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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... house.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Some people are
unable to
stay sober at all; others will
relapse periodically until they really
clean house.
2.
... house.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
The only
condition is that he
trust in
God and
clean house.
3.
... house.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
4.
... house an
educational project -- quite noncontroversial, of ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
Beginning on the
ground
floor there would be a
club;
in the
second story they
would
sober up
drunks and
hand them
currency for
their back
debts; the
third
deck would
house an
educational project --
quite
noncontroversial, of
course.
5.
... house and
another friend drinking their morning ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
6.
... house and
then asked a Higher Power, ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
7.
... house and,
unknown to the family, went ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
About
two weeks later,
Ed stole by
night into an
A.A. member's
house and,
unknown to the
family, went to
bed.
8.
... house for
the Al-Anon Family Groups, composed ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
9.
... house has
electric wiring carrying power and ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
10.
... house has
spent years in pulling down ...
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.
11.
... house, he
heard the story of some ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Impressed by those who
visited him at the
hospital, he
capitulated entirely
when,
later, in an
upper room of this
house, he
heard the
story of some
man whose
experience closely tallied with his
own.
12.
... house is
filled with strangers.
BB p.119,
To Wives
Your
house is
filled with
strangers.
13.
... house is
in order.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
The
answers will
come, if
your
own house is in
order.
14.
... house is
still largely theoretical.
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
Until we
actually sit down
and
talk aloud about what we
have so
long hidden, our
willingness to
clean
house is still
largely theoretical.
15.
... house, never
drinking during business hours, drinking ...
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.
16.
... 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.
17.
... house ought
to remember that he is ...
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.
18.
... house put
in her name -- pride; personal ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
19.
... house so
that the grace of God ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
The
fact was we really hadn't
cleaned house so that the
grace of
God could
enter us and
expel the
obsession.
20.
... house still
fails somewhat in practicing them.
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.
21.
... house to
be certain no one gets ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If he can
afford it, he may have
liquor concealed all over
his
house to be
certain no
one gets his
entire supply
away from him to
throw down the
wastepipe.
22.
... house to
carry me through that night ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
With a
certain satisfaction I
reflected there was
enough
gin concealed about the
house to
carry me through
that
night and the
next day.
23.
... house to
find loving and understanding companionship ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
24.
... house until
he first envisions a plan ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
After all, no
man can
build a
house until he
first envisions a
plan for it.
25.
... house was
taken over by the mortgage ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
The
house was
taken over by
the
mortgage holder, my
mother-in-
law died, my
wife and
father-in-
law became ill.
26.
... house will
hardly accommodate its weekly visitors, ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
27.
... house with
the family, asking each morning ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
28.
... house would
appear.
BB p.105,
To Wives
We
seldom had
friends at
our
homes,
never knowing how or when the
men of
the
house would
appear.
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