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... light.
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
In that time nothing could
be seen but two struggling, nameless groups of alcoholics trying to hold their faces up to the light.
2.
... light.
BB p.116,
To Wives
3.
... light, and
joy to every human being ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
Then he asked for the grace
to bring love, forgiveness, harmony,
truth, faith, hope, light, and joy to every human being he could.
4.
... light falls
upon this foggy scene.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
Once we have a complete willingness to take inventory, and exert ourselves to do the job thoroughly, a wonderful light falls upon this foggy scene.
5.
... light had
entered the dark world of ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
By late 1937, the number of members having substantial sobriety
time behind them was sufficient to convince
the membership that a new
light had entered the dark world of the alcoholic.
6.
... light of
day.
BB p.73,
Into Action
7.
... light of
experience.
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had declared that our Fellowship couldn't hire service workers nor could any A.A. member carry our knowledge into other fields, we were taking the counsel of fear, fear which today has been largely dispelled in the light of experience.
8.
... light of
God's reality, the nourishment of ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
We all need the light of God's reality, the nourishment of His strength, and the atmosphere of His grace.
9.
... light of
his own circumstances, he needs ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
All by himself, and in the light of his own circumstances, he needs
to develop the quality
of willingness.
10.
... light of
our experience can recover, provided ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problems in the
light of our experience
can recover, provided
he does not close his mind to
all spiritual concepts.
11.
... light of
past associations, or his present ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
This should be an entirely personal affair which each one decides for himself in the
light of past associations, or his present choice.
12.
... light of
reason can shine.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
The problem is to help them
discover a chink in the
walls their ego has built, through which the
light of reason can shine.
13.
... light of
the havoc an alcoholic's drinking ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
Sometimes these excuses have a certain plausibility, but none of
them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic's drinking bout creates.
14.
... light of
their own circumstances, ought to ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
15.
... light of
what always happened.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
But even in this type of beginning we are obliged
to admit that our justification for a spree was insanely insufficient in the light
of what always happened.
16.
... light, or
food, the body suffers.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
17.
... light, Step
Six is still difficult, but ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
18.
... light, tell
him humorous stories of your ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
19.
... light --
that where there is sadness, I ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
"Lord, make me a channel of thy peace -- that where there is hatred, I may bring love -- that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness --
that where there is discord, I may bring harmony -- that where
there is error, I may bring
truth -- that where there is doubt, I may bring faith -- that where there is despair, I may bring hope -- that where there are shadows, I may bring light -- that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
20.
... light to
its interior.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
21.
... light, to
see their lives quickly fill ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled,
to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in
full citizenship, and
above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance
of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.
22.
... Light who
presides over us all.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
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