From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
WORKING occurs
11 times
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1.
... working faith
in a Higher Power impossible.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
For just so
long as we were
convinced that we could
live
exclusively by our
own
individual strength
and
intelligence, for just that
long was a
working faith in a
Higher Power impossible.
2.
... working for
it, or angrily looking for ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Else why would we
consume such
great amounts of
time wishing for what we have
not, rather than
working for it, or
angrily looking for
attributes we shall
never
have, instead of
adjusting to the
fact, and
accepting it?
3.
... working on
a chronic backslider, only to ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Committees have
instructed many an
A.A. to
stop working on a
chronic backslider, only
to be told: "How I do my
Twelfth Step work is my
business.
4.
... working on
my prospect, I fumbled and ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
Still
working on my
prospect, I
fumbled and
came up with a
fifty-
cent piece.
5.
... working on
this Step with our sponsors ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Often it was while
working on this
Step with our
sponsors or
spiritual advisers that
we
first felt truly able to
forgive others,
no
matter how
deeply we
felt they had
wronged us.
6.
... working part
of the mind.
BB p.87,
Into Action
What used to be the
hunch or the
occasional inspiration gradually
becomes a
working part of the
mind.
7.
... working together
toward an undreamed-of future.
BB p.119,
To Wives
After all, your
family is
reunited,
alcohol is no
longer a
problem and you and
your
husband are
working together toward an
undreamed-of
future.
8.
... working with
a man and his family, ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
When
working with a
man and his
family, you should take
care
not to
participate in their
quarrels.
9.
... working with
alcoholics committed to institutions.
BB p.114,
To Wives
For
years we have been
working with
alcoholics committed to
institutions.
10.
... working with
him may do something for ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
But working with him may do something for you, so why
don't you have a go at it?'
11.
... "Working With
Others" you gathered an idea ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
In the
chapter "
Working
With Others" you
gathered an
idea of how we
approach and
aid others to
health.
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