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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
YOURSELF occurs
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1.
... yourself."
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
So you're an
A.A. member the
minute you
declare yourself."
2.
... yourself?'
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
"Still
dubious, he
demanded, 'Do you really
mean
the only
reason you are here is to
try and
help me and to
help yourself?'
3.
... yourself.
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
We do not like to
pronounce any
individual as
alcoholic, but you can
quickly diagnose yourself.
4.
... yourself.
BB p.71,
How It Works
That being so you have
swallowed and
digested some
big chunks of
truth about
yourself.
5.
... yourself.
BB p.119,
To Wives
It will do
little good if
you
point that out and
urge
more
attention for
yourself.
6.
... yourself.
BB p.120,
To Wives
If he gets
drunk, don't
blame yourself.
7.
... yourself.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
You
forget that you have just now
tapped a
source of
power much
greater than
yourself.
8.
... yourself about
it.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
It will not take
long for you to
decide, if you are
honest
with
yourself about it.
9.
... yourself and
they will be reflected back ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
Show him these things in
yourself and they will be
reflected back to you from him.
10.
... yourself and
you think everyone is talking ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
You
draw more and more into
yourself and you
think everyone is
talking about
conditions at your
home.
11.
... yourself and
your problems and how you ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
But from what you've told me about
yourself and your
problems and how you
propose to
lick them, I
think I
know what's
wrong.'
12.
... yourself as
an alcoholic.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
When he sees you
know all about the
drinking game,
commence to
describe
yourself as an
alcoholic.
13.
... yourself, he
is just beginning his development.
BB p.118,
To Wives
The
chances are he will not for, like
yourself, he is just
beginning
his
development.
14.
... yourself: "I'm
jittery and alone.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
You are saying to
yourself: "I'm
jittery and alone.
15.
... yourself in
his place.
BB p.111,
To Wives
Attempt instead, to
put
yourself in his place.
16.
... yourself in
his place, to see how ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
You
need this
information to
put yourself in his place, to see how you would like him to
approach you if the
tables
were
turned.
17.
... yourself in;
nobody can keep you out.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
You can
declare yourself
in;
nobody can
keep you out.
18.
... yourself of
those who cannot or will ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
At the same
time you will
feel
no
reluctance to
rid
yourself of those who cannot or will not
stop.
19.
... yourself on
each occasion, "Have I any ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
Therefore,
ask yourself on each
occasion, "Have I any
good
social,
business, or
personal reason for
going to this place?
20.
... yourself that
others may survive and rediscover ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Then you will
know what it
means to
give of
yourself that others may
survive
and
rediscover life.
21.
... yourself that
your man wants to recover ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
After
satisfying yourself that your
man wants to
recover and that he
will go to any
extreme to do so, you may
suggest a
definite course of
action.
22.
... yourself, then,
if you wish, you can ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
23.
... yourself to
God as you understand God.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
Abandon yourself to
God as you
understand God.
24.
... yourself too
damn seriously."
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Once the
card was
unfolded, a
single pungent sentence leaped to the
eye: "Don't take
yourself too
damn seriously."
25.
... yourself upon
him.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
If he does not
want to see you,
never force yourself upon him.
26.
... yourself what
they mean to you.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
Do not let any
prejudice you may have against
spiritual terms deter you from
honestly asking yourself what they
mean to you.
27.
... yourself when
he doesn't go too far.
BB p.110,
To Wives
Perhaps you
enjoy drinking with him
yourself
when he doesn't go too far.
28.
... yourself which
will solve your problem.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
Its main object is to
enable you to
find a
Power greater than
yourself which will
solve
your
problem.
29.
... yourself why
it is that all of ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
You may already have
asked yourself why it is that all of us
became so very
ill from
drinking.
30.
... yourself with
such deep questions as whether ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
Just
resign from the
debating society and
quit bothering yourself with such
deep questions as whether it was the
hen or the
egg that
came first.
31.
... yourself, you
can give him much practical ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
Having had the
experience yourself, you can
give him much
practical advice.
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