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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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GROWTH   occurs   15 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... growth.    BB p.100,  Working With Others   Go to page 100 in the Big Book
Show them that he has entered upon a period of growth.


2.
... growth.    BB xi,  Preface   Display entire Preface
But the chief change was in the section of personal stories, which was expanded to reflect the Fellowship's growth.


3.
... growth, and a striking phenomenon of the ...    BB xxiii,  Foreword to Fourth Edition   Display entire Foreword to Fourth Edition
Literature has played a major role in A.A.'s growth, and a striking phenomenon of the past quarter-century has been the explosion of translations of our basic literature into many languages and dialects.

4.
... growth and comfort to ourselves and those ...    12&12 p.113,  Step Twelve
Can we transform these calamities into assets, sources of growth and comfort to ourselves and those about us?


5.
... growth, but if we wished to grow ...    BB p.47,  We Agnostics   Go to page 47 in the Big Book
That was growth, but if we wished to grow we had to begin somewhere.


6.
... growth could start from that point.    BB p.12,  Bill's Story   Go to page 12 in the Big Book
I saw that growth could start from that point.

7.
... growth first -- then and only then do ...    12&12 p.114,  Step Twelve
But when we are willing to place spiritual growth first -- then and only then do we have a real chance.


8.
... growth has only begun.    BB p.117,  To Wives   Go to page 117 in the Big Book
Seed has started to sprout in a new soil, but growth has only begun.


9.
... growth inherent in this group they may ...    BB xxvi(xxiv),  The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
These facts appear to be of extreme medical importance; because of the extraordinary possibilities of rapid growth inherent in this group they may mark a new epoch in the annals of alcoholism.


10.
... growth is lopsided, that for an average ...    BB p.129,  The Family Afterward   Go to page 129 in the Big Book
He will perceive that his spiritual growth is lopsided, that for an average man like himself, a spiritual life which does not include his family obligations may not be so perfect after all.

11.
... growth made it plain that we couldn't ...    12&12 p.185,  Tradition Twelve
Our growth made it plain that we couldn't be a secret society, but it was equally plain that we couldn't be a vaudeville circuit, either.


12.
... growth of a spiritual experience, this business ...    BB p.66,  How It Works   Go to page 66 in the Big Book
But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave.


13.
... growth of sympathetic understanding.    BB p.115,  To Wives   Go to page 115 in the Big Book
Barriers which have sprung up between you and your friends will disappear with the growth of sympathetic understanding.


14.
... growth of the fellowship among us.    BB p.153,  A Vision For You   Go to page 153 in the Big Book
Perhaps the best way of treating you to a glimpse of your future will be to describe the growth of the fellowship among us.


15.
... growth, to effect our first conscious relation ...    BB p.47,  We Agnostics   Go to page 47 in the Big Book
At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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