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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... 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
It is
possible to have a
full and
useful life, though your
husband continues to
drink.
6.
... useful living.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Only by this
means can we
improve our
chances for
really
happy and
useful living.
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
He too, has
become a
respected and
useful member of his
community.
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
It may
seem incredible
that these
men are to
become
happy,
respected, and
useful once more.
11.
... useful program
for anyone concerned with a ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
This should
suggest a
useful program for anyone
concerned with a
drinking problem.
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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