From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
MAIN occurs
9 times
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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
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
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
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.
9.
... main thing
is that he be willing ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
The
main thing is that he be
willing to
believe in a
Power greater than himself
and that he
live by
spiritual principles.
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