From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... longer.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
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
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
Your man will fare better if placed in such physical condition that
he can think straight and
no longer craves liquor.
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
Here, for instance, is a
typical example: An officer of one of the largest banking institutions in America knows I no longer drink.
11.
... longer feel
alone.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
12.
... longer he
kept dry, the louder he ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
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
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
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
23.
... longer than
his preaching.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
24.
... longer work,
his wife gets a divorce ...
BB p.38,
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