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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... ideas.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
But again
John Barleycorn had other
ideas.
2.
... ideas.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
3.
... ideas:
BB p.60,
How It Works
4.
... ideas.
BB p.87,
Into Action
We might
pay for this
presumption in all
sorts
of
absurd actions and
ideas.
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
We
form ideas as to what we
think God's will is for other
people.
12.
... ideas --
attraction and promotion -- work out.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
Let's see how these
two contrasting ideas --
attraction and
promotion --
work out.
13.
... ideas concerning
a possible means of recovery.
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
14.
... ideas contained
in this book.
BB xxxii(xxx),
The Doctor's Opinion
However, he did
become "
sold" on the
ideas contained in this book.
15.
... ideas did
not work.
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
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
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
Up to this
point you would
label him as a
foolish chap having
queer ideas of
fun.
23.
... ideas of
the Society were codified for ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
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, 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.
26.
... 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.
27.
... ideas were
followed by many to the ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
My
judgment and
ideas were
followed by many to the
tune of
paper millions.
28.
... 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.
29.
... ideas which
it contains are novel.
BB p.144,
To Employers
To you, some of the
ideas which it
contains are
novel.
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