From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
QUIET occurs
10 times
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1.
... quiet and
full of human understanding, you ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
If your
talk has been
sane,
quiet and
full of
human understanding,
you have perhaps made a
friend.
2.
... quiet, and
in the stillness simply say: ...
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
In all
times of
emotional disturbance
or
indecision, we can
pause,
ask for
quiet, and in the
stillness simply say: "
God grant me the
serenity to
accept the things I cannot
change,
courage to
change the things I can, and
wisdom to
know the
difference.
3.
... quiet disclosures
helped him to lose his ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
4.
... quiet down
for an undisturbed day or ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Many of us also like the
experience of an
occasional retreat from
the
outside world where we
can
quiet down for an
undisturbed day or so of
self-
overhaul and
meditation.
5.
... quiet for
an hour, carefully reviewing what ...
BB p.75,
Into Action
Returning home we find a
place where we can be
quiet for an
hour,
carefully reviewing what we have done.
6.
... quiet his
nerves so he can go ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
7.
... quiet, objective
view will be our steadfast ...
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
A
quiet,
objective view will be our
steadfast
aim.
8.
... quiet opinion,
the sure knowledge and humble ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
9.
... quiet sincerity
will often astonish us.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
The
generous response
of most people to such
quiet sincerity will often
astonish us.
10.
... quiet that
disturbance, regardless of who or ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
We
learned that if we were
seriously disturbed,
our
first need was to
quiet that
disturbance,
regardless of who or what we
thought caused it.
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