From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... program.
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.
2.
... program.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
3.
... program.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
4.
... program.
BB p.113,
To Wives
5.
... program.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
6.
... program.
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
7.
... program."
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
I now conceive the psychiatrist's job to be
the task of breaking down the patient's inner resistance so that
which is inside him will flower, as under the activity of the A.A. program."
8.
... program.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
9.
... program..."; and
still another, "We saw a ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
One voice says, "I read a piece in the newspapers..."; another,
"We heard a radio program..."; and still another, "We saw a moving picture..." or "We saw something about A.A. on television...."
10.
... program as
a guide for husbands, wives, ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
Though it is entirely separate from Alcoholics Anonymous,
it uses the general principles of the A.A. program as a guide for husbands, wives, relatives, friends and others close to alcoholics.
11.
... program as
enthusiastically as I could.
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.
12.
... program at
once.
BB p.113,
To Wives
He may not share your enthusiasm, but he is practically sure to read the book and he may go for the program at once.
13.
... program can
be practiced with success only ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
Then it is explained that other Steps of the A.A. program can be practiced with success
only when Step Three is given a determined and persistent trial.
14.
... program can
work for me too."
BB xii,
Preface
If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may
pause in reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think: "Yes, that happened to me"; or,
more important, "Yes, I've felt like that"; or, most important, "Yes, I believe this program can work for me too."
15.
... program come
in.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
16.
... program day
by day.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
17.
... program for
anyone concerned with a drinking ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
18.
... program, for
nothing will be so helpful ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
We urge you to try our program, for nothing will be so helpful to your husband as the radically
changed attitude toward him which God will show you how to have.
19.
... program, has
been left untouched in the ...
BB xi,
Preface
Therefore, the first portion of this volume, describing the A.A. recovery program, has been left untouched in the course of revisions made for the second, third, and fourth editions.
20.
... program has
been made.
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
Of course the sponsor points out that our friend's life is still unmanageable even though he is sober, that after all, only a
bare start on A.A.'s program has been made.
21.
... program has
brought recovery to those of ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
The basic principles of
the A.A. program, it appears, hold good for individuals with
many different lifestyles, just as the
program has brought recovery to those of many different nationalities.
22.
... program in
our daily lives so that ...
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.
23.
... program, it
appears, hold good for individuals ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
The basic principles of
the A.A. program, it appears, hold good for individuals with
many different lifestyles, just as the
program has brought recovery to those of many different nationalities.
24.
... program, making
a better practical use of ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
Nothing will help the man who is off on a spiritual tangent so much as the wife who adopts a sane spiritual program, making a better practical use of it.
25.
... program may
be called los Doce Pasos ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
The Twelve Steps that summarize the program may be
called los Doce Pasos in one country, les Douze Etapes in another, but they
trace exactly the same path to recovery that was blazed by
the earliest members of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
26.
... program of
action.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
27.
... program of
action and rest on our ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
28.
... program of
action, explaining how you made ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Outline the program of action, explaining how
you made a self-appraisal, how you straightened out your past and why you are now endeavoring to be helpful to him.
29.
... program of
action, though entirely sensible, was ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
30.
... program of
action which a hundred of ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
"Then they outlined the spiritual answer and program of action which a hundred of them had followed successfully.
31.
... program of
recovery:
BB p.59,
How It Works
32.
... program of
recovery.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
He has read this volume and
says he is prepared to go through with the Twelve Steps of the program of recovery.
33.
... program of
recovery he can go anywhere ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
If he is conscientiously following the program of recovery he can go anywhere your business
may call him.
34.
... program of
recovery mentioned in the preceding ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
35.
... program requires
no willpower; here is one ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
No one ought to say the A.A. program requires no willpower; here is one place you may require all you've got.
36.
... program, the
process has begun.
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
37.
... program, they
wondered why they fell.
BB p.73,
Into Action
38.
... program unless
they have hit bottom.
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.
39.
... program, usually
men and women who are ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
Those who do not recover
are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.
40.
... program will
rest upon how well and ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
In fact, the effectiveness of the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have
tried to come to "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."
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