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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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GROW   occurs   18 times [10 in BB ... 8 in 12&12] Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... grow.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Thus we grow.


2.
  ... grow.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
We will want the good that is in us all, even in the worst of us, to flower and to grow.


3.
  ... grow along spiritual lines.  BB How It Works, p.60
The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines.


4.
  ... grow and work in unity.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.187
As we lay aside these very human aspirations, we believe that each of us takes part in the weaving of a protective mantle which covers our whole Society and under which we may grow and work in unity.


5.
  ... grow because we feel satisfied that there ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
We temporarily cease to grow because we feel satisfied that there is no need for all of A.A.'s Twelve Steps for us.


6.
  ... grow by our willingness to face and ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.124
We grow by our willingness to face and rectify errors and convert them into assets.


7.
  ... grow by this means, are necessities for ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.88
A continuous look at our assets and liabilities, and a real desire to learn and grow by this means, are necessities for us.


8.
  ... grow in the dark.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
But first of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow in the dark.


9.
  ... grow in the image and likeness of ...  12&12 Step Six, p.63
He goes on to explain that any person capable of enough willingness and honesty to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.


10.
  ... grow in understanding and effectiveness.  BB Into Action, p.84
Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness.


11.
  ... grow into it more slowly.  BB We Agnostics, p.57
Some of us grow into it more slowly.


12.
  ... grow new ones.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.30
We are like men who have lost their legs; they never grow new ones.


13.
  ... grow spiritually, we find that our old ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
And as we grow spiritually, we find that our old attitudes toward our instincts need to undergo drastic revisions.


14.
  ... grow toward it.  BB How It Works, p.69
Whatever our ideal turns out to be, we must be willing to grow toward it.


15.
  ... grow up about you, to have a ...  BB Working With Others, p.89
To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends -- this is an experience you must not miss.


16.
  ... grow up and conform to social usage!"  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.174
They won't grow up and conform to social usage!"


17.
  ... grow we had to begin somewhere.  BB We Agnostics, p.47
That was growth, but if we wished to grow we had to begin somewhere.


18.
  ... grow worse, he begins to use a ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.22
As matters grow worse, he begins to use a combination of high-powered sedative and liquor to quiet his nerves so he can go to work.


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