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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... Three.
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Every
man and
woman who has
joined A.A. and
intends to
stick has, without
realizing it, made a
beginning on
Step Three.
2.
... Three.
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
Once we have
come into
agreement with these
ideas,
it is really
easy to
begin
the
practice of
Step Three.
3.
... Three.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
4.
... Three.
BB p.63,
How It Works
We were now at
Step Three.
5.
... Three.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You (Note)
(*) This
refers to
Bill's
and
Dr.
Bob's
first visit to
A.A. Number Three.
6.
... three.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
7.
... three alcoholics
gathered together for sobriety may ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
8.
... three alcoholics
gathered together for sobriety may ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Three (Long)
Any
two or
three alcoholics gathered together for
sobriety may
call themselves an
A.A. group,
provided that, as a
group, they have no other
affiliation.
9.
... three alcoholics
gathered together for sobriety may ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Any
two or
three alcoholics gathered together for
sobriety may
call themselves an
A.A. group,
provided that, as a
group, they have no other
affiliation.
10.
... three alcoholics
in that town, who now ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
So, you see, there were
three alcoholics in that
town,
who now
felt they had to
give
to others what they had
found, or be
sunk.
11.
... three --
began to return as time passed.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
But
great numbers of these
-- about
two out of
three --
began to
return as
time passed.
12.
... Three calls
for affirmative action, for it ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Like all the
remaining Steps,
Step Three calls for
affirmative
action, for it is only by
action that we can
cut away the
self-will which has always
blocked the
entry of
God -- or, if you like, a
Higher
Power -- into our
lives.
13.
... three corporations
and became president of them ...
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
14.
... three drinks
-- no more!
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
Perhaps he could
handle, say,
three drinks -- no more!
15.
... three drunks
looked hungrily on from the ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
16.
... three exceptional
men lost to this world ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
Here were
three exceptional men lost to this
world because I did
not
understand alcoholism as I do now.
17.
... three floors.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
Sometimes the
swarming applicants would go for all
three floors.
18.
... three, got
to be routine.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
"
Bathtub"
gin,
two bottles a
day, and often
three, got to be
routine.
19.
... three groups.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
Even then it was
hard to find
twoscore of
sure recoveries in all
three groups.
20.
... three had
succeeded with seven more.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
A
year and
six months later these
three had
succeeded with
seven more.
21.
... three high
hurdles, the course ahead began ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
22.
... three huge
volumes of a financial reference ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
23.
... three husband,
you may be in luck.
BB p.113,
To Wives
If you have a
number three
husband, you may be in
luck.
24.
... Three is
given a determined and persistent ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
Then it is
explained that other
Steps of the
A.A. program can be
practiced
with
success only when
Step
Three is
given a
determined and
persistent trial.
25.
... Three is
like the opening of a ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Practicing Step Three is like the
opening of a
door which to all
appearances is still
closed and
locked.
26.
... three languages.
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
27.
... three little
mottoes which are apropos.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
We have
three little mottoes which are
apropos.
28.
... three months.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
He was there
three months.
29.
... three-months leave
of absence, has taken a ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
He has just
returned from a
three-
months leave of
absence, has
taken a
cure,
looks fine, and to
clinch the
matter, the
board of
directors told him
this was his
last chance."
30.
... Three opens
the door.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
31.
... three or
four months the goose hung ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
32.
Three --
Our membership ought to include all ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Three (Long)
Three -- Our
membership
ought to
include all who
suffer from
alcoholism.
33.
... three parts,
under the same headings that ...
BB xii,
Preface
"
Bill's
Story," "
Doctor Bob's
Nightmare," and one other
personal history from the
first edition were
retained intact;
three were
edited and one of these
was
retitled; new
versions of
two stories were
written, with
new
titles;
thirty completely new
stories
were
added; and the
story section was
divided into
three parts, under the same
headings that are used now.
34.
... three personal
experiences.
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
35.
... three pertinent
ideas:
BB p.60,
How It Works
36.
... Three represents
our first attempt to do ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
37.
... three sections
of personal stories as follows.
BB xii,
Preface
38.
... three spoke
in a very different voice.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
Then one of the
three spoke
in a very
different voice.
39.
... three statements.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
Listen, if you will, to these
three statements.
40.
... three successful
groups emerged -- the first at ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
41.
... "Three Talks
to Medical Societies by Bill ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
42.
Three --
The only requirement for A.A. membership ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
43.
Three: This
husband has gone much further ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
44.
... three times,
I got drunk on the ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
The
last three times, I got
drunk on the way
home from here.
45.
... three visitors.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
46.
... Three, was
simplicity itself.
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
The
answer, now seen in
Tradition Three, was
simplicity itself.
47.
... Three we
turned our will and our ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
Consequently, in
Step
Three we
turned our will and
our
lives over to the
care of
God as we
understood Him.
48.
... three were
edited and one of these ...
BB xi,
Preface
"
Bill's
Story," "
Doctor Bob's
Nightmare," and one other
personal history from the
first edition were
retained intact;
three were
edited and one of these
was
retitled; new
versions of
two stories were
written, with
new
titles;
thirty completely new
stories
were
added; and the
story section was
divided into
three parts, under the same
headings that are used now.
49.
... three, where
the alcoholic sickness is discussed ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
50.
... Three, which
is that we decided to ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
Being
convinced, we were at
Step Three, which is that we
decided to
turn our will and
our
life over to
God as we
understood Him.
51.
... three would
do for a start.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
In
imagination the
gleaming center was to go
up several
stories more, but
three would do for a
start.
52.
Three years
ago, when my head doctor, ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
53.
... three years,
and this in the face ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
I
pointed out that I had had
nothing to
drink whatever for
three years, and this in the
face of
difficulties
that would have made
nine out of
ten men drink their
heads off.
54.
... three years
of trial and error in ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
55.
... three years
old, an event occurred demonstrating ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
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