From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... peace.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
2.
... peace.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
3.
... peace.
BB p.84,
Into Action
4.
... peace and
ease.
BB p.75,
Into Action
5.
... peace and
harmony, what was to become ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
If strong people were stalemated in the search
for peace and harmony, what
was to become of our erratic band of alcoholics?
6.
... peace and
less brotherhood than before.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
7.
... peace and
serenity as I had never ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
8.
... peace, and
so we listed the people ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
We had to begin to make our
peace, and so we listed the
people we had harmed and
became willing to set things right.
9.
... peace, and
usefulness, in a way of ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
I was to know happiness,
peace, and usefulness,
in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.
10.
... peace, happiness,
and sense of direction flowed ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
In the face of collapse
and despair, in the face of
the total failure of their
human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into
them.
11.
... peace is
a priceless gift.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
To those of us who have hitherto known only excitement, depression, or anxiety
-- in other words, to all of
us -- this newfound peace
is a priceless gift.
12.
... peace of
mind.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
13.
... peace of
mind.
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
If we lie or cheat, we deprive others not only of
their worldly goods, but
of their emotional security and peace of mind.
14.
... peace of
mind, and love of which ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
He finds himself in possession of a degree of
honesty, tolerance, unselfishness, peace of
mind, and love of which he had
thought himself quite incapable.
15.
... peace of
mind, as we discovered we ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we
could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter.
16.
... peace of
mind at the expense of ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
While we may be quite willing to reveal the very worst, we must be sure to remember that we cannot buy
our own peace of mind at the expense of others.
17.
... peace of
mind in a sorely troubled ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
In Step Eleven we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to
live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better, by as direct contact as possible.
18.
... peace of
mind than this one.
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
19.
... peace of
mind which can stand firm ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances.
20.
... peace of
mind will still elude him; ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure
at life; that unless he is
now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst
of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the
faulty foundation of
his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
21.
... peace on
earth and good will to ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
22.
... peace, partnership,
and brotherhood with all men ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
Learning how to live in
the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men
and women, of whatever description, is a moving
and fascinating adventure.
23.
... peace that
could not be deeply shaken ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
These were the new attitudes that finally brought many of us an inner strength and peace that could not be deeply shaken by the shortcomings of others
or by any calamity not of
our own making.
24.
... peace --
that where there is hatred, I ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
"Lord, make me a channel of thy peace -- that where there is hatred, I may bring love -- that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness --
that where there is discord, I may bring harmony -- that where
there is error, I may bring
truth -- that where there is doubt, I may bring faith -- that where there is despair, I may bring hope -- that where there are shadows, I may bring light -- that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
25.
... peace was
to be had unless we ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
26.
... peace with
himself and with his fellows.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
27.
... peace with
ourselves and show others who ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
When, with God's help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too.
28.
... peace with
ourselves, the conviction follows that ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
When our inventory is carefully taken, and we
have made peace with ourselves, the conviction follows that
tomorrow's challenges can be met as
they come.
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