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

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1.
... main hope is that nothing will ever ...   12&12 p.36, Step Three
We are delighted with this dependence; our main hope is that nothing will ever cut off the supply of current.

2.
... main key to sobriety.   12&12 p.153, Tradition Five
But as he calmed down, he began to listen while I tried to show him that humility was the main key to sobriety.


3.
... main object is to enable you to ...   BB p.45, We Agnostics   Go to page 45 in the Big Book
Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem.

4.
... main object of life.   12&12 p.71, Step Seven
Nor do we enter into debate with the many who still so passionately cling to the belief that to satisfy our basic natural desires is the main object of life.

5.
... main problem is not how we are ...   12&12 p.117, Step Twelve
Our main problem is not how we are to stay married; it is how to be more happily married by eliminating the severe emotional twists that have so often stemmed from alcoholism.


6.
... main problem of the alcoholic centers in ...   BB p.23, There Is A Solution   Go to page 23 in the Big Book
Therefore, the main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, rather than in his body.


7.
... main purpose of this book.   BB xiii, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book.

8.
... main taproot from which our whole Society ...   12&12 p.22, Step One
The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered.


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... main thing is that he be willing ...   BB p.93, Working With Others   Go to page 93 in the Big Book
The main thing is that he be willing to believe in a Power greater than himself and that he live by spiritual principles.


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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