From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... important.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
2.
... important.
BB p.120,
To Wives
This is important.
3.
... important.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
Had he been successful in his enterprise, he would have been set on his feet financially which, at the time, seemed vitally important.
4.
... important, an
empty club couldn't answer its ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Even more important, an empty club couldn't answer its telephone, but it was an
open invitation to a drunk on a binge who possessed a spare key.
5.
... important and
exhilarating part in my life.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
6.
... important appointment
was not met.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
They took a drink a day or so prior to the date, and then the phenomenon of craving at
once became paramount to all other interests so that the important appointment was not
met.
7.
... important decision
must be made or engagement ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He has a positive genius
for getting tight at exactly the wrong moment, particularly
when some important decision must be made or engagement kept.
8.
... important decisions
by discussion, vote, and, whenever ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of
unqualified authority over others; that it reach all
important decisions by discussion, vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and
that, like the Society it
serves, it will always remain democratic in thought
and action.
9.
... important demonstration
of our principles lies before ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
A much more important demonstration of
our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs.
10.
... important exception
to the foregoing.
BB p.108,
To Wives
11.
... important fact
of their lives, they present ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.
12.
... important for
him to realize that your ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
It is important for him to realize that your attempt
to pass this on to him plays
a vital part in your own recovery.
13.
... important for
the A.A.'s who marry "outside" ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
14.
... important it
is that he place the ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
15.
... important meaning
of it is that he ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening,
the most important meaning
of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which
he could not do before on his unaided strength and resources alone.
16.
... important, murmurs
are heard in the body ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
Still more important, murmurs are heard in the body politic, which swell into a
loud cry: "Do these oldtimers think they can run this group forever?
17.
... important --
other people.
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
18.
... important part
in bringing on my alcoholism.
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Unfortunately for me I was the only child, which perhaps engendered the selfishness which played
such an important part in bringing on my alcoholism.
19.
... important place
in society often tyrannize us.
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
Our desires for sex, for material and emotional
security, and for an important place in society often tyrannize us.
20.
... important qualification.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
21.
... important question.
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
22.
... important tasks
that make good Twelfth Step ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We can be the ones who take on
the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the
coffee and cake after the meetings, where so
many skeptical, suspicious newcomers
have found confidence
and comfort in the laughter and talk.
23.
... important than
a right dependence upon God, ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for
financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears.
24.
... important than
freedom from want.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
25.
... important than
whether we should see newsreels ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we
couldn't make a living, we
had a feeling of uselessness, we were full
of fear, we were unhappy,
we couldn't seem to be of real
help to other people -- was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should
see newsreels of lunar flight?
26.
... important that
he be able to keep ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
It is important that he be able to keep a confidence; that he fully
understand and approve what we are driving
at; that he will not try to change our plan.
27.
... important that
we remain anonymous because we ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
Its foreword made this revealing statement: "It is important
that we remain anonymous because we are
too few, at present, to handle the overwhelming
number of personal appeals which may result
from this publication.
28.
... important that
we remain anonymous because we ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
It is important that we remain anonymous because we are too few, at present to handle the overwhelming number of
personal appeals which
may result from this publication.
29.
... important, the
proof that love freely given ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are
partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
30.
... important was
the discovery that spiritual principles ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
31.
... important, "Yes,
I believe this program can ...
BB xii,
Preface
If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may
pause in reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think: "Yes, that happened to me"; or,
more important, "Yes, I've felt like that"; or, most important,
"Yes, I believe this program can work for me too."
32.
... important, "Yes,
I've felt like that"; or, ...
BB xii,
Preface
If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may
pause in reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think: "Yes, that happened to me"; or,
more important, "Yes, I've felt like that"; or, most important,
"Yes, I believe this program can work for me too."
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