From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
HAPPENS occurs
13 times
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1.
... happens?
BB p.61,
How It Works
What usually happens?
2.
... happens.
BB p.78,
Into Action
In
nine cases out of
ten the
unexpected happens.
3.
... happens, both
in the bodily and mental ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
We are
equally positive
that once he
takes any
alcohol whatever into his
system, something
happens, both
in the
bodily and
mental
sense, which makes it
virtually impossible
for him to
stop.
4.
... happens in
God's world by mistake.
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
5.
... happens, our
great natural assets, the instincts, ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
6.
... happens that
because of your own drinking ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
Ministers and
doctors
are
competent and you can
learn much from them if you
wish, but it
happens that because
of your
own drinking experience you can be
uniquely useful to other
alcoholics.
7.
... happens, they
can be invited to join ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
When this
happens, they can be
invited to
join in
morning meditation and
then they can take
part in the
daily discussion without
rancor or
bias.
8.
... happens to
be.
BB p.144,
To Employers
We
hope the
doctor will tell
the
patient the
truth
about his
condition, whatever that
happens to be.
9.
... happens to
be great, we will more ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
If at these
points our
emotional disturbance
happens to be
great, we will
more
surely keep our
balance,
provided we
remember, and
repeat to
ourselves, a
particular prayer or
phrase that has
appealed to us in our
reading or
meditation.
10.
... happens to
be one of A.A.'s greatest ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
So
declares a well-
loved
clergyman who
happens to
be one of
A.A.'s
greatest friends.
11.
... happens to
the family and home?
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Are we
going to be so
rigidly righteous about
making amends that we
don't
care what
happens to the
family and
home?
12.
... happens when
we try to dominate the ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
What
happens when we
try to
dominate the
whole family, either by a
rule of
iron or by a
constant outpouring of
minute directions for just how their
lives should be
lived from
hour to
hour?
13.
... happens when
we wallow in depression, self-pity ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
What
happens when we
wallow
in
depression,
self-
pity oozing from every
pore, and
inflict that upon
those about us?
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