From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... ready?"
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
2.
... ready acceptance?
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
3.
... ready; that
we could at last abandon ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
We thought well before taking this step making sure we were ready; that we could
at last abandon ourselves utterly to Him.
4.
... ready to
aim at spiritual and moral ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Therefore, it seems plain that few of us can quickly or easily become ready to aim at spiritual and moral perfection; we want to settle for only as much perfection as will get us by in life, according, of course, to our various and
sundry ideas of what will get us by.
5.
... ready to
do anything which will lift ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
6.
... ready to
do business.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
I'm ready to do business.
7.
... ready to
go to these people, to ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
8.
... ready to
have all such defects taken ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Some people, of course,
may conclude that they are indeed ready to have all such defects taken from them.
9.
... ready to
have God remove all these ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
10.
... ready to
have God remove all these ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
So Step Six -- "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character" --
is A.A.'s way of stating the best possible attitude one can take in order to make a beginning on this lifetime job.
11.
... ready to
have God remove all these ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
12.
... ready" to
have God remove the mania ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
So in a very complete and
literal way, all A.A.'s have "become entirely ready" to have God remove the mania for alcohol from their
lives.
13.
... ready to
let God remove from us ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
14.
... ready to
receive it.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
What he has received is a free gift, and yet usually, at least in some small part, he has made himself ready to receive it.
15.
... ready to
receive this gift lies in ...
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.
16.
... ready to
stop.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
17.
... ready to
take certain steps.
BB p.58,
How It Works
If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it -- then you are ready to take certain steps.
18.
... ready to
walk in that direction.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
19.
... ready" underline
the fact that we want ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
The key words "entirely ready" underline the fact that we
want to aim at the very best we know or can learn.
20.
... ready, we
say something like this: "My ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
When ready, we say something like this: "My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad.
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