From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... quiet and
full of human understanding, you ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
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. Thy will, not mine, be done."
3.
... quiet disclosures
helped him to lose his ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
These quiet disclosures
helped him to lose his fear of the alcoholic stigma, and spread the news of A.A.'s existence in his community.
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
As matters grow worse, he begins to use a combination of high-powered sedative and liquor to
quiet his nerves so he can
go to work.
7.
... quiet, objective
view will be our steadfast ...
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
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
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.
11.
... quiet the
jitters, which distressed me terribly.
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Most of the time, therefore, I did not take
the morning drink which I
craved so badly, but instead would fill up on large doses of sedatives to quiet the jitters, which distressed me terribly.
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