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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
UNABLE occurs
13 times
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1.
... unable, at
certain times, to bring into ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
We are
unable, at
certain
times, to bring into our
consciousness with
sufficient force the
memory of the
suffering
and
humiliation of even a
week or a
month ago.
2.
... unable to
be rid of the alcohol ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
Step One
showed us an
amazing paradox: We
found that we were
totally
unable to be
rid of the
alcohol obsession until
we
first admitted that we
were
powerless over it.
3.
... unable to
change the present state of ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
If I am
unable to
change the
present state of
affairs, am I
willing to
take the
measures necessary to
shape my
life to
conditions as they
are?
4.
... unable to
do so, no matter how ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
You may be
unable to do so, no
matter how
hard you
try.
5.
... unable to
drink moderately the question is ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
For those who are
unable to
drink moderately the
question is how to
stop
altogether.
6.
... unable to
focus on anything else.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
He is
unable to
focus on
anything else.
7.
... unable to
imagine life either with alcohol ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
Some
day he will be
unable to
imagine life either with
alcohol or without it.
8.
... unable to
make good.
BB p.78,
Into Action
We may be
short in our
accounts and
unable to make
good.
9.
... unable to
see that our unreasonable demands ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
We
blamed them, being quite
unable to see that our
unreasonable demands
had been the
cause.
10.
... unable to
speak at meetings or who ...
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.
11.
... unable to
stay on the water wagon ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
Two: Your
husband is
showing lack of
control, for he is
unable to
stay on the
water wagon even when he
wants to.
12.
... unable to
stay sober at all; others ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Some people are
unable to
stay
sober at all; others will
relapse periodically
until they really
clean house.
13.
... unable to
stop drinking on the basis ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
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