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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
GROW occurs
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1.
... grow.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
We will
want the
good that is
in us all, even in the
worst of us, to
flower and to
grow.
2.
... grow.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Thus we grow.
3.
... grow along
spiritual lines.
BB p.60,
How It Works
The
point is, that we are
willing to
grow along
spiritual lines.
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
We
grow by our
willingness to
face and
rectify errors and
convert them into
assets.
7.
... grow by
this means, are necessities for ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
8.
... grow in
the dark.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
But
first of all we shall
want sunlight;
nothing much can
grow in the
dark.
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
Some of us
grow into it more
slowly.
12.
... grow new
ones.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
We are like
men who have
lost
their
legs; they
never grow new
ones.
13.
... grow spiritually,
we find that our old ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
14.
... grow toward
it.
BB p.69,
How It Works
Whatever our
ideal turns out
to be, we
must be
willing
to
grow toward it.
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
They won't
grow up and
conform to
social usage!"
17.
... grow we
had to begin somewhere.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
That was
growth, but if we
wished to
grow we had to
begin somewhere.
18.
... grow worse,
he begins to use a ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
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