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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... within.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I was to
test my
thinking
by the new
God-
consciousness within.
2.
... within.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
If he is to find
God, the
desire must come from
within.
3.
... within a
few weeks.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
Some will be
drunk the
day
after
making their
resolutions; most of them
within a few
weeks.
4.
... within a
short time, it was billboarded ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
Only a few
knew of it at
first but,
within a
short time, it was
billboarded throughout the
entire company.
5.
... within a
very few years they had ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
6.
Within a
week after leaving the hospital ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
7.
... within a
year.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
My
weary and
despairing
wife was
informed that it
would all
end with
heart failure during
delirium tremens, or I would
develop
a
wet brain, perhaps
within a
year.
8.
... within conventional
bounds, many people have to ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
And even while
staying within conventional bounds, many people have to
admit that their
imaginary
sex excursions are
apt to be all
dressed up as
dreams of
romance.
9.
... within four
years.
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Though a
robust man at
retirement, he went to
pieces quickly and was
dead within four years.
10.
... within him
must be silenced whenever these ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
11.
... within himself.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
Both his
pride and his
fear
beat him back every
time he
tries to
look within himself.
12.
... within its
spirit.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Though not in the
strict letter of
anonymity, such
communications were well
within its spirit.
13.
... within its
walls.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Many of us have
felt, for the
first time, the
Presence and
Power of
God within its walls.
14.
... within myself.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
But soon the
sense of His
presence had been
blotted
out by
worldly clamors,
mostly those
within myself.
15.
... within one
of four categories:
BB p.108,
To Wives
The
problem with which you
struggle usually
falls within one of
four categories:
16.
... within our
Fellowship than professionalism.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Despite this
certainty, it is nevertheless
true that few
subjects have
been the
cause of more
contention within our
Fellowship than
professionalism.
17.
... within reach
of all who want it.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
Just as the
aim of each
A.A. member is
personal sobriety, the
aim of our
services is to bring
sobriety within reach of all who
want it.
18.
... within reach
of his help.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
19.
... within reach
of our highest expectations.
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
Providence, through
A.A.,
had brought us
within reach
of our
highest expectations.
20.
... within the
Fellowship.
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
21.
... within us.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
We
found the
Great Reality deep down
within us.
22.
... within us,
and at other times to ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
These
stem from
causes which
sometimes
seem to be
within
us, and at other
times to
come from without.
23.
... within you.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
In
fact, I have been
trying
to
produce some such
emotional rearrangement within
you.
24.
... within yourself,
then, if you wish, you ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
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