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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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LOOKING   occurs   15 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... looking after becomes a military casualty.   12&12 p.113, Step Twelve
Maybe there are serious domestic or romantic difficulties, or perhaps that boy we thought God was looking after becomes a military casualty.

2.
Looking again at those defects we are ...   12&12 p.68, Step Six
Looking again at those defects we are still unwilling to give up, we ought to erase the hard-and-fast lines that we have drawn.

3.
... Looking at both past and present, what ...   12&12 p.52, Step Four
Questioning directed to this end might run like this: Looking at both past and present, what sex situations have caused me anxiety, bitterness, frustration, or depression?

4.
... looking at some of our own shortcomings.   12&12 p.30, Step Two
Moreover, we could avoid looking at some of our own shortcomings.

5.
Looking at Step Five, we decided that ...   12&12 p.107, Step Twelve
Looking at Step Five, we decided that an inventory, taken alone, wouldn't be enough.

6.
... looking at the wrongs we have done ...   12&12 p.78, Step Eight
To escape looking at the wrongs we have done another, we resentfully focus on the wrong he has done us.

7.
Looking at this avalanche of mail one ...   12&12 p.162, Tradition Seven
Looking at this avalanche of mail one morning at the office, I paced up and down ranting how irresponsible and tightwad my fellow members were.

8.
Looking at those who were only beginning ...   12&12 p.109, Step Twelve
Looking at those who were only beginning and still doubted themselves, the rest of us were able to see the change setting in.

9.
Looking back, I find that I took ...   12&12 p.26, Step Two
Looking back, I find that I took it piecemeal myself.

10.
Looking back over his life, he can ...   12&12 p.50, Step Four
Looking back over his life, he can readily get under way by consideration of questions such as these:

11.
... looking for an honest A.A. to plump ...   12&12 p.158, Tradition Six
They'd be out with lanterns looking for an honest A.A. to plump for their brand of education.

12.
... looking for attributes we shall never have, ...   12&12 p.67, Step Six
Else why would we consume such great amounts of time wishing for what we have not, rather than working for it, or angrily looking for attributes we shall never have, instead of adjusting to the fact, and accepting it?


13.
... looking for results rather than methods?   BB p.144, To Employers   Go to page 144 in the Big Book
After all, are you not looking for results rather than methods?


14.
... looking over factories and managements, but my ...   BB p.2, Bill's Story   Go to page 2 in the Big Book
I failed to persuade my broker friends to send me out looking over factories and managements, but my wife and I decided to go anyway.

15.
... looking through it, we shall see a ...   12&12 p.34, Step Three
Once unlocked by willingness, the door opens almost of itself, and looking through it, we shall see a pathway beside which is an inscription.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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