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... purpose.
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
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
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
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
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
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
13.
... purpose, accompanied
by a growing consciousness of ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
This dream world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing consciousness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
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
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
20.
... purpose for
lack of nourishment, so can ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
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
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
24.
... purpose is
to stay sober and help ...
Grapevine,
Preamble
25.
... purpose of
A.A.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
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
32.
... purpose of
this book to answer such ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
47.
... purpose, we
are willing to announce our ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
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
Experience has taught
us that these are matters about which, for our
purpose, we need not be worried.
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