From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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to display the full page from the Big Book1.
... list.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
It brings misunderstanding, fierce resentment, financial insecurity,
disgusted friends and
employers, warped lives of blameless children, sad wives and parents -- anyone can increase the
list.
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
4.
... list as
defects of character.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
5.
... list, for
it held the key to ...
BB p.66,
How It Works
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
8.
... list of
all persons we had harmed, ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
9.
... list of
all persons we have harmed ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
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
To avoid falling into confusion over the names these defects should be
called, let's take a universally recognized list of major human failings -- the Seven Deadly Sins of pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth.
13.
... list of
people I had hurt or ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
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
21.
... list we
set opposite each name our ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
22.
... list would
set forth serious violations of ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
To those having religious training, such a list would set forth serious violations of moral principles.
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