From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... met?
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
2.
... met.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
They took a drink a day or so prior to the date, and then the phenomenon of craving at
once became paramount to all other interests so that the important appointment
was not met.
3.
... met a
few simple requirements.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
4.
... met a
kind doctor who explained that ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
Best of all, I met a kind doctor who explained that though certainly selfish and foolish, I had been seriously ill, bodily and mentally.
5.
... met and
decisions made, and renew the ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
As the day goes on, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request: "Thy will, not mine, be done."
6.
... met as
they come.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
When our inventory is carefully taken, and we
have made peace with ourselves, the conviction follows that
tomorrow's challenges can be met as
they come.
7.
... met by
our own voluntary contributions.
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
8.
... met my
match.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
I had met my match.
9.
... met or
not.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
Seldom did we look at character-building as something desirable in
itself, something we
would like to strive for whether our instinctual
needs were met or not.
10.
... met these
responsibilities gallantly.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
11.
... met, troubles
well accepted or solved with ...
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.
12.
... met up
with some major calamity, and ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
More often, though, we had met up with some major calamity, and to our way of thinking lost out because God deserted us.
13.
... met widespread
approval, and today he is ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
14.
... met with
fortitude and faith.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
15.
... met without
perverting or misusing our God-given ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
Pride lures us into making demands upon ourselves or upon others which cannot be
met without perverting or misusing
our God-given instincts.
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