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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... avoid a place where there is drinking, ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
So our
rule is not to
avoid a
place where there is
drinking, if we have a
legitimate reason for
being there.
2.
Avoid answering these inquiries as much as ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
Avoid answering these
inquiries as much as you can.
3.
... avoid disagreement or contention.
BB p.118,
To Wives
If your
husband is
trying
to
live on a
spiritual basis, he will also be doing
everything in his
power to
avoid disagreement or
contention.
4.
... avoid drawing on our small capital.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
I had had some
success at
speculation, so we had a
little money, but we once
worked on a
farm for a
month to
avoid drawing on our
small capital.
5.
... avoid extreme judgments, both of ourselves and ...
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
We should
avoid extreme judgments, both of ourselves and of others
involved.
6.
... avoid falling into confusion over the names ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
7.
... avoid harming third parties, whoever they may ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
And even in those
cases where such a
matter must be
discussed, let's
try to
avoid harming third parties,
whoever they may be.
8.
... avoid hysterical thinking or advice.
BB p.70,
How It Works
9.
... avoid it.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
Had you
offered yourselves as
patients
at this
hospital, I would not have
taken you, if I had been able to
avoid it.
10.
... avoid looking at some of our own ...
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
Moreover, we could
avoid looking at some of our
own shortcomings.
11.
... avoid meeting a man through his family.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
When
possible,
avoid meeting a
man through his
family.
12.
... avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
People have said we
must not go where
liquor is
served; we
must not have it in our
homes;
we
must shun friends who
drink; we
must avoid moving pictures which
show drinking scenes; we
must not go into
bars; our
friends must hide their
bottles if we go to their
houses; we
mustn't think or be
reminded about
alcohol at all.
13.
... avoid quick-tempered criticism and furious, power-driven argument.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
14.
... avoid retaliation or argument.
BB p.67,
How It Works
15.
... avoid sensational advertising.
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Eleven (Long)
16.
... avoid sensational advertising.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
17.
... avoid the issue, hoping against hope we ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
At
first some of us
tried to
avoid the
issue,
hoping against
hope we were not
true alcoholics.
18.
... avoid the subject of drinking, even with ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
You
avoid the
subject of
drinking, even with your
own
parents.
19.
Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
20.
... avoid these responsibilities, but be sure you ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
Never avoid these
responsibilities, but be
sure you are doing the
right
thing if you
assume them.
21.
... avoid these unnecessary difficulties.(*)
BB p.121,
To Wives
That is why we are
anxious that you
understand, and that you
avoid these
unnecessary difficulties.(*)
22.
... avoid this humbling experience, they have turned ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
23.
... avoid those dangers of great wealth, prestige, ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
24.
Avoid urging him to follow our program.
BB p.113,
To Wives
Avoid urging him to
follow our
program.
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