From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... possible.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
We have drunk to escape the
guilt of passions, and
then have drunk again to make more passions possible.
2.
... possible.
12&12 p.109,
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.
3.
... possible."
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
4.
... possible.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The second section of
this volume, though designed for A.A.'s membership, will give such inquirers an inside view of A.A. never before possible.
5.
... possible.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
This established identification with alcoholic readers and proved to them that the virtually impossible
had now become possible.
6.
... possible.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
7.
... possible.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
8.
... possible.
BB p.62,
How It Works
9.
... possible.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
10.
... possible, and
we only smiled.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
11.
... possible answer.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
At this altitude (press,
radio, films, and television), anonymity
-- 100 percent anonymity -- was the only possible answer.
12.
... possible as
a solution.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
As we morbidly pursue
this melancholy activity, we may sink to such a point of despair that nothing but oblivion looks possible as a solution.
13.
... possible attitude
one can take in order ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
So Step Six -- "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character" --
is A.A.'s way of stating the best possible attitude one can take in order to make a beginning on this lifetime job.
14.
... possible, avoid
meeting a man through his ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
15.
... possible, by
substantial unanimity; that its actions ...
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.
16.
... possible committees,
corporate service directors, executives, staffs, ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
XI. The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives,
staffs, and consultants.
17.
... possible, except
when to do so would ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so
would injure them or others."
18.
... possible, except
when to do so would ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so
would injure them or others.
19.
... possible existence
of a Creative Intelligence, a ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
As soon as we admitted the
possible existence of a
Creative Intelligence, a Spirit
of the Universe underlying the totality
of things, we began to be
possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we
took other simple steps.
20.
... possible express
a lack of hard feeling ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
21.
... possible for
him to be insincere.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
22.
... possible for
me to drink again.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
Let him tell you about it: "I
was much impressed with
what you fellows said about
alcoholism, and I frankly did not believe it
would be possible for me to drink again.
23.
... possible for
me to earn more money, ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It was really a horrible
nightmare, this earning money, getting liquor, smuggling it home, getting drunk, morning jitters, taking large doses of sedatives to make it possible for me to earn more money, and so on ad nauseam.
24.
... possible for
the rest to earn their ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
We'd gather up derelicts from skid rows, sort out those who could get well, and make it possible for the rest to earn their livelihood in a kind of quarantined confinement.
25.
... possible for
us doctors to obtain, neither ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
At that time I was not aware
of the almost unlimited
supply the government
made it possible for us doctors to obtain, neither had I any knowledge of the bootlegger who soon appeared on the horizon.
26.
... possible for
us to receive God's help.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
It is a step in the development of that kind
of humility that makes it
possible for us to receive
God's help.
27.
... possible for
you to become quite sure ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
Drinking occasionally, and understanding your own reactions, it is possible
for you to become quite sure of many things which, so far as the alcoholic is concerned,
are not always so.
28.
... possible historic
value, it is also reproduced.
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
29.
... possible in
a given set of conditions.
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
But all of them do require a complete willingness
to make amends as fast and as far as may be possible in a given set of conditions.
30.
... possible is
the purpose of A.A.'s Twelve ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
To make this increasingly possible is
the purpose of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, and Step Three opens the door.
31.
... possible, let
your husband explain.
BB p.115,
To Wives
32.
... possible means
of recovery.
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
In the course of his third
treatment he acquired
certain ideas concerning a possible means of recovery.
33.
... possible medical
attention, he should understand that ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
Though you are providing him with the best
possible medical attention, he should understand that he must undergo a change of heart.
34.
... possible or
due us, that is the ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
When they drive us blindly, or we willfully
demand that they supply us
with more satisfactions or pleasures than are possible
or due us, that is the point
at which we depart from the degree of perfection that
God wishes for us here on earth.
35.
... possible organization."
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
When Tradition Nine was
first written, it said that "Alcoholics Anonymous needs the least possible organization."
36.
... possible organization.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
37.
... possible organization.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
38.
... possible organization,
even in our service centers.
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
39.
... possible, perhaps
arranging for the coffee and ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We can be the ones who take on
the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the
coffee and cake after the meetings, where so
many skeptical, suspicious newcomers
have found confidence
and comfort in the laughter and talk.
40.
... possible public
relations policy for Alcoholics Anonymous.
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
Therefore, a great responsibility fell upon us to develop the best possible public relations policy for Alcoholics Anonymous.
41.
... possible relations
with every human being we ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have
been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop
the best possible relations with every human being we know.
42.
... possible slip.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.
43.
... possible source
of emotional stability to be ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
When we developed still
more, we discovered the
best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself.
44.
... possible that
all the religious people I ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
But later, alone in his room, he asked himself this question: "Is
it possible that all the religious people I have known are wrong?"
45.
... possible that
no deep-lying emotional handicap in ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
They need to be as sure as
possible that no deep-lying emotional handicap in either will be likely to rise up under later pressures to cripple them.
46.
... possible to
anyone.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
We saw that we were powerless over alcohol, but we also perceived that faith of
some kind, if only in A.A. itself, is possible to anyone.
47.
... possible to
dig up past misdeeds so ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
48.
... possible to
have a full and useful ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
49.
... possible, to
stick to our own stories.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
50.
... possible, to
times deliberately set aside for ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
The consideration of long-standing difficulties had better
be postponed, when possible, to times deliberately set aside for that purpose.
51.
... possible union
can be made -- spiritual, mental, ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at
some time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.
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