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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
REASON occurs
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1.
... reason.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
And for the same reason.
2.
... reason.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
Almost
everyone knows the
reason.
3.
... Reason.
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Yes, we had been
faithful,
abjectly faithful to the
God of
Reason.
4.
... reason?
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
How much did these
feelings, these
loves, these
worships, have
to do with
pure reason?
5.
... reason, as most of us use it, ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Neither is
reason, as most of us use it,
entirely dependable,
though it
emanate from our
best minds.
6.
... reason be humanitarian or business or both, ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
If your
decision is yes, whether the
reason be
humanitarian or
business or both, then the
following suggestions
may be
helpful.
7.
... reason can shine.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
The
problem is to
help them
discover a
chink in the
walls their
ego has
built, through which the
light
of
reason can
shine.
8.
... reason first: If we skip this vital ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
The
best reason first: If we
skip this
vital step, we may not
overcome drinking.
9.
... reason for being there.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
So our
rule is not to
avoid a
place where there is
drinking, if we have a
legitimate reason for being
there.
10.
... reason for covering up an alcoholic employee.
BB p.148,
To Employers
He will have no
further reason for
covering up an
alcoholic employee.
11.
... reason for going to this place?
BB p.101,
Working With Others
Therefore,
ask yourself on
each
occasion, "Have I any
good social,
business, or
personal
reason for
going to this
place?
12.
... reason for having a drink.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
They had said that though I did
raise a
defense, it would one
day give way before some
trivial
reason for having a
drink.
13.
... reason for it.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
14.
... reason for our collective poverty.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
There was another
reason for our
collective poverty.
15.
... reason for postponement in some cases.
BB p.83,
Into Action
And there may be a
valid reason for
postponement in
some
cases.
16.
... reason for promiscuity?
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
If there was
rejection or
coldness at
home, did I use
this as a
reason for
promiscuity?
17.
... reason for the wide acceptance of A.A. ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
18.
... reason for this singleness of purpose.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
There is another
reason for this
singleness of
purpose.
19.
... Reason had brought us so far.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
We were
grateful that
Reason had brought us so far.
20.
... reason -- ill health, falling in love, change ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
21.
... reason is that they never completed their ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
We
think the
reason is that
they
never completed
their
housecleaning.
22.
... reason is understood, there may be an ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
Unless the
reason is
understood, there may be an
emotional upset.
23.
... reason isn't everything.
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Hence, we saw that
reason isn't
everything.
24.
... reason, it wouldn't be life.
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Were
nothing left but
pure reason, it wouldn't be
life.
25.
... reason or another.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
In some
cases the
wife will
never come back for one
reason or another.
26.
... reason or another, they cover these men, ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
So, for one
reason or another, they
cover these
men,
hoping matters will take a
turn for the
better.
27.
... reason, some very good causes and all ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
For this
reason, some very
good causes and all
connected with them
suffered unjust criticism from
A.A. groups.
28.
... reason that if alcoholism could be licked, ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
It
stood to
reason that if
alcoholism could be
licked, so could any
problem.
29.
... Reason that last mile and we did ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
Perhaps we had been
leaning too
heavily on
Reason that
last mile and we did not like to
lose our
support.
30.
... reason that we did not wish to ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
At
Step Six, many of us
balked -- for the
practical reason that we did
not
wish to have all our
defects of
character removed, because we still
loved some of them too much.
31.
... reason to doubt it.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We have no
reason to
doubt
it.
32.
... reason, to examine the evidence of our ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
It is not by
chance we were
given the
power to
reason, to
examine the
evidence of our
senses, and
to
draw conclusions.
33.
... Reason toward the desired shore of faith.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
Some of us had already
walked far over the
Bridge of
Reason toward the
desired shore of
faith.
34.
... reason we loved alcohol too well.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
That's one
reason we
loved alcohol too well.
35.
... reason why one should have faith.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
When many
hundreds of people are able to say that
the
consciousness of the
Presence of
God is
today the most
important fact of their
lives, they
present a
powerful reason why one should have
faith.
36.
... reason why you should neglect his family.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
Though an
alcoholic does not
respond, there is no
reason
why you should
neglect his
family.
37.
... reason you are here is to try ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
"Still
dubious, he
demanded, 'Do you really
mean
the only
reason you are here is to
try and
help me and to
help yourself?'
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