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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... head.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
He
tries every
known means to get the
jay-
walking idea out of his
head.
2.
... head.
BB p.108,
To Wives
An
alcoholic of this
temperament may be
quick
to use this
chapter as a
club over your
head.
3.
... head.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Though the
family does not
fully agree with
dad's
spiritual activities, they should let him have his
head.
4.
... head about
him, that you are not ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
He will
appreciate knowing you are not
bothering your
head about
him, that you are not
suspicious nor are you
trying to
run his
life so he will be
shielded
from
temptation to
drink.
5.
... head above
water.
BB p.79,
Into Action
He had
commenced our way of
life, had
secured a
position, and was
getting
his
head above
water.
6.
... head and
go to business.
BB p.139,
To Employers
Of an
evening, you can go on a
mild bender, get up in the
morning,
shake your
head and go to
business.
7.
... head by
a senseless series of sprees.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He uses his
gifts to
build
up a
bright outlook for
his
family and himself, and then
pulls the
structure down on
his
head by a
senseless
series of
sprees.
8.
... head completely
when he's drinking.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
Goes off his
head completely when he's
drinking.
9.
... head doctor,
Silkworth, began to tell me ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
10.
... head I
told myself I would manage ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
As the
whisky rose to my
head I told myself I would
manage better next time, but I might as well
get
good and
drunk then.
11.
... head in
the door.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
Just then an
old acquaintance stuck a
tousled and
aching head in the
door.
12.
... head nurse
of a local hospital.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
One
day they called up the
head
nurse of a
local hospital.
13.
... head of
our bed.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
I
wondered whether I
dared hide a
full bottle of
gin near the
head of our
bed.
14.
... head of
the family will recover.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
Should they
accept and
practice spiritual principles, there is a much
better chance that the
head of the
family will
recover.
15.
... head of
the house.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
16.
... head of
the house has spent years ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
But the
head of the
house has
spent years in
pulling down the
structures of
business,
romance,
friendship,
health -- these things are now
ruined or
damaged.
17.
... head of
the house, often the breadwinner.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
If the
man is
affected, the
wife must become the
head of the
house, often the
breadwinner.
18.
... head of
the house ought to remember ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
The
head of the
house ought
to
remember that he is
mainly to
blame for what
befell his
home.
19.
... head of
the house still fails somewhat ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
They can
hardly fail to
approve these
simple principles, though the
head
of the
house still
fails
somewhat in
practicing them.
20.
... head of
vast enterprises which I would ...
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
My
talent for
leadership, I
imagined,
would place me at the
head of
vast enterprises which I
would
manage with the
utmost assurance.
21.
... head promoter
wrote the Foundation office.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
22.
... head saying,
"Something has happened to you ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
Finally he
shook his
head
saying, "Something has
happened to you I don't
understand.
23.
... head straight
for the person concerned, and ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
But if no such
opportunity presents itself, at some
point we will
want to
summon all our
courage,
head straight for the
person concerned, and
lay our
cards on the
table.
24.
... head the
job?
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
But what
kind of
person
should
head the
job?
25.
... head toward
perfection, but I'm certainly not ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
26.
... head with
a hammer so that he ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
They
sound like the
philosophy of the
man who,
having a
headache,
beats
himself on the
head with a
hammer so that he can't
feel
the
ache.
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