From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... move closer
to the ideal we have ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
It ought to be followed
by a good look at where we stand now, and a further look at what might happen in our lives were we able to move closer to the ideal we have
been trying to glimpse.
2.
... move forward.
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
3.
... move from
darkness into light, to see ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled,
to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in
full citizenship, and
above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance
of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.
4.
... "move in
a mysterious way His wonders ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when
the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered,
and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."
5.
... move out
from ourselves toward others and ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
The Seventh Step is where
we make the change in our attitude which permits us,
with humility as our guide, to move out from ourselves toward others and toward God.
6.
... move toward
God's will for us.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
7.
... move toward
humility must consist of recognizing ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
8.
... move toward
it.
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
Well, meditation is like that, too; it helps to envision our spiritual
objective before we try to move toward it.
9.
... move toward
their correction.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
10.
... move was
to take up the study ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My next move was to take up the study of medicine, entering one of the largest universities
in the country.
11.
... move your
work in here?
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
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