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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FINDS occurs
9 times
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1.
... finds.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
For it is by
self-
forgetting that one
finds.
2.
... finds, and
until he patiently and persistently ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
For the
wise have always
known that no one can make much of his
life until
self-
searching becomes a
regular habit, until he is
able to
admit and
accept
what he
finds, and until he
patiently and
persistently tries to
correct what is
wrong.
3.
... finds he
cannot keep this priceless gift ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
Moreover, he
finds he cannot
keep this
priceless gift unless he
gives it away.
4.
... finds himself
easily able to control his ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other
hand -- and
strange as this may
seem to
those who do not
understand -- once a
psychic change has
occurred, the very same
person who
seemed doomed, who had so many
problems he
despaired of
ever
solving them,
suddenly finds himself
easily able to
control his
desire for
alcohol, the
only
effort necessary
being that
required to
follow a few
simple rules.
5.
... finds himself
in possession of a degree ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
He
finds himself in
possession of a
degree of
honesty,
tolerance,
unselfishness,
peace of
mind, and
love of which he had
thought himself quite
incapable.
6.
... finds its
chief application to situations which ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
7.
... finds that
real happiness is not to ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
8.
... finds undreamed
rewards as he tries to ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
Even the
newest of
newcomers finds undreamed rewards as he
tries to
help his
brother alcoholic, the
one who is even
blinder than he.
9.
... finds we
are not witch-burners.
BB p.103,
Working With Others
Every new
alcoholic looks for this
spirit among us
and is
immensely relieved when he
finds we are
not
witch-
burners.
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