From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SANITY occurs
14 times
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1.
... sanity."
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
"
Came to
believe that a
Power greater than ourselves
could
restore us to
sanity."
2.
... sanity.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
3.
... sanity.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
It is really saying to us that we now ought to be
willing to
try humility in
seeking the
removal of our other
shortcomings just as we did when we
admitted that we were
powerless over
alcohol,
and
came to
believe that a
Power greater than
ourselves could
restore us to
sanity.
4.
... sanity.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
For us, if we
neglect those who are still
sick, there is
unremitting
danger to our
own lives and
sanity.
5.
... sanity.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
People
feared for my
sanity.
6.
... sanity.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
God had
restored his
sanity.
7.
... sanity.
BB p.59,
How It Works
2.
Came to
believe that a
Power greater than
ourselves could
restore us to
sanity.
8.
... sanity, and
for the strength to do ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
To
sum up about
sex: We
earnestly pray for the
right ideal, for
guidance in each
questionable situation, for
sanity, and
for the
strength to do the
right thing.
9.
... sanity and
had enabled us to live ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
10.
... sanity if
we rightly relate ourselves to ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
True humility and an
open mind can
lead us to
faith, and every
A.A. meeting is an
assurance that
God will
restore us to
sanity if we
rightly relate ourselves to
Him.
11.
"Sanity" is
defined as "soundness of mind."
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
"
Sanity" is
defined as "
soundness of
mind."
12.
... sanity returned
and he thanked God.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
His
sanity returned and he
thanked God.
13.
... sanity, some
Higher Power must necessarily do ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
In
Step Two we saw that since
we could not
restore ourselves to
sanity, some
Higher Power must necessarily do so if we were to
survive.
14.
... sanity will
have returned.
BB p.84,
Into Action
For by this
time sanity will
have
returned.
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