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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... give."
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
2.
... give.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
It is not the
matter of
giving that is in
question,
but when and how to
give.
3.
... give?
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
Is he not
unconsciously trying to see what he can take from the
family life rather than
give?
4.
... give a
fair cross section of our ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
5.
... give-and-take basis;
we would have to develop ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
It
became clear that if we
ever were to
feel emotionally secure among
grown-up people, we would have to
put our
lives on a
give-and-take
basis; we would have
to
develop the
sense of
being in
partnership or
brotherhood with all those around us.
6.
... give another
a directive and enforce obedience, ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our
Society has no
president having
authority to
govern it, no
treasurer who can
compel the
payment of any
dues, no
board of
directors who can
cast an
erring member into
outer darkness, when
indeed no
A.A. can
give another a
directive and
enforce obedience, our
friends gasp and
exclaim, "This
simply can't
be.
7.
... give anything
to take half a dozen ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
Inwardly he would
give
anything to take
half a
dozen
drinks and get away with them.
8.
... give at
all.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Perhaps we
try to
give them
advice about their
affairs
which we aren't really
competent to
give or ought not
give at all.
9.
... give authority
to some of its members ...
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
10.
... give comfort
than to receive it; better ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
11.
... give constantly
of ourselves without demands for ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
We saw that we would
need to
give constantly of ourselves
without
demands for
repayment.
12.
... give endorsements,
make alliances, or enter public ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
13.
... give freely
of himself.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
But
dad doesn't
give freely of himself.
14.
... give freely
of themselves, that their fellows ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
Most of them
give freely of
themselves, that their
fellows may
enjoy sound minds and
bodies.
15.
Give freely
of what you find and ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
Give freely of what you find
and
join us.
16.
Give him
a chance to think it ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Give him a
chance to
think it over.
17.
... give him
a chance to try our ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
18.
... give him
a little financial assistance.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
If he is, you might
try to
help
him about
getting a
job, or
give him a
little financial assistance.
19.
... give him
a sketch of your drinking ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
If he is not
communicative,
give him a
sketch of your
drinking career up to the
time you
quit.
20.
Give him
an account of the struggles ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Give him an
account of the
struggles you made to
stop.
21.
... give him
another chance.
BB p.147,
To Employers
If, on the
contrary, you are
sure he is doing his
utmost,
you may
wish to
give him
another
chance.
22.
... give him
first aid and place what ...
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
When we see a
man sinking
into the
mire that is
alcoholism, we
give him
first aid and place what we have
at his
disposal.
23.
... give him
mastery.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
He saw that he would have to
face his
problems squarely that
God might
give him
mastery.
24.
... give him
much practical advice.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
Having had the
experience yourself, you can
give him
much
practical advice.
25.
... give himself
no satisfactory explanation for his ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
More
baffling still, he could
give himself no
satisfactory
explanation for his
fall.
26.
... give..." is
the core of this part ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
"
Freely ye have
received;
freely give..." is the
core of this
part of
Step Twelve.
27.
... give it
away.
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.
28.
... give it
to us on order and ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We
discover that we do
receive guidance for our
lives to just about the
extent that we
stop making demands upon
God to
give it to us on
order and on our
terms.
29.
... give it,
too.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Our
moral inventory had
persuaded us that all-
round forgiveness was
desirable, but it was only when we
resolutely tackled Step Five that we
inwardly knew we'd be able to
receive forgiveness
and
give it, too.
30.
... give man
instincts to help him to ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
He did not
design man to
destroy himself by
alcohol,
but He did
give man instincts to
help him to
stay alive.
31.
... give me
a letter-perfect definition of humility.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
I'll
bet, too, that you could
give me a
letter-
perfect definition of
humility.
32.
... give me
a message.
BB p.136,
To Employers
My
secretary returned
to say that is was not
Mr. B___ on the
phone; it was
Mr. B___'s
brother, and he
wished to
give me a
message.
33.
... give me
over to the undertaker or ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
She would soon have to
give me over to the
undertaker or the
asylum.
34.
... give me
release, my obsession to drink ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
35.
'Give me
the business.'
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
36.
... give money
to alcoholics trying to stay ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
When you
add to this the
habitual supposition
that people ought to
give money to
alcoholics trying to
stay sober, it can be
understood why we
thought we
deserved a
pile of
folding money.
37.
... give nearly
all their time to the ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
A few are
fortunate enough to be so
situated
that they can
give nearly
all their
time to the
work.
38.
... give of
yourself that others may survive ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Then you will
know what it
means to
give of
yourself that others may
survive and
rediscover
life.
39.
... give or
ought not give at all.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Perhaps we
try to
give them
advice about their
affairs
which we aren't really
competent to
give or ought not
give at all.
40.
... give reasons
why he need not follow ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Your
candidate may
give
reasons why he
need not
follow all of the
program.
41.
... give such
inquirers an inside view of ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
42.
... give the
location of the nearest family ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
This
headquarters will
give the
location of the
nearest family group and will, if you
wish,
correspond with you about your
special problems.
43.
... give the
man coming in the door ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
She was
helping to
give the
man coming in the
door the
break he ought to have.
44.
... give the
reassurance and support which our ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We
sit in
A.A. meetings and
listen, not
only to
receive something ourselves, but to
give the
reassurance and
support which our
presence
can bring.
45.
... give them
advice about their affairs which ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Perhaps we
try to
give them
advice about their
affairs
which we aren't really
competent to
give or ought not
give at all.
46.
... give them
new life.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
Here their
powerful instinct to
live can
cooperate fully with their
Creator's
desire to
give them new
life.
47.
... give them
the nice times they used ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
They
expect him to
give them
the
nice times they used to
have before he
drank so much, and to
show his
contrition for
what they
suffered.
48.
... give themselves
to this simple program, usually ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
Those who do not
recover are people who cannot or
will not
completely give
themselves to this
simple program, usually
men and
women who are
constitutionally incapable of being
honest
with themselves.
49.
... give this
up yet."
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Even then the
best of us will
discover to our
dismay that
there is always a
sticking point, a
point at which we say,
"No, I can't
give this up
yet."
50.
... give to
make amends.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
What would I not
give to make
amends.
51.
... give to
others what they had found, ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
So, you see, there were
three alcoholics in that
town,
who now
felt they had to
give
to others what they had
found, or be
sunk.
52.
... give up!"
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
And we shall often
tread on even more
dangerous ground when we
cry, "This I will
never give up!"
53.
... give up!"
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
Perhaps we shall be
obliged in some
cases still to say, "This I cannot
give up
yet...," but we should not
say to ourselves, "This I will
never give up!"
54.
... give up
our natural desires for personal ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
55.
... give up
personal desires for the common ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
56.
... give up,
we ought to erase the ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Looking again at those
defects we are still
unwilling to
give up, we
ought to
erase the
hard-and-
fast lines that we have
drawn.
57.
... give up
yet...," but we should not ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
Perhaps we shall be
obliged in some
cases still to say, "This I cannot
give up
yet...," but we should not
say to ourselves, "This I will
never give up!"
58.
... give us
serenity.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
59.
... give way
before some trivial reason for ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
They had said that though I did
raise a
defense, it would one
day give way before some
trivial reason for having a
drink.
60.
... give you
an office, a decent drawing ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
I'll
give you an
office, a
decent drawing account, and a very
healthy
slice of the
profits.
61.
... give your
worthwhile man a chance.
BB p.148,
To Employers
We
think we are
sensible
when we
urge that you
stop
this
waste and
give your
worthwhile man a
chance.
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