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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
PASSED occurs
12 times
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1.
... passed.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
But
great numbers of these
-- about
two out of
three --
began to
return as
time passed.
2.
... passed among
alcoholics, one to the other.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
These
legacies of
suffering and of
recovery are
easily passed among
alcoholics, one
to the other.
3.
... passed, and
confidence began to be replaced ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
4.
... passed, banks
it, pays the rent and ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
5.
... passed happy
evenings together chatting and drinking ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
6.
... passed into
the region from which there ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
We were in a
position where
life was
becoming impossible, and if we had
passed into the
region from which
there is no
return through
human aid, we had but
two alternatives: One was
to go on to the
bitter end,
blotting out the
consciousness of our
intolerable situation
as
best we could; and the other, to
accept spiritual help.
7.
... passed that
someone's home did not shelter ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
Seeing much of each other,
scarce an
evening passed that someone's
home did not
shelter a
little gathering of
men and
women,
happy in their
release, and
constantly thinking
how they might
present their
discovery to some
newcomer.
8.
... passed the
hundred thousand mark.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
9.
... passed to
freedom.
BB p.62,
How It Works
Most
good ideas are
simple, and this
concept was
the
keystone of the new and
triumphant arch through
which we
passed to
freedom.
10.
... passed up
many a fine chance to ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
Or we may just
procrastinate,
telling ourselves the
time is
not
yet, when in
reality we
have already
passed up many a
fine chance to
right a
serious wrong.
11.
... passed we
found that with the help ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
But as
time passed we
found that with the
help of
A.A.'s
Twelve Steps we could
lose those
fears, no
matter what our
material prospects were.
12.
... passed with
no return to alcohol.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
A
long time has
passed with no
return to
alcohol.
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