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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... recover.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Three (Long)
Hence we may
refuse none who
wish to
recover.
2.
... recover.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
So he
returned to this
doctor, whom he
admired, and
asked him
point-
blank why he could not
recover.
3.
... recover.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
Perhaps you are not
acquainted with any
drinkers who
want to
recover.
4.
... recover.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
Should they
accept and
practice spiritual principles, there is a much
better chance that the
head of the
family will
recover.
5.
... recover.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
Whether the
family goes on a
spiritual basis or not,
the
alcoholic member
has to if he would
recover.
6.
... recover?
BB p.143,
To Employers
Can you have every
confidence in his
ability to
recover?
7.
... recover.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Hence we may
refuse none who
wish to
recover.
8.
... recover and
by which their Society functions.
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
It
presents an
explicit view of the
principles by which
A.A. members recover and by which
their
Society functions.
9.
... recover, and
is a power in the ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
He has
helped other
men recover, and is a
power in the
church from which he was
long
absent.
10.
... recover and
that he will go to ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
After
satisfying yourself that your
man wants to
recover and that he
will go to any
extreme to do so, you may
suggest a
definite course of
action.
11.
... recover are
people who cannot or will ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
Those who do not
recover are people who cannot or
will not
completely give
themselves to this
simple program, usually
men and
women who are
constitutionally incapable of being
honest
with themselves.
12.
... recover, but
I wouldn't.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
The
market would
recover,
but I wouldn't.
13.
... recover by
himself.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
But
insist that if he is
severely afflicted,
there may be
little chance
he can
recover by himself.
14.
... recover by
himself.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
If you
leave such a
person
alone, he may soon
become convinced that he cannot
recover by himself.
15.
... recover fortune
and reputation and feels he ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
He is
striving to
recover
fortune and
reputation and
feels he is
doing very well.
16.
... recover from
a bad case of jitters.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
We
first saw
Fred about a
year ago in a
hospital where
he had
gone to
recover from a
bad case of
jitters.
17.
... recover from
alcoholism.
Grapevine,
Preamble
Alcoholics Anonymous is a
fellowship of
men and
women who
share their
experience,
strength
and
hope with each other that they may
solve their
common problem and
help others to
recover from
alcoholism.
18.
... recover had
been made.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
Proof that
alcoholics
could
recover had been made.
19.
... recover, he
will tell you about it ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
If he is, and is still
trying to
recover, he will tell you about it even if it
means the
loss of his
job.
20.
... recover --
if he can and will.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
When a few
men in this
city
have
found themselves, and have
discovered the
joy of
helping others to
face life again, there will be no
stopping until
everyone
in that
town has had his
opportunity to
recover --
if he can and will.
21.
... recover if
they had the opportunity we ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Many could
recover if they had the
opportunity we have
enjoyed.
22.
... recover if
they have the capacity to ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
There are those, too, who
suffer from
grave emotional and
mental disorders, but many
of them do
recover if they have the
capacity to be
honest.
23.
... recover on
a spiritual basis.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Understanding our
work, he can do this with an
eye
to
selecting those who are
willing and able to
recover on
a
spiritual basis.
24.
... recover overnight
nor do twisted thinking and ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
25.
... recover, provided
he does not close his ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
26.
... recover they
must acquire an immediate and ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
27.
... recover, three
successful groups emerged -- the first ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
28.
... recover, to
see them help others, to ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
To
watch people
recover, to
see them
help others, to
watch loneliness vanish, to see a
fellowship grow up about
you, to have a
host of
friends -- this is an
experience you
must not
miss.
29.
... recover unless
he has his family back.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
Let no
alcoholic say he cannot
recover unless he has his
family back.
30.
... recover unless
there is a group.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
The
moment this
Twelfth
Step work forms a
group, another
discovery is made -- that most
individuals cannot
recover
unless there is a
group.
31.
... recover, where
that state of mind existed ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
I have
never seen one
single case recover, where that
state of
mind existed to the
extent that it does in you."
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