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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXAMPLE occurs
26 times
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1.
... example.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
They do not
drive by
mandate; they
lead by
example.
2.
... example:
BB p.65,
How It Works
We were usually as
definite as this
example:
3.
... example, A.A. members with computers can participate ...
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
4.
... example, about electricity.
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
We have
numerous theories, for
example, about
electricity.
5.
... example: An officer of one of the ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
6.
... example and not upon vain displays of ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
True leadership, we
find,
depends upon able
example and not upon
vain displays of
power or
glory.
7.
... example as we can find, it is ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
Aided by such
instruction and
example as
we can find, it is
essentially an
individual adventure,
something which each one of us
works out in his
own way.
8.
... example, doesn't like to feel just a ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Who, for
example, doesn't like to
feel just a
little superior to the
next fellow, or even quite a
lot superior?
9.
... example is a friend we shall call ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
Our
first example is a
friend we shall call
Jim.
10.
... example, my own case.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
The
sponsor continues,
"Take, for
example, my
own case.
11.
... example of my friend there remained in ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
Despite the
living example of my
friend there
remained in me the
vestiges of my
old prejudice.
12.
... example of self-will run riot, though he ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
They
arise out of ourselves, and the
alcoholic is an
extreme
example of
self-will
run riot, though he usually
doesn't
think so.
13.
... example of the truth that faith alone ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
He may be an
example of the
truth that
faith alone is
insufficient.
14.
... example, reveal that he has padded his ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
He may, for
example,
reveal
that he has
padded his
expense account or that he
has
planned to take your
best customers away from
you.
15.
... example, should be in too much emotional ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
No
adult man or
woman, for
example, should be in
too much
emotional dependence upon a
parent.
16.
... example that resolve a crisis.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
Theirs is the
quiet opinion, the
sure knowledge and
humble example that
resolve a
crisis.
17.
... example, that we lacked honesty and tolerance, ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
All of us saw, for
example, that we
lacked honesty and
tolerance, that we were
beset at
times by
attacks of
self-
pity or
delusions of
personal grandeur.
18.
... example they showed us that humility and ...
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
19.
... example, to convince those about us that ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
As soon as we
begin to
feel
confident in our new way of
life and have
begun, by our
behavior and
example, to
convince those about us that we are
indeed changing for the
better, it is usually
safe to
talk in
complete frankness with those who have been
seriously affected, even
those who may be only a
little or not at all
aware of what we have done to them.
20.
... example, to eat, to reproduce, to be ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
Every
normal person wants, for
example, to
eat, to
reproduce, to be
somebody in the
society of his
fellows.
21.
... example, unload a detailed account of extramarital ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
22.
... example, was a stormy political issue then.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
23.
... example, we know of situations in which ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
For
example, we
know of
situations in which the
alcoholic or his
wife have
had
love affairs.
24.
... example, we may set our hearts on ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
For
example, we may
set our
hearts on
getting a
particular person sobered up, and after doing all we can for
months, we see him
relapse.
25.
... example, worked a period of months on ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
I have had many
men who had, for
example,
worked a
period of
months on some
problem or
business deal which was to be
settled
on a
certain date,
favorably to them.
26.
... example, your clergyman or your doctor.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
This
individual may be
entirely outside of
A.A. -- for
example, your
clergyman or your
doctor.
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