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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
WANTS occurs
39 times
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1.
... wants?
BB p.61,
How It Works
Is it not
evident to all the
rest of the
players that these
are the things he
wants?
2.
... wants, for
example, to eat, to reproduce, ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
Every
normal person wants, for
example, to
eat, to
reproduce, to be
somebody in the
society of his
fellows.
3.
... wants the
house put in her name ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
4.
... wants to.
BB p.109,
To Wives
Two: Your
husband is
showing lack of
control, for he is
unable to
stay on the
water wagon even when he
wants to.
5.
... wants to
be agonized by the chronic ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
No one
wants to be
agonized by the
chronic pain of
envy or to be
paralyzed by
sloth.
6.
... wants to
be angry enough to murder, ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
7.
... wants to
be his country's number one ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
He
wants to be his
country's
number one
man.
8.
... wants to
be so proud that he ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
No one
wants to be so
proud
that he is
scorned as a
braggart, nor so
greedy
that he is
labeled a
thief.
9.
... wants to
call it off, for he ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
You should not be
offended if he
wants to call it off, for he has
helped you more than you have
helped him.
10.
... wants to
confess his faults to another ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
Who
wants to
confess his
faults to another and make
restitution for
harm done?
11.
... wants to
deprecate material achievement.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
12.
... wants to
do nothing but hoard money.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Another may
develop such an
obsession for
financial
security that he
wants to
do
nothing but
hoard money.
13.
... wants to
eat in a bar, by ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
If you are with a
person who
wants to
eat in a
bar, by all
means go along.
14.
... wants to
enjoy a certain reputation, but ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
He
wants to
enjoy a
certain reputation, but
knows in his
heart he
doesn't
deserve it.
15.
... wants to
get over drinking, you need ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
If you are
satisfied he really
wants to get over
drinking, you
need not be
alarmed.
16.
... wants to
get over it, you may ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
If you are an
alcoholic who
wants to get over it, you may already be
asking -- "What do I have to do?"
17.
... wants to
get well you will do ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Tell him that if he
wants to get well you will do
anything to
help.
18.
... wants to
go on.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
After doing that, he
must decide for himself whether he
wants to go on.
19.
... wants to
help you get over it, ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
The
firm wants to
help you get over it, and if you are
interested, there is a way out.
20.
... wants to
live.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
At
first he
goes along
because he
must, but
later he
discovers a way of
life
he really
wants to
live.
21.
... wants to
make good.
BB p.118,
To Wives
22.
... wants to
pay the price.
BB p.108,
To Wives
Especially when he has before him a way to
stop his
drinking and
abuse if he really
wants to
pay the
price.
23.
... wants to
play the lead?
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
Is it not because each
wants to
play the
lead?
24.
... wants to
quit drinking and you want ...
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.
25.
... wants to
quit for good and if ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
Then let his
family or a
friend ask him if he
wants to
quit for
good and if he would go to any
extreme to do so.
26.
... wants to
raise money; forthwith, its letterhead ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
27.
... wants to
recover and that he will ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
After
satisfying yourself that your
man wants to
recover and that he will
go to any
extreme to do so, you may
suggest a
definite course of
action.
28.
... wants to
run the whole show; is ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
Each
person is like an
actor who
wants to
run the
whole show; is
forever trying to
arrange the
lights, the
ballet, the
scenery and the
rest of the
players in his
own way.
29.
... wants to
sacrifice time and energy in ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
30.
... wants to
see you again, ask him ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
If he is
sincerely interested and
wants to see
you again,
ask him to
read this
book in the
interval.
31.
... wants to
stop.
BB p.109,
To Wives
He is
remorseful after
serious drinking bouts and tells you he
wants to
stop.
32.
... wants to
stop but cannot.
BB p.110,
To Wives
He may have
come to the
point
where he
desperately wants to
stop but cannot.
33.
... wants to
stop drinking forever.
BB p.116,
To Wives
34.
... wants to
stop, have a good talk ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
If there is any
indication that he
wants to
stop, have a
good talk with the
person most
interested in
him -- usually his
wife.
35.
... wants to
stop, he should be afforded ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
If he
wants to
stop, he should
be
afforded a
real chance.
36.
... wants to
stop, you can go to ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
Being
certain he
wants to
stop, you can go to him with this
volume as
joyfully as
though you had
struck oil.
37.
... wants to
talk further about himself, do ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Unless your
friend wants to
talk further about himself, do not
wear out your
welcome.
38.
... wants to
want to stop."
BB p.109,
To Wives
As we say among ourselves, "He
wants to
want to
stop."
39.
... wants us
to be happy, joyous, and ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
We are
sure God wants us to be
happy,
joyous, and
free.
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