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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... real.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
These
obstacles, however, are very
real.
2.
... real.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
He
knows that they are
real.
3.
... real ability
to cope with life.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
But all who are in the
least reasonable will
agree upon
one
point: that there is
plenty wrong with us
alcoholics about which
plenty will have to be done if we are to
expect sobriety,
progress, and any
real ability to
cope with
life.
4.
... real account
of the facts.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
The
trouble is that this
kind of
thinking takes no
real account of the
facts.
5.
... real advantage
in the use of this ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
If we would
gain any
real advantage in the use of this
Step on
problems other than
alcohol, we shall
need to
make a
brand new
venture
into
open-
mindedness.
6.
... real alcoholic?
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
But what about the
real alcoholic?
7.
... real alcoholic.
BB p.109,
To Wives
These are the
earmarks of a
real alcoholic.
8.
... real alcoholic
and in a serious condition.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
9.
... real alcoholic
and very far advanced, there ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
If he is a
real alcoholic
and very far
advanced, there is
scant chance of
success.
10.
... real alcoholic,
begin to dwell on the ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
If you are
satisfied that he is a
real alcoholic,
begin to
dwell on the
hopeless feature of the
malady.
11.
... real alcoholic
ever recovers control.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
12.
... real alcoholic,
the happy day may not ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
The
tragic truth is that if
the
man be a
real alcoholic, the
happy day may not
arrive.
13.
... real alcoholics.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
Most of us have been
unwilling to
admit we were
real alcoholics.
14.
... real alcoholics
are not going to believe ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Despite all we can say, many who are
real alcoholics are not
going to
believe they are in
that
class.
15.
... real and
eternal things in life, we ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
The
moment we
catch even a
glimpse of
God's will, the
moment we
begin to see
truth,
justice, and
love as the
real and
eternal things in
life, we are
no
longer deeply disturbed by all the
seeming evidence to the
contrary that
surrounds
us in
purely human affairs.
16.
... real and
permanent leadership of A.A.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
17.
... real answer,
that he has no attitude ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the
man who is
making
the
approach has had the same
difficulty, that he
obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his
whole deportment shouts at the new
prospect
that he is a
man with a
real answer, that he has no
attitude of
Holier Than
Thou,
nothing whatever
except the
sincere desire to be
helpful; that
there are no
fees to
pay, no
axes to
grind, no people to
please, no
lectures to be
endured -- these are the
conditions we have
found
most
effective.
18.
... real authority
from their titles; they do ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Nine (Long)
They
derive no
real authority from their
titles; they do not
govern.
19.
... real authority
from their titles; they do ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
They
derive no
real authority from their
titles; they do not
govern.
20.
... real cash.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Perhaps the
fear will always
lurk in every
A.A. heart that one
day our
name will be
exploited by
somebody for
real cash.
21.
... real chance.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
But when we are
willing to place
spiritual growth first -- then and only then do we have a
real chance.
22.
... real chance.
BB p.148,
To Employers
If he
wants to
stop, he
should be
afforded a
real
chance.
23.
... real cheap.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
They could
regain some
measure of
virtue, it was
thought, if they
worked for
A.A. real cheap.
24.
... real crackerjack
had started up.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
In a
town we'll call
Middleton, a
real crackerjack had
started
up.
25.
... real danger
should we commence to call ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
There would be
real danger
should we
commence to call some
groups "
wet," others "
dry," still others "
Republican" or "
Communist," and
yet others
"
Catholic" or "
Protestant."
26.
... real desire
to learn and grow by ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
27.
... real Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He is a
real Dr.
Jekyll and
Mr.
Hyde.
28.
... real employment
for five years, or hardly ...
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
Mercifully, no one could
guess that I was to have no
real
employment for
five years, or
hardly draw a
sober breath.
29.
... real, had
power to actually kill.
BB p.66,
How It Works
In that
state, the
wrong-doing of others,
fancied or
real, had
power to
actually kill.
30.
... real happiness
he will find none at ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
Of
real happiness he will
find
none at all.
31.
... real happiness
is not to be found ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
32.
... real harm,
therefore, had we done?
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
What
real harm, therefore, had
we done?
33.
... real help
to other people -- was not ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
We were having
trouble with
personal relationships, we couldn't
control our
emotional natures, we were a
prey to
misery and
depression, we
couldn't make a
living, we had a
feeling of
uselessness,
we were
full of
fear, we were
unhappy, we couldn't
seem
to be of
real help to other
people -- was not a
basic solution of these
bedevilments more
important than whether we should see
newsreels of
lunar flight?
34.
... real hold,
they are a baffled lot.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
Once this
malady has a
real
hold, they are a
baffled lot.
35.
... real humility
at work.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
36.
... real infidelity,
for loyalty to my wife, ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
There had been no
real infidelity, for
loyalty
to my
wife,
helped at
times by
extreme drunkenness,
kept me out
of those
scrapes.
37.
... real interest,
both humanitarian and business, in ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
There is a
real interest,
both
humanitarian and
business, in the well-being of
employees.
38.
... real issue
involved.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
At
first, we couldn't see the
real issue involved.
39.
... real leadership?"
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
This brings us
straight to the
question "Does
A.A. have a
real leadership?"
40.
... real love
for our fellows actually means.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Finally, we
begin to see that all people,
including ourselves, are to some
extent emotionally ill as well as
frequently wrong, and then we
approach
true tolerance and see
what
real love for our
fellows actually means.
41.
... real merit
is.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Therefore, we ought to
consider each
request carefully to see
what
its real merit is.
42.
... real mistake
to dampen his enthusiasm for ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
43.
... real money
to train a man for ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
44.
... real motive
was to win a useless ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
45.
... real or
fancied.
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
We shall
want to
hold
ourselves to the
course of
admitting the things we have done,
meanwhile forgiving the
wrongs done us,
real or
fancied.
46.
... real peace
of mind.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
We
enjoy moments in which
there is something like
real peace of
mind.
47.
... real problem.
BB p.139,
To Employers
To you,
liquor is no
real problem.
48.
... real purpose
is to fit ourselves to ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
Our
real purpose is to
fit ourselves to be of
maximum
service to
God and the
people about us.
49.
... real reliance
is always upon Him.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
God will
determine that,
so you
must remember that
your
real reliance is
always upon Him.
50.
... real satisfaction
when I was asked to ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
There was, therefore, a
sense of
real satisfaction when I was
asked to
contribute a
few
words on a
subject
which is
covered in such
masterly detail in these
pages.
51.
... real sense
he has been transformed, because ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
In a very
real sense he has
been
transformed, because he has
laid hold of a
source of
strength which,
in one way or another, he had
hitherto denied himself.
52.
... real significance
of my experience in the ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
53.
... real strength.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
Each
needed to
consider
the others, and in
abiding faith they
knew they
must find their
real strength.
54.
... real tests
of the situation are your ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
The
real tests of the
situation are your
own willingness to
confide
and your
full confidence
in the one with whom you
share your
first accurate self-
survey.
55.
... real thing
and are gone beyond recall ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Potential female alcoholics often
turn into
the
real thing and are
gone beyond recall in a few
years.
56.
... real tolerance
of other people's shortcomings and ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Most of us
sense that
real tolerance of other people's
shortcomings and
viewpoints and a
respect
for their
opinions are
attitudes which make us more
useful to others.
57.
... real tosspot
calls a kettle black.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
It doesn't make much
sense when a
real tosspot calls a
kettle black.
58.
... real trouble
was our almost total inability ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
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