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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
Suppose a
person places sex desire ahead ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
2.
Suppose an
approach is made something like ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
Suppose an
approach is
made something like this:
3.
Suppose, for
instance, that we have drunk ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Suppose, for
instance,
that we have
drunk up a
good
chunk of our
firm's
money, whether by "
borrowing" or on a
heavily padded expense account.
4.
Suppose, however,
that your husband fits the ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
Suppose, however, that your
husband fits the
description of
number two.
5.
... "suppose I'd
been obliged to talk to ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
"Now,"
concludes the
oldtimer, "
suppose I'd been
obliged to
talk to this
man on
religious grounds?
6.
Suppose I'd
suggested that I'd take a ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
Suppose I'd
suggested
that I'd take a
hand in his
domestic and
business affairs?
7.
Suppose my
answer had to be that ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
Suppose my
answer had to be
that
A.A. needed a
lot of
money; that
A.A. went in for
education,
hospitals, and
rehabilitation?
8.
Suppose now
that through you several families ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Suppose now that through you several
families have
adopted this
way of
life.
9.
Suppose now
you are making your second ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
Suppose now you are
making
your
second visit to a
man.
10.
... suppose some
would be shocked at our ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
I
suppose some would be
shocked at our
seeming worldliness and
levity.
11.
Suppose that
financial insecurity constantly arouses these ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
12.
Suppose that
in our family lives we ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
13.
... suppose that
instinct still cries out, as ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
But
suppose that
instinct
still
cries out, as it
certainly will, "Yes,
respecting alcohol, I
guess I have to be
dependent upon
A.A., but in
all other
matters I
must
still
maintain my
independence.
14.
... suppose that
men in the fourth classification ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
You would
suppose that
men in
the
fourth classification would be quite
hopeless, but that is not so.
15.
Suppose that
this may continue to go ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Suppose that this may
continue to go
undetected, if we say
nothing.
16.
Suppose that
we are irritable, critical, impatient, ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
17.
Suppose we
fall short of the chosen ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
Suppose we
fall short of the
chosen ideal and
stumble?
18.
Suppose we
lavish attention upon one member ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Suppose we
lavish attention upon one
member
of the
family and
neglect
the others.
19.
... suppose we
suggest how they may be ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Suppose we tell you some of the
obstacles a
family will
meet;
suppose we
suggest how they may be
avoided -- even
converted
to
good use for others.
20.
Suppose we
tell you some of the ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Suppose we tell you some of the
obstacles a
family will
meet;
suppose we
suggest how they may be
avoided -- even
converted
to
good use for others.
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