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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DIFFERENCE occurs
16 times
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1.
... difference.
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
In all
times of
emotional disturbance
or
indecision, we can
pause,
ask for
quiet, and in the
stillness
simply say: "
God grant me the
serenity to
accept the things I cannot
change,
courage to
change the things I can, and
wisdom to
know the
difference.
2.
... difference.
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
God grant us the
serenity to
accept the
things we cannot
change,
Courage to
change the things
we can, And
wisdom to
know
the
difference.
3.
... difference.
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
In our
own times, we have seen
millions die in
political and
economic
wars often
spurred by
religious and
racial difference.
4.
... difference.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
Whether we
agree with a
particular approach or
conception seems to
make
little difference.
5.
... difference.
BB p.108,
To Wives
We
realize some
men are
thoroughly bad-
intentioned, that no
amount of
patience will
make any
difference.
6.
... difference between a demand and a simple ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
The
difference between a
demand and a
simple request is
plain to anyone.
7.
... difference between failure and success.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
That often makes the
difference between
failure and
success.
8.
... difference between life and death.
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
To those now in
its fold,
Alcoholics Anonymous
has made the
difference between
misery and
sobriety, and
often the
difference between
life and
death.
9.
... difference between misery and sobriety, and often ...
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
To those now in
its fold,
Alcoholics Anonymous
has made the
difference between
misery and
sobriety, and
often the
difference between
life and
death.
10.
... difference between sane drinking and alcoholism.
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
They are
abetted in this
blindness by a
world which
does not
understand the
difference between
sane drinking and
alcoholism.
11.
... difference between striving for a self-determined objective ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
So the
difference between "the
boys and the
men" is the
difference between
striving for
a
self-
determined objective and for the
perfect objective which
is of
God.
12.
... difference between "the boys and the men" ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
So the
difference between "the
boys and the
men" is the
difference between
striving for
a
self-
determined objective and for the
perfect objective which
is of
God.
13.
... difference between the spirit of vested authority ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
It is the
difference between the
spirit of
vested authority and the
spirit
of
service,
two concepts which are sometimes
poles apart.
14.
... difference long before he is himself.
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Quite often
friends of the
newcomer are
aware of the
difference long before he is
himself.
15.
... difference of opinion.
BB p.117,
To Wives
We do not
mean that you have to
agree with your
husband whenever there is an
honest
difference of
opinion.
16.
... difference with the principle involved.
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
True, some of the
projects
to which
A.A.'s have
attached themselves have been
ill-
conceived, but that makes
not the
slightest difference with the
principle
involved.
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