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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
GRACE occurs
23 times
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1.
... grace.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
We all
need the
light of
God's
reality, the
nourishment of His
strength, and the
atmosphere of His
grace.
2.
... grace by
which such a deadly obsession ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
If that
degree of
humility could
enable us to
find the
grace by which such a
deadly obsession could be
banished, then there
must
be
hope of the same
result
respecting any other
problem we could
possibly
have.
3.
... grace by
which we may carry it ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
We
ask simply that
throughout the
day God place in us the
best understanding of His will that we can have for
that
day, and that we be
given
the
grace by which we may
carry it out.
4.
... grace has
nevertheless flourished.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
That is the
spiritual climate in which
A.A. was
born, and by
God's
grace has nevertheless
flourished.
5.
... grace in
his own religion that would ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
Finally, he saw that I wasn't
attempting to
change his
religious views, that I
wanted him to
find the
grace in his
own religion that would
aid his
recovery.
6.
... grace of
God.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
No
matter how far we have
progressed,
desires will
always be
found which
oppose the
grace of
God.
7.
... grace of
God.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
The
moment we say, "No,
never!" our
minds close against the
grace of
God.
8.
... grace of
God.
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
9.
... grace of
God and that any success ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
As an
insurance against "
big-
shot-
ism" we can often
check ourselves
by
remembering that we are
today sober only by the
grace of
God and that any
success we may be having is far more His
success than ours.
10.
... grace of
God can do for us ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
We would like to be
assured that the
grace of
God can do for us what we
cannot do for ourselves.
11.
... grace of
God can enter them and ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
As they are
humbled by the
terrific beating administered by
alcohol, the
grace of
God can
enter them and
expel their
obsession.
12.
... grace of
God could enter us and ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
The
fact was we really hadn't
cleaned house so that the
grace of
God could
enter us and
expel the
obsession.
13.
... grace of
God, has brought us to ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
These very
deviations created a
vast process of
trial and
error which, under the
grace of
God, has brought us to where we
stand today.
14.
... grace of
God; His gift to us ...
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.
15.
... grace of
God, there would have been ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
But for the
grace of
God, there
would have been
thousands more
convincing demonstrations.
16.
... grace of
God which can sustain and ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Well, we
surely have a
chance if we
switch from "
two-
stepping" to "
twelve-
stepping," if we are
willing to
receive that
grace of
God which can
sustain and
strengthen
us in any
catastrophe.
17.
... grace of
God will not enter to ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
It
seems plain that the
grace of
God will not
enter to
expel our
destructive obsessions until we are
willing to
try this.
18.
... grace of
this prayer surrounds us.
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
As though
lying upon a
sunlit beach, let us
relax and
breathe deeply of the
spiritual atmosphere with which the
grace of this
prayer surrounds us.
19.
... grace to
bear upon the dark and ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
As we have seen,
self-
searching is the
means by
which we bring new
vision,
action, and
grace to
bear upon the
dark and
negative side of our
natures.
20.
... grace to
bring love, forgiveness, harmony, truth, ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
Then he
asked for the
grace
to bring
love,
forgiveness,
harmony,
truth,
faith,
hope,
light, and
joy to every
human being he
could.
21.
... grace to
restore us to sanity.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
22.
... grace, to
take these troubles in stride ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Our
basic troubles are
the same as
everyone else's, but when an
honest effort is made "to
practice these
principles in all our
affairs," well-
grounded A.A.'s
seem to have the
ability, by
God's
grace, to take these
troubles in
stride and
turn them into
demonstrations of
faith.
23.
... grace, wisdom,
and love.
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
But
its object is always the
same: to
improve our
conscious contact with
God, with His
grace,
wisdom, and
love.
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