From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... helping a
little now and then, began ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
The notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then, began to evaporate.
2.
... helping alcoholics.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
When the Washingtonians became temperance crusaders, within a very few years they had completely
lost their effectiveness in helping
alcoholics.
3.
... helping drunks
by spirituality, I thought it ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
Three years ago, when my head doctor, Silkworth, began to tell me of the idea of helping drunks by spirituality,
I thought it was crackpot stuff, but I've changed my mind.
4.
... helping him.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
5.
... helping other
alcoholics.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Even if he displays a certain amount of neglect and irresponsibility towards the family, it is well to let him go as far as he likes in helping other alcoholics.
6.
... helping other
alcoholics to a solution of ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
My wife and I abandoned
ourselves with enthusiasm to the idea of
helping other alcoholics to a solution of their problems.
7.
... helping other
men and their families.
BB p.119,
To Wives
You have been starving for his companionship, yet he spends long hours helping other men and their families.
8.
... helping others.
BB p.70,
How It Works
9.
... helping others.
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
The Episcopal magazine, The Living Church, observes editorially: "The basis
of the technique of Alcoholics Anonymous
is the truly Christian
principle that a man
cannot help himself except by helping others.
10.
Helping others
is the foundation stone of ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
11.
... helping others
to face life again, there ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity to recover
-- if he can and will.
12.
... helping others
to understand him, when in ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
Or, the person concerned not being present, we thought we were
helping others to understand him, when in actuality our true motive was to feel superior by pulling him down.
13.
... helping to
give the man coming in ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
14.
... helping to
settle family differences, explaining the ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Cleaning up old scrapes, helping to settle family differences, explaining the disinherited son to his irate parents, lending money and securing jobs for each other, when justified -- these are everyday occurrences.
15.
... helping you
more than you are helping ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
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