From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
TEMPTATION occurs
11 times
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1.
... temptation.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We also
fall into another
similar temptation.
2.
... temptation.
BB p.85,
Into Action
We are not
fighting it, neither are we
avoiding temptation.
3.
... temptation.
BB p.120,
To Wives
We
never,
never try to
arrange a
man's
life so as to
shield him from
temptation.
4.
... temptation here
is to imagine that we ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
The
temptation here is to
imagine that we had
good motives and
reasons when we
really didn't.
5.
... temptation is
doomed to failure.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
6.
... temptation is
to become rather possessive of ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Here the
temptation is to
become rather
possessive
of these
newcomers.
7.
... temptation the
thought of drink has never ...
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
Save for a few
brief moments of
temptation the
thought of
drink has
never returned; and at such
times a
great revulsion has
risen up in
him.
8.
... temptation to
drink.
BB p.147,
To Employers
He will
appreciate knowing you are not
bothering your
head about
him, that you are not
suspicious nor are you
trying to
run his
life so he will be
shielded
from
temptation to
drink.
9.
... temptation to
overmanage things, and sometimes this ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Here again we are
presented with the
temptation to
overmanage
things, and sometimes this
results in
rebuffs and other
consequences which are
hard to take.
10.
... temptation to
skip the more humiliating and ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
The
temptation to
skip the
more
humiliating and
dreaded meetings that
still
remain may be
great.
11.
... temptation will
be to ask for specific ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Our
immediate temptation
will be to
ask for
specific
solutions to
specific
problems, and for the
ability to
help other people
as we have already
thought they should be
helped.
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