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TEMPTATION   occurs   11 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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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   Go to page 85 in the Big Book
We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation.


3.
... temptation.   BB p.120, To Wives   Go to page 120 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 101 in the Big Book
In our belief any scheme of combating alcoholism which proposes to shield the sick man from temptation is doomed to failure.

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   Go to page 57 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 146 in the Big Book
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.


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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