From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... today.
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
2.
... today?"
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
3.
... today.
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
These very deviations created a vast process of trial and error which, under the grace of God, has brought us to where we stand
today.
4.
... today.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
5.
... today.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
6.
... today.
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
7.
... today.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
Students of ancient history tell us that the intellect of men in those days was equal to the best of today.
8.
... today.
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
On the next page, A.A.'s "12 Traditions" are seen in
their so-called "short form" the form in general use today.
9.
... today and
tomorrow, we certainly need to ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
10.
... today animates
A.A.'s all around the globe.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
This is our gift from God, and
its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe.
11.
... today directly
accountable to our Fellowship.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
12.
... today's excesses
of negative emotion -- anger, fear, ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
That is the emotional hangover, the direct result of yesterday's and
sometimes today's excesses of negative emotion -- anger, fear, jealousy, and the like.
13.
... today has
been largely dispelled in the ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had declared that our Fellowship couldn't hire service workers nor could any A.A. member carry our knowledge into other fields, we were taking the counsel of fear, fear which today has been largely dispelled in the light of
experience.
14.
... today he
is one of the most ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
15.
Today I
own a little company.
BB p.149,
To Employers
16.
... today in
the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous,
which -- God willing -- shall sustain us in unity for so long as He may need us.
17.
... today, in
well-matured A.A.'s, these distorted drives ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
But today, in well-matured A.A.'s, these distorted drives have been
restored to something
like their true purpose and direction.
18.
... today is
a stickler for facts and ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
19.
... today is
the absolute certainty that our ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that
our Creator has entered
into our hearts and lives
in a way which is indeed miraculous.
20.
... today keynotes
A.A. life everywhere.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
21.
Today's life
is measured against that of ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Today's life is measured against that of
other years and, when it falls short, the family may be unhappy.
22.
Today most
of our men are better ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
23.
... today, perhaps,
but I can stop crying ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
24.
... today religion
is by no means the ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
25.
... today sober
only by the grace of ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
As an insurance against "big-shot-ism" we can often check ourselves by remembering that we are today sober only by the grace of God and that any success we may be having is
far more His success than ours.
26.
Today's spot
check finds its chief application ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
27.
... today the
most important fact of their ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.
28.
Today the
remarkable unity of A.A. is ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
29.
... today, tomorrow
or the hereafter.
BB p.63,
How It Works
As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we
could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter.
30.
Today, we
are able to say with ...
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
Today, we are able to say with assurance that Alcoholics Anonymous
-- A.A. as a whole -- should never be organized at all.
31.
... today, were
borrowed mainly from the fields ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The basic principles of
A.A., as they are known today, were borrowed mainly from the fields of religion and medicine, though some ideas upon which success finally depended were the
result of noting the behavior and needs of the Fellowship itself.
32.
... today will
see a continuation of a ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Possibly today will see a continuation of a serious and as yet unresolved problem left over from yesterday.
33.
... today, would
perhaps be dead.
BB p.82,
Into Action
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