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

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SOLID   occurs   8 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... 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   Go to page 107 in the Big Book
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
When listing the people we have harmed, most of us hit another solid obstacle.


7.
... solid so far?    BB p.75,  Into Action   Go to page 75 in the Big Book
Is our work solid so far?


8.
... solid spiritual ground before you start and ...    BB p.102,  Working With Others   Go to page 102 in the Big Book
But be sure you are on solid spiritual ground before you start and that your motive in going is thoroughly good.


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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