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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... possibly be.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
A
power driver, this one,
and
brash as any
salesman
could
possibly be.
2.
... possibly be
substitutes.
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service,
gladly rendered,
obligations
squarely met,
troubles well
accepted or
solved with
God's
help, the
knowledge that at
home or in the
world outside we are
partners in
a
common effort, the
well-
understood fact
that in
God's
sight all
human beings are
important, the
proof that
love freely given surely brings a
full return, the
certainty that we are no
longer isolated and alone
in
self-
constructed prisons, the
surety that we
need no
longer be
square pegs in
round holes but can
fit and
belong in
God's
scheme of things -- these
are the
permanent and
legitimate satisfactions of
right
living for which no
amount
of
pomp and
circumstance, no
heap of
material possessions, could
possibly be
substitutes.
3.
... possibly can.
BB p.117,
To Wives
Go along with your
husband if you
possibly can.
4.
... possibly can.
BB p.119,
To Wives
You should
join in his
efforts as much as you
possibly can.
5.
... possibly have.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
If that
degree of
humility could
enable us to
find the
grace by which such a
deadly obsession could be
banished, then there
must
be
hope of the same
result
respecting any other
problem we could
possibly
have.
6.
... possibly have
been obtained through all the ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
7.
... possibly have
had any power.
BB p.118,
To Wives
At such
moments we
forget
that
alcoholism is an
illness over which we could not
possibly have had any
power.
8.
... possibly he
can -- if he is not ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
If he
sticks to the
idea
that he can still
control his
drinking, tell him that
possibly he can -- if he is not too
alcoholic.
9.
... possibly joined
A.A. at all, so great ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
If all those
rules had been in
effect everywhere,
nobody could have
possibly joined A.A. at all, so
great was the
sum of our
anxiety and
fear.
10.
... possibly make
a public statement exonerating his ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
How could he
possibly make a
public statement exonerating his
rival?
11.
... possibly make
right.
BB p.80,
Into Action
He
felt that he had done a
wrong he could not
possibly make
right.
12.
... possibly meet
our incessant demands.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
If we
lean too
heavily on
people, they will
sooner or
later fail us, for they are
human, too, and cannot
possibly
meet our
incessant demands.
13.
... possibly place
their common welfare first?
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
How can they
possibly place their
common welfare first?
14.
... possibly realize
how serious my situation was.
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.
15.
... possibly summon
the resolution and the willingness ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
16.
Possibly today
will see a continuation of ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
17.
Possibly, too,
we were still handicapped by ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Possibly, too, we were still
handicapped by many
liabilities,
great and
small, we
never knew we had.
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