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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... happen.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
But this didn't happen.
2.
... happen.
BB p.100,
Working With Others
If you
persist,
remarkable things will
happen.
3.
... happen.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
With the
appearance of the new book a
great deal began to
happen.
4.
... happen again.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
We
admit we have some of these
symptoms, but we have not
gone to the
extremes you
fellows did, nor are we
likely to, for we
understand ourselves so well after what you have
told us that such things cannot
happen again.
5.
... happen again,
regard it in a different ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
Should it
happen again,
regard it in a
different
light.
6.
... happen and
more, for what I had ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
Well, just that did
happen and more, for what I had
learned of
alcoholism
did not
occur to me at all.
7.
... happen in
a succession of cases, and ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Perhaps this will
happen in a
succession of
cases, and
we may be
deeply discouraged as to our
ability to
carry A.A.'s
message.
8.
... happen in
our lives were we able ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
It ought to be
followed by a
good look at where we
stand now, and a
further look at what might
happen in our
lives were we able to
move closer to the
ideal we have
been
trying to
glimpse.
9.
... happen should
the family condemn and criticize.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
The
opposite may
happen
should the
family condemn
and
criticize.
10.
... happen to
anybody who tries.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
And that, we have
found, can
happen to anybody who
tries.
11.
... happen to
be in the way, then ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
If the
pursuit of
wealth
tramples upon people who
happen to be in the way, then
anger,
jealousy, and
revenge are
likely to be
aroused.
12.
... happen to
be miserly, irresponsible, callous, or ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
13.
... happen to
me after what I had ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
I rather
appreciated your
ideas about the
subtle insanity which
precedes
the
first drink, but I was
confident it could not
happen to me after what I had
learned.
14.
... happen we
should not think too ill ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
When these things
happen we should not
think too
ill of ourselves.
15.
... happen with
you.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
The
practical answer is
that since these things have
happened among us,
they can
happen with you.
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