From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... requires a
definite hospital procedure, before psychological ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
Of course an alcoholic
ought to be freed from his
physical craving for liquor, and this often requires a definite hospital procedure, before psychological
measures can be of maximum benefit.
2.
... requires a
definite morning devotion, we attend ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
If we belong to a religious denomination which requires a definite morning devotion, we attend to that also.
3.
... requires action
on our part, which, when ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
This requires action on our
part, which, when completed, will mean that we have admitted to
God, to ourselves, and to
another human being, the exact nature of our defects.
4.
... requires an
admission and correction of errors ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
5.
... requires an
admission that our lives have ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Since Step One requires an admission that our
lives have become unmanageable, how could people such as these take this Step?
6.
... requires confession
must, and of course, will ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
Those of us belonging to
a religious denomination which requires confession must, and of course, will want to go to the properly appointed authority whose duty it is to receive it.
7.
... requires discussion
with other people.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
8.
... requires, each
member of it should be ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
We think each family which has been relieved owes something to those who have
not, and when the occasion requires, each member of it should be only too willing to bring former mistakes, no matter how grievous, out of their hiding places.
9.
... requires for
its successful consummation.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling
of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation.
10.
... requires no
willpower; here is one place ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
No one ought to say the A.A. program requires no willpower; here is one place you may require all you've got.
11.
... requires the
preservation of this principle.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
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