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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... left.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
Let's
dispose of what
appears to be a
hazardous
open end we have
left.
2.
... left."
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
This is the
end ...
nothing
is
left."
3.
... left.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
4.
... left Alcoholics
Anonymous in trust with the ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
5.
... left alone
and afraid.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
6.
... left and
thought I had better go ...
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
He had
plenty of
money
left and
thought I had
better go to
Canada.
7.
... left but
pure reason, it wouldn't be ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Were
nothing left but
pure reason, it wouldn't be
life.
8.
... left for
outsiders.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
The
family may
feel they
hold a
mortgage on
dad, so
big that
no equity should be
left for
outsiders.
9.
... left for
us but to pick up ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
When,
therefore, we were
approached by
those in
whom the
problem had been
solved, there was
nothing
left for us but to
pick up the
simple kit of
spiritual tools laid at our
feet.
10.
... left in
his wake.
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
11.
... left in
terrified loneliness.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
12.
... left me.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
To me he was a
stranger, and so he
left me.
13.
... left off
at thirty.
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
But
here is a
man who at
fifty-
five years found he was
just where he had
left off at
thirty.
14.
... left out
as they witness so much ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
At
first many of these
feel lonely,
hurt, and
left out as they
witness so
much domestic happiness about them.
15.
... left over
from yesterday.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
16.
... left the
hospital at all.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
During these
two years I was
kept so
busy that I
hardly left the
hospital at all.
17.
... left to
quarrel about.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
The
theory seems to be that
once everybody's
primary instincts are
satisfied, there won't be
much left to
quarrel about.
18.
... left to
themselves, and had they stuck ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
Had they been
left to
themselves, and had they
stuck to their
one goal, they might have
found the
rest of the
answer.
19.
... left to
those better qualified to handle ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
20.
... left unchanged.
BB xii,
Preface
21.
... left untouched
in the course of revisions ...
BB xi,
Preface
22.
... left us
a note saying you were ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
He
left us a
note saying you were the
best boss he
ever had, and that you
were not to
blame in
any way."
23.
... left us
a wonderful supply.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
We won't have
far to
seek; the
great men and
women of all
religions have
left us a
wonderful supply.
24.
... left who
deliberately break anonymity at the ...
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
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