From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
LACK occurs
17 times
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1.
... lack of
anchorage to any permanent values, ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
2.
... lack of
control.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
Here is the
fellow who has been
puzzling you,
especially in his
lack of
control.
3.
... lack of
control, for he is unable ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
Two: Your
husband is
showing lack of
control, for he is
unable to
stay on the
water wagon even when he
wants to.
4.
... lack of
fear, worry and hurt feelings ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
When we do that, we find it
solves our
problems too; the
ensuing
lack of
fear,
worry and
hurt feelings is a
wonderful
thing.
5.
... lack of
hard feeling toward him.
BB p.142,
To Employers
6.
... lack of
humility.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
In all these
strivings, so many of them well-
intentioned, our
crippling handicap had
been our
lack of
humility.
7.
... lack of
it."
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
Most
emphatically the
answer is "Yes, notwithstanding the
apparent lack of it."
8.
... lack of
it.
BB p.139,
To Employers
If you
desire to
help it
might be well to
disregard your
own drinking, or
lack of it.
9.
... lack of
knowledge as to what part ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
10.
... lack of
nourishment, so can the soul.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
As the
body can
fail its purpose for
lack of
nourishment, so can
the
soul.
11.
... lack of
patience and tolerance.
BB p.138,
To Employers
In only a few
instances has there been a
lack of
patience and
tolerance.
12.
... lack of
perspective seemed near being just ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
I
began to
wonder, for such
an
appalling lack of
perspective seemed near being just that.
13.
Lack of
power, that was our dilemma.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
Lack of
power, that was our
dilemma.
14.
... lack of
proportion, of the ability to ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
How can such a
lack of
proportion, of the
ability to
think straight, be called anything else?
15.
... lack of
self-consciousness will do wonders for ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
16.
... lack of
understanding as to what really ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
17.
... lack the
ability to accept conditions I ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Or, if my
disturbance was
seemingly caused by the
behavior of others, why do I
lack the
ability to
accept conditions I
cannot
change?
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