From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... relief and
benefit.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
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
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, voluntarily
incarcerated myself at least a ...
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
By this time I was beginning to pay very dearly physically and, in hope of
relief, voluntarily incarcerated myself at
least a dozen times in one of the local sanitariums.
11.
... relief, we
discovered we did not need ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
12.
... relief we
have to suggest is entire ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
13.
... relief will
mount from minute to minute.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
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