From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ACTS occurs
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1.
... acts, and to take responsibility for the ...
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
For the
readiness to take the
full consequences of our
past acts, and to take
responsibility for the well-being of others at
the same
time, is the very
spirit of
Step Nine.
2.
... acts are there for us to see.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
Good intentions,
good thoughts, and
good acts are there for us to
see.
3.
... acts, but often they are based upon ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
Such
prayers, of
course,
are
fundamentally good acts, but often they are
based upon a
supposition
that we
know God's will for the
person for whom we
pray.
4.
... acts of God.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
Loved ones, upon whom we
heartily depended, were
taken from us by so-called
acts of
God.
5.
... acts of government, and that, like the ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
6.
... acts worse than the last time.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
Following each, he not only
drinks again, but
acts worse than the
last time.
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