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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... want.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
We
found that
freedom from
fear was more
important
than
freedom from
want.
2.
... want Him
enough.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
Thus was I
convinced that
God is
concerned with us
humans when we
want Him
enough.
3.
... want him
to make a fuss over ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
They
want him to make a
fuss
over them.
4.
... want him
to take care of his ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
Say you do not
want to be a
wet
blanket; that you only
want
him to take
care of his
health.
5.
... want it.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
Just as the
aim of each
A.A. member is
personal sobriety, the
aim of our
services is to bring
sobriety within reach of all who
want it.
6.
... want it.
BB p.69,
How It Works
The
right answer will
come, if we
want it.
7.
... want it.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
If
newcomers could see no
joy or
fun in our
existence, they wouldn't
want it.
8.
... want me
among you.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
Since I am the
victim of another
addiction even
worse stigmatized than
alcoholism, you may not
want me among you.
9.
... want sunlight;
nothing much can grow in ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
But
first of all we shall
want sunlight;
nothing much can
grow in the
dark.
10.
... want the
good that is in us ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
We will
want the
good that is
in us all, even in the
worst of us, to
flower and to
grow.
11.
... want the
program.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Other
thousands came to a
few
A.A. meetings and at
first decided they didn't
want the
program.
12.
... want the
wives of Alcoholics Anonymous to ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
We
want the
wives of
Alcoholics Anonymous
to
address the
wives of
men who
drink too much.
13.
... want this
sort of thing.
BB p.149,
To Employers
The
right kind of
man, the
kind who
recovers, will not
want this
sort of thing.
14.
... want to.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Make it
clear that he is not under
pressure, that he
needn't
see you again if he doesn't
want to.
15.
... want to
aim at the very best ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
The
key words "
entirely ready"
underline the
fact that we
want to
aim at the very
best we
know or can
learn.
16.
... want to
analyze mistakes we have made.
BB p.104,
To Wives
We
want to
analyze mistakes we have made.
17.
... want to
be a wet blanket; that ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
Say you do not
want to be a
wet
blanket; that you only
want
him to take
care of his
health.
18.
... want to
be helpful rather than critical.
BB p.111,
To Wives
Let him see that you
want to be
helpful rather than
critical.
19.
... want to
be rid of some of ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
We will
want to be
rid of some
of these
defects, but in some
instances this will
appear
to be an
impossible job
from which we
recoil.
20.
... want to
be sure that you get ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
We just
want to be
sure that
you get the same
great chance for
sobriety that
we've had.
21.
... want to
be the arbiter of anyone's ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
We do not
want to be the
arbiter of anyone's
sex conduct.
22.
... want to
come in the door shouting ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
We
want to
come in the
door shouting the
good news.
23.
... want to
criticize.
BB p.117,
To Wives
Your
husband will sometimes be
unreasonable and you will
want to
criticize.
24.
... want to
find exactly how, when, and ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
We
want to find
exactly
how, when, and where our
natural desires have
warped us.
25.
... want to
get well?
BB p.142,
To Employers
Say that you
believe he is a
gravely ill person, with this
qualification -- being perhaps
fatally ill, does he
want to get well?
26.
... want to
go along.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
After they have seen
tangible results, the
family will
perhaps
want to go along.
27.
... want to
go further.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
We will
want to go
further.
28.
... want to
go further and admit other ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
Almost always we
want to go
further and
admit other
defects that have made us
hard
to
live with.
29.
... want to
go to the properly appointed ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
30.
... want to
help him, even if it ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
He
wants to
quit drinking and you
want to
help him, even if it be only a
matter of
good business.
31.
... want to
hold ourselves to the course ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
We shall
want to
hold
ourselves to the
course of
admitting the things we have done,
meanwhile forgiving the
wrongs done us,
real or
fancied.
32.
... want to
keep you out.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
We don't
want to
keep you out.
33.
... want to
know."
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
That's what I
want to
know."
34.
... want to
know more of how to ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
You will
want to
know more of
how to
proceed from that
point.
