From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... gift.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
To those of us who have hitherto known only excitement, depression, or anxiety
-- in other words, to all of
us -- this newfound peace
is a priceless gift.
2.
... gift?
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
3.
... gift, and
yet usually, at least in ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
What he has received is a free gift, and yet usually, at least in some small part, he has made himself ready to receive it.
4.
... gift for
our own destruction?
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
So our question will be
this: How, by ignorance, compulsion, and self-will, do we misuse this gift for our own destruction?
5.
... gift from
God, and its bestowal upon ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
This is our gift from God, and
its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe.
6.
... gift lies
in the practice of the ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the
Twelve Steps in our program.
7.
... gift of
faith, a faith which works.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
8.
... gift of
picking out the world's finest ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
9.
... gift of
sobriety unless we give it ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
It is the great paradox of
A.A. that we know we can seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety unless we give it away.
10.
... gift to
the slippee was an ego-feeding ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
I realized that my five-dollar gift to the slippee was an ego-feeding proposition, bad for him and bad for me.
11.
... gift to
us would be spent aimlessly.
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; our world arteries would no longer carry the life-giving grace of God; His gift to us would be spent aimlessly.
12.
... gift unless
he gives it away.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
13.
... gift which
amounts to a new state ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
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