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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... simple.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
It was a
service proposition,
pure and
simple.
2.
... simple.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
Yet its elements are
simple.
3.
... simple and
personal.
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
In
spite of the
great increase in the
size and the
span of this
Fellowship,
at
its core it
remains simple and
personal.
4.
... simple, and
this concept was the keystone ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
Most
good ideas are
simple, and this
concept was the
keystone of the new and
triumphant arch through
which we
passed to
freedom.
5.
... simple and
understandable terms as soon as ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
If what we have
learned and
felt and seen
means anything at
all, it
means that all of us, whatever our
race,
creed, or
color are the
children of a
living Creator with whom
we may
form a
relationship upon
simple
and
understandable terms as soon as we are
willing and
honest enough to
try.
6.
... simple attitude.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
He can go anywhere on this
earth where other
free men may go without
disaster,
provided he
remains willing to
maintain a
certain simple attitude.
7.
Simple, but
not easy; a price had ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
Simple, but not
easy; a
price had to be
paid.
8.
... simple cornerstone
a wonderfully effective spiritual structure ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
9.
... simple devices,
we have placed ourselves in ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
When, by such
simple devices, we have
placed
ourselves in a
mood in which we can
focus undisturbed on
constructive imagination, we might
proceed like this:
10.
Simple examples
like the following take on ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Simple examples like the
following take on a
world of
meaning when we
think about them.
11.
... simple kit
of spiritual tools laid at ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
When, therefore, we were
approached by those in
whom the
problem had been
solved, there was
nothing left for us but to
pick up the
simple kit of
spiritual tools laid at our
feet.
12.
... simple matter.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
I had no
trouble refusing drinks, and
began to
wonder if I had not
been
making too
hard work of a
simple matter.
13.
... simple prayer:
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
With each
passing day of our
lives, may every one of us
sense more
deeply the
inner meaning of
A.A.'s
simple prayer:
14.
... simple principles,
though the head of the ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
They can
hardly fail to
approve these
simple principles, though the
head
of the
house still
fails
somewhat in
practicing them.
15.
... simple program,
usually men and women who ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
Those who do not
recover are people who cannot or
will not
completely give
themselves to this
simple program, usually
men and
women who are
constitutionally incapable of being
honest
with themselves.
16.
... simple reliance
upon the Spirit of the ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
When we saw others
solve their
problems by a
simple reliance upon the
Spirit of
the
Universe, we had to
stop doubting the
power of
God.
17.
... simple religious
idea and a practical program ...
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
They had told of a
simple religious idea and a
practical program of
action.
18.
... simple request
is plain to anyone.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
The
difference between a
demand and a
simple request is
plain to anyone.
19.
... simple request:
"Thy will, not mine, be ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
As the
day goes on, we can
pause where
situations must be
met and
decisions made, and
renew
the
simple request: "
Thy will, not
mine, be done."
20.
... simple requirements.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
This
happened soon after they
whole-
heartedly met a few
simple requirements.
21.
... simple rules.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other
hand -- and
strange as this may
seem to
those who do not
understand -- once a
psychic change has
occurred, the very same
person who
seemed doomed, who had so many
problems he
despaired of
ever
solving them,
suddenly finds himself
easily able to
control his
desire for
alcohol, the
only
effort necessary
being that
required to
follow a few
simple rules.
22.
... simple rules
of fair play and decency ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
We
became convinced
that such
simple rules of
fair play and
decency would be
enough.
23.
... simple services
that enable the group to ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
Such are the
simple services that
enable the
group to
function.
24.
... simple services
would require small sums of ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
These
simple services
would
require small sums of
money which we could and
would
pay ourselves.
25.
... simple steps.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
26.
... simple talk
in our kitchen multiplies itself ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
Each
day my
friend's
simple talk in our
kitchen multiplies
itself in a
widening circle of
peace on
earth and
good will to
men.
27.
... simple, that
has enabled most of us ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
After all, hasn't it been
self-
interest,
pure and
simple, that has
enabled most of
us to
escape?
28.
... simple things,
there has been a revolutionary ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
They
flatly declare that
since they have
come to
believe in a
Power greater than themselves, to take a
certain attitude toward that
Power, and to do
certain simple things,
there has been a
revolutionary change in their way of
living
and
thinking.
29.
... simple way
we have just outlined.
BB p.88,
Into Action
So we let
God discipline
us in the
simple way we have just
outlined.
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