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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... next?"
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
Our
unspoken,
constant
thought was "Which of us may be the
next?"
2.
... next alcoholic.
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.
3.
... next alcoholic
who comes along.
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
4.
... next ask
ourselves what we mean when ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
We might
next ask ourselves
what we
mean when we say that we have "
harmed" other people.
5.
... next bender
which, if an alcoholic, he ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
If he
temporizes and still
thinks he can ever
drink
again, even
beer, he might as well be
discharged after the
next
bender which, if an
alcoholic, he is almost
certain to have.
6.
... next binge,
ask him if he would ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
But after his
next binge,
ask him if he would really like to get over
drinking for
good.
7.
... next calls
saying he is sick, you ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
When his
wife next calls
saying he is
sick, you might
jump to the
conclusion he
is
drunk.
8.
Next came
the expression of an aspiration ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
Next came the
expression of an
aspiration and a
hope for
himself.
9.
... next chapter
is entirely devoted to Step ...
BB p.88,
Into Action
10.
... next day.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
With a
certain satisfaction I
reflected there was
enough
gin concealed about the
house to
carry me through that
night and the
next day.
11.
Next day
found me drinking both gin ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
12.
Next day
found the prospect more receptive.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
13.
Next day
they would be themselves again ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
Next day they would be
themselves again and we would
forgive and
try to
forget.
14.
Next day
we would ask ourselves, in ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
Next day we would
ask ourselves, in all
earnestness and
sincerity, how it could have
happened.
15.
... next debauch;
the mother and father who ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
But for every
man who
drinks
others are
involved -- the
wife who
trembles in
fear of the
next debauch; the
mother and
father who see their
son wasting away.
16.
... next drink
and the temporary comfort of ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
When our
drinking had
become much
worse,
money was only an
urgent requirement which could
supply us with the
next drink and the
temporary comfort of
oblivion it
brought.
17.
... next drinking
bout.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
They should
wait for the
end of
his
next drinking bout.
18.
... next election
if they try this.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
Every one of them may be
promptly eliminated at the
next election if they
try this.
19.
... next fellow,
or even quite a lot ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Who, for
example, doesn't like to
feel just a
little superior to the
next fellow, or even quite a
lot superior?
20.
... next few
years fortune threw money and ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
For the
next few
years fortune threw money and
applause my way.
21.
... next function
is to grow in understanding ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
22.
Next he
can be assured that you ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
Next he can be
assured that
you do not
intend to
lecture,
moralize, or
condemn; that if this was done
formerly, it was because of
misunderstanding.
23.
... next he
stumbled.
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
24.
... next morning.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I
remember having several more that
night and
plenty next morning.
25.
... next morning
are unforgettable.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
26.
... next morning
he searches madly for the ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
27.
Next morning
I telephoned a friend in ...
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
28.
... next occasion,
still more demanding or gracious, ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
He
becomes, on the
next occasion, still more
demanding or
gracious,
as the
case may be.
29.
... next page,
A.A.'s "12 Traditions" are seen ...
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
On the
next page,
A.A.'s "
12 Traditions" are seen in their so-called "
short form" the
form in
general use
today.
30.
... next pages.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
31.
... next problem
will be to discover the ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
Our
next problem will be to
discover the
person in
whom we are to
confide.
32.
... next question:
'What are you getting out ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
"His
next question: 'What
are you
getting out of it?'
33.
... next spree.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
Without
realizing it we were just
accumulating funds for
the
next spree.
34.
... next step
is to be, that we ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
We usually
conclude the
period of
meditation with
a
prayer that we be
shown
all through the
day what our
next step is to be, that we be
given whatever we
need to take
care of such
problems.
35.
... next sufferer?
12&12 p.24,
Step One
36.
... next suffering
alcoholic and which finally translates ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
37.
... next the
plight of those who once ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
Consider next the
plight of those who once had
faith, but have
lost it.
38.
... next thought
is that you should never ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
Our
next thought is that
you should
never tell him what he
must do about his
drinking.
39.
... next time.
BB p.109,
To Wives
But when he gets over the
spree, he
begins to
think once more how
he can
drink moderately
next time.
40.
... next time,
but I might as well ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
As the
whisky rose to my
head I told myself I would
manage better next time, but I might as well get
good and
drunk then.
41.
Next time
you and he have a ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
Next time you and he have a
heated discussion, no
matter what the
subject, it
should be the
privilege of either to
smile and say, "This is
getting serious.
42.
... next to
me.
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
"I
heard all this quite
plainly, as I was
piously
trying to
convert a
newcomer who
sat next to me.
43.
Next, we
decided that hereafter in this ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
Next, we
decided that
hereafter in this
drama of
life,
God was
going to be our
Director.
44.
Next we
launched out on a course ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
45.
... next we
make a vigorous attempt to ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a
look backward and
try to
discover where we have been at
fault;
next we make a
vigorous attempt to
repair the
damage we have
done; and
third, having thus
cleaned away the
debris of
the
past, we
consider how,
with our
newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may
develop the
best possible relations with
every
human being we
know.
46.
... next years
alcoholics flocked to A.A. by ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
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