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... ready?"
12&12
Step Six, p.68
2.
... ready acceptance?
BB
We Agnostics, p.48
3.
... ready" is
all-important.
12&12
Contents (Step Six), p.7
4.
... ready; that
we could at last abandon ...
BB
How It Works, p.63
We thought well before taking this step making sure we were ready; that we could
at last abandon ourselves utterly to Him.
5.
... ready to
aim at spiritual and moral ...
12&12
Step Six, p.68
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.
6.
... ready to
do anything which will lift ...
12&12
Step One, p.24
7.
... ready to
do business.
BB
A Vision For You, p.159
I'm ready to do business.
8.
... ready to
go to these people, to ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
9.
... ready to
have all such defects taken ...
12&12
Step Six, pp.67-68
Some people, of course, may
conclude that they are indeed ready to have all such defects taken from them.
10.
... ready to
have God remove all these ...
BB
How It Works, p.59
11.
... ready to
have God remove all these ...
12&12
Contents (Step Six), p.6
12.
... ready to
have God remove all these ...
12&12
Step Six, p.63
13.
... ready to
have God remove all these ...
12&12
Step Six, p.65
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.
14.
... ready" to
have God remove the mania ...
12&12
Step Six, p.64
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.
15.
... ready to
let God remove from us ...
BB
Into Action, p.76
16.
... ready to
receive it.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.107
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.
17.
... ready to
receive this gift lies in ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.107
A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program.
18.
... ready to
stop.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.135
19.
... ready to
take certain steps.
BB
How It Works, p.58
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.
20.
... ready to
walk in that direction.
12&12
Step Six, p.68
21.
... ready" underline
the fact that we want ...
12&12
Step Six, p.65
The key words "entirely ready" underline the fact that we want to aim at the very best we know or can learn.
22.
... ready, we
say something like this: "My ...
BB
Into Action, p.76
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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