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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... reasons.   BB p.48, We Agnostics   Go to page 48 in the Big Book
We think there are good reasons.

2.
... reasons, cannot have a family life?   12&12 p.120, Step Twelve
And what can be said of many A.A. members who, for a variety of reasons, cannot have a family life?


3.
... reasons for not drinking were easily pushed ...   BB p.36, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 36 in the Big Book
Yet all reasons for not drinking were easily pushed aside in favor of the foolish idea that he could take whiskey if only he mixed it with milk!


4.
... reasons later on.   BB p.2, Bill's Story   Go to page 2 in the Big Book
I discovered many more reasons later on.


5.
... reasons: the large numbers of recoveries, and ...   BB xx, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
For this there were two principal reasons: the large numbers of recoveries, and reunited homes.

6.
... reasons when we really didn't.   12&12 p.94, Step Ten
The temptation here is to imagine that we had good motives and reasons when we really didn't.


7.
... reasons why he need not follow all ...   BB p.94, Working With Others   Go to page 94 in the Big Book
Your candidate may give reasons why he need not follow all of the program.


8.
... reasons why they were making heavy going ...   BB p.51, We Agnostics   Go to page 50 in the Big Book
Once confused and baffled by the seeming futility of existence, they show the underlying reasons why they were making heavy going of life.


9.
... reasons why we should do so.   BB p.72, Into Action   Go to page 72 in the Big Book
We will be more reconciled to discussing ourselves with another person when we see good reasons why we should do so.


10.
... reasons yet obscure, have lost the power ...   BB p.24, There Is A Solution   Go to page 24 in the Big Book
The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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