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Alcoholics Anonymous
(Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
(12 & 12)
pathological
paths
pathway
PATIENCE
occurs
12 times
(
Definition
from Merriam-Webster Online)
patient
patiently
patients
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1.
... patience.
BB p.111,
To Wives
Your
husband
may
come
to
appreciate
your
reasonableness
and
patience
.
2.
Patience and
good temper are most necessary.
BB p.111,
To Wives
Patience
and
good
temper
are most
necessary
.
3.
... patience and
good will toward all men, ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
We have
begun
to
learn
tolerance
,
patience
and
good
will
toward
all
men
, even our
enemies
, for we
look
on them as
sick
people.
4.
... patience and
labor.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
To
duplicate
, with such
backing
, what we have
accomplished
is only a
matter
of
willingness
,
patience
and
labor
.
5.
... patience and
tolerance?
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
Could we then
foresee
that
troublesome
people were to
become
our
principal
teachers
of
patience
and
tolerance
?
6.
... patience and
tolerance.
BB p.138,
To Employers
In only a few
instances
has there been a
lack
of
patience
and
tolerance
.
7.
... patience mothers
and wives have had with ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
Passing
all
understanding
is the
patience
mothers
and
wives
have had with
alcoholics
.
8.
... patience of
our best friends to a ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
We've
repeatedly
strained
the
patience
of our
best
friends
to a
snapping
point
, and have brought out the very
worst
in those who didn't
think
much of us to
begin
with.
9.
... patience that
we would cheerfully grant a ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
We
asked
God
to
help
us
show
them the same
tolerance
,
pity
, and
patience
that we would
cheerfully
grant
a
sick
friend
.
10.
... patience, tolerance,
kindliness and love.
BB p.83,
Into Action
So we
clean
house
with the
family
,
asking
each
morning
in
meditation
that our
Creator
show
us the way of
patience
,
tolerance
,
kindliness
and
love
.
11.
Patience, tolerance,
understanding and love are the ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
Patience
,
tolerance
,
understanding
and
love
are the
watchwords
.
12.
... patience will
make any difference.
BB p.108,
To Wives
We
realize
some
men
are
thoroughly
bad
-
intentioned
, that no
amount
of
patience
will make any
difference
.
Passages from the Big Book
Alcoholics Anonymous
and the
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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