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


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1.
Save for a few brief moments of ...   BB p.57, We Agnostics   Go to page 57 in the Big Book
Save for a few brief moments of temptation the thought of drink has never returned; and at such times a great revulsion has risen up in him.

2.
... save himself?   12&12 p.25, Step Two
Must he renounce all this to save himself?


3.
... save himself from the alcoholic pit.   BB p.79, Into Action   Go to page 79 in the Big Book
Therefore, we are not to be the hasty and foolish martyr who would needlessly sacrifice others to save himself from the alcoholic pit.


4.
... save himself he must carry his message ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
He suddenly realized that in order to save himself he must carry his message to another alcoholic.


5.
... save many a heartbreak if you can ...   BB p.111, To Wives   Go to page 111 in the Big Book
We know these suggestions are sometimes difficult to follow, but you will save many a heartbreak if you can succeed in observing them.


6.
... save me from being angry.   BB p.67, How It Works   Go to page 67 in the Big Book
God save me from being angry.


7.
... save our own skin at another person's ...   BB p.74, Into Action   Go to page 74 in the Big Book
We have no right to save our own skin at another person's expense.


8.
... save the day.   BB p.15, Bill's Story   Go to page 15 in the Big Book
This sometimes nearly drove me back to drink, but I soon found that when all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic would save the day.


9.
... save the spineless and stupid.   BB p.139, To Employers   Go to page 139 in the Big Book
You cannot see why it should be to anyone else, save the spineless and stupid.


10.
... save us, no matter how much we ...   BB p.45, We Agnostics   Go to page 45 in the Big Book
But we found that such codes and philosophies did not save us, no matter how much we tried.

11.
... save whole areas from turmoil, small offices ...   12&12 p.161, Tradition Seven
To save whole areas from turmoil, small offices had to be set up, telephones installed, and a few full-time secretaries hired.


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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