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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... Six?   12&12 p.68, Step Six
Many will at once ask, "How can we accept the entire implication of Step Six?

2.
... Six.   12&12 p.108, Step Twelve
Yet we knew we had to make a settlement with the fundamental principle of Step Six.


3.
... Six.   BB p.76, Into Action   Go to page 76 in the Big Book
If we can answer to our satisfaction, we then look at Step Six.


4.
Six -- An A.A. group ought never endorse, ...   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Six -- An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.


5.
... six hundred men.   BB p.136, To Employers   Go to page 136 in the Big Book
I was at one time assistant manager of a corporation department employing sixty-six hundred men.

6.
... Six is still difficult, but not at ...   12&12 p.68, Step Six
Seen in this light, Step Six is still difficult, but not at all impossible.

7.
... Six, many of us balked -- for the ...   12&12 p.108, Step Twelve
At Step Six, many of us balked -- for the practical reason that we did not wish to have all our defects of character removed, because we still loved some of them too much.


8.
... six months.   BB p.156, A Vision For You   Go to page 156 in the Big Book
But he's a grand chap when he's sober, though he's been in here eight times in the last six months.


9.
Six months earlier, the broker had been ...   BB xv, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Six months earlier, the broker had been relieved of his drink obsession by a sudden spiritual experience, following a meeting with an alcoholic friend who had been in contact with the Oxford Groups of that day.


10.
... six months later, a well man.   BB p.141, To Employers   Go to page 141 in the Big Book
Had they fired me first, and had they then taken steps to see that I was presented with the solution contained in this book, I might have returned to them six months later, a well man.


11.
... six months later these three had succeeded ...   BB p.159, A Vision For You   Go to page 159 in the Big Book
A year and six months later these three had succeeded with seven more.


12.
... six months now?   BB p.154, A Vision For You   Go to page 154 in the Big Book
After all, had he not been sober six months now?


13.
Six of the stories in Part II ...   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
Six of the stories in Part II have been carried over, eleven new ones have been added, and eleven taken out.

14.
... Six on all his faults -- without any ...   12&12 p.63, Step Six
He goes on to explain that any person capable of enough willingness and honesty to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.

15.
Six -- Problems of money, property, and authority ...   12&12 p.190, Tradition Six (Long)
Six -- Problems of money, property, and authority may easily divert us from our primary spiritual aim.


16.
... six stories have been deleted.   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
One new story has been added to Part I, and two that originally appeared in Part III have been repositioned there; six stories have been deleted.


17.
... six weeks before.   BB p.137, To Employers   Go to page 137 in the Big Book
I had discharged him for drinking six weeks before.

18.
... Six -- "Were entirely ready to have God ...   12&12 p.65, Step Six
So Step Six -- "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character" -- is A.A.'s way of stating the best possible attitude one can take in order to make a beginning on this lifetime job.


19.
Six years ago one of our number ...   BB p.162, A Vision For You   Go to page 162 in the Big Book
Six years ago one of our number was a patient there.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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