From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... pause and
count your blessings.
BB p.119,
To Wives
2.
... pause, ask
for quiet, and in the ...
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
In all
times of
emotional disturbance
or
indecision, we can
pause,
ask for
quiet, and in the
stillness
simply say: "
God grant me the
serenity to
accept the things I cannot
change,
courage to
change the things I can, and
wisdom to
know the
difference.
3.
... pause here
to consider what humility is ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Since this
Step so
specifically concerns
itself with
humility, we should
pause here to
consider what
humility is and what the
practice of it can
mean to
us.
4.
... pause in
reading one of the forty-two ...
BB xii,
Preface
If you have a
drinking problem, we
hope that you may
pause in
reading one of the
forty-
two personal stories and
think: "Yes, that
happened
to me"; or, more
important, "Yes, I've
felt like that"; or, most
important, "Yes, I
believe this
program can
work for me too."
5.
... pause, saying,
"Not my will, but Thine, ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
When in
doubt we can always
pause, saying, "Not my will, but
Thine, be done."
6.
... pause, when
agitated or doubtful, and ask ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
As we go through the
day we
pause, when
agitated or
doubtful, and
ask for the
right thought or
action.
7.
... pause where
situations must be met and ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
As the
day goes on, we can
pause where
situations
must be
met and
decisions made, and
renew
the
simple request: "
Thy will, not
mine, be done."
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