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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
HEART occurs
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1.
... heart.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
Some were
club-
minded, but
it was just a
question of
taking care of the
lonely heart.
2.
... heart.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
3.
... heart.
BB p.143,
To Employers
Though you are
providing him with the
best possible medical attention, he
should
understand that he
must undergo a
change of
heart.
4.
... heart and
mind to God -- and in ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Prayer is the
raising of
the
heart and
mind to
God -- and in this
sense it
includes meditation.
5.
... heart Eskimo
to the growing pains of ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
6.
... heart failure
during delirium tremens, or I ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
My
weary and
despairing
wife was
informed that it
would all
end with
heart failure during
delirium tremens, or I would
develop
a
wet brain, perhaps
within a
year.
7.
... heart filled
with pity.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
Remembering some of my
own, my
heart filled with
pity.
8.
... heart he
doesn't deserve it.
BB p.73,
Into Action
He
wants to
enjoy a
certain reputation, but
knows in his
heart he doesn't
deserve it.
9.
... heart in
all its power and simplicity.
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
10.
... heart, let
him rant!
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
But
bless his
heart, let him
rant!
11.
... heart of
A.A. would cease to beat; ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
Without
unity, the
heart of
A.A. would
cease to
beat; our
world arteries would no
longer carry the
life-
giving grace of
God; His
gift to us would be
spent aimlessly.
12.
... heart on
reforming your husband.
BB p.111,
To Wives
Do not
set your
heart on
reforming your
husband.
13.
... heart that
one day our name will ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Perhaps the
fear will always
lurk in every
A.A. heart that one
day our
name will be
exploited by
somebody for
real cash.
14.
... heart that
we know Him better.
BB p.75,
Into Action
We
thank God from the
bottom of our
heart that we
know Him
better.
15.
... heart was
dramatic, convincing, and moving.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
16.
... heart we
had all been abnormally fearful.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
At
heart we had all been
abnormally fearful.
17.
... heart which
had done the impossible.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
Here was something at
work in a
human heart which had done the
impossible.
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