From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... ways.
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways.
2.
... ways.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
Unlike the feelings of
the ship's passengers,
however, our joy in escape
from disaster does not subside as we go our individual ways.
3.
... ways.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
4.
... ways, for
these disciplines are not easy.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
We need not be discouraged when we fall
into the error of our old
ways, for these disciplines are not easy.
5.
... ways have
proved bitterly disappointing, they have ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
Since both ways have proved bitterly disappointing, they have concluded there is no place whatever for them to
go.
6.
... ways in
which fear conspired with pride ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
These were some of the ways in which fear conspired with pride to hinder our making a list of all the people we had harmed.
7.
... ways in
which men have discovered God.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
The distinguished American psychologist, William
James, in his book "Varieties of Religious
Experience," indicates a multitude
of ways in which men have discovered God.
8.
... ways of
drinking.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
9.
... ways of
thinking and doing are the ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
10.
... ways of
usual promotional practice.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
11.
... ways to
make A.A. more effective, how ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
Let it be noted, too, that
they were almost always concerned with ways to make A.A. more effective, how to do
the most good for the most alcoholics.
12.
... ways, was
what had defeated us, we ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.
13.
... ways we
are set in conflict not ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
In these ways we are set in conflict not only with ourselves, but with other
people who have instincts, too.
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