From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 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
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
9.
... working with
alcoholics committed to institutions.
BB p.114,
To Wives
10.
... working with
him may do something for ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
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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