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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
VITAL occurs
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1.
... vital.
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
We can't let it
shut down; it's far too
vital.
2.
... vital and
crucial step, it could have ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
Though our
decision was a
vital and
crucial step, it could have
little permanent effect unless at once
followed by
a
strenuous effort to
face, and to be
rid of, the
things in ourselves which had been
blocking us.
3.
... vital, faith
must be accompanied by self ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
4.
... vital part
in your own recovery.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
It is
important for him to
realize that your
attempt
to
pass this on to him
plays
a
vital part in your
own recovery.
5.
... vital place
in the lives of their ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
I have seen
men come out of
asylums and
resume a
vital place in the
lives of their
families and
communities.
6.
... vital sixth
sense.
BB p.85,
Into Action
We have
begun to
develop
this
vital sixth sense.
7.
... vital spiritual
experience.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
This
hope, however, was
destroyed by the
doctor's
telling him that while his
religious convictions
were very
good, in his
case
they did not
spell the
necessary vital spiritual experience.
8.
... vital spiritual
experiences.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Here and there, once in a while,
alcoholics
have had what are called
vital spiritual experiences.
9.
... vital Step
was also the means by ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
This
vital Step was also the
means by which we
began to
get the
feeling that we could be
forgiven, no
matter what we
had
thought or done.
10.
... vital step,
we may not overcome drinking.
BB p.72,
Into Action
The
best reason first: If we
skip this
vital step, we may not
overcome drinking.
11.
... vital test.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
Years ago this
principle
of "no
endorsement" was
put to a
vital test.
12.
... vital to
permanent recovery.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
It also
indicated that
strenuous work, one
alcoholic with another, was
vital to
permanent recovery.
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