From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... whole.
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
A.A.'s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual
in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole.
2.
... whole."
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
3.
... whole.
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
Foundation obtained
money from outside sources, its trustees might be tempted
to run things without reference to the
wishes of A.A. as a whole.
4.
... whole.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
It is in this spirit of service that we elect the A.A. group's informal rotating committee, the intergroup association for the area,
and the General Service
Conferences of Alcoholics Anonymous
for A.A. as a whole.
5.
... whole.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition One (Long)
6.
... whole.
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Nine (Long)
All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced
servants of the whole.
7.
... whole.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Four -- Each group should be autonomous
except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
8.
... whole.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
9.
... whole.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced
servants of the whole.
10.
... whole.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
Though the aggregate of
recoveries resulting from psychiatric effort is considerable, we physicians must admit we have made little impression upon the problem as a whole.
11.
... whole A.A.
program will rest upon how ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
In fact, the effectiveness of the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have
tried to come to "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."
12.
... whole and
so survive?"
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
The "12 Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous
are, we A.A.'s believe, the
best answers that our experience has yet given to those ever-urgent questions, "How can A.A. best function?" and, "How can
A.A. best stay whole and so survive?"
13.
... whole are
reflected in new customs and ...
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
While our literature
has preserved the integrity of the A.A. message, sweeping changes in society as a
whole are reflected in new customs and practices within the Fellowship.
14.
... whole area
of human relations, and having ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Having carefully surveyed this whole area of human relations, and having decided exactly what personality traits in us
injured and disturbed
others, we can now commence to ransack memory for the people to whom
we have given offense.
15.
... whole areas
from turmoil, small offices had ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
To save whole areas from turmoil, small offices had to be set up, telephones installed,
and a few full-time secretaries hired.
16.
... whole attitude
and outlook upon life will ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
17.
... whole attitude
toward life, toward our fellows ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and
effective spiritual
experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.
18.
... whole chapter
could be written.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There is the manic-depressive type, who is, perhaps, the least understood by his friends, and about whom a whole chapter could be written.
19.
... whole could
survive and function effectively.
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
As we discovered the principles by which the individual alcoholic
could live, so we had to evolve principles by
which the A.A. groups and A.A. as a whole could survive and function effectively.
20.
... whole day,
or maybe a whole year.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
One unkind tirade or one willful snap judgment can ruin our relation with another person for a whole day, or maybe a whole year.
21.
... whole deportment
shouts at the new prospect ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the man who is making
the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with
a real answer, that he has
no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that
there are no fees to pay, no axes
to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured -- these are the conditions we have found
most effective.
22.
... whole eastern
United States in a year.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
23.
... whole emphasis
of Step Seven is on ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
24.
... whole families
reassembled, to see the alcoholic ...
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.
25.
... whole family,
either by a rule of ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
What happens when we try to
dominate the whole family, either by a rule of iron or by a constant outpouring of
minute directions for
just how their lives should
be lived from hour to hour?
26.
... whole Fellowship.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
I. Final responsibility and ultimate authority for
A.A. world services should always reside in the collective
conscience of our whole
Fellowship.
27.
... whole-heartedly met
a few simple requirements.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
28.
... whole is
threatened.
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
But in relation to us, it means very simply that every A.A. group can manage its affairs exactly as it pleases, except when A.A. as a whole is threatened.
29.
... whole life
seemed to be centered around ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My whole life seemed to be centered around doing what I wanted to do, without regard for the rights, wishes, or privileges of
anyone else; a state of mind which became more and more predominant as the years passed.
30.
... whole lifetime
geared to self-centeredness cannot be ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
31.
... whole, nor
ought it affiliate itself with ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
In charting this enormous expanse of freedom, we found it necessary to post only two storm signals: A group ought not do anything which
would greatly injure A.A. as a whole, nor ought it affiliate itself with anything or anybody else.
32.
... whole, or
A.A. dies.
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
33.
... whole pattern
of living as eagerly as ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Can we love the whole pattern of living as eagerly as we do the small segment of it we discover
when we try to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety?
34.
... whole pattern
of our lives.
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
We can go far beyond those things which were superficially wrong
with us, to see those flaws which were basic, flaws which sometimes were
responsible for the whole pattern of our lives.
35.
... whole peoples.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
36.
... whole philosophy
of life, in which he ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
37.
... whole public.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
We simply couldn't afford
to take the chance of letting self-appointed members present themselves as messiahs representing
A.A. before the whole public.
38.
... whole range
of our needs is well ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
And we think that the whole
range of our needs is well defined by that part of Step Eleven which says: "...knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that
out."
39.
... whole --
should never be organized at all.
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
Today, we are able to say with assurance that Alcoholics Anonymous
-- A.A. as a whole -- should never be organized at all.
40.
... whole show.'
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
41.
... whole show;
is forever trying to arrange ...
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.
42.
... whole situation
has long since been adjusted.
BB p.79,
Into Action
43.
... whole Society
and under which we may ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
As we lay aside these very human aspirations, we believe
that each of us takes part in the weaving of a protective mantle which
covers our whole Society and under which we
may grow and work in unity.
44.
... whole Society
has sprung and flowered.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our
whole Society has sprung and flowered.
45.
... whole Society
in its world affairs.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
II. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience
of our whole Society in its world affairs.
46.
... whole story,
for in this case not ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
But that wasn't the whole story, for in this case not only
was an A.A. member to break his anonymity at a public level, he was to link the name Alcoholics Anonymous
to this particular educational project in
the minds of millions.
47.
... whole story
unless it will serve some ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Doctors are rightly loath to tell alcoholic patients the
whole story unless it will serve some good purpose.
48.
... whole; that
no personal sacrifice is too ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
Realization dawns that
he is but a small part of a
great whole; that no personal sacrifice is too great for
preservation of the Fellowship.
49.
... whole, that's
quite a different matter.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
50.
... whole these
marriages are very good ones.
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
51.
... whole thing
was nothing but a mass ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Could we still say the whole thing was nothing but a mass of electrons, created out of nothing, meaning nothing, whirling on to a destiny
of nothingness?
52.
... whole trouble
had been the misuse of ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
53.
... whole truth,
and he got it.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
54.
... whole truth
nor have we followed their ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
55.
... whole, we
were pretty good women, capable ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
We thought, on the whole,
we were pretty good women, capable of being nicer if our husbands stopped drinking.
56.
... whole weight
of the A.A. name behind ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
In fact, we felt duty-bound to throw the whole weight of the A.A. name behind any meritorious cause.
57.
... whole without
conferring with the trustees of ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
And no group, regional committee, or
individual should ever
take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.
58.
... whole without
conferring with the trustees of ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
And no group, regional committee, or
individual should ever
take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.
59.
... whole world
abound.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
Of course the depressive and the power-driver are personality extremes,
types with which A.A. and the
whole world abound.
60.
... whole, would
suffice as a higher power.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
For the time being, we who
were atheist or agnostic discovered
that our own group, or A.A. as a whole, would suffice as a higher power.
61.
... whole year.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
One unkind tirade or one willful snap judgment can ruin our relation with another person for a whole day, or maybe a whole year.
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