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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... morning.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
I
began to be
jittery in
the
morning.
2.
... morning.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
It had been
52 that
morning.
3.
... morning.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
This is his
story: "I
came to
work on
Tuesday morning.
4.
... morning.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I
remember having several more that
night and
plenty next morning.
5.
... morning after
these bouts and quieted himself ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
He was very
nervous in the
morning after these
bouts and
quieted himself with more
liquor.
6.
... morning and
through the day also, to ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
He sometimes
drinks in the
morning and through the
day also, to
hold his
nervousness in
check.
7.
... morning are
unforgettable.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
8.
... morning at
the office, I paced up ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
9.
... morning coffee.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
Daylight found the
master of the
house and
another
friend drinking
their
morning coffee.
10.
... morning devotion,
we attend to that also.
BB p.87,
Into Action
11.
... morning, drinking
only at home, never having ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Here are some of the
methods we have
tried:
Drinking beer only,
limiting the
number of
drinks,
never drinking alone,
never drinking in the
morning,
drinking only at
home,
never having it in the
house,
never drinking during
business
hours,
drinking only at
parties,
switching
from
scotch to
brandy,
drinking only
natural wines,
agreeing to
resign if ever
drunk on the
job,
taking a
trip, not
taking a
trip,
swearing off
forever (with and without a
solemn oath),
taking more
physical exercise,
reading inspirational books,
going to
health farms and
sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to
asylums --
we could
increase the
list
ad infinitum.
12.
... morning he
searches madly for the bottle ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
13.
... morning he
took the bull by the ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
One
morning he took the
bull
by the
horns and
set out to
tell those he
feared what his
trouble had been.
14.
... morning I
telephoned a friend in Montreal.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
15.
... morning in
meditation that our Creator show ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
16.
... morning meditation?"
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
A
quizzical smile on his
lips, he said, "Have you
fellows had your
morning meditation?"
17.
... morning meditation.
BB p.87,
Into Action
18.
... morning meditation
and then they can take ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
When this
happens, they can be
invited to
join in
morning meditation and then
they can take
part in the
daily discussion without
rancor or
bias.
19.
... morning meditation
what you can do each ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
Ask Him in your
morning meditation what you can do each
day for the
man who is still
sick.
20.
... morning, noon
and night.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
There is
talk about
spiritual matters morning,
noon and
night.
21.
... morning paper
told me the market had ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
A
morning paper told me the
market had
gone to
hell again.
22.
... morning, shake
your head and go to ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
Of an
evening, you can go on a
mild bender, get up in the
morning,
shake your
head and go to
business.
23.
... morning shaking
violently.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
This went on
endlessly, and I
began to
waken very
early in the
morning shaking violently.
24.
... morning terror
and madness were on me.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
Sometimes I
stole from my
wife's
slender purse when the
morning terror and
madness were on
me.
25.
... morning truck,
for it was scarcely daylight.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
26.
... morning was
treating my own club worse ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
27.
... morning we
have kissed and made up.
BB p.105,
To Wives
In the
morning we have
kissed and made up.
28.
... morning we
think of the hours to ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
In the
morning we
think of
the
hours to
come.
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