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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
RESTORED occurs
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1.
... restored and
united under one God, with ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Being
wrecked in the same
vessel, being
restored and
united under one
God, with
hearts and
minds attuned to the
welfare of
others, the things which
matter so much to some
people no
longer signify
much to them.
2.
... restored as
citizens of the world, are ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Nor does it
mean that the
members of
Alcoholics Anonymous, now
restored as
citizens of the
world,
are
going to back away from their
individual responsibilities to
act as they see the
right upon
issues of our
time.
3.
... restored financially,
but he shouldn't be reproached.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Father knows he is to
blame; it may take him many
seasons of
hard work to be
restored financially, but he shouldn't be
reproached.
4.
... restored his
sanity.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
God had
restored his
sanity.
5.
... restored to
something like their true purpose ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
But
today, in well-
matured
A.A.'s, these
distorted drives have been
restored to
something like their
true purpose and
direction.
6.
... restored us
all to our right minds.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
Even so has
God restored us all
to our
right minds.
7.
... restored us
to sanity and had enabled ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
In
Step Eleven we saw that
if a
Higher Power had
restored us to
sanity and had
enabled us to
live with some
peace of
mind in a
sorely troubled world, then such a
Higher Power was
worth knowing better, by as
direct contact as
possible.
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