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

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1.
... sought.   BB p.60, How It Works   Go to page 60 in the Big Book
(c) That God could and would if He were sought.


2.
... sought employment ourselves as destitution faced us ...   BB p.106, To Wives   Go to page 106 in the Big Book
We finally sought employment ourselves as destitution faced us and our families.


3.
... sought escape.   BB p.6, Bill's Story   Go to page 6 in the Big Book
There were flights from city to country and back, as my wife and I sought escape.

4.
... sought for humility as something we really ...   12&12 p.75, Step Seven
A great turning point in our lives came when we sought for humility as something we really wanted, rather than as something we must have.


5.
... sought Him.   BB p.57, We Agnostics   Go to page 57 in the Big Book
But He has come to all who have honestly sought Him.


6.
... sought ourselves.   BB p.49, We Agnostics   Go to page 49 in the Big Book
We used to amuse ourselves by cynically dissecting spiritual beliefs and practices when we might have observed that many spiritually-minded persons of all races, colors, and creeds were demonstrating a degree of stability, happiness and usefulness which we should have sought ourselves.


7.
... sought out sordid places, hoping to find ...   BB p.151, A Vision For You   Go to page 151 in the Big Book
Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find understanding companionship and approval.


8.
... sought sympathy.   BB p.105, To Wives   Go to page 105 in the Big Book
We have sought sympathy.


9.
... sought the same escape with all the ...   BB p.28, There Is A Solution   Go to page 28 in the Big Book
We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men.

10.
"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve ...   12&12 p.96, Step Eleven
"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."


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... Sought through prayer and meditation to improve ...   BB p.59, How It Works   Go to page 59 in the Big Book
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

12.
... sought to be one in a family, ...   12&12 p.53, Step Four
We have not once sought to be one in a family, to be a friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society.

13.
... sought to find whatever personality traits, if ...   12&12 p.123, Step Twelve
The doctors weren't trying to find how different we were from one another; they sought to find whatever personality traits, if any, this group of alcoholics had in common.


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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