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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
RELIEF occurs
12 times
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1.
... relief and
benefit.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
Taken separately, these
practices can bring much
relief and
benefit.
2.
... relief at
finally facing ourselves is indescribable.
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
As we
persist, a
brand-new
kind of
confidence is
born, and the
sense of
relief at finally
facing ourselves
is
indescribable.
3.
... relief never
came by confessing the sins ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
They always
discovered that
relief never came by
confessing the
sins of other people.
4.
... relief of
cancer.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
But once these
men had
hit upon
a
cure, once it
became apparent that only by their
united effort could this be
accomplished, then all of them would
feel bound to
devote themselves
solely to
the
relief of
cancer.
5.
... relief on
my friend's face warmed my ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
6.
... relief, saying,
"Well, thank God that's over!
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
When we have finally
admitted without
reservation that we are
powerless over
alcohol,
we are
apt to
breathe a
great sigh of
relief, saying, "Well,
thank God that's over!
7.
... relief that
we conclude our task is ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
After
taking this
preliminary trial at
making amends, we may
enjoy such a
sense of
relief that we
conclude our
task is
finished.
8.
... relief, they
would sometimes accuse even their ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
They will tell how they
tried to
carry the
load alone; how much
they
suffered of
irritability,
anxiety,
remorse, and
depression; and how,
unconsciously seeking
relief, they would sometimes
accuse even their
best friends of the very
character defects they
themselves were
trying to
conceal.
9.
... relief those
experiences we'd rather not remember, ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
If we have
swept the
searchlight of
Step Four back and
forth over our
careers, and it has
revealed in
stark relief those
experiences we'd
rather not
remember, if we have
come to
know how
wrong thinking and
action have
hurt us and others,
then the
need to
quit living by ourselves with those
tormenting ghosts of
yesterday gets more
urgent
than ever.
10.
... relief, we
discovered we did not need ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
Much to our
relief, we
discovered we did not
need
to
consider another's
conception of
God.
11.
... relief we
have to suggest is entire ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
The only
relief we have to
suggest is
entire abstinence.
12.
... relief will
mount from minute to minute.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
Provided you
hold back
nothing, your
sense of
relief will
mount from
minute to
minute.
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