From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... reliance and
contentment.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
From a trembling, despairing, nervous wreck, had emerged a man brimming over with self-reliance and contentment.
2.
... reliance failed
us?
BB p.68,
How It Works
3.
... reliance first,
a genuine reliance upon a ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question.
4.
... reliance is
always upon Him.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
5.
... reliance, not
defiance.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
6.
... reliance upon
a Higher Power was out ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question.
7.
... reliance upon
prayer for guidance in all ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
To any questioning or criticism of his actions
he instantly proffers
his reliance upon prayer for guidance in all
matters great or small.
8.
... reliance upon
the Spirit of the Universe, ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God.
9.
... reliance upon
things human, their problems pile ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
These allergic types can
never safely use alcohol in any form at all; and once having formed the habit and found they cannot break it, once having lost their self-confidence, their reliance
upon things human, their problems pile up on them and become astonishingly
difficult to solve.
10.
... reliance was
good as far as it ...
BB p.68,
How It Works
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