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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
HIGH occurs
23 times
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1.
... high.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
2.
... high.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
3.
... high and legitimate ambition to win the ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
4.
High and low, rich and poor, these ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
5.
... high character.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
6.
... high confidence in him, and his temperament ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
If you have
developed a
high confidence in him, and
his
temperament and
problems are
close to your
own, then such a
choice will
be
good.
7.
... high confidence in our future.
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
It is
A.A.'s
proved willingness to make these
sacrifices that
gives
people their
high confidence in our
future.
8.
... High Finance.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
9.
... high hope.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
10.
... high hurdles, the course ahead began to ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
11.
... high in public favor and hadn't an ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
His
connection with
A.A.
would be
valuable, because the
Fellowship stood high in
public favor and hadn't an
enemy in
the
world.
12.
... high in the New England town to ...
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
War fever ran high in the New
England town to which we new,
young officers from
Plattsburg were
assigned, and we were
flattered when the
first citizens took us to their
homes,
making us
feel heroic.
13.
... high mission -- to carry the A.A. message ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
Under these
compulsions of
self-
preservation,
duty, and
love, it is not
strange that our
Society
has
concluded that it has but one
high mission -- to
carry the
A.A. message to those who don't
know there's a way out.
14.
... high opinion of humility as a desirable ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
We may still have no very
high opinion of
humility as a
desirable personal virtue, but we do
recognize it as a
necessary aid to our
survival.
15.
... high-powered sedative and liquor to quiet his ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
16.
... high rating.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
Here we ought to take much
care,
remembering that
prudence is a
virtue which
carries a
high rating.
17.
... high resolve?
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
Where had been my
high resolve?
18.
... high road to a new freedom.
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Yet it is our
great hope that all those who have as
yet found no
answer may
begin to find one
in the
pages of this book and will
presently join us on the
high road to a new
freedom.
19.
... high spiritual development almost always insist on ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
It is
worth noting that
people of very
high spiritual development
almost always
insist on
checking with
friends or
spiritual advisers
the
guidance they
feel
they have
received from
God.
20.
... high-stepping friends as one of those insanely ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
In a
weak moment he may take
your
dislike of his
high-
stepping friends as one of
those
insanely trivial
excuses to
drink.
21.
... high time we now -- sober -- paid our ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
They
figured that it was
high time we now --
sober --
paid our
own way.
22.
... high upon the basis suggested.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
23.
... high, we have some members who never ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Though the
earning power
of most
A.A.'s is
relatively high, we have
some
members who
never seem to get on their
feet moneywise, and still others who
encounter heavy financial reverses.
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