35.
... want to
know the necessities before considering ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
36.
... want to
know who the woman is ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
She will
want to
know who the
woman is and where she is.
37.
... want to
leave you with the feeling ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
We
want to
leave you with the
feeling that no
situation is too
difficult and no
unhappiness too
great to
be
overcome.
38.
... want to
make a decision to turn ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
So it is by
circumstance rather than by any
virtue that we have been
driven to
A.A., have
admitted defeat, have
acquired the
rudiments
of
faith, and now
want to
make a
decision to
turn
our will and our
lives over to a
Higher Power.
39.
... want to
miss it.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
We
know you will not
want to
miss it.
40.
... want to
punish.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
We sometimes
hurt those we
love because they
need to be "
taught a
lesson," when we
really
want to
punish.
41.
... want to
quit.
BB p.142,
To Employers
You
ask, because many
alcoholics, being
warped
and
drugged, do not
want to
quit.
42.
... want to
recover.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
Perhaps you are not
acquainted with any
drinkers who
want to
recover.
43.
... want to
rest on our laurels.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
We will
want to
rest on our
laurels.
44.
... want to
say anything for several weeks, ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
We may not
want to say anything for several
weeks, or
longer.
45.
... want to
see you, never force yourself ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
If he does not
want to see you,
never force yourself upon him.
46.
... want to
settle for only as much ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Therefore, it
seems plain
that few of us can
quickly or
easily become ready to
aim at
spiritual and
moral perfection; we
want to
settle for only as much
perfection as will get us by in
life,
according, of
course, to our
various and
sundry ideas of what will
get us by.
47.
... want to
sit down with some member ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
After
coming from our
first
meeting, or perhaps after we have
finished reading the book
"
Alcoholics Anonymous," we usually
want
to
sit down with some
member
of the
family and
readily
admit the
damage we have
done by our
drinking.
48.
... want to
speak with someone who is ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
We shall
want to
speak with
someone who is
experienced, who not only has
stayed dry but has been able
to
surmount other
serious difficulties.
49.
... want to
stay out of this controversy.
BB p.69,
How It Works
We
want to
stay out of this
controversy.
50.
... want to
stop."
BB p.109,
To Wives
As we say among ourselves, "He
wants to
want to
stop."
51.
... want to
stop, and hardly one of ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
We
doubt if many of them can do it, because
none will really
want to
stop, and
hardly one of them,
because of the
peculiar mental twist already
acquired, will find he can
win
out.
52.
... want to
stop, and with them you ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
But there are many
men who
want
to
stop, and with them you can go far.
53.
... want to
stop but cannot.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
So many
want to
stop but
cannot.
54.
... want to
stop drinking, don't waste time ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
If he does not
want to
stop drinking, don't
waste time trying to
persuade him.
55.
... want to
stop drinking or not?
BB p.147,
To Employers
Do you
want to
stop drinking or not?
56.
... want to
stop, he may as well ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
If you are
sure your
man does
not
want to
stop, he may as
well be
discharged, the
sooner the
better.
57.
... want to
stop, he should be discharged.
BB p.148,
To Employers
If he cannot or does not
want to
stop, he should be
discharged.
58.
... want to
summon all our courage, head ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
But if no such
opportunity presents itself, at some
point we will
want to
summon all our
courage,
head straight for the
person concerned, and
lay our
cards on the
table.
59.
... want to
take the man into your ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
Perhaps you will
want to take the
man into your
home for a few
days.
60.
... want to
try.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
I don't even
want to
try.
61.
... want to,
you control your drinking.
BB p.139,
To Employers
Whenever you
want to, you
control your
drinking.
62.
... want to,
you find you cannot quit ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
If, when you
honestly want
to, you find you cannot
quit entirely, or if when
drinking, you have
little
control over the
amount
you take, you are
probably alcoholic.
63.
... want what
we have and are willing ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
If you have
decided you
want what we have and are
willing
to go to any
length to get it -- then you are
ready to take
certain steps.
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