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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
OPPORTUNITY occurs
16 times
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1.
... opportunity.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
At once I
burst into the
story of my
opportunity.
2.
... opportunity.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
Then I got a
promising business opportunity.
3.
... opportunity.
BB p.74,
Into Action
If that is so, this
step may be
postponed, only, however, if we
hold ourselves in
complete readiness to go through with it at the
first opportunity.
4.
... opportunity.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
You may
spoil a
later opportunity.
5.
... opportunity ahead
of this project that may ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
I
suspect that if it is
wisely handled -- and it
seems to be in
wise and
prudent hands -- there are
doors of
opportunity ahead of this
project that
may
surpass our
capacities to
imagine."
6.
... opportunity for
service, when the acquisition of ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
7.
... opportunity of
reading this book in manuscript ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
One of the many
doctors who had the
opportunity of
reading this book
in
manuscript form told
us that the use of
sweets was often
helpful, of
course depending upon a
doctor's
advice.
8.
... opportunity presents
itself, at some point we ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
But if no such
opportunity presents itself, at some
point we will
want to
summon all our
courage,
head straight for the
person concerned, and
lay our
cards on the
table.
9.
... opportunity to
be helpful, so I spent ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
This
seemed to me like an
opportunity to be
helpful, so I
spent two hours talking about
alcoholism, the
malady,
and
described the
symptoms and
results as
well as I could.
10.
... opportunity to
carry a beneficial message.
BB p.77,
Into Action
11.
... opportunity to
demonstrate His omnipotence.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
12.
... opportunity to
get well.
BB p.147,
To Employers
They often
jeopardize their
own positions by
trying to
help serious drinkers who
should have been
fired long
ago, or else
given an
opportunity to get well.
13.
... opportunity to
hear my story?
BB p.138,
To Employers
Why not at
least afford him
an
opportunity to
hear my
story?
14.
... opportunity to
live and be happy.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
To
spend too much
time on any
one
situation is to
deny
some other
alcoholic an
opportunity to
live and be
happy.
15.
... opportunity to
recover -- if he can and ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
When a few
men in this
city
have
found themselves, and have
discovered the
joy of
helping others to
face life again, there will be no
stopping until
everyone
in that
town has had his
opportunity to
recover -- if he
can and will.
16.
... opportunity we
have enjoyed.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Many could
recover if they had the
opportunity we have
enjoyed.
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