From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... situations.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
2.
... situations and
problems with the comfortable assurance ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
With the best of intentions, he tends to force his own will into all sorts of situations and problems with the
comfortable assurance that he is acting under God's specific direction.
3.
... situations are
often set right.(*)
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
4.
... situations at
the time?
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
5.
... situations have
caused me anxiety, bitterness, frustration, ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Questioning directed to this end might run like this: Looking at both past and present, what sex situations have caused me anxiety, bitterness, frustration, or depression?
6.
... situations in
the world in which we ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
In Step Eight, we continued our housecleaning, for we saw
that we were not only in conflict with ourselves, but also with people and situations in the world in which we lived.
7.
... situations in
which the alcoholic or his ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
8.
... situations may
develop which work against marriage ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
When alcoholism strikes, very unnatural situations may develop which work against marriage partnership and compatible union.
9.
... situations met
with fortitude and faith.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
10.
... situations must
be met and decisions made, ...
12&12 p.102,
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."
11.
... situations righted;
feuds and bitterness of all ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
I have seen hundreds of families set their feet in the path that really goes somewhere; have seen the
most impossible domestic situations righted; feuds and bitterness of all sorts wiped out.
12.
... situations, seeking
neither to run nor to ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
13.
... situations we
need self-restraint, honest analysis of ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
In all these situations we need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is involved, a willingness to admit when
the fault is ours, and an equal willingness to forgive when the fault is elsewhere.
14.
... situations which
arise in each day's march.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
15.
... situations which
arise out of the phenomenon ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There are many situations
which arise out of the phenomenon of craving
which cause men to make the supreme sacrifice rather than continue to fight.
16.
... situations which
used to baffle us.
BB p.84,
Into Action
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