From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... practices can
bring much relief and benefit.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
2.
... practices it,
is really a means of ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
Therefore dependence, as A.A. practices it, is really a means of gaining true independence of the
spirit.
3.
... practices joy-killers
as well as time-consumers?
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
4.
... practices when,
upon honest appraisal, we found ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
We supposed we had been serious about religious
practices when, upon honest appraisal, we found we had been only superficial.
5.
... practices when
we might have observed that ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We used to amuse ourselves by cynically
dissecting spiritual beliefs and
practices when we might have observed that many spiritually-minded persons of all races, colors, and creeds were demonstrating a degree
of stability, happiness and usefulness which we should have sought ourselves.
6.
... practices within
the Fellowship.
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
While our literature
has preserved the integrity of the A.A. message, sweeping changes in society as a whole are reflected in new customs and practices within the Fellowship.
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