From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... side.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He browbeat everybody, and everybody expected that
he'd soon get drunk -- for at the time, you see, A.A. was on the pious side.
2.
... side.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Dad may feel that for years his drinking has placed him on the wrong side of every argument, but that now he has
become a superior person with God on his side.
3.
... side, and
a completely new set of ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Ideas, emotions, and attitudes which were once
the guiding forces of the
lives of these men are suddenly cast to one side, and a completely new set of conceptions and motives begin to dominate them.
4.
... side and
in every group.
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
5.
... side by
side with an earnest prayer ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
This means that side by side with an earnest prayer there can be a certain amount of presumption and conceit
in us.
6.
... side may
have some justification.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
7.
... side of
every argument, but that now ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Dad may feel that for years his drinking has placed him on the wrong side of every argument, but that now he has
become a superior person with God on his side.
8.
... side of
life a fair hearing.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
9.
... side of
our natures.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
As we have seen, self-searching is the means by
which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures.
10.
... side of
our program.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
11.
... side of
that painful experience, this prayer ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
And as he came out the other side of that painful experience, this
prayer was his expression of what he could then see, feel, and wish to become:
12.
... side of
that ruinous coin marked "Fear."
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
13.
... side of
the day's ledger, we should ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
As we glance down the debit side of the day's ledger, we should carefully examine our motives in each thought or act that appears to be wrong.
14.
... side of
the street, realizing that nothing ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
We are there to sweep off our side of the street, realizing that nothing worth while can be accomplished until we do
so, never trying to tell him what he should do.
15.
... side, the
founder and his friends may ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
16.
... side, we
are apt to be swamped ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
If temperamentally we are on the depressive side, we are apt to be swamped with guilt and self-loathing.
17.
... side with
an earnest prayer there can ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
This means that side by side with an earnest prayer there can be a certain amount of presumption and conceit
in us.
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