From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... practice.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
2.
... practice.
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
3.
... practice a
genuine humility.
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Twelve (Long)
It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities;
that we are actually to practice a genuine humility.
4.
... practice a
genuine humility.
BB p.566(568),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities;
that we are actually to practice a genuine humility.
5.
... practice A.A.'s
Twelve Steps.
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
We know this because we see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.
6.
... practice all
Twelve Steps of the program ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
Here we begin to practice all Twelve Steps of the program in our
daily lives so that we and
those about us may find emotional sobriety.
7.
... practice and
humility, they had deluded themselves ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
Lacking both practice and humility, they had
deluded themselves
and were able to justify
the most arrant nonsense
on the ground that this was what God had told them.
8.
... practice beneficial.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
9.
... practice enables
us to lend a hand, ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
This practice enables us to
lend a hand, at the same time avoiding certain alluring distractions
of the road, about which any traveling man can inform you.(*)
10.
... practice has
become grooved, it will be ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Once this healthy practice has become grooved, it will be so interesting and profitable that the time it
takes won't be missed.
11.
... practice, it
can be suggested that he ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
Since Step Four is but the beginning of a lifetime
practice, it can be suggested that he first
have a look at those personal flaws which are acutely troublesome and
fairly obvious.
12.
... practice justice
and courtesy, perhaps going out ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
With those we dislike we
can begin to practice justice and courtesy, perhaps going out of our way to understand and help them.
13.
... practice of
A.A.'s Twelve Steps, they have ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
Many people, nonalcoholics, report
that as a result of the practice of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, they have been
able to meet other difficulties of life.
14.
... practice of
admitting one's defects to another ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
15.
... practice of
it can mean to us.
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Since this Step so specifically concerns
itself with humility, we
should pause here to consider what humility is
and what the practice of it can mean to us.
16.
... practice of
Step Three.
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
Once we have come into agreement with these ideas,
it is really easy to begin the practice of Step Three.
17.
... practice of
that devotion as never before.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
It is to be hoped that every
A.A. who has a religious connection which emphasizes meditation
will return to the practice of that devotion as never before.
18.
... practice of
the Twelve Steps in our ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program.
19.
... practice of
these principles in all our ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
20.
... practice spiritual
principles, there is a much ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
Should they accept and practice spiritual principles, there is a much
better chance that the head of the family will recover.
21.
... practice the
A.A. program unless they have ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom.
22.
... practice the
rest of A.A.'s program as ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
To acquire it, I had only to stop fighting and practice the rest of A.A.'s program as enthusiastically as I could.
23.
... practice the
very precepts he knows so ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Perhaps your story will help him see where he has failed to practice the very precepts he knows so well.
24.
... practice these
principles in all our affairs."
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of
these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice
these principles in all our affairs."
25.
... practice these
principles in all our affairs," ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Our basic troubles are
the same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made "to practice these principles in
all our affairs," well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by
God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.
26.
... practice these
principles in all our affairs.
BB p.60,
How It Works
12. Having had a spiritual
awakening as the result
of these steps, we tried to
carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice
these principles in all our affairs.
27.
... practice, we
usually find a solitary self-appraisal ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
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