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... willing.
BB p.76,
Into Action
2.
... willing.
BB p.79,
Into Action
3.
... willing.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
4.
... willing and
able to recover on a ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Understanding our work, he can do this with an eye
to selecting those who
are willing and able to recover on a spiritual basis.
5.
... willing and
honest enough to try.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we may form
a relationship upon simple and understandable terms
as soon as we are willing and
honest enough to try.
6.
... willing --
and many were -- why shouldn't their ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
Provided they were willing
-- and many were -- why
shouldn't their membership be publicized, thereby encouraging others to join us?
7.
... willing and
persistent effort to do this, ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Without a willing and persistent effort to do
this, there can be little sobriety or contentment for us.
8.
... willing, by
day or night, to place ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
9.
... willing, it
shall not be repeated.
BB p.81,
Into Action
10.
... willing newcomer
feels sure A.A. is the ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Any willing newcomer feels sure A.A. is the only safe harbor for the foundering vessel he has
become.
11.
... willing person
continue to turn his will ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
So how, exactly, can the willing person continue to turn his will and his life over to the Higher Power?
12.
... willing --
shall sustain us in unity for ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous,
which -- God willing -- shall sustain us in unity for so long as He may need us.
13.
... willing start
is made, then the great ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
But if a willing start is made, then the great advantages of doing this
will so quickly reveal themselves that
the pain will be lessened as one obstacle after another melts away.
14.
... willing, that
he might be able to ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
15.
... willing that
you should have all of ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
When ready, we say something like this: "My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad.
16.
... willing to
aim toward perfection.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
17.
... willing to
announce our convictions with tact ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
When it will serve any good purpose, we are willing to announce our convictions with tact and
common sense.
18.
... willing to
apply the lessons it learned.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Moreover, it had performed a great service for Alcoholics
Anonymous, because it
had been humbly willing to
apply the lessons it learned.
19.
... willing to
believe.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
20.
... willing to
believe in a Power greater ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
21.
... willing to
believe in a Power greater ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
The main thing is that he be
willing to believe in a Power greater than himself and that he live by spiritual principles.
22.
... willing to
believe, that there is a ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
23.
... willing to
believe, we emphatically assure him ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is
willing to believe, we emphatically assure him
that he is on his way.
24.
... willing to
bring former mistakes, no matter ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
We think each family which has been relieved owes something to those who have
not, and when the occasion requires, each member of it should be only too willing to bring former mistakes, no matter how grievous, out of their hiding places.
25.
... willing to
clean house and then asked ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
But when I became willing to
clean house and then asked a Higher Power, God as I understood Him, to give me
release, my obsession
to drink vanished.
26.
... willing to
commence the search for his ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
27.
... willing to
depend upon a Higher Power, ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
And the facts seem to be
these: The more we become
willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.
28.
... willing to
do anything necessary.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
On the third day the lawyer gave his life to the care and direction of his Creator,
and said he was perfectly
willing to do anything necessary.
29.
... willing to
do that if necessary, but ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
We thought he ought to be
willing to do that if necessary, but if he were in jail he could provide nothing for either family.
30.
... willing to
get well, little charity, in ...
BB p.97,
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.
31.
... willing to
go to any length to ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
If you have decided you want what we have and are willing
to go to any length to get it -- then you are
ready to take certain steps.
32.
... willing to
go to jail if she ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
33.
... willing to
grow along spiritual lines.
BB p.60,
How It Works
34.
... willing to
grow toward it.
BB p.69,
How It Works
35.
... willing to
have a third party in ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
After your man has gone along without drinking for a few months, you may be able to make use of his services with other employees who are giving you the alcoholic
run-around -- provided, of course, they
are willing to have a third
party in the picture.
36.
... willing to
have my new-found Friend take ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I ruthlessly faced my
sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch.
37.
... willing to
have them removed, our thinking ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
But when we have taken a square look at some of these defects, have discussed
them with another, and have become willing to have them removed, our thinking
about humility commences to have a wider
meaning.
38.
... willing to
listen as the dying can ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
Then, and only then, do we become as open-minded to conviction and as willing
to listen as the dying can
be.
39.
... willing to
look for something better.
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
Each of us has had his own near-fatal encounter with the juggernaut of self-will, and has suffered enough under its weight to be willing to look for something better.
40.
... willing to
maintain a certain simple attitude.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
He can go anywhere on this
earth where other free men may go without disaster, provided he remains willing to maintain a certain simple attitude.
41.
... willing to
make amends.
BB p.76,
Into Action
42.
... willing to
make amends to them all."
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
43.
... willing to
make amends to them all.
BB p.59,
How It Works
44.
... willing to
make amends where we have ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
We must be willing to make amends where we have done harm, provided that we do not bring about still more harm in so doing.
45.
... willing to
make the effort.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
46.
... willing to
make use of our experience, ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Should you wish them above
all else, and be willing to make use of our experience, we are sure
they will come.
47.
... willing to
overlook his past performances.
BB p.141,
To Employers
48.
... willing to
partake and be strengthened and ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
Let us become willing to partake and be strengthened and lifted
up by the sheer spiritual power, beauty, and love of which these
magnificent words are
the carriers.
49.
... willing to
place spiritual growth first -- then ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
But when we are willing to place spiritual growth first -- then and only
then do we have a real chance.
50.
... willing to
receive that grace of God ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Well, we surely have a chance if we switch from "two-stepping" to "twelve-stepping," if we are
willing to receive that grace of God which can sustain and strengthen
us in any catastrophe.
51.
... willing to
reveal the very worst, we ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
While we may be quite willing to reveal the very worst, we must be sure to remember that we cannot buy
our own peace of mind at the expense of others.
52.
... willing to
set these matters straight.
BB p.67,
How It Works
53.
... willing to
set things right.
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
We had to begin to make our
peace, and so we listed the
people we had harmed and
became willing to set things right.
54.
... willing to
sit quietly on the sidelines ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
The elder statesman is
the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by
considerable experience, is sound, and
who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines
patiently awaiting developments.
55.
... willing to
stay right size.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
56.
... willing to
straighten out the past if ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
We have listed the people
we have hurt by our conduct, and are willing to straighten out the past if we can.
57.
... willing to
take advice and accept direction ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Only by discussing ourselves, holding back nothing, only by being willing to take advice and accept direction could we
set foot on the road to straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility.
58.
... willing to
take the measures necessary to ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
If I am unable to change
the present state of affairs, am I willing to take the measures necessary to shape my life to conditions as they
are?
59.
... willing to
talk to one of them.
BB p.112,
To Wives
60.
... willing to
tell him that he is ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
61.
... willing to
term themselves "problem drinkers," but ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Some will be willing to term themselves "problem drinkers," but
cannot endure the suggestion that they are in fact mentally ill.
62.
... willing to
try humility in seeking the ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
It is really saying to us
that we now ought to be willing to try humility in seeking the removal of our other shortcomings just as we
did when we admitted that we were powerless over alcohol, and came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves
could restore us to sanity.
63.
... willing to
try this.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
It seems plain that the grace of God will not enter to expel our destructive obsessions until we are
willing to try this.
64.
... willing to
turn the past to good ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
65.
... willing to
work for humility as something ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
To get completely away from our aversion to the
idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the
avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired
for itself, takes most of
us a long, long time.
66.
... willing to
work hard at the elimination ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure
at life; that unless he is
now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst
of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the
faulty foundation of
his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
67.
... willing to
work toward ourselves.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
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