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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... hand.
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
The
miracle of
reconciliation was at
hand.
2.
... hand.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
And so can you, though you be but one
man with this
book in your
hand.
3.
... hand --
and strange as this may seem ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other
hand -- and
strange as this may
seem to
those who do not
understand -- once a
psychic change has
occurred, the very same
person who
seemed doomed, who had so many
problems he
despaired of
ever
solving them,
suddenly finds himself
easily able to
control his
desire for
alcohol, the
only
effort necessary
being that
required to
follow a few
simple rules.
4.
... hand and
we became alcoholics.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
We
thought "
conditions"
drove us to
drink, and when we
tried to
correct these
conditions
and
found that we couldn't to our
entire satisfaction,
our
drinking went out of
hand and we
became alcoholics.
5.
... hand, at
the same time avoiding certain ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
6.
... hand brushed
the bureau near by, touching ...
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
As he
tossed on his
bed, his
hand brushed the
bureau near by,
touching a book.
7.
... hand, he
may be mean, egotistical, selfish ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
On the other
hand, he may be
mean,
egotistical,
selfish and
dishonest.
8.
... hand in
hand with the Spirit of ...
BB p.75,
Into Action
We
feel we are on the
Broad
Highway,
walking hand in
hand with the
Spirit of the
Universe.
9.
... hand in
his domestic and business affairs?
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
Suppose I'd
suggested
that I'd take a
hand in his
domestic and
business affairs?
10.
... hand of
God.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
What
seemed at
first a
flimsy reed, has
proved to be the
loving and
powerful hand of
God.
11.
... hand of
God seemed heavy or even ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
He will also
report that out of every
season of
grief or
suffering, when the
hand of
God seemed heavy or even
unjust, new
lessons for
living were
learned, new
resources of
courage were
uncovered, and that finally,
inescapably, the
conviction came that
God does "
move in a
mysterious way His
wonders to
perform."
12.
... hand of
Providence early gave us a ...
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
So the
hand of
Providence early gave us a
sign that any
alcoholic is a
member of
our
Society when he says so.
13.
... hand on
a hot stove.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
There is a
complete failure of the
kind of
defense that
keeps one from
putting his
hand on a
hot stove.
14.
... hand on
A.A. in this town.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
They say to one another, "Perhaps it would be a
good
idea if we
continue to
keep a
firm hand on
A.A. in this
town.
15.
... hand that
father has, at the outset, ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
16.
... hand them
currency for their back debts; ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
Beginning on the
ground
floor there would be a
club;
in the
second story they
would
sober up
drunks and
hand them
currency for
their back
debts; the
third
deck would
house an
educational project --
quite
noncontroversial, of
course.
17.
... hand, they
took nothing, their self-pity made ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
If, on the other
hand, they took
nothing, their
self-
pity made them
killjoys.
18.
... hand, we
have warped our minds into ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
It is
truly awful to
admit that,
glass in
hand, we have
warped our
minds into such an
obsession for
destructive drinking
that only an
act of
Providence can
remove it
from us.
19.
... hand when
drinking.
BB p.109,
To Wives
He often gets
entirely out of
hand when
drinking.
20.
... hand with
the Spirit of the Universe.
BB p.75,
Into Action
We
feel we are on the
Broad
Highway,
walking hand in
hand with the
Spirit of the
Universe.
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