From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... motives.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
2.
... motives.
BB p.70,
How It Works
It depends on us and on our motives.
3.
... motives.
BB p.86,
Into Action
Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it
be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives.
4.
... motives.
BB p.86,
Into Action
Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is
cleared of wrong motives.
5.
... motives and
actions.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
6.
... motives and
God will keep you unharmed.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
7.
... motives and
reasons when we really didn't.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
8.
... motives are
good.
BB p.60,
How It Works
On that basis we are almost
always in collision
with something or somebody, even though our motives are good.
9.
... motives begin
to dominate them.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Ideas, emotions, and attitudes which were once
the guiding forces of the
lives of these men are suddenly cast to one side, and a completely new set of conceptions and
motives begin to dominate them.
10.
... motives in
each thought or act that ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
As we glance down the debit side of the day's ledger, we should carefully examine our
motives in each thought or act that appears to be wrong.
11.
... motives were.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
12.
... motives won't
be hard to see and ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
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