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


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1.
... minds?   12&12 p.67, Step Six
But how many men and women speak love with their lips, and believe what they say, so that they can hide lust in a dark corner of their minds?


2.
... minds.   BB p.55, We Agnostics   Go to page 54 in the Big Book
Neither is reason, as most of us use it, entirely dependable, though it emanate from our best minds.


3.
... minds.   BB p.57, We Agnostics   Go to page 57 in the Big Book
Even so has God restored us all to our right minds.

4.
... minds about that.   12&12 p.172, Tradition Nine
In years since then, we have changed our minds about that.

5.
... minds all this liberty for the individual ...   12&12 p.129, Tradition One
To many minds all this liberty for the individual spells sheer anarchy.


6.
... minds and bodies.   BB p.133, The Family Afterward   Go to page 133 in the Big Book
Most of them give freely of themselves, that their fellows may enjoy sound minds and bodies.


7.
... minds attuned to the welfare of others, ...   BB p.161, A Vision For You   Go to page 161 in the Big Book
Being wrecked in the same vessel, being restored and united under one God, with hearts and minds attuned to the welfare of others, the things which matter so much to some people no longer signify much to them.

8.
... minds close against the grace of God.   12&12 p.69, Step Six
The moment we say, "No, never!" our minds close against the grace of God.


9.
... minds for them.   BB p.132, The Family Afterward   Go to page 132 in the Big Book
As non-denominational people, we cannot make up others' minds for them.


10.
... minds had proved man could never fly?   BB p.51, We Agnostics   Go to page 51 in the Big Book
Was it not true that the best mathematical minds had proved man could never fly?

11.
... minds into such an obsession for destructive ...   12&12 p.21, Step One
It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us.

12.
... minds of millions.   12&12 p.158, Tradition Six
But that wasn't the whole story, for in this case not only was an A.A. member to break his anonymity at a public level, he was to link the name Alcoholics Anonymous to this particular educational project in the minds of millions.

13.
... minds, our emotions, and our intuitions of ...   12&12 p.97, Step Eleven
And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our intuitions of vitally needed support.


14.
... minds the wrongs others had done, we ...   BB p.67, How It Works   Go to page 67 in the Big Book
Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes.


15.
... minds were fettered by superstition, tradition, and ...   BB p.51, We Agnostics   Go to page 51 in the Big Book
In the realm of the material, men's minds were fettered by superstition, tradition, and all sorts of fixed ideas.


16.
... minds were impressionable while he was drinking.   BB p.134, The Family Afterward   Go to page 134 in the Big Book
Their young minds were impressionable while he was drinking.

17.
... minds what that advice is.   12&12 p.60, Step Five
The benefit of talking to another person is that we can get his direct comment and counsel on our situation, and there can be no doubt in our minds what that advice is.


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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