From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... relationship is
to be resumed it must ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
If their old relationship is to
be resumed it must be on a
better basis, since the former did not work.
2.
... relationship of
my specialty to A.A. and ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist:
"As a psychiatrist, I have thought a great deal about the relationship of my
specialty to A.A. and I
have come to the conclusion that our particular function can
very often lie in preparing the way for the patient to accept any sort of treatment or outside help.
3.
... relationship; self
esteem (fear).
BB p.65,
How It Works
Mrs. Jones -- she's a nut, she snubbed me; she committed her husband for
drinking; he's my friend; she's a gossip -- personal relationship; self esteem (fear).
4.
... relationship upon
simple and understandable terms as ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we may form
a relationship upon simple and understandable terms
as soon as we are willing
and honest enough to try.
5.
... relationship with
another person, our emotions go ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
The moment we ponder a twisted or broken relationship with another person, our emotions go on the defensive.
6.
... relationship with
God.
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
Each individual, in the
personal stories, describes in his own language and from his own point of view the way he established his
relationship with God.
7.
... relationship with
God.
BB p.100,
Working With Others
8.
... relationship with
Him is right, and great ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and
great events will come to pass for you and countless
others.
9.
... relationship with
my Creator; that I would ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
My friend promised when
these things were done I
would enter upon a new relationship with my Creator; that I would have the elements of a way of living which answered all
my problems.
10.
... relationship with
our Creator, and to discover ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
We have been trying to get a
new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover
the obstacles in our path.
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