From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... toward a
full and meaningful sobriety.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
This feeling of being at
one with God and man, this emerging from isolation through the open and honest sharing of our terrible burden of guilt, brings us to a resting place where we may prepare ourselves for the following Steps toward a full and meaningful sobriety.
2.
... toward all?
BB p.86,
Into Action
3.
... toward all
men, even our enemies, for ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
We have begun to learn tolerance, patience and
good will toward all men, even our enemies, for we look on them as sick people.
4.
... toward an
undreamed-of future.
BB p.119,
To Wives
After all, your family is
reunited, alcohol is no longer a problem and you and your husband are working together toward an undreamed-of future.
5.
... toward God.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
During this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was
the change in our attitude toward God.
6.
... toward God.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
The Seventh Step is where
we make the change in our attitude which permits us,
with humility as our guide, to move out from ourselves toward others and toward God.
7.
... toward God's
universe.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and
effective spiritual
experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.
8.
... toward God's
will for us.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
9.
... toward him.
BB p.142,
To Employers
10.
... toward him,
we are still not too ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
It may be he has done us more
harm than we have done him
and, though we may have acquired a better attitude toward him, we are
still not too keen about admitting our faults.
11.
... toward him
which God will show you ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
We urge you to try our program, for nothing will be so helpful to your husband as the radically
changed attitude toward him which God will show you how to have.
12.
... toward humility
must consist of recognizing our ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
13.
... toward it.
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
Well, meditation is like that, too; it helps to envision our spiritual
objective before we try to move toward it.
14.
... toward it.
BB p.69,
How It Works
15.
... toward liberation
and strength.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength.
16.
... toward liberation
from its paralyzing grip.
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous
is told, and soon realizes for himself, that
his humble admission of
powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.
17.
... toward life,
toward our fellows and toward ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and
effective spiritual
experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.
18.
... toward liquor
has been given us without ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part.
19.
... toward others
and toward God.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
The Seventh Step is where
we make the change in our attitude which permits us,
with humility as our guide, to move out from ourselves toward others and toward God.
20.
... toward our
fellow alcoholics who are still ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
21.
... toward our
fellows and toward God's universe.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and
effective spiritual
experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.
22.
... toward our
instincts need to undergo drastic ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
And as we grow spiritually, we find that
our old attitudes toward our instincts need to undergo drastic revisions.
23.
... toward ourselves.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
24.
... toward perfection.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
25.
... toward perfection,
and be ready to walk ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
26.
... toward perfection,
but I'm certainly not going ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
27.
... toward security
-- emotional security and financial security ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
After we come into A.A., if we go on growing, our attitudes
and actions toward security -- emotional security and financial
security -- commence
to change profoundly.
28.
... toward that
Power, and to do certain ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
They flatly declare that
since they have come to believe in a Power greater than themselves,
to take a certain attitude toward that Power, and to do certain simple things, there has been
a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking.
29.
... toward the
desired shore of faith.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
30.
... toward the
right objectives.
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
Perhaps the real trouble was our almost total inability to point imagination toward the right objectives.
31.
... toward their
correction.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
32.
... toward their
removal as quickly as we ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
At the very least, we shall have to come to grips with some of our worst character defects and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can.
33.
... toward these
objectives.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
We have seen that character defects based upon shortsighted or unworthy desires are the
obstacles that block our
path toward these objectives.
34.
... toward us.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
35.
... toward which
we look, and the measuring ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
36.
... toward whom
I felt resentment.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
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