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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CLEAR occurs
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1.
... clear.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
2.
... clear a channel choked up with anger, ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
Just saying it over and over will often
enable us
to
clear a
channel choked up with
anger,
fear,
frustration, or
misunderstanding, and
permit us to
return to the
surest help of all -- our
search for
God's will, not our
own, in the
moment of
stress.
3.
... clear away morbidity and encourage balance.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
4.
... clear away the wreck.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
It will take
time to
clear
away the
wreck.
5.
Clear away the wreckage of your past.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
Clear away the
wreckage of
your
past.
6.
... clear, cost what it may?
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
7.
... clear-cut directions are given showing how we ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
8.
... clear-cut idea of what has actually happened ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
These
give a
fair cross section of our
membership and a
clear-
cut idea of what has
actually happened in
their
lives.
9.
... clear mind and body of the effects ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
Whatever the
method,
its object is to
thoroughly
clear mind and
body of the
effects of
alcohol.
10.
... clear now that we ought never to ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
It is
clear now that we ought
never to
name boards to
govern us, but it
is
equally clear that we
shall always
need to
authorize workers to
serve us.
11.
... clear recognition of what and who we ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
To those who have made
progress in
A.A., it
amounts to a
clear recognition of what and
who we really are,
followed by a
sincere attempt to
become what we could be.
12.
... clear that he is not under pressure, ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Make it
clear that he is not under
pressure, that he
needn't
see you again if he doesn't
want to.
13.
... clear that if we ever were to ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
It
became clear that if we
ever were to
feel emotionally secure among
grown-up people, we would have to
put our
lives on a
give-and-take
basis; we would
have to
develop the
sense
of being in
partnership or
brotherhood with all those around us.
14.
... clear that we made our own misery.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
But it is
clear that we made our
own misery.
15.
... clear that we shall always need to ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
It is
clear now that we ought
never to
name boards to
govern us, but it
is
equally clear that we
shall always
need to
authorize workers to
serve us.
16.
... clear the distinction between the alcoholic and ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
We
hope we have made
clear the
distinction between the
alcoholic and the
non-
alcoholic.
17.
... clear the ground a bit.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
We can only
clear the
ground
a
bit.
18.
... clear thinking and honest appraisal.
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
It will be an
aid to
clear thinking and
honest appraisal.
19.
... clear three pertinent ideas:
BB p.60,
How It Works
20.
... clear understanding and right, grown-up attitudes, very ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
21.
... clear understanding of the risk he takes ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
You
think he ought to
know
the
subject better, as
everyone should have a
clear
understanding of the
risk he
takes if he
drinks too much.
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