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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... unmanageable."   12&12 p.21, Step One
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol -- that our lives had become unmanageable."

2.
... unmanageable.   12&12 p.25, Step Two
You have convinced us that we are alcoholics and that our lives are unmanageable.


3.
... unmanageable.   BB p.59, How It Works   Go to page 59 in the Big Book
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol -- that our lives had become unmanageable.

4.
... unmanageable even though he is sober, that ...   12&12 p.39, Step Three
Of course the sponsor points out that our friend's life is still unmanageable even though he is sober, that after all, only a bare start on A.A.'s program has been made.

5.
... unmanageable, how could people such as these ...   12&12 p.23, Step One
Since Step One requires an admission that our lives have become unmanageable, how could people such as these take this Step?


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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