From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BEHAVIOR occurs
16 times
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1.
... behavior and
example, to convince those about ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
As soon as we
begin to
feel
confident in our new way of
life and have
begun, by our
behavior and
example, to
convince those about us that we are
indeed changing for the
better, it is usually
safe to
talk in
complete frankness with those who have been
seriously affected, even
those who may be only a
little or not at all
aware of what we have done to them.
2.
... behavior and
needs of the Fellowship itself.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The
basic principles of
A.A., as they are
known today, were
borrowed mainly from the
fields of
religion and
medicine,
though some
ideas upon which
success finally
depended
were the
result of
noting
the
behavior and
needs of the
Fellowship itself.
3.
... behavior blocked
a partnership relation with any ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
This
self-
centered behavior blocked a
partnership relation
with any one of those about us.
4.
... behavior, his
problems, his background, the seriousness ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
Get an
idea of his
behavior,
his
problems, his
background, the
seriousness of his
condition, and his
religious leanings.
5.
... behavior in
the face of a desperate ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
6.
... behavior is
as absurd and incomprehensible with ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
Our
behavior is as
absurd
and
incomprehensible with
respect to the
first drink as that of an
individual with a
passion, say, for
jay-
walking.
7.
... behavior is
but a phase of his ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
If the
family will
appreciate that
dad's
current behavior is but a
phase of his
development,
all will be well.
8.
... behavior of
other people -- people who really ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
Our
present anxieties
and
troubles, we
cry, are
caused by the
behavior of
other people -- people who really
need a
moral inventory.
9.
... behavior of
others, why do I lack ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Or, if my
disturbance was
seemingly caused by the
behavior of others, why do I
lack the
ability to
accept conditions I
cannot
change?
10.
... behavior patterns
vary.
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
11.
... behavior respecting
financial and emotional security.
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
12.
... behavior, we
insisted that we had been ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
As to our
grandiose behavior, we
insisted that we
had been
possessed of
nothing but a
high and
legitimate ambition to
win the
battle of
life.
13.
... behavior when
drinking has aggravated the defects ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
Moreover, it is usually a
fact that our
behavior when
drinking has
aggravated the
defects
of others.
14.
... behavior, whether
the destruction fell on the ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
15.
... behavior which
our friends probably know about ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
Then, for
good measure, we
add dramatic descriptions of that
part
of our
drinking behavior
which our
friends probably know about anyhow.
16.
... behavior will
convince them more than our ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
Our
behavior will
convince
them more than our
words.
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