From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... moral.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
2.
... moral and
bodily health fell off like ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
3.
... moral and
philosophical convictions galore, but we ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
Many of us had moral and philosophical convictions galore, but
we could not live up to them even though we would have liked to.
4.
... moral, and
spiritual bankruptcy.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
Beginning with Step Four, we commenced to search out the things in ourselves which
had brought us to physical, moral, and spiritual bankruptcy.
5.
... moral fiber,
can claim "soundness of mind" ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Yet no alcoholic, soberly analyzing his destructive behavior,
whether the destruction fell on the dining-room furniture or his own moral fiber, can claim "soundness of mind" for himself.
6.
... moral inventory.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
Our present anxieties
and troubles, we cry, are
caused by the behavior
of other people -- people who really need a moral inventory.
7.
... moral inventory.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
8.
... moral inventory
at all; it is the ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
This is not a moral inventory at all; it is the very process by which the depressive has so often
been led to the bottle and extinction.
9.
... moral inventory,
but now the time has ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways.
10.
... moral inventory,
confession of personality defects, restitution ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Though he could not accept
all the tenets of the Oxford Groups, he was convinced of the need for
moral inventory, confession of personality defects, restitution to those harmed, helpfulness to
others, and the necessity of belief in and
dependence upon God.
11.
... moral inventory
had persuaded us that all-round ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Our moral inventory had
persuaded us that all-round forgiveness was desirable, but it was only when we resolutely tackled Step Five that we inwardly knew we'd be able to receive forgiveness and give it,
too.
12.
... moral inventory
is that pride and fear ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
But the testimony of A.A.'s
who have really tried a
moral inventory is that
pride and fear of this sort turn out to be bogeymen, nothing else.
13.
... moral inventory,
it must seem to every ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
So when A.A. suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can
do.
14.
... moral inventory,
most of us have found ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Without a searching
and fearless moral inventory, most of us have found that the faith which really works in daily living is still out of reach.
15.
... moral inventory
now that we are sober?
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
If we were pretty nice people all along, except for our drinking,
what need is there for a moral
inventory now that we are
sober?
16.
... moral inventory
of ourselves."
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
17.
... moral inventory
of ourselves.
BB p.59,
How It Works
18.
... moral or
spiritual hilltop; simply lay out ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection.
19.
... moral perfection;
we want to settle for ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Therefore, it seems plain that few of us can quickly or easily become ready to aim at spiritual and moral perfection; we want to settle for only as much perfection as will get us by in life, according, of course, to our various and
sundry ideas of what will get us by.
20.
... moral principles.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
To those having religious training, such a list would set forth serious violations of
moral principles.
21.
... "moral psychology,"
and we doubted if even ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
His alcoholic problem
was so complex, and his depression so great, that
we felt his only hope would be
through what we then called "moral psychology," and we doubted if even that would
have any effect.
22.
... moral psychology
was of urgent importance to ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
We doctors have realized for a long time that some form of moral psychology was of urgent importance to alcoholics, but its application presented
difficulties beyond
our conception.
23.
... moral responsibility
for the well-being of his ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
Nearly every modern employer feels a moral responsibility for the well-being of his help, and he tries to meet these responsibilities.
24.
... moral standard
was, as I recall it, ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
25.
... moral teaching
-- most excellent.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
26.
... moral, we
could wish to be philosophically ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
We could wish to be moral, we
could wish to be philosophically comforted, in fact, we could
will these things with all
our might, but the needed power wasn't there.
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