From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... solid A.A.'s
and long enough acquainted to ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
The prospective partners need to be solid A.A.'s and long enough acquainted to know that
their compatibility at spiritual, mental, and emotional levels is a fact and not wishful thinking.
2.
... solid and
formidable for these people than ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
The roadblocks of indifference, fancied
self-sufficiency, prejudice, and defiance
often prove more solid and formidable for these people than any erected by the unconvinced agnostic
or even the militant atheist.
3.
... solid facts.
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
Then they commence to watch us with speculative
eyes, pick up a fragment of A.A. history, and soon have the solid facts.
4.
... solid ground.
BB p.107,
To Wives
As animals on a treadmill, we have patiently and wearily climbed, falling back in exhaustion after each futile effort to reach solid ground.
5.
... solid honesty,
and genuine humility.
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Only by discussing ourselves, holding back nothing, only by being willing to take advice and accept direction could we
set foot on the road to straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility.
6.
... solid obstacle.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
7.
... solid so
far?
BB p.75,
Into Action
8.
... solid spiritual
ground before you start and ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
But be sure you are on solid
spiritual ground before you start and that your
motive in going is thoroughly good.
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