From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
JOBS occurs
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1.
... jobs, and
even two cars in the ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Alcoholics who still had their
health, their
families,
their
jobs, and even
two cars in the
garage,
began to
recognize their
alcoholism.
2.
... jobs at
all, the critics attacked as ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Ignoring the
fact that
these
labors were not
Twelfth Step jobs at all, the
critics attacked as
A.A. professionals these
workers of ours who were often doing
thankless tasks that no one
else could or would do.
3.
... jobs, family,
and friends will need to ...
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
But all
alcoholics who have
drunk themselves out of
jobs,
family, and
friends will
need to
cross-
examine themselves
ruthlessly to
determine how their
own personality defects
have thus
demolished their
security.
4.
... jobs for
each other, when justified -- these ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
5.
... jobs when
we deserved them; we forgot ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
6.
... jobs which
A.A. members as individuals have ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
These are only a few of the
jobs which
A.A. members as
individuals have been
asked to
fill.
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