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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... wanted.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
Never was there
enough of
what we
thought we
wanted.
2.
... wanted.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
With a
proper display of
honesty and
morality,
we'd
stand a
better chance of
getting what we
really
wanted.
3.
... wanted.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
For the
type of
alcoholic
who is able and
willing to get well,
little charity, in the
ordinary sense of the
word, is
needed or
wanted.
4.
... wanted a
manager who could really handle ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
5.
... wanted a
paid researcher.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
6.
... wanted a
personnel man familiar with the ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
7.
... wanted A.A.
stories.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
8.
... wanted an
A.A. member to educate the ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
9.
... wanted an
experienced social worker who understood ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
10.
... wanted God.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
For a
brief moment, I had
needed and
wanted God.
11.
... wanted him
to find the grace in ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
Finally, he saw that I wasn't
attempting to
change his
religious views, that I
wanted him to find
the
grace in his
own religion that would
aid his
recovery.
12.
... wanted his
family to know immediately what ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
As a
rule, the
average newcomer wanted his
family to
know immediately what he was
trying to do.
13.
... wanted, rather
than as something we must ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
A
great turning point in our
lives came when we
sought for
humility as something we really
wanted, rather than as something we
must have.
14.
... wanted so
much to talk with someone, ...
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
He
wanted so much to
talk with
someone, but whom?
15.
... wanted to."
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
"He could
stop if he
wanted
to."
16.
... wanted to,
and were willing to make ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
This we did because we
honestly wanted to, and were
willing to
make the
effort.
17.
... wanted to
assert himself he could not, ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
Even when he
wanted to
assert himself he could not, for his
drinking placed him
constantly in the
wrong.
18.
... wanted to
become a "channel."
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
First of all, he
wanted to
become a "
channel."
19.
... wanted to
deal with the fact of ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
We
never wanted to
deal with the
fact of
suffering.
20.
... wanted to
get well.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
He soon
proved that his was a
desperate case, and that
above all he
wanted to get well.
21.
... wanted to
know if her husband's company ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
She
wanted to
know if her
husband's
company insurance was still in
force.
22.
... wanted to
marry had other notions; we ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
The
girl we
wanted to
marry had other
notions; we
prayed God that she'd
change her
mind, but she
didn't.
23.
... wanted to
photograph us.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
24.
... wanted to
say that liquor should be ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
They
wanted to say that
liquor should be
enjoyed,
not
misused;
hard drinkers ought to
slow down,
and
problem drinkers --
alcoholics -- should not
drink at all.
25.
... wanted to
shout A.A. from the housetops, ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
They
wanted to
shout A.A. from the
housetops, and
did.
26.
... wanted to
stop drinking or not.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
He
proved to be a
devil-may-
care young fellow whose
parents could not make out whether he
wanted to
stop drinking or not.
27.
... wanted to
tell others who had tried ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
He also
wanted to tell others who had
tried to
help him -- his
doctor, his
minister, and
close friends.
28.
... wanted to
tell you Paul jumped from ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
I still
expected a
plea
for
clemency, but these
words came through the
receiver: "I just
wanted to
tell you
Paul jumped from a
hotel window in
Hartford last Saturday.
29.
... wanted to
throw up my hands in ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
I
wanted to
throw up my
hands in
discouragement, for I saw that I had
failed to
help my
banker friend understand.
30.
... wanted to
use our member's full name ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
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