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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... happy.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
This was
exhilarating, and it made us
happy.
2.
... happy.
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Nearly all
A.A.'s have
found, too, that
unless they
develop much more of this
precious quality than may
be
required just for
sobriety, they still haven't much
chance of
becoming truly happy.
3.
... happy.
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Still more
wonderful is the
feeling that we do not have to be
specially distinguished among our
fellows in
order to be
useful and
profoundly
happy.
4.
... happy.
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
Until I could
accept my
alcoholism, I could not
stay sober;
unless I
accept life completely on
life's
terms, I cannot be
happy.
5.
... happy.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
To
spend too much
time on any
one
situation is to
deny
some other
alcoholic an
opportunity to
live and be
happy.
6.
... happy.
BB p.117,
To Wives
If you and your
husband find a
solution for the
pressing
problem of
drink you are,
of
course,
going to be very
happy.
7.
... happy.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
At
midnight he
came home exhausted, but very
happy.
8.
... happy about
his sobriety.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
He will
presently try the
old game again, for he isn't
happy about his
sobriety.
9.
... happy again.
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
Both of them
blame each other and
ask when their
marriage is
ever
going to be
happy again.
10.
... happy and
be free to concentrate on ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
The
world will then
turn
happy and be
free to
concentrate on
culture
and
character.
11.
... happy and
effective living for many, alcoholic ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
They see in them a way to
happy and
effective living for many,
alcoholic or not.
12.
... happy and
purposeful lives may be built.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
13.
... happy and
secure ourselves.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
Where people had
temporarily let us
run their
lives as though they
were still
children, we had
felt very
happy and
secure ourselves.
14.
... happy and
useful living.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Only by this
means can we
improve our
chances for
really
happy and
useful living.
15.
... happy business
career.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
16.
... happy day
may not arrive.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
The
tragic truth is that if
the
man be a
real alcoholic, the
happy day may not
arrive.
17.
... Happy Destiny.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
We shall be with you in the
Fellowship of the
Spirit, and you will
surely meet some of us as you
trudge the
Road of
Happy Destiny.
18.
... happy evenings
together chatting and drinking before ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
19.
... happy family.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
20.
... happy family
life.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
These people often
throw to the
winds every
chance for
legitimate security and
a
happy family life.
21.
... happy homes.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Most
married folks in
A.A. have very
happy homes.
22.
... happy in
our A.A. work.
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
We are
sober and
happy in our
A.A. work.
23.
... happy in
their release, and constantly thinking ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
Seeing much of each other,
scarce an
evening passed that
someone's
home did not
shelter a
little gathering of
men and
women,
happy in their
release, and
constantly
thinking how they might
present their
discovery
to some
newcomer.
24.
... happy, joyous,
and free.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
We are
sure God wants us to be
happy,
joyous, and
free.
25.
... happy life.'
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
"Of
course, my
answer was
'My
own sobriety and a
mighty happy life.'
26.
... happy occasion,
try to increase the pleasure ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
27.
... happy, respected,
and useful once more.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
It may
seem incredible
that these
men are to
become
happy,
respected, and
useful once more.
28.
... happy results
do follow.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
29.
... happy solution.
BB p.104,
To Wives
Among us are
wives,
relatives and
friends
whose
problem has been
solved, as well as some who have not
yet found a
happy solution.
30.
... happy to
hear from you if we ...
BB p.150,
To Employers (Note)
(*) See
Appendix VI -- We
shall be
happy to
hear from
you if we can be of
help.
31.
... happy under
these conditions.
BB p.111,
To Wives
We
know women who are
unafraid, even
happy under
these
conditions.
32.
... happy usefulness.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
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