From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
IMMEDIATE occurs
6 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
Click
to display the full page from the Big Book
1.
... immediate and
overwhelming "God-consciousness" followed at once ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Though it was not our
intention to
create such an
impression, many
alcoholics have nevertheless
concluded that in
order to
recover they
must acquire an
immediate and
overwhelming "
God-
consciousness"
followed at once by a
vast change in
feeling and
outlook.
2.
... immediate and
practical results.
12&12 p.23,
Step One
This
attitude brought
immediate and
practical results.
3.
... immediate cause
of our woes, including our ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
Since
defective relations with other
human
beings have
nearly always
been the
immediate cause of
our
woes,
including our
alcoholism, no
field of
investigation could
yield more
satisfying and
valuable rewards than
this one.
4.
... immediate family
embittered and depressed him.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
5.
... immediate interest
in A.A., it is suggested ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
6.
... immediate temptation
will be to ask for ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Our
immediate temptation
will be to
ask for
specific
solutions to
specific
problems, and for the
ability to
help other people
as we have already
thought they should be
helped.
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
The A.A. Preamble, copyright ©
The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.
Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or
endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.
Top
Copyright © 2005-2008, Recovery Press LLC; All Rights Reserved.
