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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SITUATION occurs
34 times
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1.
... situation.
12&12 p.24,
Step One
Under the
lash of
alcoholism, we are
driven
to
A.A., and there we
discover the
fatal nature of our
situation.
2.
... situation.
BB p.69,
How It Works
God alone can
judge our
sex situation.
3.
... situation.
BB p.82,
Into Action
No
outsider can
appraise such an
intimate
situation.
4.
... situation.
BB p.146,
To Employers
Being on a
radically different basis of
life, he will
never take
advantage of the
situation.
5.
... situation.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
6.
... situation, and
there can be no doubt ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
The
benefit of
talking
to another
person is that we can get his
direct comment and
counsel on our
situation, and
there can be no
doubt in our
minds what that
advice is.
7.
... situation, and
there were periods of sobriety ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
Nevertheless, I still
thought I could
control the
situation, and
there were
periods of
sobriety which
renewed my
wife's
hope.
8.
... situation are
your own willingness to confide ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
The
real tests of the
situation are your
own willingness to
confide
and your
full confidence
in the one with whom you
share your
first accurate self-
survey.
9.
... situation as
being exactly the way it ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
When I am
disturbed, it is because I find some
person, place, thing or
situation -- some
fact of my
life --
unacceptable to
me, and I can find no
serenity until I
accept that
person, place,
thing or
situation as being
exactly the way it is
supposed to be at this
moment.
10.
... situation as
best we could; and the ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
We were in a
position where
life was
becoming impossible, and if we had
passed into the
region from
which there is no
return through
human aid, we had but
two alternatives: One was
to go on to the
bitter end,
blotting out the
consciousness of our
intolerable situation as
best we could; and the other, to
accept spiritual help.
11.
... situation, by
all means do so, for ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
If this is the
situation, by all
means do so, for you ought to make a
beginning as soon as you can.
12.
... situation fairly,
can I see where I ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Appraising each
situation fairly, can I see where
I have been at
fault?
13.
... situation, for
sanity, and for the strength ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
To
sum up about
sex: We
earnestly pray for the
right ideal, for
guidance in each
questionable situation,
for
sanity, and for the
strength to do the
right
thing.
14.
... situation had
not been entirely our fault, ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
Though a
situation had not been
entirely our
fault, we
tried to
disregard the
other
person involved entirely.
15.
... situation has
already arrived in practically every ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
This
tragic situation has
already
arrived in
practically every
case long before it is
suspected.
16.
... situation has
long since been adjusted.
BB p.79,
Into Action
Of
course she did not, and the
whole situation has
long since been
adjusted.
17.
... situation, he
went on a roaring bender.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
Some
time later, and just as
he
thought he was
getting control of his
liquor situation, he went on a
roaring bender.
18.
... situation: home
in jeopardy, wife ill, children ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
19.
... situation hopeless,
had hidden in a deserted ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
20.
... situation, in
which we are highly elated ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Or we may
encounter the
reverse situation, in which we
are
highly elated because
we
seem to have been
successful.
21.
... situation is
aggravated.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
And if she had a
strong maternal instinct to
begin with, the
situation is
aggravated.
22.
... situation is
to deny some other alcoholic ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
To
spend too much
time on any
one
situation is to
deny some
other
alcoholic an
opportunity to
live and be
happy.
23.
... situation is
too difficult and no unhappiness ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
We
want to
leave you with the
feeling that no
situation
is too
difficult and no
unhappiness too
great to
be
overcome.
24.
... situation like
this.
BB p.110,
To Wives
You can be quite
hopeful of a
situation like this.
25.
... situation on
your hands.
BB p.114,
To Wives
You may have the
reverse situation on your
hands.
26.
... situation --
some fact of my life -- unacceptable ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
When I am
disturbed, it is because I find some
person, place, thing or
situation -- some
fact of my
life --
unacceptable to
me, and I can find no
serenity until I
accept that
person, place,
thing or
situation as being
exactly the way it is
supposed to be at this
moment.
27.
... situation then.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
But I can tell you there was
nothing funny about the
situation then.
28.
... 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.
29.
... situation we
shall never be able to ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
There will be other
cases where
action ought to be
deferred, and still others in which by the very
nature of the
situation we
shall
never be able to make
direct personal contact at all.
30.
... situation, we
usually have to do something ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
Whatever the situation, we usually have to do
something about it.
31.
... situation where
to make a full revelation ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
That will
arise in the
occasional situation where
to make a
full revelation would
seriously harm the one to
whom we are
making amends.
32.
... situation which
might be helped by better ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
We
think the
business fabric is
shot through with a
situation which might be
helped by
better understanding all around.
33.
... situation without
reserve.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
34.
... situation, you
can undoubtedly make helpful suggestions.
BB p.145,
To Employers
If he
speaks of his
home
situation, you can
undoubtedly make
helpful suggestions.
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