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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... terms.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We
discover that we do
receive guidance for our
lives to just about the
extent that we
stop making demands upon
God to
give it to us on
order and on our
terms.
2.
... terms.
BB p.145,
To Employers
If he
owes you
money you may
wish to make
terms.
3.
... terms and
conceptions about which he may ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
There is no use
arousing any
prejudice he may have against
certain theological
terms and
conceptions
about which he may already be
confused.
4.
... terms as
soon as we are willing ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
If what we have
learned and
felt and seen
means anything at
all, it
means that all of us, whatever our
race,
creed, or
color are the
children of a
living Creator with whom
we may
form a
relationship upon
simple and
understandable terms as
soon as we are
willing and
honest enough to
try.
5.
... terms deter
you from honestly asking yourself ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
Do not let any
prejudice you may have against
spiritual terms deter you from
honestly asking yourself what they
mean to you.
6.
... terms, I
cannot be happy.
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
Until I could
accept my
alcoholism, I could not
stay sober;
unless I
accept life completely on
life's
terms, I cannot be
happy.
7.
... terms of
money.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Nor is the
quest for
security always
expressed in
terms of
money.
8.
... terms "spiritual
experience" and "spiritual awakening" are ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
The
terms "
spiritual experience" and "
spiritual awakening"
are used many
times in this book which, upon
careful reading,
shows that the
personality change sufficient to bring about
recovery from
alcoholism has
manifested itself among us in many
different forms.
9.
... terms upon
which its leaders shall serve.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
10.
... terms with
seeming failure or success?
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
Furthermore, how shall we
come to
terms with
seeming failure or
success?
11.
... terms with
those who seek Him.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
We
found that
God does not
make too
hard terms with those
who
seek Him.
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