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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... show.'
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
"'Well,' said I, 'I
think you're just a
conceited Irishman who
thinks he can
run the
whole show.'
2.
... show?
BB p.61,
How It Works
And do not his
actions make each of them
wish to
retaliate,
snatching all they can get out of the
show?
3.
... show a sense of public responsibility.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
It would be a
good thing, they
believed, for the
liquor trade to
show a
sense of
public responsibility.
4.
... show a willingness to remedy your own ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
If you both
show a
willingness to
remedy
your
own defects, there will
be
little need to
criticize each other.
5.
Show any longshoreman a Sunday supplement describing ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
Show any
longshoreman
a
Sunday supplement describing a
proposal
to
explore the
moon by
means of a
rocket and he will
say, "I
bet they do it -- maybe not so
long either."
6.
... show doesn't come off very well.
BB p.61,
How It Works
The
show doesn't
come off very
well.
7.
... show drinking scenes; we must not go ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
People have said we
must not go where
liquor is
served; we
must not have it in our
homes;
we
must shun friends who
drink; we
must avoid moving pictures which
show drinking scenes; we
must not go into
bars; our
friends must hide their
bottles if we go to their
houses; we
mustn't think or be
reminded about
alcohol at all.
8.
... show everybody else how.
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
Having
learned to
live so
happily, we'd
show everybody else how.
9.
Show him, from your own experience, how ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
10.
Show him how they worked with you.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Show him how they
worked
with you.
11.
Show him that as alcoholics, the writers ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
Show him that as
alcoholics, the
writers
of the book
understand.
12.
... show him that humility was the main ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
But as he
calmed down, he
began to
listen while I
tried to
show him that
humility was the
main key to
sobriety.
13.
Show him the mental twist which leads ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Show him the
mental twist which
leads to the
first drink of a
spree.
14.
Show him these things in yourself and ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
Show him these things in
yourself and they will be
reflected back to you from him.
15.
Show him you have confidence in his ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
Show him you have
confidence in his
power to
stop or
moderate.
16.
Show him your copy of this book ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
Show him your
copy of this
book and tell him what you have
found out about
alcoholism.
17.
... show his contrition for what they suffered.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
They
expect him to
give them
the
nice times they used to
have before he
drank so much, and to
show his
contrition for what
they
suffered.
18.
... show how the change came over them.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
They
show how the
change came over them.
19.
... show, humbly saying to ourselves many times ...
BB p.88,
Into Action
We
constantly remind
ourselves we are no
longer running the
show,
humbly saying to ourselves many
times each
day "
Thy will be done."
20.
... show intolerance or hatred of drinking as ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
21.
... show irritation when reproved for his delinquencies.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
22.
... show; is forever trying to arrange the ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
Each
person is like an
actor who
wants to
run the
whole show; is
forever trying to
arrange the
lights, the
ballet, the
scenery and the
rest of the
players in his
own way.
23.
... show it to his alcoholic prospect.
BB p.148,
To Employers
He
need not, and often should not
show it to his
alcoholic prospect.
24.
... show kindness where we had shown none.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
We can
show kindness where
we had
shown none.
25.
... show-offs.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
They had
changed from
A.A. members into
A.A. show-
offs.
26.
... show other alcoholics precisely how we have ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
To
show other
alcoholics
precisely how we have
recovered is the
main purpose of this book.
27.
... show others who still suffered the same ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
When, with
God's
help, we
calmly accepted our
lot, then we
found we could
live at
peace with ourselves and
show others who still
suffered the same
fears that
they could get over them, too.
28.
... show ourselves.
BB p.76,
Into Action
We
attempt to
sweep away
the
debris which has
accumulated out of our
effort to
live on
self-will and
run the
show ourselves.
29.
... show that years before we realized it ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
By
going back in our
own drinking histories, we
could
show that
years before
we
realized it we were out of
control, that our
drinking
even then was no
mere habit,
that it was
indeed the
beginning of a
fatal progression.
30.
... show the underlying reasons why they were ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
31.
Show them that he has entered upon ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
Show them that he has
entered upon a
period of
growth.
32.
... show them the same tolerance, pity, and ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
We
asked God to
help us
show them the same
tolerance,
pity, and
patience that we would
cheerfully grant a
sick friend.
33.
... show to his liking?
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
Is not each
trying to
arrange the
family show to his
liking?
34.
... show unselfishness and love under his own ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
He is not
likely to get far in any
direction if he
fails to
show unselfishness
and
love under his
own roof.
35.
... show up.
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
They just didn't show up.
36.
... show us how to take a kindly ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
We cannot be
helpful to all people, but at
least God will
show us how to take a
kindly and
tolerant view of each and
every one.
37.
... show us the way of patience, tolerance, ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
38.
... show would be great.
BB p.61,
How It Works
If his
arrangements would only
stay put, if only people would do
as he
wished, the
show would
be
great.
39.
... show you how to create the fellowship ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
He will
show you how to
create the
fellowship you
crave.(*)
40.
... show you how to have.
BB p.117,
To Wives
We
urge you to
try our
program, for
nothing will
be so
helpful to your
husband as the
radically
changed attitude toward him which
God will
show you how to have.
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