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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ACQUIRED occurs
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1.
... acquired.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
We have no
desire to
convince anyone that there is only one way by which
faith can be
acquired.
2.
... acquired a better attitude toward him, we ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
It may be he has done us more
harm than we have done
him and, though we may have
acquired a
better attitude toward him, we are still not too
keen about
admitting our
faults.
3.
... acquired certain ideas concerning a possible means ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
4.
... acquired much actual humility.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
But while this was a
humiliating experience, it didn't
necessarily mean that we
had
yet acquired much
actual humility.
5.
... acquired some ideas which he put into ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Many
years ago one of the
leading contributors
to this book
came under our
care in this
hospital and
while here he
acquired some
ideas which he
put into
practical application
at once.
6.
... acquired such a profound knowledge of the ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
7.
... acquired the habit of accurate self-appraisal.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
The
emphasis on
inventory is
heavy only
because a
great many of us have
never really
acquired the
habit of
accurate self-
appraisal.
8.
... acquired the impeccable coat of tan one ...
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
I
acquired the
impeccable coat of
tan one sees upon the well-to-do.
9.
... acquired the rudiments of faith, and now ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
So it is by
circumstance rather than by any
virtue that we have been
driven to
A.A., have
admitted defeat, have
acquired the
rudiments of
faith, and now
want to make a
decision to
turn our will and
our
lives over to a
Higher
Power.
10.
... acquired, will find he can win out.
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
We
doubt if many of them can do it, because
none will really
want to
stop, and
hardly one of them,
because of the
peculiar mental twist already
acquired, will find he can
win out.
11.
... acquired, would keep him sober the rest ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
He was
positive that this
humiliating experience,
plus the
knowledge he had
acquired,
would
keep him
sober the
rest of his
life.
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