From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 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
3.
... situation.
BB p.82,
Into Action
4.
... situation.
BB p.146,
To Employers
5.
... situation.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
The doctor proved to be able and exceedingly anxious to adopt any workable method of handling the
situation.
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
12.
... situation fairly,
can I see where I ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
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
16.
... situation has
long since been adjusted.
BB p.79,
Into Action
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
It was the usual situation:
home in jeopardy, wife ill, children distracted, bills in arrears and standing damaged.
19.
... situation hopeless,
had hidden in a deserted ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
The patient had made his own diagnosis, and deciding his situation hopeless, had hidden in a
deserted barn determined to die.
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
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
25.
... situation on
your hands.
BB p.114,
To Wives
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
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
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
Highly competent psychiatrists who have dealt with us have found it sometimes impossible
to persuade an alcoholic to discuss his
situation without reserve.
34.
... situation, you
can undoubtedly make helpful suggestions.
BB p.145,
To Employers
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