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... Twelve.
BB
Into Action, p.88
2.
... Twelve.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.110
3.
Twelve --
And finally, we of Alcoholics Anonymous ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve (Long), p.192
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
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Twelve -- Anonymity is the
spiritual foundation
of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
5.
... Twelve --
"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Twelve), p.13
Tradition Twelve -- "Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of
all our traditions, ever
reminding us to place principles before personalities."
6.
... Twelve Concepts
for World Service and revises ...
BB
Preface, p.xii
This fourth edition includes the Twelve Concepts for World Service and revises the three sections of personal stories as follows.
7.
... Twelve Concepts
for World Service provide a ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
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.
8.
... Twelve --
"Having had a spiritual awakening as ...
12&12
Contents (Step Twelve), p.8
Step Twelve -- "Having had a spiritual awakening as
the result of these steps, we
tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and
to practice these principles in all our affairs."
9.
... twelve new
stories; eight were removed (in ...
BB
Preface, p.xii
Part III now includes twelve new stories; eight were removed (in addition to the
two that were transferred
to Part I).
10.
... twelve ounce
bottles of alcohol in a ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
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.
11.
... "twelve-stepping" and
demonstrations of faith.
12&12
Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
12.
... "twelve-stepping," if
we are willing to receive ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.113
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.
13.
... twelve steps.
BB
Into Action, p.75
14.
... Twelve Steps.
12&12
Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
15.
... Twelve Steps.
12&12
Step Seven, p.70
Indeed, the attainment
of greater humility is
the foundation principle of each of A.A.'s Twelve Steps.
16.
... Twelve Steps.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
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.
17.
... Twelve Steps,
and Step Three opens the ...
12&12
Step Three, p.40
To make this increasingly possible
is the purpose of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, and Step Three opens the door.
18.
... Twelve Steps,
and the application of these ...
12&12
Foreword, p.17
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.
19.
... "Twelve Steps"
and the "Twelve Traditions" of ...
12&12
Foreword, p.15
20.
... Twelve Steps
and Traditions has been tried.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
21.
... Twelve Steps
and tries to teach her ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.118
22.
... Twelve Steps
and Twelve Traditions in 1953.
12&12
Introduction, p.14
23.
... Twelve Steps
and Twelve Traditions, written by ...
12&12
Introduction, p.14
In fact, the 2002 General Service Conference discussed
this issue and it was unanimously recommended that: "The text
in the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, written by Bill W., remain as is, recognizing the Fellowship's feelings
that Bill's writing be retained as originally published."
24.
... Twelve Steps
are a group of principles, ...
12&12
Foreword, p.15
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.
25.
... Twelve Steps
are but suggestions.
12&12
Step Two, p.26
26.
... Twelve Steps
are only suggestions.
12&12
Contents (Step Two), p.5
27.
... Twelve Steps
are principles for personal recovery.
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
28.
... Twelve Steps
as first written in the ...
12&12
Foreword, p.17
This present volume proposes to broaden and deepen the understanding
of the Twelve Steps as first written in the earlier work.
29.
... Twelve Steps
ask us to go contrary ...
12&12
Step Five, p.55
All of A.A.'s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires . . . they
all deflate our egos.
30.
... Twelve Steps
can mean more than sobriety ...
12&12
Foreword, p.16
31.
Twelve Steps
deflate ego.
12&12
Contents (Step Five), p.6
32.
... Twelve Steps
for the answers.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.111
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.
33.
... Twelve Steps
for us.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.113
We temporarily cease to
grow because we feel satisfied that there is
no need for all of A.A.'s Twelve Steps for us.
34.
... Twelve Steps
in his home, often with ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.119
35.
... Twelve Steps
in our program.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.107
A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the
Twelve Steps in our program.
36.
... Twelve Steps
into action upon all our ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.109
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.
37.
... Twelve Steps
now come to a close.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.125
38.
... Twelve Steps
of the program in our ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.106
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.
39.
... Twelve Steps
of the program of recovery.
BB
Working With Others, p.96
He has read this volume and says he is prepared to go through with the Twelve Steps of the program of recovery.
40.
... Twelve Steps
require sustained and personal exertion ...
12&12
Step Three, p.40
All of the Twelve Steps require sustained and personal exertion to conform to their principles and so, we trust,
to God's will.
41.
... Twelve Steps
that summarize the program may ...
BB
Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii
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.
42.
... Twelve Steps,
these situations are often set ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.118
43.
... Twelve Steps,
they have been able to ...
12&12
Foreword, p.15
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.
44.
... Twelve Steps
to recovery are suggestions; the ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
Our Twelve Steps to recovery are suggestions; the Twelve Traditions which guarantee A.A.'s unity contain not a single "Don't."
45.
... Twelve Steps
to recovery, he almost certainly ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.174
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.
46.
... Twelve Steps
we could lose those fears, ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.121
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.
47.
... Twelve Traditions.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Twelve), p.13
48.
... Twelve Traditions
and so gave A.A. its ...
12&12
Foreword, p.18
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.
49.
... Twelve Traditions
apply to the life of ...
12&12
Foreword, p.15
50.
... Twelve Traditions
ensure the unity of the ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
51.
... Twelve Traditions
in 1953.
12&12
Introduction, p.14
52.
... "Twelve Traditions"
of Alcoholics Anonymous.
12&12
Foreword, p.15
53.
... Twelve Traditions
of Alcoholics Anonymous.
12&12
Foreword, p.16
54.
... Twelve Traditions
of Alcoholics Anonymous, which -- God ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.131
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.
55.
... Twelve Traditions
repeatedly ask us to give ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.184
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.
56.
... Twelve Traditions,
the group, too, can deteriorate ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.174
Unless there is approximate conformity
to A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, the group, too,
can deteriorate and die.
57.
... Twelve Traditions
took form and were first ...
12&12
Foreword, p.18
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.
58.
... Twelve Traditions,
which are stated in full ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
This was the substance of A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, which are stated in full on page 561 of this book.
59.
... Twelve Traditions
which guarantee A.A.'s unity contain ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
Our Twelve Steps to recovery are suggestions; the Twelve Traditions which guarantee A.A.'s unity contain not a single "Don't."
60.
... Twelve Traditions,
written by Bill W., remain ...
12&12
Introduction, p.14
In fact, the 2002 General Service Conference discussed
this issue and it was unanimously recommended that: "The text
in the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, written by Bill W., remain as is, recognizing the Fellowship's feelings
that Bill's writing be retained as originally published."
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