From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... useful and
helpful, or of some special ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Perhaps we think of our day's work and the chances it may afford us to
be useful and helpful, or
of some special problem
that it may bring.
2.
... useful and
profoundly happy.
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Still more wonderful is the feeling
that we do not have to be specially distinguished among our
fellows in order to be
useful and profoundly happy.
3.
... useful existence,
at any financial level, quite ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
And these were fears which would make a serene and useful existence, at any financial level, quite impossible.
4.
... useful life.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
More sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life.
5.
... useful life,
though your husband continues to ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
6.
... useful living.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
7.
... useful may
be zero.
BB p.111,
To Wives
If he gets the idea that you
are a nag or a killjoy, your
chance of accomplishing anything useful may be zero.
8.
... useful member
of his community.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
9.
... useful member
of society.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
We have not once sought to
be one in a family, to be a
friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society.
10.
... useful once
more.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
11.
... useful program
for anyone concerned with a ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
12.
... useful purpose
is to be served, past ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
So we think that unless
some good and useful purpose is to be served, past occurrences should
not be discussed.
13.
... useful purpose,
or, in adversity, be able ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or, in adversity, be able to summon the faith that can meet any emergency.
14.
... useful than
the life I lived before.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
I have since been brought into a way of living infinitely more satisfying and, I hope, more useful than the life I lived before.
15.
... useful to
business men everywhere.
BB p.136,
To Employers
16.
... useful to
other alcoholics.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
Ministers and doctors
are competent and you can learn much from them if you wish, but it happens that because of your own drinking experience you
can be uniquely useful to
other alcoholics.
17.
... useful to
others.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings
and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions
are attitudes which make
us more useful to others.
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