From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... powerless over
alcohol, and came to believe ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
It is really saying to us
that we now ought to be willing to try humility in seeking the removal of our other shortcomings just as we
did when we admitted that we were powerless over alcohol, and came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves
could restore us to sanity.
2.
... powerless over
alcohol, but we also perceived ...
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.
3.
... powerless over
alcohol, can be practiced with ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were
powerless over alcohol, can be practiced
with absolute perfection.
4.
... powerless over
alcohol -- that our lives had ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
5.
... powerless over
alcohol -- that our lives had ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
6.
... powerless over
alcohol, we are apt to ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless over alcohol, we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, "Well, thank God that's over!
7.
... powerless over
it.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
Step One showed us an amazing paradox: We found that we
were totally unable to be
rid of the alcohol obsession until we first admitted that we were
powerless over it.
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