From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... needs.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we
may help meet their needs.
2.
... needs.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
New acquaintances who
know nothing of alcoholism might be made
and thoughtful considerations given
their needs.
3.
... needs.
BB p.141,
To Employers
4.
... needs, and
our most desperate ones, too.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
Silently and surely, electricity, that strange energy so few people understand, meets our simplest daily needs, and our most desperate
ones, too.
5.
... needs and
work for them.
BB p.70,
How It Works
6.
... needs are
cared for.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
He clamors for this or that, claiming he cannot master
alcohol until his material needs are cared for.
7.
... needs hospitalization,
he should have it, but ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
8.
... needs is
well defined by that part ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
And we think that the whole
range of our needs is well defined by that part of Step Eleven which says: "...knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that
out."
9.
... needs no
God to explain it.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We read wordy books and indulge in windy arguments, thinking we believe this
universe needs no God to explain it.
10.
... needs of
the Fellowship itself.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The basic principles of
A.A., as they are known today, were borrowed mainly from the fields of religion and medicine, though some ideas upon which success finally depended were the
result of noting the behavior and needs of the Fellowship itself.
11.
... needs other
alcoholics as much as they ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
12.
... needs the
least possible organization."
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
When Tradition Nine was
first written, it said that "Alcoholics Anonymous needs the least possible organization."
13.
... needs the
least possible organization.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
14.
... needs the
least possible organization.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
15.
... needs to
be changed in me and ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
I need to concentrate
not so much on what needs to
be changed in the world as
on what needs to be changed
in me and in my attitudes.
16.
... needs to
be changed in the world ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
I need to concentrate
not so much on what needs to
be changed in the world as
on what needs to be changed
in me and in my attitudes.
17.
... needs to
be looked after and extricated ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
As matters get worse, the husband becomes a sick and irresponsible child who
needs to be looked after and extricated from
endless scrapes and impasses.
18.
... needs to
develop the quality of willingness.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
All by himself, and in the light of his own circumstances, he needs
to develop the quality
of willingness.
19.
... needs to
do is to keep sober.
BB p.82,
Into Action
20.
... needs were
met or not.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
Seldom did we look at character-building as something desirable in
itself, something we
would like to strive for whether our instinctual
needs were met or not.
21.
... needs your
help.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
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