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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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BALANCE   occurs   14 times 1 in BB  •  13 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... balance.  12&12 Contents (Step Eleven), p.8
First result is emotional balance.


2.
  ... balance.  12&12 Step Four, p.46
This tends to clear away morbidity and encourage balance.


3.
  ... balance.  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
Although these attitudes are common enough, we A.A.'s find we need something much better in order to keep our balance.


4.
  ... balance.  12&12 Step Eleven, pp.101-102
One of its first fruits is emotional balance.


5.
  ... balance.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
This all meant, of course, that we were still far off balance.


6.
  ... balance.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.142
So went the discussion while the newcomer's fate hung in the balance.


7.
  ... balance, and live to good purpose under ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.88
Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions?


8.
  ... balance and tempt us to make mistakes.  12&12 Step Ten, p.91
The quick inventory is aimed at our daily ups and downs, especially those where people or new events throw us off balance and tempt us to make mistakes.


9.
  ... balance by creating an insatiable appetite for ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
This atmosphere of approval and praise is apt to be so exhilarating as to put us off balance by creating an insatiable appetite for more of the same.


10.
  ... balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.103
If at these points our emotional disturbance happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to us in our reading or meditation.


11.
  ... balance sheet, crediting ourselves with things well ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
Here we cast up a balance sheet, crediting ourselves with things well done, and chalking up debits where due.


12.
  ... balance sheet for the day.  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
When evening comes, perhaps just before going to sleep, many of us draw up a balance sheet for the day.


13.
  ... balance, the religions of mankind had done ...  BB Bill's Story, p.11
I honestly doubted whether, on balance, the religions of mankind had done any good.


14.
  ... balance under all conditions?  12&12 Contents (Step Ten), p.8
Can we stay sober and keep emotional balance under all conditions?


The 164 and More™ Book, eBook, and Web Site are all CONCORDANCES which display passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, and the A.A. Grapevine (A.A. Preamble only).  Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and More concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc., or the A.A. Grapevine, Inc.  Further A.A.W.S. Inc. and the A.A. Grapevine Inc. have no objection to the use of this material in the 164 and More concordance.

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