From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... watch for
selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear.
BB p.84,
Into Action
2.
... watch his
hope rise as we discuss ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
Many times we talk to a new man and watch his hope rise as we discuss his alcoholic problems and explain our
fellowship.
3.
... watch loneliness
vanish, to see a fellowship ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends -- this is an experience you must not miss.
4.
... watch people
recover, to see them help ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends -- this is an experience you must not miss.
5.
... watch such
matters carefully, for one careless, ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
Members of a family
should watch such matters carefully, for one careless, inconsiderate remark
has been known to raise the
very devil.
6.
... watch the
eyes of men and women ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled,
to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in
full citizenship, and
above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance
of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.
7.
... watch these
people awaken to the presence ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled,
to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in
full citizenship, and
above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance
of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.
8.
... watch us
with speculative eyes, pick up ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
Then they commence to watch us with speculative eyes, pick up a fragment of A.A. history, and soon have the solid facts.
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