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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SITUATIONS occurs
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1.
... situations.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
These
men may well have a
remedy for
thousands of
such
situations.
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
Nevertheless, under the
influence of
A.A.'s
Twelve Steps, these
situations are
often
set right.(*)
4.
... situations at
the time?
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
Just how did I
react to these
situations at the
time?
5.
... situations have
caused me anxiety, bitterness, frustration, ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
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
For
example, we
know of
situations in which the
alcoholic or his
wife have
had
love affairs.
8.
... situations may
develop which work against marriage ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
9.
... situations met
with fortitude and faith.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Ordinarily we see these
situations met with
fortitude and
faith.
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
We saw them
calmly accept
impossible situations,
seeking neither to
run nor
to
recriminate.
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
We will
intuitively know how to
handle situations which used to
baffle
us.
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