From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 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
3.
... happiness.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
About the time of the beer experiment I was thrown
in with a crowd of people
who attracted me because of their seeming poise, health, and happiness.
4.
... 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.
5.
... happiness after
all.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
6.
... happiness and
security.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
7.
... 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.
8.
... 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.
9.
... 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?
10.
... 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.
11.
... 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.
12.
... happiness he
will find none at all.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
13.
... 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.
14.
... 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?
15.
... 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.
16.
... happiness, there
will be ups and downs.
BB p.117,
To Wives
17.
... happiness they
found in giving themselves for ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
18.
... happiness uppermost
in mind.
BB p.82,
Into Action
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