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

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1.
... gave a dinner for many of his ...   BB xviii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
In the spring of 1940, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. gave a dinner for many of his friends to which he invited A.A. members to tell their stories.

2.
... gave a timid talk on how broke ...   12&12 p.163, Tradition Seven
During the intermission, the treasurer gave a timid talk on how broke the club was.

3.
... gave A.A. its present form, substance, and ...   12&12 p.18, Foreword
The Tradition section of this volume portrays in some detail the experience which finally produced the Twelve Traditions and so gave A.A. its present form, substance, and unity.


4.
... gave Alcoholics Anonymous this letter:   BB xxv(xxiii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
A well-known doctor, chief physician at a nationally prominent hospital specializing in alcoholic and drug addiction, gave Alcoholics Anonymous this letter:


5.
... gave him Dr. Silkworth's description of alcoholism ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
But when the broker gave him Dr. Silkworth's description of alcoholism and its hopelessness, the physician began to pursue the spiritual remedy for his malady with a willingness he had never before been able to muster.


6.
... gave his life to the care and ...   BB p.158, A Vision For You   Go to page 158 in the Big Book
On the third day the lawyer gave his life to the care and direction of his Creator, and said he was perfectly willing to do anything necessary.


7.
... gave many readers the impression that these ...   BB p.567(569), Appendix II, Spiritual Experience   Display entire Appendix II
Yet it is true that our first printing gave many readers the impression that these personality changes, or religious experiences, must be in the nature of sudden and spectacular upheavals.

8.
... gave me!   12&12 p.152, Tradition Five
What a freeze that drunk gave me!


9.
... gave the directions.   BB p.131, The Family Afterward   Go to page 131 in the Big Book
Mother made all the plans and gave the directions.


10.
... gave the spiritual side of life a ...   BB p.50, We Agnostics   Go to page 50 in the Big Book
We never gave the spiritual side of life a fair hearing.


11.
... gave up our positions and off we ...   BB p.2, Bill's Story   Go to page 2 in the Big Book
We gave up our positions and off we roared on a motorcycle, the sidecar stuffed with tent, blankets, a change of clothes, and three huge volumes of a financial reference service.

12.
... gave us a sign that any alcoholic ...   12&12 p.145, Tradition Three
So the hand of Providence early gave us a sign that any alcoholic is a member of our Society when he says so.


13.
... gave us brains to use.   BB p.86, Into Action   Go to page 86 in the Big Book
Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God gave us brains to use.

14.
... gave us instincts for a purpose.   12&12 p.42, Step Four
Creation gave us instincts for a purpose.

15.
... gave us our lives in the first ...   12&12 p.59, Step Five
If the Creator gave us our lives in the first place, then He must know in every detail where we have since gone wrong.


16.
... gave us this letter, has been kind ...   BB xxvi(xxiv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
The physician who, at our request, gave us this letter, has been kind enough to enlarge upon his views in another statement which follows.

17.
... gave us trouble; and as for the ...   12&12 p.92, Step Ten
Most of us must admit that we have loved but a few; that we have been quite indifferent to the many so long as none of them gave us trouble; and as for the remainder -- well, we have really disliked or hated them.


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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