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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
HAPPINESS occurs
17 times
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1.
... happiness.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
But
whenever we had to
choose between
character
and
comfort, the
character-
building was
lost in the
dust of our
chase after what we
thought
was
happiness.
2.
... happiness.
BB p.83,
Into Action
We are
going to
know a new
freedom and a new
happiness.
3.
... happiness about
them.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
At
first many of these
feel
lonely,
hurt, and
left out as they
witness so
much
domestic happiness
about them.
4.
... happiness after
all.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
There had been much happiness after all.
5.
... happiness and
security.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
The
family of an
alcoholic longs for the
return of
happiness and
security.
6.
... happiness, and
sense of direction flowed into ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
In the
face of
collapse
and
despair, in the
face of
the
total failure of their
human resources, they
found that a new
power,
peace,
happiness, and
sense of
direction flowed into them.
7.
... happiness and
usefulness which we should have ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We used to
amuse ourselves by
cynically dissecting
spiritual beliefs and
practices when we might have
observed that many
spiritually-
minded persons of all
races,
colors, and
creeds were
demonstrating a
degree
of
stability,
happiness
and
usefulness which we should have
sought ourselves.
8.
... happiness, can
A.A. offer them satisfactions of ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
If they cannot have this
kind of
happiness, can
A.A. offer them
satisfactions of
similar worth and
durability?
9.
... happiness can
be based only upon forgetfulness ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
The
family may be
possessed by the
idea that
future happiness can be
based only upon
forgetfulness of the
past.
10.
... happiness for
others.
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
Cling to the
thought that,
in
God's
hands, the
dark past is the
greatest possession you
have -- the
key to
life and
happiness for others.
11.
... happiness he
will find none at all.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
Of
real happiness he will find
none at all.
12.
... happiness is
not to be found in ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
In
later life he
finds that
real happiness is not to be
found in
just
trying to be a
number
one
man, or even a
first-
rater in the
heartbreaking struggle for
money,
romance, or
self-
importance.
13.
... happiness out
of this world if he ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
Is he not a
victim of the
delusion that he can
wrest
satisfaction and
happiness out of this
world if he
only
manages well?
14.
... happiness, peace,
and usefulness, in a way ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
I was to
know happiness,
peace, and
usefulness, in
a way of
life that is
incredibly more
wonderful as
time passes.
15.
... happiness, there
will be ups and downs.
BB p.117,
To Wives
In
spite of your new-
found
happiness, there will be
ups
and
downs.
16.
... happiness they
found in giving themselves for ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
It was
transcended by the
happiness they
found in
giving themselves for others.
17.
... happiness uppermost
in mind.
BB p.82,
Into Action
Each might
pray about it, having the other one's
happiness uppermost in
mind.
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