From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... opportunity.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
2.
... opportunity.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
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
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
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for
service, when the acquisition of money for
financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears.
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
Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery,
but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize
it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence.
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
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
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