From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... Twelve.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
2.
... Twelve.
BB p.88,
Into Action
3.
Twelve --
And finally, we of Alcoholics Anonymous ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Twelve (Long)
Twelve -- And finally, we
of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that
the principle of anonymity has an immense
spiritual significance.
4.
Twelve --
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Twelve -- Anonymity is
the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
5.
... Twelve Concepts
for World Service and revises ...
BB xii,
Preface
This fourth edition includes the Twelve Concepts for World Service and revises the three sections of personal stories as follows.
6.
... Twelve Concepts
for World Service provide a ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
Written by co-founder Bill W. in 1962, the Twelve Concepts for World Service provide a group of related principles to help ensure that various elements of A.A.'s service structure remain responsive and responsible to those they
serve.
7.
... twelve new
stories; eight were removed (in ...
BB xii,
Preface
Part III now includes twelve new stories; eight were removed (in addition to
the two that were transferred to Part I).
8.
... twelve ounce
bottles of alcohol in a ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to put eight or twelve ounce bottles of alcohol in a fur lined glove and toss it onto the back airing porch when winter days got dark enough.
9.
... "twelve-stepping," if
we are willing to receive ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Well, we surely have a chance if we switch from "two-stepping" to "twelve-stepping," if we are willing to receive that grace of God which can sustain and strengthen
us in any catastrophe.
10.
... Twelve Steps.
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Indeed, the attainment
of greater humility is
the foundation principle of each of A.A.'s Twelve Steps.
11.
... Twelve Steps.
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
We know this because we see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.
12.
... twelve steps.
BB p.75,
Into Action
13.
... Twelve Steps,
and Step Three opens the ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
To make this increasingly possible
is the purpose of A.A.'s
Twelve Steps, and Step Three opens the door.
14.
... Twelve Steps,
and the application of these ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
In it alcoholism was described from the alcoholic's point of view, the spiritual ideas of the Society were codified for the first time in the Twelve Steps, and the application of these Steps to the alcoholic's dilemma was made clear.
15.
... "Twelve Steps"
and the "Twelve Traditions" of ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
16.
... Twelve Steps
and Traditions has been tried.
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
17.
... Twelve Steps
and tries to teach her ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
18.
... Twelve Steps
are a group of principles, ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
A.A.'s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual
in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole.
19.
... Twelve Steps
are but suggestions.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
20.
... Twelve Steps
are principles for personal recovery.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
21.
... Twelve Steps
as first written in the ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
This present volume proposes to broaden and deepen the understanding of the Twelve Steps as first written in the earlier work.
22.
... Twelve Steps
ask us to go contrary ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
All of A.A.'s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires . . . they
all deflate our egos.
23.
... Twelve Steps
can mean more than sobriety ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
24.
... Twelve Steps
for the answers.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
But in the longer run we clearly realize that these
are only the pains of growing up, and nothing but good can come from them if we turn more and more to the entire Twelve Steps for the answers.
25.
... Twelve Steps
for us.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
We temporarily cease
to grow because we feel satisfied that there is
no need for all of A.A.'s Twelve Steps for us.
26.
... Twelve Steps
in his home, often with ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
27.
... Twelve Steps
in our program.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the
Twelve Steps in our program.
28.
... Twelve Steps
into action upon all our ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
The wonderful energy it
releases and the eager action by which it carries
our message to the next suffering alcoholic and
which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent
reality, of Alcoholics Anonymous.
29.
... Twelve Steps
now come to a close.
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
30.
... Twelve Steps
of the program in our ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
Here we begin to practice all Twelve Steps of the program in our
daily lives so that we and
those about us may find emotional sobriety.
31.
... Twelve Steps
of the program of recovery.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
He has read this volume and
says he is prepared to go through with the Twelve Steps of the program of recovery.
32.
... Twelve Steps
require sustained and personal exertion ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
All of the Twelve Steps require sustained and personal exertion to conform to their principles and so, we trust, to God's will.
33.
... Twelve Steps
that summarize the program may ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
The Twelve Steps that summarize the program may
be called los Doce Pasos in one country, les Douze Etapes in another, but they
trace exactly the same path to recovery that was blazed by
the earliest members of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
34.
... Twelve Steps,
these situations are often set ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
35.
... Twelve Steps,
they have been able to ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
Many people, nonalcoholics, report
that as a result of the practice of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, they have been able to meet other difficulties of life.
36.
... Twelve Steps
to recovery are suggestions; the ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
Our Twelve Steps to recovery are suggestions; the Twelve Traditions which guarantee A.A.'s unity contain not a single "Don't."
37.
... Twelve Steps
to recovery, he almost certainly ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
Unless each A.A. member follows to the best of his ability our suggested
Twelve Steps to recovery, he almost certainly signs his own death warrant.
38.
... Twelve Steps
we could lose those fears, ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
But as time passed we found that with the help of A.A.'s Twelve Steps we could lose those fears, no matter what our material prospects were.
39.
... Twelve Traditions
and so gave A.A. its ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
The Tradition section
of this volume portrays
in some detail the experience which finally
produced the Twelve Traditions and so gave A.A. its present form, substance, and unity.
40.
... Twelve Traditions,
and the directions for getting ...
BB xi,
Preface
The second edition added the appendices, the
Twelve Traditions, and
the directions for getting in touch with A.A.
41.
... Twelve Traditions
apply to the life of ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
42.
... Twelve Traditions
ensure the unity of the ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
43.
... "Twelve Traditions"
of Alcoholics Anonymous.
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
44.
... Twelve Traditions
of Alcoholics Anonymous.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
45.
... Twelve Traditions
of Alcoholics Anonymous, which -- God ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous,
which -- God willing -- shall sustain us in unity for so long as He may need us.
46.
... Twelve Traditions
repeatedly ask us to give ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the
common good, we realize that the sacrificial spirit -- well symbolized by anonymity -- is the foundation of them all.
47.
... Twelve Traditions,
the group, too, can deteriorate ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
Unless there is approximate conformity to A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, the group, too, can deteriorate and die.
48.
... Twelve Traditions
took form and were first ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
It was out of this vast welter of explosive experience that A.A.'s Twelve Traditions took form and were first published in 1946 and later confirmed at A.A.'s First International Convention, held at Cleveland in 1950.
49.
... Twelve Traditions,
which are stated in full ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
This was the substance of A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, which are stated in full on page 561 of this book.
50.
... Twelve Traditions
which guarantee A.A.'s unity contain ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
Our Twelve Steps to recovery are suggestions; the Twelve Traditions which guarantee A.A.'s unity contain not a single "Don't."
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