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


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1.
... 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
The question was: Should A.A. take the gift?

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
When we began to do that, we received the gift of faith, a faith which works.


8.
... gift of picking out the world's finest ...   BB p.178, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 178 in the Big Book
For some reason, we alcoholics seem to have the gift of picking out the world's finest women.

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
Moreover, he finds he cannot keep this priceless gift unless he gives it away.

13.
... gift which amounts to a new state ...   12&12 p.107, Step Twelve
He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being.


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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