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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... keep a confidence; that he fully understand ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
It is
important that he be able to
keep a
confidence; that he
fully understand and
approve what we are
driving
at; that he will not
try to
change our
plan.
2.
... keep a firm hand on A.A. in ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
They say to one another, "Perhaps it would be a
good
idea if we
continue to
keep a
firm hand on
A.A. in this
town.
3.
... keep a man in everlasting ignorance -- that ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
"There is a
principle which is a
bar against all
information, which is
proof against all
arguments
and which cannot
fail to
keep
a
man in
everlasting ignorance -- that
principle is
contempt prior to
investigation." --
Herbert Spencer
4.
... keep chasing a man who cannot or ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
We find it a
waste of
time to
keep chasing a
man who cannot or will not
work
with you.
5.
... keep few skeletons in the closet.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
6.
... keep God out of our lives.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
We can have
faith,
yet keep God out of our
lives.
7.
... keep him, but cannot if he continues ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
You might say you
appreciate his
abilities, would like to
keep him, but cannot if he
continues to
drink.
8.
... keep him on, for your obligation has ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
But you should
feel under no
obligation to
keep him on,
for your
obligation has been well
discharged already.
9.
... keep him sober the rest of his ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
He was
positive that this
humiliating experience,
plus the
knowledge he had
acquired, would
keep him
sober the
rest of his
life.
10.
Keep his attention focussed mainly on your ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
11.
... keep in emotional balance, and live to ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
12.
... keep in fit spiritual condition.
BB p.85,
Into Action
That is how we
react so
long
as we
keep in
fit spiritual condition.
13.
Keep it always in sight that we ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
Keep it always in
sight that
we are
dealing with that most
terrible human emotion --
jealousy.
14.
... keep liquor in our homes.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
Many of us
keep liquor in
our
homes.
15.
... keep off the streets altogether.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
On through the
years this
conduct continues,
accompanied by his
continual promises to be
careful or to
keep off the
streets altogether.
16.
... keep on, a good number will become ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
Of those who
keep on, a
good
number will
become true alcoholics after a
while.
17.
Keep on the firing line of life ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
Keep on the
firing line of
life with these
motives and
God will
keep you
unharmed.
18.
... keep on the way we are going ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
If we
keep on the way we are
going there is
little doubt that much
good will
result, but the
surface of
the
problem would
hardly
be
scratched.
19.
... keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
We
know this because we see
monotony,
pain, and even
calamity turned to
good use by those who
keep on
trying to
practice A.A.'s
Twelve Steps.
20.
... keep on turning my life and my ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
If I
keep on
turning my
life and my will over to the
care
of Something or Somebody else, what will
become of
me?
21.
... keep our balance.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Although these
attitudes are
common enough, we
A.A.'s find we
need something much
better in
order to
keep our
balance.
22.
... keep our balance, provided we remember, and ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
23.
... keep our heads in the clouds with ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
We have
come to
believe He
would like us to
keep our
heads in the
clouds with Him,
but that our
feet ought to be
firmly planted on
earth.
24.
... keep our knowledge and experience top secret.
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
25.
... keep our Society out of public controversy.
12&12 p.179,
Tradition Ten
26.
... keep sober.
BB p.82,
Into Action
Sometimes we
hear an
alcoholic say that the only thing he
needs to do is to
keep sober.
27.
... keep sober, for there will be no ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
Certainly he
must keep sober, for there will be no
home if he doesn't.
28.
... keep spiritually active.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
Both saw that they
must keep
spiritually active.
29.
... keep the breath of life in him.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
30.
... keep the precious gift of sobriety unless ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
It is the
great paradox of
A.A. that we
know we can
seldom keep the
precious gift of
sobriety unless we
give it away.
31.
... keep this priceless gift unless he gives ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
Moreover, he
finds he cannot
keep this
priceless gift unless he
gives it away.
32.
... keep to themselves certain facts about their ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
Time after
time newcomers have
tried to
keep to themselves
certain
facts about their
lives.
33.
... keep trying.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
The only
urgent thing is that we make a
beginning, and
keep trying.
34.
... keep up his spirits.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
We
know our
friend is like a
boy whistling in the
dark to
keep up his
spirits.
35.
... keep us on an emotional jag indefinitely.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
36.
... keep us out."
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Groups have
tried to
expel members, but the
banished have
come back to
sit in the
meeting place,
saying, "This is
life for us; you can't
keep us out."
37.
... keep us that way without our cooperation.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
But in no
case does He
render us
white as
snow and
keep us that way without
our
cooperation.
38.
... keep you out.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
You can
declare yourself in;
nobody can
keep you out.
39.
... keep you out.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
We don't
want to
keep you out.
40.
... keep you unharmed.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
Keep on the
firing line of
life with these
motives and
God will
keep you
unharmed.
41.
... keep you -- until then.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
May
God bless you and
keep you -- until then.
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