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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
OBVIOUSLY occurs
11 times
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1.
Obviously.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
Obviously.
2.
Obviously, A.A.
had to be publicized somehow, ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
Obviously,
A.A. had to be
publicized somehow, so we
resorted to the
idea that it
would be far
better to let our
friends do this for us.
3.
... obviously good
character was something one needed ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
True, most of us
thought good character was
desirable, but
obviously good character was something
one
needed to get on with the
business of being
self-
satisfied.
4.
Obviously it
had not.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
Obviously it had not.
5.
... obviously knows
what he is talking about, ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the
man who is
making
the
approach has had the same
difficulty, that he
obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his
whole
deportment shouts at
the new
prospect that he is a
man with a
real answer, that he has no
attitude of
Holier Than
Thou,
nothing whatever
except the
sincere desire to be
helpful; that
there are no
fees to
pay, no
axes to
grind, no people to
please, no
lectures to be
endured -- these are the
conditions we have
found
most
effective.
6.
... obviously necessary
to raise the bottom the ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
It was
obviously necessary to
raise the
bottom the
rest of us had
hit to the
point where it would
hit them.
7.
Obviously, no
rule can be laid down.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
Obviously, no
rule can be
laid down.
8.
Obviously not
much partnership can exist under ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Obviously not much
partnership can
exist
under these
conditions.
9.
Obviously, the
dilemma of the wanderer from ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
Obviously, the
dilemma of
the
wanderer from
faith
is that of
profound confusion.
10.
... obviously this
is the crux of the ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
So we shall
describe some of the
mental states that
precede a
relapse into
drinking, for
obviously this
is the
crux of the
problem.
11.
... obviously you
cannot transmit something you haven't ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
But
obviously you cannot
transmit something you haven't got.
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