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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... tries.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
And that, we have
found, can
happen to anybody who
tries.
2.
... tries all
of A.A.'s Twelve Steps in ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
He
persistently tries
all of
A.A.'s
Twelve Steps in his
home, often with
fine results.
3.
... tries every
known means to get the ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
He
tries every
known means to get the
jay-
walking idea out of his
head.
4.
... tries hard
is a heartbreaking riddle.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
5.
... tries to
attain these things.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
And he
wishes to be
reasonably safe and
secure as he
tries to
attain these things.
6.
... tries to
correct what is wrong.
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
For the
wise have always
known that no one can make much of his
life until
self-
searching becomes a
regular habit, until he is
able to
admit and
accept
what he
finds, and until he
patiently and
persistently tries to
correct what is
wrong.
7.
... tries to
fight alcohol, imploring God's help, ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
8.
... tries to
help his brother alcoholic, the ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
Even the
newest of
newcomers finds undreamed rewards as he
tries to
help his
brother alcoholic, the
one who is even
blinder than he.
9.
... tries to
look within himself.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
Both his
pride and his
fear
beat him back every
time he
tries to
look within himself.
10.
... tries to
meet these responsibilities.
BB p.137,
To Employers
11.
... tries to
run his life rigidly by ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
12.
... tries to
shield himself he may succeed ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
If the
alcoholic tries to
shield himself he may
succeed for a
time, but he
usually
winds up with a
bigger explosion then
ever.
13.
... tries to
teach her how to live.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Seeing her
unhappiness, he
recommends A.A.'s
Twelve Steps and
tries to
teach her how to
live.
14.
... tries to
tell the group there how ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Who is more
unpopular than the
oldtime A.A.,
full of
wisdom, who
moves to another
area and
tries to tell the
group there how
to
run its business?
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