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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... list.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
2.
... list ad
infinitum.
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Here are some of the
methods we have
tried:
Drinking beer only,
limiting the
number of
drinks,
never drinking alone,
never drinking in the
morning,
drinking only at
home,
never having it in the
house,
never drinking during
business
hours,
drinking only at
parties,
switching
from
scotch to
brandy,
drinking only
natural wines,
agreeing to
resign if ever
drunk on the
job,
taking a
trip, not
taking a
trip,
swearing off
forever (with and without a
solemn oath),
taking more
physical exercise,
reading inspirational books,
going to
health farms and
sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to
asylums --
we could
increase the
list
ad infinitum.
3.
... list again.
BB p.67,
How It Works
Referring to our
list
again.
4.
... list as
defects of character.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
Some others will
think of this
list as
defects of
character.
5.
... list, for
it held the key to ...
BB p.66,
How It Works
We
turned back to the
list,
for it
held the
key to the
future.
6.
... list for
Santa Claus.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
Sometimes it's because
God has not
delivered us the
good things
of
life which we
specified, as a
greedy child makes an
impossible
list for
Santa Claus.
7.
... list of
all persons we had harmed, ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
"Made a
list of all
persons
we had
harmed, and
became
willing to make
amends to
them all."
8.
... list of
all persons we had harmed, ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
8. Made a
list of all
persons we had
harmed, and
became willing to make
amends to them all.
9.
... list of
all persons we have harmed ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
We have a
list of all
persons we have
harmed and
to whom we are
willing to make
amends.
10.
... list of
all the people we had ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
These were some of the
ways in which
fear conspired with
pride to
hinder our
making a
list of all the people
we had
harmed.
11.
... list of
business acquaintances and friends we ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
As we
look over the
list of
business acquaintances and
friends we have
hurt, we may
feel diffident about
going to some of them on a
spiritual basis.
12.
... list of
major human failings -- the Seven ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
13.
... list of
people I had hurt or ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
We made a
list of people I had
hurt or
toward whom I
felt resentment.
14.
... list of
people we have harmed, have ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
After we have made the
list of people we have
harmed, have
reflected carefully upon each
instance, and have
tried to
possess ourselves of the
right attitude in which to
proceed, we will see that the
making of
direct amends divides those we
should
approach into several
classes.
15.
... list of
people who have, to some ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Then, as
year by
year we
walk back through our
lives as
far as
memory will
reach,
we shall be
bound to
construct a
long list of people who have, to some
extent or other, been
affected.
16.
... list of
'protective' regulations.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
17.
... list of
still milder defects, will be ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
But even these people, if they
construct a
list of still
milder defects, will be
obliged to
admit that they
prefer to
hang on to some of them.
18.
... list of
such defects as these, and ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Nearly anyone could
submit
a
good list of such
defects as these, and few of us would
seriously think of
giving them up, at
least until
they
cause us
excessive
misery.
19.
... list of
the more glaring personality defects ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
Now let's
ponder the
need
for a
list of the more
glaring personality defects all of us have in
varying degrees.
20.
... list was
a mile long.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
The
total list was a
mile long.
21.
... list we
set opposite each name our ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
On our
grudge list we
set opposite each
name our
injuries.
22.
... list would
set forth serious violations of ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
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