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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... set apart.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
2.
... set apart one night a week for ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
3.
... set apart that, if necessary, they can ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
4.
... set apart that, if necessary, they can ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
5.
... set aside for A.A. in the wills ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
They
pointed out that the
Foundation board already
knew of a
total of
half a
million dollars set aside for
A.A. in the
wills of people still
alive.
6.
... set aside for that purpose.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
7.
... set by imagination as it tried to ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
When such
thoughts break
in, we might
recall, a
little ruefully, how much
store we used to
set by
imagination as it
tried
to
create reality out of
bottles.
8.
... set down are guides to progress.
BB p.60,
How It Works
The
principles we have
set down are
guides to
progress.
9.
... set down its experience in a book ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
Nevertheless, the
infant Society determined to
set down
its experience in a book which finally
reached the
public in
April 1939.
10.
... set foot on the road to straight ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
11.
... set forth serious violations of moral principles.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
12.
... set his other ambitions aside, at whatever ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
In the
radiance of such a
miraculous discovery,
any
doctor would
set his
other
ambitions aside,
at whatever
personal cost.
13.
... set in as the recovered alcoholics carried ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
14.
... set in conflict not only with ourselves, ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
In these
ways we are
set in
conflict not only with ourselves, but with other
people who have
instincts, too.
15.
... set in motion trains of circumstances which ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
It
set in
motion trains of
circumstances which brought us
misfortune we
felt we
didn't
deserve.
16.
... set in personal authority over another, that ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
Why is it, they
ask, that in
A.A.
no
member can be
set in
personal authority over
another, that
nothing like a
central government can
anywhere be seen?
17.
... set in reverse all at once.
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
18.
... set of conceptions and motives begin to ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
19.
... set of conditions.
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
But all of them do
require a
complete willingness
to make
amends as
fast and
as far as may be
possible in a
given set of
conditions.
20.
... set of traditional principles, having no legal ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
21.
... set of voices cry that sex is ...
BB p.68,
How It Works
22.
... set on a path which tells him ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
He has been
set on a
path
which tells him he is really
going somewhere, that
life is not a
dead end, not something to be
endured or
mastered.
23.
... set on his feet financially which, at ...
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
Had he been
successful in his
enterprise, he would have been
set on his
feet financially which, at the
time,
seemed vitally important.
24.
... set on my feet.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
On
talking to a
man there, I
would be
amazingly lifted up and
set on my
feet.
25.
... set opposite each name our injuries.
BB p.65,
How It Works
26.
... set our hearts on getting a particular ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
For
example, we may
set our
hearts on
getting a
particular person sobered up, and after doing all we can for
months, we see him
relapse.
27.
... set out to convince ourselves it isn't ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
28.
... set out to tell those he feared ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
One
morning he took the
bull by the
horns and
set out to tell those he
feared
what his
trouble had been.
29.
... set prayers which emphasize the principles we ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
30.
... set right.(*)
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Nevertheless, under the
influence of
A.A.'s
Twelve Steps, these
situations
are often
set right.(*)
31.
... set right any new mistakes as we ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
This
thought brings us to
Step Ten, which
suggests we
continue to
take
personal inventory and
continue
to
set right any new
mistakes as we go along.
32.
... set right the wrong.
BB p.77,
Into Action
But our
man is
sure to be
impressed with a
sincere
desire to
set right the
wrong.
33.
... set something by for old age?
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
How could we ever take
care of those
awful debts,
possess a
decent home,
educate the
kids, and
set something by for
old age?
34.
... set the ball rolling?
BB p.67,
How It Works
But did not we, ourselves,
set the
ball rolling?
35.
... set their approval upon us.
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
36.
... set their approval upon us, and wish ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
Employers learn that
great corporations have
set their
approval upon
us, and
wish to
discover
what can be done about
alcoholism in their
own firms.
37.
... set their feet in the path that ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
I have seen
hundreds of
families set their
feet in the
path that really
goes somewhere; have seen the most
impossible domestic situations righted;
feuds and
bitterness of
all
sorts wiped out.
38.
... set them on paper.
BB p.64,
How It Works
In
dealing with
resentments, we
set them
on
paper.
39.
... set them on the right track without ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
In this way you can
set them on the
right track without
becoming critical of
them.
40.
... set these matters straight.
BB p.67,
How It Works
41.
... set things right.
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
We had to
begin to make our
peace, and so we
listed the
people we had
harmed and
became willing to
set things
right.
42.
... set to work almost frantically upon alcoholics ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
43.
... set up a disastrous chain reaction.
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
44.
... set up, telephones installed, and a few ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
45.
... set us thinking.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
46.
... set your heart on reforming your husband.
BB p.111,
To Wives
Do not
set your
heart on
reforming your
husband.
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