From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SEARCH occurs
11 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... search and research, again and again, always ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
Time after
time, my
instructors held up to me
the
basic principle of
all
scientific progress:
search and
research, again and again, always with the
open mind.
2.
... search diligently within yourself, then, if you ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
3.
... search fearlessly, but He was there.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
Sometimes we had to
search fearlessly, but He was there.
4.
... search for an easier way -- which usually ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
We
search for an
easier way
-- which usually
consists of the
general and
fairly painless admission that
when
drinking we were sometimes
bad actors.
5.
... search for God's will, not our own, ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
Just saying it over and over will often
enable us
to
clear a
channel choked up with
anger,
fear,
frustration, or
misunderstanding, and
permit us to
return to the
surest help of all -- our
search for
God's will, not our
own, in the
moment of
stress.
6.
... search for his own defects, he will ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
Now
willing to
commence
the
search for his
own defects, he will
ask, "Just how
do I go about this?
7.
... search for peace and harmony, what was ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
If
strong people were
stalemated in the
search
for
peace and
harmony,
what was to
become of our
erratic band of
alcoholics?
8.
... search of our motives and actions.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
It is an
attitude which can only be
changed by a
deep and
honest search of our
motives and
actions.
9.
... search our acquaintance for a close-mouthed, understanding ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
If we cannot or would rather not do this, we
search
our
acquaintance for a
close-
mouthed,
understanding friend.
10.
Search out another alcoholic and try again.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
Search out another
alcoholic and
try again.
11.
... search out the things in ourselves which ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
Beginning with
Step Four, we
commenced to
search out the things in ourselves which had brought us to
physical,
moral, and
spiritual bankruptcy.
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