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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... fatal.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
Delay is
dangerous, and
rebellion may be
fatal.
2.
... fatal.
BB p.66,
How It Works
We
found that it is
fatal.
3.
... fatal encounter with the juggernaut of self-will, ...
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
Each of us has had his
own near-
fatal encounter with the
juggernaut of
self-will,
and has
suffered enough
under
its weight to be
willing to
look for something
better.
4.
... fatal illness, suicide -- these calamities in his ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
5.
... fatal illness with little complaint, and often ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
We have seen
A.A.'s
suffer lingering and
fatal illness with
little complaint, and often in
good
cheer.
6.
... fatal malady.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
7.
... fatal malady," or "That one ought to ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We say to ourselves, "This one ought to be
cured of
his
fatal malady," or "That
one ought to be
relieved of his
emotional pain," and we
pray for these
specific
things.
8.
... fatal nature of our situation.
12&12 p.24,
Step One
Under the
lash of
alcoholism, we are
driven
to
A.A., and there we
discover the
fatal nature of our
situation.
9.
... fatal obsession.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
It is
plain for
everybody to see that each
sober A.A. member has been
granted a
release from this very
obstinate and
potentially fatal obsession.
10.
... fatal progression.
12&12 p.23,
Step One
By
going back in our
own drinking histories, we
could
show that
years before
we
realized it we were out of
control, that our
drinking
even then was no
mere habit,
that it was
indeed the
beginning of a
fatal progression.
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