From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ADMISSION occurs
16 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... admission, A.A.'s
other group received into its ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
Not
long after the
man with the
double stigma knocked for
admission,
A.A.'s other
group received into
its membership a
salesman
we shall call
Ed.
2.
... admission and
correction of errors now.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
It
requires an
admission
and
correction of
errors now.
3.
... admission, he
is faced with something really ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
But now, still
smarting from that
admission, he is
faced with
something really
impossible.
4.
... admission into
a new life.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
In every
case,
pain had been
the
price of
admission into a
new
life.
5.
... admission of
alcoholism and by attendance at ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
More
sobriety brought about by the
admission of
alcoholism and by
attendance at a few
meetings is very
good indeed, but it is
bound to be
a far
cry from
permanent
sobriety and a
contented,
useful life.
6.
... admission of
hopelessness.
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Many
less desperate alcoholics tried A.A., but did not
succeed
because they could not make the
admission of
hopelessness.
7.
... admission of
our defects.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
At this
first sitting, it
is
necessary only that we make a
general admission of our
defects.
8.
... admission of
our defects based upon that ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Hence it was most
evident that a
solitary self-
appraisal, and the
admission
of our
defects based upon
that alone, wouldn't be
nearly enough.
9.
... admission of
our defects to another human ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Most of us would
declare that without a
fearless admission of our
defects to another
human
being we could not
stay sober.
10.
... admission of
our wretched conduct to those ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
We got a
pretty severe shock when we
realized that
we were
preparing to make a
face-to-
face admission of our
wretched conduct to those we had
hurt.
11.
... admission of
powerlessness over alcohol is his ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
12.
... admission price
had purchased more than we ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
But this
admission price had
purchased more than we
expected.
13.
... admission that
our lives have become unmanageable, ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Since
Step One
requires an
admission that our
lives have
become unmanageable,
how could people such as these take this
Step?
14.
... admission that
when drinking we were sometimes ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
We
search for an
easier
way -- which usually
consists of the
general and
fairly painless admission that when
drinking we were sometimes
bad actors.
15.
... admission we
were powerless over alcohol, can ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Only
Step One, where we made the
100 percent admission we were
powerless
over
alcohol, can be
practiced with
absolute
perfection.
16.
... admission would
be helpful.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
Whenever we
fail any of
these people, we can
promptly admit it -- to ourselves always, and to them also, when
the
admission would be
helpful.
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