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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
MOMENT occurs
34 times
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1.
... moment.
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
When I am
disturbed, it is because I find some
person, place, thing or
situation -- some
fact of my
life --
unacceptable
to me, and I can find no
serenity until I
accept that
person, place,
thing or
situation as being
exactly the way it is
supposed to be at this
moment.
2.
... moment after
rescue from shipwreck when camaraderie, ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
3.
... moment an
A.A. hired out to such ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
4.
... moment he
may take your dislike of ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
In a
weak moment he may take
your
dislike of his
high-
stepping friends as one of
those
insanely trivial
excuses to
drink.
5.
... moment I
fully accepted them, the effect ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
6.
... moment, I
had needed and wanted God.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
For a
brief moment, I had
needed and
wanted God.
7.
... moment I
made up my mind to ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
But the
moment I made up my
mind to go through with the
process, I had the
curious
feeling that my
alcoholic condition was
relieved, as in
fact it
proved to be.
8.
... moment I
was alarmed, and called my ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
For a
moment I was
alarmed,
and called my
friend, the
doctor, to
ask if I were still
sane.
9.
... moment is
apt to occur.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
And when
humility and
serenity are so
combined,
something else of
great moment is
apt to
occur.
10.
... moment it
determined to reform America's drinking ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
Maybe the
society could have
survived the
abolition
controversy, but it didn't have a
chance from the
moment it
determined to
reform America's
drinking habits.
11.
... moment of
his death in 1950.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
He
sobered,
never to
drink again up to the
moment of
his
death in
1950.
12.
... moment, of
how that was accomplished.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
But say
nothing, for the
moment, of how that was
accomplished.
13.
... moment of
stress.
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
Just saying it over and over will often
enable us
to
clear a
channel choked up with
anger,
fear,
frustration, or
misunderstanding, and
permit us to
return to the
surest help of all -- our
search for
God's will, not our
own, in the
moment of
stress.
14.
... moment our
mental or emotional independence is ...
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
15.
... moment, particularly
when some important decision must ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
16.
... moment says,
"I don't miss it at ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
Now and then a
serious drinker, being
dry at the
moment says, "I don't
miss it at
all.
Feel better.
Work better. Having a
better time."
17.
... moment spent
in getting them straightened out.(*)
BB p.150,
To Employers
I have
enjoyed every
moment
spent in
getting them
straightened out.(*)
18.
... moment that
happened, our Fellowship's confidence would ...
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
The
moment that
happened,
our
Fellowship's
confidence would be
shaken.
19.
... moment that
I had an alcoholic mind.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
I
knew from that
moment that I
had an
alcoholic mind.
20.
... moment, the
benign dictator becomes the chairman ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
21.
... moment the
patient is able, while acutely ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
If the book is
read the
moment
the
patient is able, while
acutely depressed,
realization of his
condition may
come to him.
22.
... moment they
read Step Two, most A.A. ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
The
moment they
read Step Two, most
A.A. newcomers are
confronted with a
dilemma, sometimes a
serious one.
23.
... moment this
idea of dependence at the ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
Let's
examine for a
moment
this
idea of
dependence
at the
level of
everyday
living.
24.
... moment this
Twelfth Step work forms a ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
The
moment this
Twelfth Step work forms a
group, another
discovery is made -- that most
individuals cannot
recover unless there is a
group.
25.
... moment we
again pick up the key ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Though
self-will may
slam it
shut again, as it
frequently does, it will always
respond the
moment we again
pick up the
key of
willingness.
26.
... moment we
are trying to put our ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
At the
moment we are
trying
to
put our
lives in
order.
27.
... moment we
begin to see truth, justice, ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
The
moment we
catch even a
glimpse of
God's will, the
moment we
begin to see
truth,
justice, and
love as the
real and
eternal things in
life, we are
no
longer deeply disturbed by all the
seeming evidence to the
contrary that
surrounds
us in
purely human affairs.
28.
... moment, we
believe, the principle of corporate ...
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
29.
... moment we
catch even a glimpse of ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
The
moment we
catch even a
glimpse of
God's will, the
moment we
begin to see
truth,
justice, and
love as the
real and
eternal things in
life, we are
no
longer deeply disturbed by all the
seeming evidence to the
contrary that
surrounds
us in
purely human affairs.
30.
... moment we
ponder a twisted or broken ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
The
moment we
ponder a
twisted or
broken relationship with another
person, our
emotions go on
the
defensive.
31.
... moment we
quit alcohol.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
We
believe that our one-
time good characters will be
revived the
moment we
quit alcohol.
32.
... moment we
saw that we had an ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
The
moment we saw that we had an
answer for
alcoholism, it
was
reasonable (or so it
seemed at the
time) for us to
feel that we might have the
answer to a
lot of other things.
33.
... moment we
say, "No, never!" our minds ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
The
moment we say, "No,
never!" our
minds close against the
grace of
God.
34.
... moment we
tell our families that we ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
The
moment we tell our
families that we are really
going to
try the
program, the
process has
begun.
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