From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 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
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
4.
... minds about
that.
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
5.
... minds all
this liberty for the individual ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
6.
... minds and
bodies.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
7.
... minds attuned
to the welfare of others, ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
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
9.
... minds for
them.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
10.
... minds had
proved man could never fly?
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
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
15.
... minds were
fettered by superstition, tradition, and ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
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
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.
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