the Big Book1.
... fellows.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
We have also seen men and women who go power-mad, who devote themselves to attempting to rule their
fellows.
2.
... fellows.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
Every normal person wants, for example, to eat, to reproduce, to be somebody in the society of
his fellows.
3.
... fellows.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
4.
... fellows.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
5.
... fellows.
BB p.76,
Into Action
I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in
the way of my usefulness
to you and my fellows.
6.
... fellows.
BB p.84,
Into Action
7.
... fellows.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
8.
... fellows actually
means.
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.
9.
... fellows and
from God.
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
10.
... fellows and
repair the damage done in ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
11.
... fellows and
they retaliate.
BB p.62,
How It Works
Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate.
12.
... fellows and
toward God's universe.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and
effective spiritual
experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.
13.
... fellows, and
why this private room?
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
14.
... fellows are
somebody.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
You fellows are somebody.
15.
... fellows craving
attention and companionship, but never ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Either we were shy, and dared not draw near others, or we were apt to be noisy good fellows craving attention and companionship, but never getting it -- at least to our way of thinking.
16.
... fellows did,
nor are we likely to, ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
We admit we have some of these symptoms, but we have not gone to the extremes you
fellows did, nor are we likely to, for we understand ourselves
so well after what you have
told us that such things cannot happen again.
17.
... fellows got
over your drinking.
BB p.148,
To Employers
18.
... fellows had
your morning meditation?"
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
19.
... fellows in
order to be useful and ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Still more wonderful is the feeling
that we do not have to be specially distinguished among our
fellows in order to be useful and profoundly happy.
20.
... fellows in
the world.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
21.
... fellows know
your stuff all right, but ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
22.
... fellows may
enjoy sound minds and bodies.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
23.
... fellows nor
would we feel the urge ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
If we really depended upon God, we couldn't very well play God to our fellows nor would we feel the urge wholly to rely on human protection and care.
24.
... fellows of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
25.
... fellows of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
26.
... fellows of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
Some of them may sink and perhaps never get up, but if our experience is a criterion, more than half of those approached will become fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.
27.
... fellows put
this spiritual stuff makes sense.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
28.
... fellows said
about alcoholism, and I frankly ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
Let him tell you about it: "I
was much impressed with
what you fellows said about alcoholism, and I frankly did not believe it
would be possible for me to drink again.
29.
... fellows, that
I had been usually successful ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
I reasoned I was not so far
advanced as most of you fellows, that I had been usually
successful in licking
my other personal problems, and that I would therefore be successful where you men failed.
30.
... fellows ...
the 'herd instinct.'
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Dr. Foster Kennedy, neurologist:
"This organization of Alcoholics Anonymous
calls on two of the greatest reservoirs of
power known to man, religion and that instinct for association with one's
fellows ... the 'herd instinct.'
31.
... fellows, they
can do damage almost as ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
When we take such personality traits as
these into shop, office, and
the society of our fellows,
they can do damage almost
as extensive as that we have caused at home.
32.
... fellows to
see.
BB p.73,
Into Action
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.
Copyright © 2005-2012, Recovery Press LLC; All Rights Reserved.