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


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1.
... sat a miracle directly across the kitchen ...   BB p.11, Bill's Story   Go to page 11 in the Big Book
Never mind the musty past; here sat a miracle directly across the kitchen table.


2.
... sat before me, and he made the ...   BB p.11, Bill's Story   Go to page 11 in the Big Book
But my friend sat before me, and he made the point-blank declaration that God had done for him what he could not do for himself.


3.
... sat down at a table and ordered ...   BB p.36, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 36 in the Big Book
I sat down at a table and ordered a sandwich and a glass of milk.


4.
... sat drinking in my kitchen.   BB p.8, Bill's Story   Go to page 8 in the Big Book
Near the end of that bleak November, I sat drinking in my kitchen.

5.
... sat next to me.   12&12 p.163, Tradition Seven
"I heard all this quite plainly, as I was piously trying to convert a newcomer who sat next to me.


6.
... sat, on still Sundays, way over there ...   BB p.10, Bill's Story   Go to page 10 in the Big Book
I could almost hear the sound of the preacher's voice as I sat, on still Sundays, way over there on the hillside; there was that proffered temperance pledge I never signed; my grandfather's good natured contempt of some church folk and their doings; his insistence that the spheres really had their music; but his denial of the preacher's right to tell him how he must listen; his fearlessness as he spoke of these things just before he died; these recollections welled up from the past.

7.
... sat on the shore of life drinking ...   12&12 p.123, Step Twelve
It mattered little whether we had sat on the shore of life drinking ourselves into forgetfulness or had plunged in recklessly and willfully beyond our depth and ability.


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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