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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
UNMANAGEABLE occurs
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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
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?
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