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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... Twelfth Step?
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
Now, what about the
rest of the
Twelfth Step?
2.
... Twelfth Step.
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
3.
... Twelfth Step."
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
4.
... Twelfth Step
also says that as a ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
Our
Twelfth Step also says
that as a
result of
practicing all the
Steps,
we have each
found something called a
spiritual awakening.
5.
... Twelfth Step,
and action is its key ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
The
joy of
living is the
theme of
A.A.'s
Twelfth Step, and
action is
its key word.
6.
... Twelfth Step
cases, they had a terrific ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
7.
... Twelfth Step
couldn't be sold for money, ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
When we had
agreed that the
Twelfth Step couldn't be
sold for
money, we had been
wise.
8.
... Twelfth Step
experiences where we will seem ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We may often
pass through
Twelfth Step experiences where we will
seem to be
temporarily off
the
beam.
9.
... Twelfth Step
for a fee.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
This has always been so
obvious that only a very
few
A.A.'s have ever
worked
the
Twelfth Step for a
fee.
10.
... Twelfth Step
houses.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
11.
... Twelfth Step
is never to be paid ...
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
Our
Twelfth Step is
never to be
paid for, but those
who
labor in
service for
us are
worthy of their
hire.
12.
... Twelfth Step
is seen in its full ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
When the
Twelfth Step is seen
in
its full implication, it is really
talking about the
kind of
love that has no
price tag on it.
13.
... Twelfth Step
job at a hospital in ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
"One
day I was doing a
Twelfth
Step job at a
hospital in New
York.
14.
... Twelfth Step
job, no matter how unpromising.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
In those
days, we'd go anywhere on a
Twelfth Step job, no
matter how
unpromising.
15.
... Twelfth Step
job well done.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
Practically every
A.A. member declares that no
satisfaction has been
deeper and no
joy greater than in a
Twelfth Step job well done.
16.
... Twelfth Step
jobs at all, the critics ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Ignoring the
fact that
these
labors were not
Twelfth Step jobs at all, the
critics attacked as
A.A. professionals these
workers of ours who were often doing
thankless tasks that no one
else could or would do.
17.
... Twelfth Step;
she was just making it ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
She was not
professionalizing the
Twelfth Step; she was just
making it
possible.
18.
... Twelfth Step,
the result has been exactly ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Every
time we have
tried to
professionalize our
Twelfth Step, the
result has been
exactly the
same: Our
single purpose
has been
defeated.
19.
... Twelfth Step
work.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
Nor is this the only
kind of
Twelfth Step work.
20.
... Twelfth Step
work.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
Whether our
audience is one or many, it is still
Twelfth Step work.
21.
... Twelfth Step
work.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
There are many
opportunities even for those
of us who
feel unable to
speak at
meetings or who are
so
situated that we cannot do much
face-to-
face Twelfth Step work.
22.
... Twelfth Step
work.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
23.
... Twelfth Step
work.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
"
Restless one
day, I
felt I'd
better do some
Twelfth Step work.
24.
... Twelfth Step
work.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
Yet not a
single one of them
had been
hired to do
A.A.'s
Twelfth Step work.
25.
... Twelfth Step
work; and then he lowered ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He
paid a
fine tribute to the
Fellowship; he told how his
family had been
reunited;
he
extolled the
virtue
of
honesty; he
recalled
the
joys of
Twelfth Step work; and then he
lowered the
boom.
26.
... Twelfth Step
work forms a group, another ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
The
moment this
Twelfth Step work forms a
group, another
discovery is made -- that most
individuals cannot
recover unless there is a
group.
27.
... Twelfth Step
work in the very best ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
This is
Twelfth Step work in the very
best sense of the
word.
28.
... Twelfth Step
work is my business.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Committees have
instructed many an
A.A. to
stop working on a
chronic backslider, only
to be told: "How I do my
Twelfth Step work is my
business.
29.
... Twelfth Step
work is never to be ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Eight (Long)
But our
usual A.A. Twelfth Step work is
never to be
paid for.
30.
... Twelfth Step
work; it was to make ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
The
job was not to do
Twelfth
Step work; it was to make
Twelfth Step work possible.
31.
... Twelfth Step
work possible.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
The
job was not to do
Twelfth
Step work; it was to make
Twelfth Step work possible.
32.
... Twelfth Step
work possible, perhaps arranging for ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
33.
... Twelfth Step
work we sometimes carry the ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
By a
great deal of
ardent Twelfth Step work we sometimes
carry the
message to so many
alcoholics that they place us in a
position of
trust.
34.
... twelfth-stepper.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
35.
... twelfth suggestion:
Carry this message to other ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
This is our
twelfth suggestion:
Carry this
message to other
alcoholics!
36.
... Twelfth where
we "carry the message."
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Maybe we are doing
fine on only
two of them, the
First Step and that
part of the
Twelfth where we "
carry the
message."
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