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


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1.
... spiritually active.   BB p.156, A Vision For You   Go to page 156 in the Big Book
Both saw that they must keep spiritually active.

2.
... spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be ...   12&12 p.63, Step Six
He goes on to explain that any person capable of enough willingness and honesty to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.

3.
... spiritually centered and truly religious people.   12&12 p.56, Step Five
It has been validated in every century, and it characterizes the lives of all spiritually centered and truly religious people.


4.
... spiritually fit, we can do all sorts ...   BB p.100, Working With Others   Go to page 100 in the Big Book
Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things alcoholics are not supposed to do.


5.
... spiritually-minded persons of all races, colors, and ...   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.


6.
... spiritually sick.   BB p.64, How It Works   Go to page 64 in the Big Book
From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick.


7.
... spiritually sick.   BB p.66, How It Works   Go to page 66 in the Big Book
This was our course: We realized that the people who wronged us were perhaps spiritually sick.

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... spiritually, we find that our old attitudes ...   12&12 p.114, Step Twelve
And as we grow spiritually, we find that our old attitudes toward our instincts need to undergo drastic revisions.


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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