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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... known!
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
Then he had, in
effect, been
raised from the
dead,
suddenly taken from the
scrap heap to a
level of
life better than the
best he had
ever
known!
2.
... known.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
There was a
sense of
victory,
followed by such
a
peace and
serenity as I
had
never known.
3.
... known.
BB p.78,
Into Action
We have already
admitted this in
confidence to another
person, but we are
sure we
would be
imprisoned or
lose our
job if it were
known.
4.
... known.
BB p.137,
To Employers
I had been
obliged to
discharge him for
drinking, though he was
brilliant,
alert, and one
of the
best organizers I
have ever
known.
5.
... known a
spiritual experience.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
6.
... known accounting
firm.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
7.
... known American
psychiatrists.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
8.
... known are
wrong?"
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
But
later, alone in his
room,
he
asked himself this
question: "Is it
possible
that all the
religious people I have
known are
wrong?"
9.
... known as
"two-stepping."
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
10.
... known doctor,
chief physician at a nationally ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
11.
... known from
the very beginning that we ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
As by some
deep instinct,
we
A.A.'s have
known from the
very
beginning that we
must never, no
matter what the
provocation,
publicly
take
sides in any
fight,
even a
worthy one.
12.
... known him
before.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
I
talked with him for some
time, but was not able to bring myself to
feel that I had
known him before.
13.
... known hospital
for the mental and physical ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
14.
... known hospital
for the treatment of alcoholic ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
In one of these there is a well-
known hospital for the
treatment of
alcoholic
and
drug addiction.
15.
... known in
A.A. slang as "elder statesmen" ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
16.
... known lawyer
in town, but just now ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
Understand he was once a well-
known lawyer in
town, but just now we've got him
strapped down
tight.(*)
17.
... known means
to get the jay-walking idea ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
He
tries every
known means to get the
jay-
walking idea out of his
head.
18.
... known only
excitement, depression, or anxiety -- in ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
To those of us who have
hitherto known only
excitement,
depression, or
anxiety
-- in other
words, to all of us -- this
newfound peace is a
priceless gift.
19.
... known remedy.
BB p.137,
To Employers
Some
employers have
tried every
known remedy.
20.
... known stages
of a spree, emerging remorseful, ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
After they have
succumbed to the
desire again, as so many do, and the
phenomenon of
craving develops, they
pass through
the well-
known stages of a
spree,
emerging remorseful, with a
firm resolution not to
drink
again.
21.
... known surgeon
and a New York broker.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
22.
... known that
no one can make much ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
For the
wise have always
known
that no one can make much of his
life until
self-
searching becomes a
regular habit, until he is able to
admit and
accept what he
finds, and until he
patiently and
persistently tries to
correct what is
wrong.
23.
... known these
strangers always.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
They
knew they had a
host of
new
friends; it
seemed
they had
known these
strangers always.
24.
... known to
man, religion and that instinct ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
25.
... known to
raise the very devil.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
26.
... known to
the authorities.
BB p.78,
Into Action
Perhaps we have
committed a
criminal offense which
might
land us in
jail if it
were
known to the
authorities.
27.
... known today,
were borrowed mainly from the ...
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.
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