From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... test.
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
2.
... test.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
3.
... test.
BB p.117,
To Wives
4.
... test among
his patients and certain other ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
And with such good effect that the doctor agreed to a test among his patients and certain other alcoholics from a clinic
which he attends.
5.
... test: can
we stay sober, keep in ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions?
6.
... test: how
well does it actually work?
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
This brave philosophy,
wherein each man plays God, sounds good in the speaking, but it
still has to meet the acid test: how well does it actually work?
7.
... test my
thinking by the new God-consciousness ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
8.
... test of
uncertainty, pain, fear, and despair, ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
And this they did find, in measure to transcend all
the defects of their frail
craft, every test of uncertainty, pain, fear, and despair, and even the death of one.
9.
... test that
it faced was this: Could ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
The test that it faced was
this: Could these large numbers of erstwhile erratic alcoholics successfully meet and work together?
10.
... test --
was it selfish or not?
BB p.69,
How It Works
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