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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... action.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
2.
... action.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
3.
... action.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
In all other
respects there was
perfect freedom of will and
action.
4.
... action.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
They had told of a
simple religious idea and a
practical program of
action.
5.
... action.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
We have a way out on which we can
absolutely agree, and upon which we can
join in
brotherly and
harmonious action.
6.
... action.
BB p.85,
Into Action
But we
must go
further and
that
means more
action.
7.
... action.
BB p.87,
Into Action
As we go through the
day we
pause, when
agitated or
doubtful, and
ask for the
right thought or
action.
8.
... action.
BB p.88,
Into Action
There is action and more action.
9.
... action.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
10.
... action.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Tell him you once
felt as he does, but you
doubt whether you would have made much
progress had you not
taken
action.
11.
... action.
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.
12.
... action.
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
13.
... action; a new therapy based on the ...
BB p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
14.
... action, and grace to bear upon the ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
As we have seen,
self-
searching is the
means by
which we bring new
vision,
action, and
grace to
bear upon the
dark and
negative side of our
natures.
15.
... action and more action.
BB p.88,
Into Action
There is action and more action.
16.
... action and rest on our laurels.
BB p.85,
Into Action
It is
easy to let up on the
spiritual program of
action and
rest on our
laurels.
17.
... action at home.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
When your
prospect has made such
reparation as he can to his
family, and has
thoroughly explained
to them the new
principles by which he is
living, he should
proceed to
put those
principles into
action at
home.
18.
... action by which it carries our message ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
19.
... action, explaining how you made a self-appraisal, ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Outline the
program of
action,
explaining how
you made a
self-
appraisal, how you
straightened out your
past and why you are now
endeavoring to be
helpful to him.
20.
... action, for it is only by action ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Like all the
remaining Steps,
Step Three calls for
affirmative action, for it
is only by
action that we can
cut away the
self-will which has
always
blocked the
entry
of
God -- or, if you like, a
Higher Power -- into our
lives.
21.
... action have hurt us and others, then ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
If we have
swept the
searchlight of
Step Four back and
forth over our
careers, and it has
revealed in
stark relief those
experiences
we'd rather not
remember, if we have
come to
know how
wrong thinking and
action have
hurt us and others, then
the
need to
quit living by ourselves with those
tormenting ghosts of
yesterday gets more
urgent
than ever.
22.
... action is its key word.
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
The
joy of
living is the
theme of
A.A.'s
Twelfth Step, and
action is
its key word.
23.
... action is the key to good living; ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
24.
... action is warranted.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Yet we do go to
great extremes to
provide each
other with these very things, when such
action is
warranted.
25.
... action met widespread approval, and today he ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
His
action met widespread approval,
and
today he is one of the most
trusted citizens of his
town.
26.
... action of alcohol on his brain?
BB p.140,
To Employers
Can it be
appreciated that he has been a
victim of
crooked thinking,
directly caused by the
action of
alcohol on his
brain?
27.
... action of alcohol on his mind.
BB p.140,
To Employers
But these
scrapes can
generally be
charged, no
matter how
bad, to the
abnormal action of
alcohol on his
mind.
28.
... action of alcohol on these chronic alcoholics ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
29.
... action on our part, which, when completed, ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
This
requires action on
our
part, which, when
completed, will
mean that we
have
admitted to
God, to
ourselves, and to another
human being, the
exact nature of our
defects.
30.
... action ought to be deferred, and still ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
There will be other
cases where
action ought to be
deferred, and
still others in which by the very
nature of the
situation we shall
never be
able to make
direct personal contact at all.
31.
... action ought to be deferred, we should ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Though in some
cases we cannot make
restitution at all, and in some
cases action ought to be
deferred, we should nevertheless make an
accurate and really
exhaustive survey of our
past life as it has
affected other people.
32.
... action that might greatly affect A.A. as ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
And no
group,
regional committee, or
individual should ever take any
action that might
greatly affect A.A. as a
whole without
conferring
with the
trustees of the
General Service Board.
33.
... action that might greatly affect A.A. as ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
And no
group,
regional committee, or
individual should ever take any
action that might
greatly affect A.A. as a
whole without
conferring
with the
trustees of the
General Service Board.
34.
... action that we can cut away the ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Like all the
remaining Steps,
Step Three calls for
affirmative action, for it
is only by
action that we can
cut away the
self-will which has
always
blocked the
entry
of
God -- or, if you like, a
Higher Power -- into our
lives.
35.
... action, the first step of which is ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
Next we
launched out on a
course of
vigorous action, the
first step of which is a
personal
housecleaning, which many of us had
never attempted.
36.
... action they carried out.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
The
two friends spoke of their
spiritual experience and told him about the
course of
action they
carried out.
37.
... action; they required only acceptance.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
These
conclusions did not
require action; they
required only
acceptance.
38.
... action, though entirely sensible, was pretty drastic.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
But the
program of
action,
though
entirely sensible, was
pretty drastic.
39.
... action toward their removal as quickly as ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
At the very
least, we shall have to
come to
grips with some of our
worst character defects and take
action toward their
removal as
quickly as we can.
40.
... action upon all our affairs is the ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
41.
... action upon these as a way of ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
Nothing short of
continuous action upon
these as a way of
life can bring the much-
desired result.
42.
... action which a hundred of them had ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
43.
... action which might implicate other people we ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
Before
taking drastic
action which might
implicate other people we
secure their
consent.
44.
... action without arousing hostility.
BB p.113,
To Wives
They can
urge action without
arousing hostility.
45.
... action, without which we find that "Faith ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
Now we
need more
action,
without which we find that "
Faith without
works is
dead."
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