From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
REASONS occurs
11 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
Click

to display the full page from the Big Book
1.
... reasons.
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
We
think there are
good reasons.
2.
... reasons:
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I do it for
four reasons:
3.
... 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?
4.
... reasons for
not drinking were easily pushed ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
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!
5.
... reasons later
on.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
6.
... reasons: the
large numbers of recoveries, and ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
For this there were
two principal reasons: the
large numbers of
recoveries, and
reunited homes.
7.
... 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.
8.
... reasons why
he need not follow all ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Your
candidate may
give
reasons why he
need not
follow all of the
program.
9.
... reasons why
they were making heavy going ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
10.
... reasons why
we should do so.
BB p.72,
Into Action
11.
... reasons yet
obscure, have lost the power ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
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.
Top
Copyright © 2005-2012, Recovery Press LLC; All Rights Reserved.