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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... free.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
We are
sure God wants us to be
happy,
joyous, and
free.
2.
... free from alcohol for a period of ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There is the
type who always
believes that after being
entirely free from
alcohol for a
period of
time he can take a
drink without
danger.
3.
... free gift, and yet usually, at least ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
What he has
received is a
free gift, and
yet usually, at
least in some
small part, he has made himself
ready to
receive it.
4.
... free man.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
But this
man still
lives, and
is a
free man.
5.
... free man.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
Here was the
terrible dilemma in which our
friend
found himself when he had the
extraordinary experience, which as we have already told you,
made him a
free man.
6.
... free man.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
That
afternoon he
put on
his
clothes and
walked
from the
hospital a
free
man.
7.
... free man at last.
BB p.75,
Into Action
Carefully reading the
first five proposals we
ask if we have
omitted anything, for we are
building an
arch through
which we shall
walk a
free man at
last.
8.
... free men may go without disaster, provided ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
He can go anywhere on this
earth where other
free men may go without
disaster,
provided he
remains willing to
maintain a
certain simple attitude.
9.
... free of anger.
BB p.66,
How It Works
If we were to
live, we had to be
free of
anger.
10.
Free of marital responsibilities, they can participate ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
11.
... free to come and go as he ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
Make him
feel absolutely
free to
come and go as he
likes.
12.
... free to concentrate on culture and character.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
The
world will then
turn happy and be
free to
concentrate on
culture
and
character.
13.
... free to discuss his problems with you, ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
If he
feels free to
discuss his
problems with
you, if he
knows you
understand and will not be
upset by anything he
wishes to
say, he will
probably be off to a
fast start.
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