From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... Twelfth Step?
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
2.
... Twelfth Step.
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living; therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step.
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
6.
... Twelfth Step
cases, they had a terrific ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
It was soon apparent that
while alcoholics would
spend lavishly on Twelfth Step cases, they had a terrific
aversion to dropping
money into a meeting-place hat for group purposes.
7.
... Twelfth Step
couldn't be sold for money, ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
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
14.
... Twelfth Step
job, no matter how unpromising.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
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
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
20.
... Twelfth Step
work.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
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
24.
... Twelfth Step
work.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
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
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)
30.
... Twelfth Step
work; it was to make ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
31.
... Twelfth Step
work possible.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
32.
... Twelfth Step
work possible, perhaps arranging for ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We can be the ones who take on
the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the
coffee and cake after the meetings, where so
many skeptical, suspicious newcomers
have found confidence
and comfort in the laughter and talk.
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
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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