From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CALAMITY occurs
8 times
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1.
... calamity.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
2.
... calamity, and
to our way of thinking ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
More often, though, we had
met up with some
major calamity, and to our way
of
thinking lost out
because
God deserted us.
3.
... calamity, by
pomp, by worship of other ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
It may be
obscured by
calamity, by
pomp, by
worship of other things, but in some
form or other it is there.
4.
... calamity has
been a boon to us, ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
Time after
time, this
apparent calamity has been a
boon to us, for it
opened up
a
path which
led to the
discovery of
God.
5.
... calamity not
of our own making.
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
These were the new
attitudes that finally
brought many of us an
inner strength and
peace that
could not be
deeply shaken
by the
shortcomings of others or by any
calamity not of our
own making.
6.
... calamity turned
to good use by those ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
We
know this because we see
monotony,
pain, and even
calamity turned to
good use by those who
keep on
trying to
practice A.A.'s
Twelve Steps.
7.
... calamity, with
deep skepticism.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
8.
... calamity with
serenity.
BB p.68,
How It Works
Just to the
extent that we do as we
think He would have us, and
humbly rely on Him, does He
enable us to
match calamity with
serenity.
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