From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... grow.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
2.
... grow.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Thus we grow.
3.
... grow along
spiritual lines.
BB p.60,
How It Works
4.
... grow and
work in unity.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
As we lay aside these very human aspirations, we believe
that each of us takes part in the weaving of a protective mantle which
covers our whole Society and under which we
may grow and work in unity.
5.
... grow because
we feel satisfied that there ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
We temporarily cease
to grow because we feel satisfied that there is
no need for all of A.A.'s Twelve Steps for us.
6.
... grow by
our willingness to face and ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
7.
... grow by
this means, are necessities for ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
A continuous look at our
assets and liabilities, and a real desire to learn and grow by this means, are necessities for us.
8.
... grow in
the dark.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
9.
... grow in
the image and likeness of ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
He goes on to explain that
any person capable of enough willingness and honesty
to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be
called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.
10.
... grow in
understanding and effectiveness.
BB p.84,
Into Action
11.
... grow into
it more slowly.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
12.
... grow new
ones.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
13.
... grow spiritually,
we find that our old ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
And as we grow spiritually, we find that
our old attitudes toward our instincts need to undergo drastic revisions.
14.
... grow toward
it.
BB p.69,
How It Works
15.
... grow up
about you, to have a ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends -- this is an experience you must not miss.
16.
... grow up
and conform to social usage!"
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
17.
... grow we
had to begin somewhere.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
18.
... grow worse,
he begins to use a ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
As matters grow worse, he begins to use a combination of high-powered sedative and liquor to quiet his nerves so he can go to work.
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