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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... resources.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
It was a
statistical fact that
alcoholics almost
never recovered on their
own resources.
2.
... resources alone.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
When a
man or a
woman has a
spiritual awakening,
the most
important meaning of it is that he has now
become able to do,
feel, and
believe that which he could not do before on his
unaided strength and
resources alone.
3.
... resources, and
gladly devoted their spare hours ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
4.
... resources, as
marshalled by the will, were ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
Our
human resources, as
marshalled by the will, were not
sufficient; they
failed
utterly.
5.
... resources, never
grows up.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
6.
... resources now
being harnessed promise such a ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
The
immense resources now
being
harnessed promise such a
quantity of
material blessings
that many have
come to
believe that a
man-made
millennium lies just
ahead.
7.
... resources of
courage were uncovered, and that ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
He will also
report that out of every
season of
grief or
suffering, when the
hand of
God seemed heavy or even
unjust, new
lessons for
living were
learned, new
resources of
courage were
uncovered,
and that finally,
inescapably, the
conviction came that
God does "
move in a
mysterious way His
wonders to
perform."
8.
... resources of
radio, press, and films to ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
Of
course, they would use the
resources of
radio,
press, and
films to make their
point.
9.
... resources, they
found that a new power, ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
In the
face of
collapse
and
despair, in the
face of
the
total failure of their
human resources, they
found that a new
power,
peace,
happiness, and
sense of
direction flowed into them.
10.
... resources to
meet these calamities which come ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Have we
alcoholics in
A.A.
got, or can we get, the
resources to
meet these
calamities which
come to so many?
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