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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... started again?"
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
How often have some of us
begun to
drink in this
nonchalant
way, and after the
third or
fourth,
pounded on the
bar and said to ourselves, "For
God's
sake, how did I ever get
started again?"
2.
... started and
stayed broke, while its individual ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
3.
... started, he
had no control whatever.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
Once he
started, he had no
control whatever.
4.
... started in
Baltimore a century ago, almost ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
5.
... started in
the club, pitched a binge, ...
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
Some would
start at the
top
and
come through to the
bottom,
becoming club members; others
started in the
club,
pitched a
binge, were
hospitalized, then
graduated to
education
on the
third floor.
6.
... started on
that last bender, the chances ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
If you
ask him why he
started
on that
last bender, the
chances are he will
offer you
any one of a
hundred alibis.
7.
... started one
more journey to the asylum ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
Thus
started one more
journey to the
asylum for
Jim.
8.
... started out
to overtake Walter Hagen.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
We went at once to the
country, my
wife to
applaud while I
started out to
overtake Walter Hagen.
9.
... started to
get perspective on ourselves, which ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
For we had
started to get
perspective on ourselves, which is another way of
saying that we were
gaining in
humility.
10.
... started to
sprout in a new soil, ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
Seed has
started to
sprout in a new
soil, but
growth has only
begun.
11.
... started up.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
In a
town we'll call
Middleton, a
real crackerjack had
started
up.
12.
... started up
and it was found, to ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
New
groups started up and it
was
found, to the
astonishment of
everyone, that
A.A.'s
message could be
transmitted in the
mail as
well as by
word of
mouth.
13.
... started upon
a personal inventory.
BB p.64,
How It Works
Therefore, we
started upon a
personal inventory.
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