From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... problems.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
2.
... problems.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
3.
... problems.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
My friend promised when
these things were done I
would enter upon a new relationship with my
Creator; that I would have the elements of a way of living which answered all
my problems.
4.
... problems.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
My wife and I abandoned
ourselves with enthusiasm to the idea of
helping other alcoholics to a solution of their problems.
5.
... problems.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
6.
... problems.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
7.
... problems.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
Most alcoholics have to be pretty badly mangled before they really commence to solve their problems.
8.
... problems.
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
9.
... problems.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
Yet we had been seeing another kind of flight, a spiritual liberation from this world, people who rose above their problems.
10.
... problems.
BB p.69,
How It Works
We all have sex problems.
11.
... problems.
BB p.87,
Into Action
We usually conclude the
period of meditation
with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given
whatever we need to take care of such problems.
12.
... problems.
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Aside from fellowship
and sociability, the prime object was to provide a time and place where new people might bring their problems.
13.
... problems.
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
This headquarters will
give the location of the
nearest family group and will, if you wish, correspond with you
about your special problems.
14.
... problems and
deficiencies.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
15.
... problems and
explain our fellowship.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
Many times we talk to a new man and watch his hope rise as we discuss his alcoholic
problems and explain our fellowship.
16.
... problems, and
for the ability to help ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Our immediate temptation will be to ask for specific solutions to specific
problems, and for the ability to help other people as we have already thought they should
be helped.
17.
... problems and
how you propose to lick ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
But from what you've told me about yourself and your problems
and how you propose to lick
them, I think I know what's
wrong.'
18.
... problems, and
sometimes they are distressingly acute.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
But just like all other societies, we do have
sex and marital problems, and sometimes they
are distressingly acute.
19.
... problems, and
that I would therefore be ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
I reasoned I was not so far
advanced as most of you fellows, that I had been usually successful in licking my other personal problems, and that I
would therefore be successful where you men failed.
20.
... problems and
the character defects which cause ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
A.A. experience has taught us we cannot live alone with our pressing
problems and the character defects which
cause or aggravate them.
21.
... problems and
to help fellow sufferers in ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
Alcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide fellowship
of more than one hundred thousand(*) alcoholic men and women who are banded together to solve their common problems and to help fellow sufferers in recovery
from that age-old, baffling malady, alcoholism.
22.
... problems are
close to your own, then ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
If you have developed a high confidence in him, and
his temperament and problems are close to your own, then such a choice will be good.
23.
... problems are
not the only ones that ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
24.
... problems as
He would have me.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I was to sit quietly when in
doubt, asking only for direction and strength
to meet my problems as He
would have me.
25.
... problems because
we are problem people who ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
We have been talking about problems because we are problem people who have found a way up and out, and who wish to share our knowledge of that way with
all who can use it.
26.
... problems become
a part of their daily ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for
alcoholics we appear
somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the
most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged
this movement.
27.
... problems besides
alcohol will not yield to ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
They have become persuaded, and rightly
so, that many problems besides alcohol will not yield to a headlong assault powered by the individual alone.
28.
... problems by
a simple reliance upon the ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God.
29.
Problems descend
like an avalanche.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
30.
... problems easier
than you can the trivial ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
You and your husband will
find that you can dispose
of serious problems easier than you can the trivial ones.
31.
... problems he
despaired of ever solving them, ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other hand -- and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand -- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.
32.
... problems, his
background, the seriousness of his ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
Get an idea of his behavior, his problems, his
background, the seriousness of his condition, and his religious leanings.
33.
... problems in
the light of our experience ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problems in the light of our experience
can recover, provided
he does not close his mind to
all spiritual concepts.
34.
... problems ...
In this atmosphere the alcoholic often ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
They help others with similar problems ... In this
atmosphere the alcoholic often overcomes his excessive
concentration upon himself.
35.
... problems indefinitely."
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
36.
... problems of
life.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
But also like others, we often discover a greater challenge in the lesser
and more continuous
problems of life.
37.
... problems of
life which we could never ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
38.
... Problems of
money, property, and authority may ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
Six -- Problems of money, property, and authority may easily divert us from our primary
spiritual aim.
39.
... Problems of
money, property, and authority may ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
40.
... problems of
money, property, and prestige divert ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
"An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our
primary purpose."
41.
... problems of
money, property and prestige divert ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Six -- An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary
purpose.
42.
... problems of
personal importance, power, ambition, and ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
Let's here take note of our improved outlook upon the problems of personal importance, power, ambition, and leadership.
43.
... problems of
the community might engage attention.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
44.
... problems on
every side and in every ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
45.
... problems or
worries.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
46.
... problems other
than alcohol, we shall need ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
If we would gain any real advantage in the use of this Step on problems other than alcohol, we shall need to make a brand new venture into open-mindedness.
47.
... problems pile
up on them and become ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
These allergic types can
never safely use alcohol in any form at all; and once having formed the habit and found they cannot break it, once having lost their self-confidence, their reliance upon things human, their problems pile up on them and become astonishingly difficult to solve.
48.
... problems squarely
that God might give him ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
49.
... problems such
people may face.
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
50.
... problems, tell
the newcomer's family how that ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
If you have been successful in solving your own domestic problems, tell the newcomer's family how that was accomplished.
51.
... problems than
alcohol, and that some of ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
By now, though, the chances are that he has become convinced that he
has more problems than alcohol, and that some of these refuse to be solved by all
the sheer personal determination and courage he can muster.
52.
... problems that
it may appear that A.A. ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
We have been considering so many problems that it may appear that A.A. consists mainly of racking dilemmas and troubleshooting.
53.
... problems that
they will be persuaded to ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems
that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this thing."
54.
... problems that
we can begin to get ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
For it is only by accepting and solving our problems that we
can begin to get right with ourselves and
with the world about us, and with Him who presides over us all.
55.
... problems, the
absence of intolerance of any ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
The very practical approach to his problems, the
absence of intolerance of any kind, the informality, the
genuine democracy, the
uncanny understanding which these people had were irresistible.
56.
... problems this
same readiness to change our ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
We had to ask ourselves why we shouldn't apply to our human problems this same readiness to change our point of view.
57.
... problems to
such persons.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
58.
... problems today.
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
59.
... problems too.
BB p.116,
To Wives
60.
... problems too;
the ensuing lack of fear, ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
When we do that, we find it solves our problems too; the ensuing lack of fear, worry and hurt feelings is a wonderful thing.
61.
... problems were
of our own making.
BB p.103,
Working With Others
62.
... problems will
arise.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
63.
... problems will
not be solved at once.
BB p.117,
To Wives
64.
... problems will
still be with you.
BB p.117,
To Wives
65.
... problems with
it instead of attempting to ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
We had tried to bombard
our problems with it instead of attempting to
bring it into agreement
with God's intention for
us.
66.
... problems with
the comfortable assurance that he ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
With the best of intentions, he tends to force his own will into all sorts of situations and problems
with the comfortable assurance that he is acting under God's specific direction.
67.
... problems with
you, if he knows you ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
If he feels free to discuss his problems with you,
if he knows you understand and will not be
upset by anything he wishes to say, he will probably be off to a fast start.
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