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WILLING occurs
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1.
... willing.
BB
Into Action, p.76
If we
still cling to
something we
will not
let go, we
ask
God to
help us be
willing.
2.
... willing.
BB
Into Action, p.79
We may
lose our
position or
reputation or
face jail, but we are
willing.
3.
... willing.
BB
A Vision For You, p.152
You
say, "
Yes, I'm
willing.
4.
... willing and
able to recover on a ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.162
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
There Is A Solution, p.28
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
Tradition Eleven, p.182
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
Step Four, p.43
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
A Vision For You, p.159
They were
willing, by
day or
night, to
place a
new man in the
hospital and
visit him
afterward.
9.
... willing, it
shall not be repeated.
BB
Into Action, p.81
We are
sorry for what we have
done and,
God willing, it
shall not be
repeated.
10.
... willing newcomer
feels sure A.A. is the ...
12&12
Step Three, p.35
11.
... willing person
continue to turn his will ...
12&12
Step Three, p.39
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
Tradition One, p.131
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
Step Eight, p.77
14.
... willing, that
he might be able to ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.101
He
hoped,
God willing, that he might be
able to
find some of these
treasures,
too.
15.
... willing that
you should have all of ...
BB
Into Action, p.76
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
Step Six, p.69
17.
... willing to
announce our convictions with tact ...
BB
Into Action, p.77
18.
... willing to
apply the lessons it learned.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.149
19.
... willing to
believe.
BB
We Agnostics, p.57
20.
... willing to
believe in a Power greater ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.12
It was only a
matter of
being
willing to
believe in a
Power greater than
myself.
21.
... willing to
believe in a Power greater ...
BB
Working With Others, p.93
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
We Agnostics, p.47
"Do I
now believe, or am I
even willing to
believe, that there is a
Power
greater than
myself?"
23.
... willing to
believe, we emphatically assure him ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.47
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
The Family Afterward, p.124
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
Step Six, p.63
26.
... willing to
commence the search for his ...
12&12
Step Four, p.50
Now willing to
commence the
search for his
own defects, he
will ask, "
Just how do I
go about this? How do I
take inventory of
myself?"
27.
... willing to
depend upon a Higher Power, ...
12&12
Step Three, p.36
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
A Vision For You, p.158
29.
... willing to
do that if necessary, but ...
BB
Into Action, p.79
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
Working With Others, p.97
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
How It Works, p.58
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
Into Action, p.79
He
said he was
perfectly
willing to
go to
jail if she
insisted.
33.
... willing to
grow along spiritual lines.
BB
How It Works, p.60
The
point is, that we are
willing to
grow along spiritual lines.
34.
... willing to
grow toward it.
BB
How It Works, p.69
Whatever our
ideal turns out to be, we
must be
willing to
grow toward it.
35.
... willing to
have a third party in ...
BB
To Employers, p.146
36.
... willing to
have my new-found Friend take ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.13
37.
... willing to
have them removed, our thinking ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.74
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
Step One, p.24
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
Step Three, pp.37-38
40.
... willing to
maintain a certain simple attitude.
BB
There Is A Solution, pp.26-27
41.
... willing to
make amends.
BB
Into Action, p.76
We have a
list of all
persons
we have
harmed and to whom we are
willing to
make amends.
42.
... willing to
make amends to them all.
BB
How It Works, p.59
8.
Made a
list of all
persons we had
harmed, and
became willing to
make amends to them all.
43.
... willing to
make amends to them all."
12&12
Contents (Step Eight), p.7
Step Eight -- "
Made a
list of all
persons we had
harmed, and
became willing to
make amends to them all."
44.
... willing to
make amends to them all."
12&12
Step Eight, p.77
"
Made a
list of all
persons we had
harmed, and
became willing to
make amends to them all."
45.
... willing to
make amends where we have ...
BB
How It Works, p.69
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.
46.
... willing to
make the effort.
BB
There Is A Solution, pp.25-26
This we did
because we
honestly wanted to, and were
willing to
make the
effort.
47.
... willing to
make use of our experience, ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.153
Should you
wish them
above all
else, and be
willing to
make use of our
experience, we are
sure they
will come.
48.
... willing to
overlook his past performances.
BB
To Employers, p.141
You are
willing to
overlook
his
past performances.
49.
... willing to
partake and be strengthened and ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.100
50.
... willing to
place spiritual growth first -- then ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.114
But when we are
willing to
place spiritual growth first -- then and only
then do we have a
real chance.
51.
... willing to
receive that grace of God ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.113
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.
52.
... willing to
reveal the very worst, we ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
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.
53.
... willing to
set these matters straight.
BB
How It Works, p.67
54.
... willing to
set things right.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.108
We had to
begin to
make our
peace, and so we
listed the
people we had
harmed and
became willing to
set things right.
55.
... willing to
sit quietly on the sidelines ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.135
56.
... willing to
stay right size.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.122
He's
willing to
stay right size.
57.
... willing to
straighten out the past if ...
BB
How It Works, p.70
We have
listed the
people we
have
hurt by our
conduct, and
are
willing to
straighten
out the
past if we can.
58.
... willing to
take advice and accept direction ...
12&12
Step Five, p.59
59.
... willing to
take the measures necessary to ...
12&12
Step Four, p.52
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?
60.
... willing to
talk to one of them.
BB
To Wives, p.112
Your
husband may be
willing
to
talk to
one of them.
61.
... willing to
tell him that he is ...
BB
Working With Others, p.92
If his
own doctor is
willing to
tell him that he is
alcoholic, so
much the
better.
62.
... willing to
term themselves "problem drinkers," but ...
12&12
Step Two, p.33
Some
will be
willing to
term themselves "
problem drinkers," but
cannot
endure the
suggestion that they are in
fact mentally ill.
63.
... willing to
try humility in seeking the ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.76
64.
... willing to
try this.
12&12
Step Five, p.57
65.
... willing to
turn the past to good ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.124
That is
true only if
one is
willing to
turn the
past to
good account.
66.
... willing to
work for humility as something ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.73
67.
... willing to
work hard at the elimination ...
12&12
Step Four, p.50
68.
... willing to
work toward ourselves.
12&12
Step Six, p.65
That is
something we are
supposed to be
willing to
work toward ourselves.
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