From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... itself.
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
2.
... itself.
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
Though the essays which follow were written mainly for members, it is thought by many of A.A.'s friends that these pieces might arouse interest and find application outside A.A. itself.
3.
... itself.
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.
4.
... itself.
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
5.
... itself.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
6.
... itself?
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
How, then, can we have an unorganized movement which can and does create a service organization for itself?
7.
... itself.
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
8.
... itself.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
9.
... itself.
BB p.77,
Into Action
But this is not an end in itself.
10.
... itself.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
11.
... itself among
us in many different forms.
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening"
are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about
recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms.
12.
... itself, and
looking through it, we shall ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Once unlocked by willingness, the door opens almost of itself, and looking through it, we shall see a pathway beside which is an inscription.
13.
... itself, at
some point we will want ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
But if no such opportunity presents
itself, at some point we will want to summon all our courage, head straight for the person concerned, and lay our cards on the table.
14.
... itself function
without full-time workers.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
15.
... itself in
a widening circle of peace ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
16.
... itself --
into protective parents.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
We had failed to see that though adult in years we were still behaving childishly, trying to turn everybody -- friends, wives, husbands, even the world itself -- into protective parents.
17.
... itself is
often intensely disliked.
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
18.
... itself, is
possible to anyone.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
We saw that we were powerless over alcohol, but we also perceived that faith of
some kind, if only in A.A. itself, is possible to anyone.
19.
... itself might
survive.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
As we had once struggled
and prayed for individual recovery, just so earnestly did we commence to quest for the principles through which
A.A. itself might survive.
20.
... itself of
modern publicity methods.
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
They were sure that A.A. could
go faster and farther if it availed itself of modern publicity methods.
21.
... itself, something
we would like to strive ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
Seldom did we look at character-building as something desirable in
itself, something we
would like to strive for whether our instinctual
needs were met or not.
22.
... itself, takes
most of us a long, ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
To get completely away from our aversion to the
idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the
avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired
for itself, takes most of us
a long, long time.
23.
... itself to
no one.
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
24.
... itself to
no one.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
25.
... itself to
reasonable approach and interpretation.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
We agnostically inclined would not feel satisfied with a proposal which does not lend
itself to reasonable approach and interpretation.
26.
... itself to
the world about it, the ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
They outline the means by
which A.A. maintains its unity and relates itself to the world about it, the way it lives and grows.
27.
... itself to
us, it is imperative that ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Since recovery from alcoholism is life itself to us, it is imperative
that we preserve in full
strength our means of survival.
28.
... itself up
with a laugh and gone ...
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
29.
... itself with
anything or anybody else.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
In charting this enormous expanse of freedom, we found it necessary to post only two storm signals: A group ought not do anything which
would greatly injure A.A. as a whole, nor ought it affiliate itself with anything or anybody else.
30.
... itself with
humility, we should pause here ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Since this Step so specifically concerns
itself with humility, we
should pause here to consider what humility is
and what the practice of it can mean to us.
31.
... itself would
never have held us together ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
32.
... itself your
'higher power.'
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
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