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


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1.
... minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot.   12&12 p.91, Step Ten
When we speak or act hastily or rashly, the ability to be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot.

2.
... minded beginner, this Step looks hard, even ...   12&12 p.35, Step Three
To every worldly and practical-minded beginner, this Step looks hard, even impossible.

3.
... minded, but it was just a question ...   12&12 p.148, Tradition Four
Some were club-minded, but it was just a question of taking care of the lonely heart.


4.
... minded on spiritual matters as we had ...   BB p.48, We Agnostics   Go to page 48 in the Big Book
Faced with alcoholic destruction, we soon became as open minded on spiritual matters as we had tried to be on other questions.


5.
... minded persons of all races, colors, and ...   BB p.49, We Agnostics   Go to page 49 in the Big Book
We used to amuse ourselves by cynically dissecting spiritual beliefs and practices when we might have observed that many spiritually-minded persons of all races, colors, and creeds were demonstrating a degree of stability, happiness and usefulness which we should have sought ourselves.

6.
... minded to conviction and as willing to ...   12&12 p.24, Step One
Then, and only then, do we become as open-minded to conviction and as willing to listen as the dying can be.


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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