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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... hours.
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
2.
... hours.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
But the
ex-
problem drinker who has
found this
solution, who is
properly
armed with
facts about
himself, can
generally win
the
entire confidence
of another
alcoholic in a few
hours.
3.
... hours.
BB p.146,
To Employers
He may
wish to do a
lot for
other
alcoholics and something of the
sort may
come up during
business hours.
4.
... hours a
day.
BB p.146,
To Employers
You may have to
curb his
desire to
work sixteen hours a
day.
5.
... hours a
day in and through us, ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
Faith has to
work twenty-
four hours a
day in and through us, or we
perish.
6.
... hours after
the market closed.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
It was
eight o'clock --
five hours after the
market closed.
7.
... hours ahead.
BB p.86,
Into Action
On
awakening let us
think about the
twenty-
four hours ahead.
8.
... hours are
usually well filled with things ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
As a
matter of
fact, the
waking hours are usually well
filled with things that are
constructive.
9.
... hours drearily
rehashing their sins of omission ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
10.
... hours, drinking
only at parties, switching from ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Here are some of the
methods we have
tried:
Drinking beer only,
limiting the
number of
drinks,
never drinking alone,
never drinking in the
morning,
drinking only at
home,
never having it in the
house,
never drinking during
business
hours,
drinking only at
parties,
switching from
scotch to
brandy,
drinking only
natural wines,
agreeing to
resign if ever
drunk on the
job,
taking a
trip, not
taking a
trip,
swearing off
forever (with and without a
solemn oath),
taking more
physical exercise,
reading inspirational books,
going to
health farms and
sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to
asylums --
we could
increase the
list
ad infinitum.
11.
... hours 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.
12.
... hours just
past.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
There's the one we take at
day's
end, when we
review the
happenings of the
hours
just
past.
13.
... hours of
our day better and happier.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
For these
minutes and sometimes
hours spent in
self-
examination are
bound to make all the other
hours of our
day better and
happier.
14.
... hours spent
in self-examination are bound to ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
For these
minutes and sometimes
hours spent in
self-
examination are
bound to make all the other
hours of our
day better and
happier.
15.
... hours talking
about alcoholism, the malady, and ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
This
seemed to me like an
opportunity to be
helpful, so I
spent two hours talking about
alcoholism, the
malady,
and
described the
symptoms and
results as
well as I could.
16.
... hours that
might have been worth while.
BB p.66,
How It Works
To the
precise extent
that we
permit these, do we
squander the
hours that might
have been
worth while.
17.
... hours to
come.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
In the
morning we
think of
the
hours to
come.
18.
... hours to
fellow-sufferers.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
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