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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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1.
... remove all these defects of character."   12&12 p.63, Step Six
"Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character."


2.
... remove all these defects of character.   BB p.59, How It Works   Go to page 59 in the Big Book
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

3.
... remove all these defects of character" -- is ...   12&12 p.65, Step Six
So Step Six -- "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character" -- is A.A.'s way of stating the best possible attitude one can take in order to make a beginning on this lifetime job.

4.
... remove defects of character will be answered ...   12&12 p.63, Step Six
Of course, the often disputed question of whether God can -- and will, under certain conditions -- remove defects of character will be answered with a prompt affirmative by almost any A.A. member.


5.
... remove from me every single defect of ...   BB p.76, Into Action   Go to page 76 in the Big Book
I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows.


6.
... remove from us all the things which ...   BB p.76, Into Action   Go to page 76 in the Big Book
Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable?

7.
... remove it from us.   12&12 p.21, Step One
It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us.


8.
... remove our fear and direct our attention ...   BB p.68, How It Works   Go to page 68 in the Big Book
We ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us be.

9.
... remove our obsession.   12&12 p.25, Step Two
Having reduced us to a state of absolute helplessness, you now declare that none but a Higher Power can remove our obsession.

10.
... remove our shortcomings."   12&12 p.70, Step Seven
"Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."

11.
... remove our shortcomings."   12&12 p.75, Step Seven
It marked the time when we could commence to see the full implication of Step Seven: "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."


12.
... remove our shortcomings.   BB p.59, How It Works   Go to page 59 in the Big Book
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

13.
... remove our shortcomings such as He could ...   12&12 p.108, Step Twelve
Then, in Step Seven, we humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings such as He could or would under the conditions of the day we asked.

14.
... remove the A.A. name from clubs and ...   12&12 p.157, Tradition Six
Even inside A.A. we found it imperative to remove the A.A. name from clubs and Twelfth Step houses.

15.
... remove the mania for alcohol from their ...   12&12 p.64, Step Six
So in a very complete and literal way, all A.A.'s have "become entirely ready" to have God remove the mania for alcohol from their lives.


16.
... remove them.   BB p.84, Into Action   Go to page 84 in the Big Book
When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them.


17.
... remove whatever self-will has blocked you off ...   BB p.71, How It Works   Go to page 71 in the Big Book
We hope you are convinced now that God can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Him.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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