From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... position.
BB p.110,
To Wives
2.
... position.
BB p.137,
To Employers
My downfall cost the business community unknown thousands of dollars, for it takes real money to train a man for an executive position.
3.
... position.
BB p.146,
To Employers
An alcoholic who has recovered, but holds a relatively unimportant job, can talk to a man with a better position.
4.
... position.
BB p.147,
To Employers
5.
... position again.
BB p.116,
To Wives
6.
... position, all
sorts of remarkable things followed.
BB p.63,
How It Works
7.
... position, and
was getting his head above ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
8.
... position, I
could not possibly realize how ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
I know, in my own particular case, that nothing my company could
have done would have stopped me for, so long as I
was able to hold my position, I could not possibly
realize how serious my
situation was.
9.
... position in
society and he would have ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
In the doctor's judgment
he was utterly hopeless; he could never regain his position in society and he would have to place himself under lock and key or hire a bodyguard if he expected
to live long.
10.
... position of
neutrality -- safe and protected.
BB p.85,
Into Action
11.
... position of
trust.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
By a great deal of ardent Twelfth Step work we sometimes carry the message to so many alcoholics that they place
us in a position of trust.
12.
... position of
unqualified authority over others; that ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority
over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion, vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and
that, like the Society it
serves, it will always remain democratic in thought
and action.
13.
... position or
reputation or face jail, but ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
14.
... position there
and the use of a ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
At the end of it, my reports
to Wall Street procured me a position there
and the use of a large expense account.
15.
... position to
be hurt.
BB p.62,
How It Works
Sometimes they hurt us,
seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at
some time in the past we have
made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt.
16.
... position to
do so.
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
17.
... position, to
say nothing of that intense ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
Here was the threat of commitment, the loss of family and position, to say nothing of that intense mental and physical suffering which
drinking always caused him.
18.
... position where
life was becoming impossible, and ...
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.
19.
... position with
such a man which is ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
20.
... position; you
are thinking of the disgrace ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
You may be afraid your husband will lose his position; you are thinking of the disgrace
and hard times which will befall you and the children.
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