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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... purpose.   12&12 p.42, Step Four
Creation gave us instincts for a purpose.

2.
... purpose.   12&12 p.65, Step Six
Since most of us are born with an abundance of natural desires, it isn't strange that we often let these far exceed their intended purpose.

3.
... purpose.   12&12 p.85, Step Nine
But if we have prepared ourselves well in advance, such reactions will not deflect us from our steady and even purpose.

4.
... purpose.   12&12 p.91, Step Ten
The consideration of long-standing difficulties had better be postponed, when possible, to times deliberately set aside for that purpose.

5.
... purpose.   12&12 p.151, Tradition Five
There is another reason for this singleness of purpose.

6.
... purpose."   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."

7.
... purpose.   12&12 p.165, Tradition Seven
The pressure of that fat treasury would surely tempt the board to invent all kinds of schemes to do good with such funds, and so divert A.A. from its primary purpose.

8.
... purpose.   12&12 p.191, Tradition Seven (Long)
Then, too, we view with much concern those A.A. treasuries which continue, beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for no stated A.A. purpose.


9.
... purpose.   BB p.92, Working With Others   Go to page 92 in the Big Book
Doctors are rightly loath to tell alcoholic patients the whole story unless it will serve some good purpose.


10.
... purpose.   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
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.


11.
... purpose.   BB p.564(566), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Then too, we view with much concern those A.A. treasuries which continue, beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for no stated A.A. purpose.

12.
... purpose, a member tells this story:   12&12 p.151, Tradition Five
Highlighting the wisdom of A.A.'s single purpose, a member tells this story:


13.
... purpose, accompanied by a growing consciousness of ...   BB p.130, The Family Afterward   Go to page 130 in the Big Book
This dream world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing consciousness of the power of God in our lives.

14.
... purpose and action.   12&12 p.130, Tradition One
They see liberty verging on license, yet they recognize at once that A.A. has an irresistible strength of purpose and action.

15.
... purpose and devotion to the religion of ...   12&12 p.112, Step Twelve
And can we bring new purpose and devotion to the religion of our choice?

16.
... purpose and direction.   12&12 p.124, Step Twelve
But today, in well-matured A.A.'s, these distorted drives have been restored to something like their true purpose and direction.


17.
... purpose and direction to millions.   BB p.49, We Agnostics   Go to page 49 in the Big Book
We have learned that whatever the human frailties of various faiths may be, those faiths have given purpose and direction to millions.

18.
... purpose and meaning, to see whole families ...   12&12 p.110, Step Twelve
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled, to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in full citizenship, and above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.


19.
... purpose and rhythm underlay all.   BB p.10, Bill's Story   Go to page 10 in the Big Book
Despite contrary indications, I had little doubt that a mighty purpose and rhythm underlay all.

20.
... purpose for lack of nourishment, so can ...   12&12 p.97, Step Eleven
As the body can fail its purpose for lack of nourishment, so can the soul.

21.
... purpose has been defeated.   12&12 p.166, Tradition Eight
Every time we have tried to professionalize our Twelfth Step, the result has been exactly the same: Our single purpose has been defeated.


22.
... purpose is to be served, past occurrences ...   BB p.125, The Family Afterward   Go to page 125 in the Big Book
So we think that unless some good and useful purpose is to be served, past occurrences should not be discussed.


23.
... purpose is to fit ourselves to be ...   BB p.77, Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us.

24.
... purpose is to stay sober and help ...   Grapevine, Preamble
Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

25.
... purpose of A.A.   12&12 p.153, Tradition Five
It was based foursquare on the single purpose of A.A.

26.
... purpose of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, and Step ...   12&12 p.40, Step Three
To make this increasingly possible is the purpose of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, and Step Three opens the door.

27.
... purpose of living.   12&12 p.71, Step Seven
We had lacked the perspective to see that character-building and spiritual values had to come first, and that material satisfactions were not the purpose of living.

28.
... purpose of making restitution to others is ...   12&12 p.80, Step Eight
While the purpose of making restitution to others is paramount, it is equally necessary that we extricate from an examination of our personal relations every bit of information about ourselves and our fundamental difficulties that we can.

29.
... purpose of our lives, produced another bad ...   12&12 p.72, Step Seven
This lack of anchorage to any permanent values, this blindness to the true purpose of our lives, produced another bad result.

30.
... purpose of pleasing ourselves and impressing other ...   12&12 p.120, Step Twelve
We threw money about in every direction with the purpose of pleasing ourselves and impressing other people.


31.
... purpose of this book.   BB xiii, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book.


32.
... purpose of this book to answer such ...   BB p.20, There Is A Solution   Go to page 20 in the Big Book
It is the purpose of this book to answer such questions specifically.

33.
... purpose, or, in adversity, be able to ...   12&12 p.70, Step Seven
Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or, in adversity, be able to summon the faith that can meet any emergency.

34.
... purpose -- that of carrying its message to ...   12&12 p.190, Tradition Five (Long)
Five -- Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose -- that of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.


35.
... purpose -- that of carrying its message to ...   BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
5. Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose -- that of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.


36.
... purpose, the active voice and the effective ...   BB p.574, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
II. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience of our whole Society in its world affairs.

37.
... purpose there is but one ultimate authority ...   12&12 p.132, Tradition Two
"For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.

38.
... purpose there is but one ultimate authority ...   12&12 p.189, Tradition Two (Long)
Two -- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.


39.
... purpose there is but one ultimate authority ...   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Two -- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.


40.
... purpose there is but one ultimate authority ...   BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.

41.
... purpose -- to carry its message to the ...   12&12 p.150, Tradition Five
"Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers."


42.
... purpose -- to carry its message to the ...   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Five -- Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.


43.
... purpose: to represent the current membership of ...   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
All changes made over the years in the Big Book (A.A. members' fond nickname for this volume) have had the same purpose: to represent the current membership of Alcoholics Anonymous more accurately, and thereby to reach more alcoholics.

44.
... purpose under all conditions?   12&12 p.88, Step Ten
Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions?

45.
... purpose until the habit of self-restraint has ...   12&12 p.91, Step Ten
For we can neither think nor act to good purpose until the habit of self-restraint has become automatic.

46.
... purpose was being compromised, and the name ...   12&12 p.170, Tradition Eight
A.A.'s sole purpose was being compromised, and the name of Alcoholics Anonymous was being misused.


47.
... purpose, we are willing to announce our ...   BB p.77, Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
When it will serve any good purpose, we are willing to announce our convictions with tact and common sense.


48.
... purpose, we need not be worried.   BB p.50, We Agnostics   Go to page 50 in the Big Book
Experience has taught us that these are matters about which, for our purpose, we need not be worried.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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