From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... stood a
glass covered directory of local ...
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
2.
... stood among
people who seemed to understand, ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
When we reached A.A., and for
the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the
sense of belonging was
tremendously exciting.
3.
... stood at
the turning point.
BB p.59,
How It Works
4.
... stood by
a certain kind of faith?
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
5.
... stood for
a forced feeding on humble ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie, it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give
us serenity.
6.
... stood high
in public favor and hadn't ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
His connection with A.A.
would be valuable, because the Fellowship
stood high in public favor and hadn't an enemy in the world.
7.
... stood in
the Presence of Infinite Power ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
8.
... stood in
the sunlight at last.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
9.
... stood there,
fresh-skinned and glowing.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
10.
... stood to
reason that if alcoholism could ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
11.
... stood with
most of them.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
But the prospect of actually visiting or even writing the people concerned now overwhelmed us, especially when we remembered in what poor favor we stood with most of
them.
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