From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SPIRITUALITY occurs
7 times
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Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... spirituality and
money would mix, and that ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
There was a place in
A.A. where
spirituality and
money would
mix, and that was in the
hat!"
2.
... spirituality do
not mix.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
We have
discovered that at the
point of
professionalism,
money and
spirituality do not
mix.
3.
... spirituality, I
thought it was crackpot stuff, ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
Three years ago, when my
head doctor,
Silkworth,
began to tell me
of the
idea of
helping drunks by
spirituality, I
thought it was
crackpot stuff, but I've
changed my
mind.
4.
... spirituality of
the program.
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
We find that no one
need have
difficulty with the
spirituality of the
program.
5.
... spirituality the
way of weakness.
BB p.68,
How It Works
We can
laugh at those who
think spirituality the way of
weakness.
6.
... spirituality to
newcomers, hire halls, make hospital ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
7.
... spirituality while
there is yet time.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
He may tell
mother, who has been
religious all her
life, that
she doesn't
know what it's all about, and that she
had
better get his
brand of
spirituality while there is
yet
time.
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