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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DIRECTION occurs
23 times
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1.
... direction.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
We shall
need to
raise our
eyes toward perfection, and be
ready
to
walk in that
direction.
2.
... direction.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
With the
best of
intentions, he
tends to
force his
own will into all
sorts of
situations and
problems with the
comfortable assurance
that he is
acting under
God's
specific direction.
3.
... direction.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
All this should be very
encouraging news for those who
recoil from
prayer because they don't
believe in it, or because they
feel themselves
cut off from
God's
help and
direction.
4.
... direction.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
Upon
entering A.A., these
attitudes were
sharply reversed, often
going much
too far in the
opposite direction.
5.
... direction.
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
But
today, in well-
matured
A.A.'s, these
distorted drives have been
restored
to something like their
true purpose and
direction.
6.
... direction?
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
Where does
A.A. get
its direction?
7.
... direction.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I
placed myself
unreservedly under His
care and
direction.
8.
... direction.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
Sometimes you will have to call a
doctor and
administer sedatives
under his
direction.
9.
... direction and advice.
BB p.121,
To Wives
We
realize that we have been
giving you much
direction and
advice.
10.
... direction, and I reached into my pocket.
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
The
hat came in my
direction, and I
reached into my
pocket.
11.
... direction and strength to meet my problems ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I was to
sit quietly when in
doubt,
asking only for
direction and
strength to
meet my
problems as He
would have me.
12.
... direction could we set foot on the ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Only by
discussing ourselves,
holding back
nothing, only
by being
willing to take
advice and
accept direction could we
set foot on the
road to
straight thinking,
solid honesty, and
genuine humility.
13.
... direction flowed into them.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
In the
face of
collapse
and
despair, in the
face of
the
total failure of their
human resources, they
found that a new
power,
peace,
happiness, and
sense of
direction flowed into them.
14.
... direction from Him who has all knowledge ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
Much has already been said about
receiving strength,
inspiration,
and
direction from Him who has all
knowledge and
power.
15.
... direction he likes.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
If you do
stay, let him
steer
the
conversation in any
direction he
likes.
16.
... direction, I became irritated and my mind ...
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
When they
talked of a
God personal to me, who was
love,
superhuman strength
and
direction, I
became irritated and my
mind snapped shut against such a
theory.
17.
... direction if he fails to show unselfishness ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
He is not
likely to get far in any
direction if he
fails to
show unselfishness and
love under his
own roof.
18.
... direction of his Creator, and said he ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
On the
third day the
lawyer gave his
life to the
care and
direction of his
Creator, and
said he was
perfectly willing to do anything
necessary.
19.
... direction, provided we took other simple steps.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
20.
... direction to do the right thing, no ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
Reminding ourselves that we have
decided to go to any
lengths to find a
spiritual experience,
we
ask that we be
given strength and
direction to do
the
right thing, no
matter
what the
personal consequences may be.
21.
... direction to millions.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We have
learned that whatever the
human frailties of
various faiths may be, those
faiths have
given purpose and
direction to
millions.
22.
... direction when, in rare cases, we get ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
Or we may be
tipped over in the other
direction when, in
rare cases, we get a
cool and
skeptical reception.
23.
... direction with the purpose of pleasing ourselves ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
We
threw money about in
every
direction with the
purpose of
pleasing
ourselves and
impressing other people.
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