From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BLESSINGS occurs
6 times
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1.
... blessings.
BB p.119,
To Wives
When
resentful thoughts come,
try to
pause and
count your
blessings.
2.
... blessings may
never spoil us; that we ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Twelve (Long)
This to the
end that our
great
blessings may
never spoil us; that we shall
forever live in
thankful contemplation of Him who
presides over us all.
3.
... blessings may
never spoil us; that we ...
BB p.566(568),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
This to the
end that our
great
blessings may
never spoil us; that we shall
forever live in
thankful contemplation of Him who
presides over us all.
4.
... blessings received,
and a willingness to try ...
12&12 p.95,
Step Ten
5.
... blessings that
many have come to believe ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
The
immense resources
now being
harnessed promise such a
quantity of
material blessings that
many have
come to
believe
that a
man-made
millennium lies just
ahead.
6.
... blessings we
have received and sleep in ...
12&12 p.95,
Step Ten
Having so
considered our
day, not
omitting to take
due note of things well done, and
having
searched our
hearts with neither
fear nor
favor, we can
truly thank God for the
blessings we have
received and
sleep in
good conscience.
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