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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
KNOWLEDGE occurs
27 times
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1.
... knowledge.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
Surely this was the
answer
--
self-
knowledge.
2.
... knowledge.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
We shall bring to the
task our
combined experience and
knowledge.
3.
... knowledge.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
4.
... knowledge.
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
5.
... knowledge about himself as an alcoholic.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
He had much
knowledge about himself as an
alcoholic.
6.
... knowledge and experience.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
They are
matters of
knowledge and
experience.
7.
... knowledge and experience top secret.
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
We cannot
declare A.A. such a
closed corporation
that we
keep our
knowledge and
experience top secret.
8.
... knowledge and experience were being sold for ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
In all these
instances, and more, it was
claimed that
A.A. knowledge and
experience were
being
sold for
money, hence
these people, too, were
professionals.
9.
... knowledge and humble example that resolve a ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
Theirs is the
quiet opinion, the
sure knowledge and
humble example that
resolve a
crisis.
10.
... knowledge and power.
BB p.85,
Into Action
Much has already been said about
receiving strength,
inspiration,
and
direction from Him who has all
knowledge and
power.
11.
... knowledge as to what part employers might ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
To me, this
incident illustrates lack of
understanding as to what really
ails the
alcoholic, and
lack of
knowledge as to what
part employers might
profitably take in
salvaging their
sick employees.
12.
... knowledge, he could not have applied it ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Admit that he
probably knows more about it than you do, but call to his
attention the
fact that
however
deep his
faith and
knowledge, he could not have
applied it or he would not
drink.
13.
... knowledge he had acquired, would keep him ...
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.
14.
... knowledge into other fields, we were taking ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had
declared that our
Fellowship couldn't
hire service workers nor could
any
A.A. member carry our
knowledge into other
fields, we were
taking the
counsel of
fear,
fear which
today has been
largely dispelled in the
light of
experience.
15.
... knowledge of alcoholism.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
Of
course, there couldn't be the
slightest objection if
such an
association hired an
A.A. member solely because of his
public relations ability and his
knowledge of
alcoholism.
16.
... knowledge of his own personality flaws and ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
17.
... knowledge of His will for us and ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
"
Sought through
prayer and
meditation to
improve
our
conscious contact
with
God as we
understood
Him,
praying only for
knowledge of His will for us and the
power to
carry that out."
18.
... "...knowledge of His will for us and ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
And we
think that the
whole
range of our
needs is well
defined by that
part of
Step Eleven which says:
"...
knowledge of His will for us and the
power to
carry that out."
19.
... knowledge of His will for us and ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
11.
Sought through
prayer and
meditation to
improve our
conscious
contact with
God as we
understood Him,
praying
only for
knowledge of His will for us and the
power to
carry that out.
20.
... knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a
look backward and
try to
discover where we have been at
fault;
next we make a
vigorous attempt to
repair the
damage we have
done; and
third, having thus
cleaned away the
debris of
the
past, we
consider how,
with our
newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may
develop the
best possible relations with
every
human being we
know.
21.
... knowledge of that way with all who ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
We have been
talking about
problems because we are
problem people who have
found
a way up and out, and who
wish to
share our
knowledge of that way
with all who can use it.
22.
... knowledge of the inner workings of his ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
Above all, he
believed he had
acquired such a
profound
knowledge of the
inner workings of his
mind and
its hidden springs that
relapse was
unthinkable.
23.
... knowledge of your condition.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
It may be
worth a
bad case of
jitters if you get a
full knowledge of your
condition.
24.
... knowledge that at home or in the ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service,
gladly rendered,
obligations
squarely met,
troubles well
accepted or
solved with
God's
help, the
knowledge that at
home or in the
world outside we are
partners in
a
common effort, the
well-
understood fact
that in
God's
sight all
human beings are
important, the
proof that
love freely given surely brings a
full return, the
certainty that we are no
longer isolated and alone
in
self-
constructed prisons, the
surety that we
need no
longer be
square pegs in
round holes but can
fit and
belong in
God's
scheme of things -- these
are the
permanent and
legitimate satisfactions of
right
living for which no
amount
of
pomp and
circumstance, no
heap of
material possessions, could
possibly be
substitutes.
25.
Knowledge was all-powerful.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
Knowledge was all-
powerful.
26.
... knowledge would fix it.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
Self-
knowledge would
fix it.
27.
... knowledge would not help in those strange ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
I saw that will
power and
self-
knowledge would not
help in those
strange mental blank spots.
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