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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... relations.
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
2.
... relations.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Now, the
domestic problem: There may be
divorce,
separation, or
just
strained relations.
3.
... relations.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
A
word about
sex relations.
4.
... relations ability
and his knowledge of alcoholism.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
Of
course, there couldn't be the
slightest objection if
such an
association hired an
A.A. member solely because of his
public relations ability and his
knowledge
of
alcoholism.
5.
... relations and
arrange meetings.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
Headed by the
chairman,
they
look after
public relations and
arrange meetings.
6.
... relations, and
having decided exactly what personality ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Having
carefully surveyed this
whole area of
human relations, and having
decided exactly what
personality traits in us
injured and
disturbed
others, we can now
commence to
ransack memory for the
people to whom we have
given offense.
7.
... relations and
they guarantee the integrity of ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
8.
... relations and
they guarantee the integrity of ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
They are
authorized by the
groups to
handle our over-all
public relations and they
guarantee the
integrity
of our
principal newspaper, the
A.A. Grapevine.
9.
... relations are
beginning to wonder how and ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
10.
... relations can
deepen our insight.
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
11.
... relations every
bit of information about ourselves ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
While the
purpose of
making restitution to
others is
paramount, it is
equally necessary that we
extricate from an
examination of our
personal relations every
bit of
information about
ourselves and our
fundamental difficulties that we can.
12.
... relations in
the home.
BB p.81,
Into Action
But
drinking does
complicate sex relations in the
home.
13.
... relations man
in our ranks, why wouldn't ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
If they could find a
good public relations man in our
ranks, why wouldn't he
be
ideal?
14.
... relations, management
of groups, clubs, and scores ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
15.
... relations policy.
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
To us, however, it
represents far more than a
sound public relations policy.
16.
... relations policy
for Alcoholics Anonymous.
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
17.
... relations policy
is based on attraction rather ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
18.
... relations policy
is based on attraction rather ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
19.
... relations policy
of attraction rather than promotion, ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
20.
... relations, public
relations, management of groups, clubs, ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
21.
... relations; security
(fear).
BB p.65,
How It Works
22.
... relations; self
esteem (fear).
BB p.65,
How It Works
Mr.
Brown -- his
attention to my
wife --
sex relations;
self esteem (
fear).
23.
... relations; self
esteem (fear).
BB p.65,
How It Works
Mr.
Brown -- told my
wife of my
mistress --
sex relations;
self esteem (
fear).
24.
... relations should
be guided by the principle ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Eleven (Long)
Our
public relations should
be
guided by the
principle of
attraction rather than
promotion.
25.
... relations should
be guided by the principle ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Our
public relations should
be
guided by the
principle of
attraction rather than
promotion.
26.
... relations were
to be based upon attraction ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
Our
public relations were to
be
based upon
attraction rather than
promotion.
27.
... relations, which
had been interfered with?
BB p.65,
How It Works
Was it our
self-
esteem, our
security, our
ambitions, our
personal,
or
sex relations, which had
been
interfered with?
28.
... relations with
every human being we know.
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a
look backward and
try to
discover where we have been at
fault;
next we make a
vigorous attempt to
repair the
damage we have
done; and
third, having thus
cleaned away the
debris of
the
past, we
consider how,
with our
newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may
develop the
best possible relations with every
human being we
know.
29.
... relations with
family, friends, and society at ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
But it is from our
twisted relations with
family,
friends, and
society at
large that many of us have
suffered the most.
30.
... relations with
his children.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
The
alcoholic may find it
hard to
re-
establish friendly relations with his
children.
31.
... relations with
other human beings have nearly ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
Since
defective relations
with other
human beings
have
nearly always been the
immediate cause of our
woes,
including our
alcoholism, no
field of
investigation could
yield more
satisfying and
valuable rewards than
this one.
32.
... relations with
other people.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
Our
demand for
emotional security, for
our
own way, had
constantly thrown us into
unworkable relations
with other people.
33.
... relations with
people who understand us; we ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Through it we
begin to
learn
right relations with people
who
understand us; we don't have to be alone
any more.
34.
... relations with
the general public should be ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Eleven (Long)
35.
... relations with
the general public should be ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
36.
... relations with
your children or your friends.
BB p.111,
To Wives
Be
determined that your
husband's
drinking is not
going to
spoil your
relations with your
children or
your
friends.
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