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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SPIRIT occurs
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1.
... spirit.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
2.
... spirit.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
3.
... Spirit.
BB p.66,
How It Works
For when
harboring such
feelings we
shut ourselves off from the
sunlight of the
Spirit.
4.
... Spirit.
BB p.84,
Into Action
We have
entered the
world
of the
Spirit.
5.
... spirit.
BB p.117,
To Wives
6.
... spirit all
around.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
This
means a
new attitude and
spirit all
around.
7.
... spirit among
us and is immensely relieved ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
8.
... spirit and
principle -- they get drunk.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
A
few hemorrhage so
badly that --
drained of all
A.A. spirit and
principle -- they
get drunk.
9.
... Spirit, and
you will surely meet some ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
We
shall be with you in the
Fellowship of the
Spirit,
and you
will surely meet some of us as you
trudge
the
Road of
Happy Destiny.
10.
... spirit as
were the ancients about the ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
We
asked ourselves this:
Are not some of us
just as
biased and
unreasonable
about the
realm of the
spirit
as were the
ancients about the
realm of the
material?
11.
... spirit, confessing
our former ill feeling and ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
12.
... spirit, if
you like.
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
This
much could be a
fragment of what is
called
meditation,
perhaps
our
very first attempt at a
mood, a
flier into the
realm of
spirit, if you
like.
13.
... spirit into
our daily work?
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
Can we
actually carry the
A.A. spirit into our
daily work?
14.
... Spirit into
us.
BB p.85,
Into Action
If we have
carefully followed directions, we
have
begun to
sense the
flow of His
Spirit into us.
15.
... Spirit is
broad, roomy, all inclusive; never ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
16.
... spirit, is
indeed inspiring to one who ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
17.
... spirit of
A.A. tradition, taking care that ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
18.
... spirit of
anonymity, we try to give ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
19.
... spirit of
forgiveness -- that where there is ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
"
Lord,
make me a
channel of
thy peace -- that where there is
hatred, I may
bring love -- that where there is
wrong, I may
bring the
spirit of
forgiveness -- that
where there is
discord, I may
bring harmony -- that where
there is
error, I may
bring
truth -- that where there is
doubt, I may
bring faith -- that where there is
despair, I may
bring hope -- that where there are
shadows, I may
bring light -- that where there is
sadness, I may
bring joy.
20.
... spirit of
intolerance might repel alcoholics whose ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
A
spirit of
intolerance
might
repel alcoholics
whose lives could have been
saved, had it not been for
such stupidity.
21.
... spirit of
love and service.
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
22.
... spirit of
love and tolerance.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
23.
... spirit of
love and tolerance into our ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
24.
... spirit of
modern scientific inquiry, research and ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
25.
... Spirit of
Nature but I resisted the ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
26.
... spirit of
other days.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
27.
... spirit of
service -- a true fellowship.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
28.
... spirit of
service, for true leaders in ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
29.
... spirit of
service, for true leaders in ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
30.
... spirit of
service that we elect the ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
31.
... spirit of
service, two concepts which are ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
32.
... spirit of
Step Nine.
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
33.
... Spirit of
the Universe.
BB p.75,
Into Action
We
feel we are on the
Broad
Highway,
walking hand in
hand with the
Spirit of the
Universe.
34.
... Spirit of
the Universe underlying the totality ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
35.
... Spirit of
the Universe, we had to ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
36.
... Spirit of
the Universe, who knew neither ...
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
37.
... spirit of
vested authority and the spirit ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
38.
... spirit, to
be willing to work for ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
39.
... spirit --
well symbolized by anonymity -- is the ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
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