From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... tries.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
2.
... tries all
of A.A.'s Twelve Steps in ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
3.
... tries every
known means to get the ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
4.
... tries hard
is a heartbreaking riddle.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
To clergymen, doctors,
friends, and families,
the alcoholic who means
well and tries hard is a heartbreaking
riddle.
5.
... tries to
attain these things.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
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
10.
... tries to
meet these responsibilities.
BB p.137,
To Employers
Nearly every modern employer feels a moral responsibility for the well-being of his help, and he tries to meet these responsibilities.
11.
... tries to
run his life rigidly by ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
The A.A., or indeed any man, who tries to run his life rigidly by this kind of prayer, by this self-serving demand of God for replies, is a particularly disconcerting individual.
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
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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