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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... means.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
2.
... means.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
3.
... means a
bad one, but I would ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
My
old manner of
life was by
no means a
bad one, but I would not
exchange
its best moments for the
worst I have
now.
4.
... means a
bad thing in some cases.
BB p.120,
To Wives
Though it is
infinitely better that he
have
no relapse at all, as
has been
true with
many of our
men, it is by
no means a
bad thing in some
cases.
5.
... means a
comprehensive picture of the true ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
6.
... means a
full catalogue of the harms ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
7.
... means a
great deal to his community, ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
8.
... means a
new attitude and spirit all ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
This
means a
new attitude and
spirit all
around.
9.
... means a
perfect release from every other ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
10.
... means another
debacle with all its attendant ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
11.
... means anything
at all, it means that ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
If what we have
learned and
felt and
seen means anything at all, it
means that all of us,
whatever
our
race,
creed, or
color are the
children of a
living Creator with whom
we may
form a
relationship upon simple and
understandable terms
as
soon as we are
willing
and
honest enough to
try.
12.
... means anything
at all, this is not ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Yet if
A.A.'s
experience means anything at all, this is not only
unwise, but is
actually a
perilous resolve.
13.
... means, are
necessities for us.
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
A
continuous look at our
assets and
liabilities, and a
real desire to
learn and
grow by this
means, are
necessities for us.
14.
... means blind
faith in the strange proposition ...
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
15.
... means business.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
16.
... means business,
give him a chance to ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
17.
... means by
which A.A. maintains its unity ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
They
outline the
means by
which
A.A. maintains its unity and
relates itself to the
world about it, the
way it
lives and
grows.
18.
... means by
which we began to get ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
This
vital Step was
also the
means by which we
began to
get the
feeling that we could be
forgiven,
no matter what we had
thought
or
done.
19.
... means by
which we bring new vision, ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
As we have
seen,
self-
searching is the
means by
which we
bring new vision,
action, and
grace to
bear upon the
dark and
negative side of our
natures.
20.
... means by
which we could live and ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
21.
... means can
we improve our chances for ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Only by this
means can we
improve our
chances for
really happy and
useful living.
22.
... means conviviality,
companionship and colorful imagination.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
23.
... means courage.
BB p.68,
How It Works
The
verdict of the
ages is
that
faith means courage.
24.
... means disaster,
especially if he is an ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
25.
... means do
so, for you ought to ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
If this is the
situation, by all
means do so, for you
ought to
make a
beginning as
soon as you can.
26.
... means do
we offer it as the ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
By
no means do we
offer it as the
last word on this
subject, but so
far as we are
concerned,
it has
worked with us.
27.
... means everything
to me.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
I
belong to a
great church that
means everything to me.
28.
... means go
along.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
If you are with a
person who
wants to
eat in a
bar, by all
means go along.
29.
... means I
had been trying to employ, ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
But this was a
man who had
experienced many years of
frightful drinking, who had had most all the
drunkard's
experiences
known to
man, but who had been
cured by the
very means I had been
trying to
employ, that is to
say the
spiritual approach.
30.
... means, I
knew that if I did ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Not
being a
man of
means, I
knew that if I did not
stay sober enough to
earn money, I would
run out of
liquor.
31.
... means infallible,
it is likely to be ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
32.
... means more
action.
BB p.85,
Into Action
But we
must go further and that
means more action.
33.
... means nothing,
and proceeds nowhere.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
34.
... means of
a rocket and he will ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
35.
... means of
bringing alcoholics into our Fellowship.
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
36.
... means of
conscious contact with God.
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
37.
... means, of
course, that we are going ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
And it
means, of
course,
that we are
going to
talk
about
God.
38.
... means of
destroying the reputation of another.
BB p.80,
Into Action
39.
... means of
exchanging love and service with ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
It
became a
means of
exchanging love and
service with
those about us.
40.
... means of
gaining true independence of the ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
41.
... means of
getting money rather than an ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
42.
... means of
livelihood.
BB p.80,
Into Action
43.
... means of
moderating or staying dry.
BB p.109,
To Wives
44.
... means of
recovery.
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
45.
... means of
reducing these demands.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
Therefore,
no peace was to be had
unless we
could
find a
means of
reducing these
demands.
46.
... means of
solving his problem which money ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
Every means of
solving his
problem which
money could
buy was at his
disposal.
47.
... means of
survival.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
48.
... means release
from care, boredom and worry.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
It
means release from
care,
boredom and
worry.
49.
... means ruined
everything.
BB p.109,
To Wives
He has by
no means ruined everything.
50.
... means shall
we be able to let ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Therefore our
problem
now becomes just how and by what
specific
means shall we be
able to
let Him in?
51.
... means sure
that such great numbers of ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
52.
... means that
all of us, whatever our ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
If what we have
learned and
felt and
seen means anything at all, it
means that all of us,
whatever
our
race,
creed, or
color are the
children of a
living Creator with whom
we may
form a
relationship upon simple and
understandable terms
as
soon as we are
willing
and
honest enough to
try.
53.
... means that
side by side with an ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
This
means that
side by
side with an
earnest prayer there can be a
certain amount of
presumption and
conceit
in us.
54.
... means the
adoption of attitudes and actions ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
55.
... means the
loss of his job.
BB p.146,
To Employers
If he is, and is
still trying to
recover, he
will tell you about it
even if it
means the
loss of his
job.
56.
... means the
opposite.
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
57.
... means the
rule.
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
58.
... means the
sole advocate of this saving ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
59.
... means to
get the jay-walking idea out ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
60.
... means to
give of yourself that others ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Then you
will know what it
means to
give of
yourself that
others may
survive and
rediscover
life.
61.
... means to
resolve his alcoholic dilemma but ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
62.
... means to
right his past wrongs, why ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
If he
means to
right his
past wrongs,
why all this
concern for
everyone in the
world but
his
family?
63.
... means trouble,
unless the family watches for ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
64.
... means very
simply that every A.A. group ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
65.
... means we
have written a book which ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
That
means we have
written
a
book which we
believe to
be
spiritual as
well as
moral.
66.
... means well
and tries hard is a ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
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