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


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... moments, a producer of confusion rather than ...   BB p.61, How It Works   Go to page 61 in the Big Book
Is he not, even in his best moments, a producer of confusion rather than harmony?


2.
... moments, and the most cynical will not ...   BB xxviii(xxvi), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for alcoholics we appear somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged this movement.


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... moments for the worst I have now.   BB p.43, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 43 in the Big Book
My old manner of life was by no means a bad one, but I would not exchange its best moments for the worst I have now.

4.
... moments, if we remind ourselves that "it ...   12&12 p.103, Step Eleven
At these critical moments, if we remind ourselves that "it is better to comfort than to be comforted, to understand than to be understood, to love than to be loved," we will be following the intent of Step Eleven.

5.
... moments in which there is something like ...   12&12 p.74, Step Seven
We enjoy moments in which there is something like real peace of mind.


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... moments of temptation the thought of drink ...   BB p.57, We Agnostics   Go to page 57 in the Big Book
Save for a few brief moments of temptation the thought of drink has never returned; and at such times a great revulsion has risen up in him.


7.
... moments of the past.   BB p.151, A Vision For You   Go to page 151 in the Big Book
Never could we recapture the great moments of the past.


8.
... moments of triumph were short-lived.   BB p.66, How It Works   Go to page 66 in the Big Book
Our moments of triumph were short-lived.


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... moments sublime with intervals hilarious.   BB p.1, Bill's Story   Go to page 1 in the Big Book
Here was love, applause, war; moments sublime with intervals hilarious.


10.
... moments we forget that alcoholism is an ...   BB p.118, To Wives   Go to page 118 in the Big Book
At such moments we forget that alcoholism is an illness over which we could not possibly have had any power.


11.
... moments, we found ourselves thinking, when enchanted ...   BB p.46, We Agnostics   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
Yet, in other moments, we found ourselves thinking, when enchanted by a starlit night, "Who, then, made all this?"


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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