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


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1.
... solved.   12&12 p.57, Step Five
We thought the isolation problem had been solved.


2.
... solved, as well as some who have ...   BB p.104, To Wives   Go to page 104 in the Big Book
Among us are wives, relatives and friends whose problem has been solved, as well as some who have not yet found a happy solution.


3.
... solved at once.   BB p.117, To Wives   Go to page 117 in the Big Book
But all problems will not be solved at once.

4.
... solved by all the sheer personal determination ...   12&12 p.39, Step Three
By now, though, the chances are that he has become convinced that he has more problems than alcohol, and that some of these refuse to be solved by all the sheer personal determination and courage he can muster.


5.
... solved the drink problem.   BB p.17, There Is A Solution   Go to page 17 in the Big Book
They have solved the drink problem.

6.
... solved their alcohol problem.   12&12 p.27, Step Two
Here's a very large group of people who have solved their alcohol problem.


7.
... solved, then not so pleasantly as they ...   BB p.126, The Family Afterward   Go to page 126 in the Big Book
The family will be affected also, pleasantly at first, as they feel their money troubles are about to be solved, then not so pleasantly as they find themselves neglected.


8.
... solved, there was nothing left for us ...   BB p.25, There Is A Solution   Go to page 25 in the Big Book
When, therefore, we were approached by those in whom the problem had been solved, there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet.


9.
... solved, to feel that he will now ...   BB p.118, To Wives   Go to page 118 in the Big Book
It is the most natural thing in the world, once his liquor problem is solved, to feel that he will now measure up to that cherished vision.

10.
... solved, too.   12&12 p.39, Step Three
He relies upon the assurance that his many troubles, now made more acute because he cannot use alcohol to kill the pain, can be solved, too.

11.
... solved with God's help, the knowledge that ...   12&12 p.124, Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in the world outside we are partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.


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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