From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... process.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
The tyrant alcohol wielded a double-edged sword over us: first we were smitten by an insane urge that condemned us to go on drinking, and then by an
allergy of the body that insured we would ultimately destroy ourselves in the process.
2.
... process.
BB p.64,
How It Works
3.
... process by
which A.A.'s Tradition Eleven was ...
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
4.
... process by
which instinct and logic always ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
This, of course, is the process by which instinct and logic always seek to bolster egotism, and so frustrate
spiritual development.
5.
... process by
which the depressive has so ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
This is not a moral inventory at all; it is the very process by which the depressive has so often
been led to the bottle and extinction.
6.
... process has
begun.
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
7.
... process, I
had the curious feeling that ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
But the moment I made up my mind to go through with the process, I had the curious feeling that my alcoholic
condition was relieved, as in fact it proved to be.
8.
... process in
some degree.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
9.
... process is
now going on.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Alcohol being no respecter of persons, we are an accurate cross section of America, and in
distant lands, the same democratic evening-up process is now going on.
10.
... process of
deflation.
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
11.
... process of
gaining a new perspective was ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
12.
... process of
learning more about humility, the ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
During this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was
the change in our attitude toward God.
13.
... process of
trial and error.
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
14.
... process of
trial and error which, under ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
These very deviations created a vast process of trial and error which, under the grace of God, has brought us to where we stand
today.
15.
... process requires
for its successful consummation.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling
of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation.
16.
... process snuffed
out the last flicker of ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
17.
... process was
in full swing.
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
18.
... process; we
hope no one else will ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
Sometimes this was a tedious process; we hope no one
else will be prejudiced for as long as
some of us were.
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