From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... ideas.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
2.
... ideas.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
In the realm of the material, men's minds were fettered by superstition, tradition, and all sorts of
fixed ideas.
3.
... ideas:
BB p.60,
How It Works
Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to
the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas:
4.
... ideas.
BB p.87,
Into Action
5.
... ideas about
miracles were drastically revised right ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
6.
... ideas about
the alcohol problem in favor ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Already a willingness has been achieved to cast out one's own
will and one's own ideas about the alcohol problem in favor of those suggested by A.A.
7.
... ideas about
the family's attitude towards himself ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
The alcoholic, his wife,
his children, his "in-laws", each one is likely to have fixed ideas about the family's attitude towards himself or herself.
8.
... ideas about
the subtle insanity which precedes ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
I rather appreciated
your ideas about the subtle
insanity which precedes the first drink, but I was confident
it could not happen to me after what I had learned.
9.
... ideas and
the result was nil until ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
Some of us have tried to hold
on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.
10.
... ideas are
simple, and this concept was ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was
the keystone of the new and
triumphant arch through which we passed to
freedom.
11.
... ideas as
to what we think God's ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
12.
... ideas --
attraction and promotion -- work out.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
13.
... ideas concerning
a possible means of recovery.
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
In the course of his third
treatment he acquired
certain ideas concerning a possible
means of recovery.
14.
... ideas contained
in this book.
BB xxxii(xxx),
The Doctor's Opinion
15.
... ideas did
not work.
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
Our ideas did not work.
16.
Ideas, emotions,
and attitudes which were once ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Ideas, emotions, and attitudes which were once
the guiding forces of the
lives of these men are suddenly cast to one side, and a completely new set of conceptions and motives begin to dominate them.
17.
... ideas fill
a deep human need.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
18.
... ideas for
new, by the complete readiness ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
Is not our age characterized by the ease with which we discard old ideas for new, by the complete readiness with which we throw away the theory or gadget which does
not work for something new which does?
19.
... ideas he
sold to fellow members with ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
These ideas he sold to fellow members with the same burning enthusiasm with which he distributed automobile polish.
20.
... ideas in
Akron or New York who ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
Besides these, there were scattered alcoholics
who had picked up the basic ideas in Akron or New York who were trying to form groups in other cities.
21.
... ideas, it
is really easy to begin ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
Once we have come into agreement with these ideas,
it is really easy to begin the practice of Step Three.
22.
... ideas of
fun.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
23.
... ideas of
the Society were codified for ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
In it alcoholism was described from the alcoholic's point of view, the spiritual ideas of the Society were codified for the first time in the Twelve Steps, and the application of these Steps to the alcoholic's dilemma was made clear.
24.
... ideas of
what will get us by.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Therefore, it seems plain that few of us can quickly or easily become ready to aim at spiritual and moral perfection; we want to settle for only as much perfection as will get us by in life, according, of course, to our various and
sundry ideas of what will get us by.
25.
... ideas on
the subject.
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
26.
... ideas, people,
and constructive projects.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
In partnership with others -- women and men -- they can devote themselves to any number of ideas, people, and constructive projects.
27.
... ideas upon
which success finally depended were ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The basic principles of
A.A., as they are known today, were borrowed mainly from the fields of religion and medicine, though some ideas upon which success finally depended were the
result of noting the behavior and needs of the Fellowship itself.
28.
... ideas were
followed by many to the ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
29.
... ideas which
he put into practical application ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Many years ago one of the leading contributors
to this book came under our care in this hospital and while here he acquired some ideas which he put into practical application
at once.
30.
... ideas which
it contains are novel.
BB p.144,
To Employers
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