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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... longer.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
We may not
want to say anything for several
weeks, or
longer.
2.
... longer a
problem and you and your ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
After all, your
family is
reunited,
alcohol is no
longer a
problem and you
and your
husband are
working together toward an
undreamed-of
future.
3.
... longer be
misled by ordinary promises.
BB p.148,
To Employers
But at
least he will
understand the
problem
and will no
longer be
misled
by
ordinary promises.
4.
... longer be
self-conscious or feel that you ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
You will no
longer be
self-
conscious or
feel that you
must apologize as though
your
husband were a
weak character.
5.
... longer be
square pegs in round holes ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service,
gladly rendered,
obligations
squarely met,
troubles well
accepted or
solved with
God's
help, the
knowledge that at
home or in the
world outside we are
partners in
a
common effort, the
well-
understood fact
that in
God's
sight all
human beings are
important, the
proof that
love freely given surely brings a
full return, the
certainty that we are no
longer isolated and alone in
self-
constructed prisons, the
surety that we
need no
longer be
square pegs in
round holes but can
fit and
belong in
God's
scheme of things -- these
are the
permanent and
legitimate satisfactions of
right
living for which no
amount
of
pomp and
circumstance, no
heap of
material possessions, could
possibly be
substitutes.
6.
... longer carry
the life-giving grace of God; ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
Without
unity, the
heart of
A.A. would
cease to
beat; our
world arteries would no
longer carry the
life-
giving grace of
God; His
gift to us would be
spent aimlessly.
7.
... longer craves
liquor.
BB p.143,
To Employers
8.
... longer deeply
disturbed by all the seeming ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
The
moment we
catch even a
glimpse of
God's will, the
moment we
begin to see
truth,
justice, and
love as the
real and
eternal things in
life, we are
no
longer deeply disturbed by all the
seeming evidence to the
contrary that
surrounds
us in
purely human affairs.
9.
... longer dreaded
a change for the worse, ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
If our
circumstances happened to be
good, we no
longer dreaded a
change for the
worse, for we
had
learned that these
troubles could be
turned
into
great values.
10.
... longer drink.
BB p.138,
To Employers
11.
... longer feel
alone.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
Surrounded by so many
A.A.
friends, these so-called
loners tell us they no
longer
feel alone.
12.
... longer he
kept dry, the louder he ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
The
longer he
kept dry, the
louder he
talked -- against
God.
13.
... longer his
recovery may be delayed.
BB p.113,
To Wives
Wait until
repeated stumbling convinces him
he
must act, for the more you
hurry him the
longer his
recovery may be
delayed.
14.
... longer isolated
and alone in self-constructed prisons, ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service,
gladly rendered,
obligations
squarely met,
troubles well
accepted or
solved with
God's
help, the
knowledge that at
home or in the
world outside we are
partners in
a
common effort, the
well-
understood fact
that in
God's
sight all
human beings are
important, the
proof that
love freely given surely brings a
full return, the
certainty that we are no
longer isolated and alone in
self-
constructed prisons, the
surety that we
need no
longer be
square pegs in
round holes but can
fit and
belong in
God's
scheme of things -- these
are the
permanent and
legitimate satisfactions of
right
living for which no
amount
of
pomp and
circumstance, no
heap of
material possessions, could
possibly be
substitutes.
15.
... longer live
in a completely hostile world.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
16.
... longer lost
and frightened and purposeless.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
We are no
longer lost and
frightened and
purposeless.
17.
... longer our
principal aim; we now clamored ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
18.
... longer run
we clearly realize that these ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
But in the
longer run we
clearly realize that these
are only the
pains of
growing up, and
nothing but
good can
come from them if we
turn more and more to the
entire Twelve Steps for the
answers.
19.
... longer running
the show, humbly saying to ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
We
constantly remind
ourselves we are no
longer running the
show,
humbly saying to ourselves many
times each
day "
Thy will be done."
20.
... longer seek
fame and honor in order ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
We no
longer seek fame and
honor in
order to be
praised.
21.
... longer signify
much to them.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Being
wrecked in the same
vessel, being
restored and
united under one
God, with
hearts and
minds attuned to the
welfare of
others, the things which
matter so much to some
people no
longer signify
much to them.
22.
... longer strive
to dominate or rule those ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
We no
longer strive to
dominate or
rule those about
us in
order to
gain self-
importance.
23.
... longer than
his preaching.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
Besides, my
gin would
last
longer than his
preaching.
24.
... longer work,
his wife gets a divorce ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
Finally, he can no
longer work, his
wife gets a
divorce and he is
held up to
ridicule.
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