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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SERIOUS occurs
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1.
... serious.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
I had a few
words with the
boss, but
nothing serious.
2.
... serious.
BB p.114,
To Wives
A
good doctor or
psychiatrist can tell you whether these
complications are
serious.
3.
... serious.
BB p.118,
To Wives
Next time you and he have a
heated discussion, no
matter what the
subject, it
should be the
privilege of either to
smile and say, "This is
getting serious.
4.
... serious about
religious practices when, upon honest ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
We
supposed we had been
serious about
religious practices when, upon
honest appraisal, we
found we had been only
superficial.
5.
... serious ailments
were being rapidly cured.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
She sees she was
wrong to make a
burning issue out of such a
matter when his more
serious
ailments were being
rapidly cured.
6.
... serious alcoholism,
impending mental and physical collapse, ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
7.
... serious and
as yet unresolved problem left ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
8.
... serious attempt
to probe them, we are ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
The
minute we make a
serious
attempt to
probe them, we
are
liable to
suffer severe reactions.
9.
... serious character
defects, if we think we ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
We shall
claim that our
serious character defects, if we
think we have
any at all, have been
caused chiefly by
excessive drinking.
10.
... serious character
flaws that made problem drinkers ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Still
goaded by
sheer necessity, we
reluctantly come to
grips with those
serious character flaws that made
problem drinkers of us
in the
first place,
flaws
which
must be
dealt with to
prevent a
retreat into
alcoholism once again.
11.
... serious complications
in a family.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
It is not
good for him, and it sometimes
creates serious complications in a
family.
12.
... serious concern.
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
13.
... serious condition.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
He
agreed he was a
real alcoholic and in a
serious
condition.
14.
... serious difficulties.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
We shall
want to
speak with
someone who is
experienced, who not only has
stayed dry but has been able
to
surmount other
serious
difficulties.
15.
... serious domestic
or romantic difficulties, or perhaps ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
16.
... serious drinker.
BB p.112,
To Wives
Meanwhile you might
try to
help the
wife of another
serious drinker.
17.
... serious drinker,
being dry at the moment ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
Now and then a
serious drinker, being
dry at the
moment says, "I don't
miss it
at all.
Feel better.
Work better. Having a
better time."
18.
... serious drinker,
"You are an A.A. member ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
For
A.A. is really saying to every
serious drinker, "You are an
A.A. member if you say so.
19.
... serious drinkers
again later.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
20.
... serious drinkers
who should have been fired ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
They often
jeopardize their
own positions by
trying to
help serious drinkers who should have
been
fired long ago, or else
given an
opportunity
to get well.
21.
... serious drinking,
are miracles of mental health.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
We, who have
recovered from
serious drinking, are
miracles of
mental health.
22.
... serious drinking
bouts and tells you he ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
He is
remorseful after
serious drinking bouts and tells you he
wants to
stop.
23.
... serious emotional
problem can be seen as ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
24.
... serious handicap.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
It
takes some of us a
long time to
outgrow that
serious handicap.
25.
... serious illness.
BB p.139,
To Employers
26.
... serious leak.
BB p.148,
To Employers
We
hope our
suggestions
will
help you
plug up this
sometimes
serious leak.
27.
... serious meditation
and prayer as something not ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
So it isn't
surprising that we often
tend to
slight serious meditation and
prayer as something not really
necessary.
28.
... serious mood
dwell on the troubles liquor ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
If he is in a
serious mood dwell on the
troubles liquor has
caused you, being
careful not to
moralize
or
lecture.
29.
... serious my
situation was.
BB p.141,
To Employers
I
know, in my
own particular case, that
nothing my
company could
have done would have
stopped me for, so
long as I was able to
hold my
position, I could not
possibly realize how
serious my
situation was.
30.
... serious one.
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
The
moment they
read Step Two, most
A.A. newcomers are
confronted with a
dilemma, sometimes a
serious
one.
31.
... serious or
effective thought during the period ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
We now see that when we
began to
drink deliberately,
instead of
casually, there was
little serious or
effective thought during
the
period of
premeditation of what the
terrific consequences
might be.
32.
... serious problems
easier than you can the ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
You and your
husband will find that you can
dispose of
serious problems easier than you
can the
trivial ones.
33.
... serious proportions,
continuing all day and almost ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
My
drinking assumed
more
serious proportions,
continuing all
day and
almost every
night.
34.
... serious, sometimes
tragic things.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
We have been
speaking to you of
serious, sometimes
tragic things.
35.
... serious violations
of moral principles.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
36.
... serious wrong.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
Or we may just
procrastinate,
telling ourselves the
time is
not
yet, when in
reality we
have already
passed up many a
fine chance to
right a
serious wrong.
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