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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
LIGHT occurs
22 times
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1.
... light.
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
In that
time nothing could
be seen but
two struggling,
nameless groups of
alcoholics trying to
hold their
faces up to the
light.
2.
... light.
BB p.116,
To Wives
Should it
happen again,
regard it in a
different
light.
3.
... light, and joy to every human being ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
Then he
asked for the
grace
to bring
love,
forgiveness,
harmony,
truth,
faith,
hope,
light, and
joy to every
human being he
could.
4.
... light falls upon this foggy scene.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
Once we have a
complete willingness to take
inventory, and
exert
ourselves to do the
job thoroughly, a
wonderful light falls upon this
foggy scene.
5.
... light had entered the dark world of ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
6.
... light of day.
BB p.73,
Into Action
He
hopes they will
never see
the
light of
day.
7.
... light of experience.
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.
8.
... light of God's reality, the nourishment of ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
We all
need the
light of
God's
reality, the
nourishment of His
strength, and the
atmosphere of His
grace.
9.
... light of his own circumstances, he needs ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
All by himself, and in the
light of his
own circumstances, he
needs to
develop the
quality of
willingness.
10.
... light of our experience can recover, provided ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
11.
... light of past associations, or his present ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
This should be an
entirely personal affair which each
one
decides for himself in the
light of
past associations, or his
present choice.
12.
... light of reason can shine.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
The
problem is to
help them
discover a
chink in the
walls their
ego has
built, through which the
light
of
reason can
shine.
13.
... light of the havoc an alcoholic's drinking ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
Sometimes these
excuses have a
certain plausibility,
but
none of them really makes
sense in the
light of the
havoc an
alcoholic's
drinking bout creates.
14.
... light of their own circumstances, ought to ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
We
feel that each
family, in
the
light of their
own circumstances, ought to
decide for themselves.
15.
... light of what always happened.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
But even in this
type of
beginning we are
obliged
to
admit that our
justification for a
spree was
insanely insufficient in the
light
of what always
happened.
16.
... light, or food, the body suffers.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
When we
refuse air,
light, or
food, the
body suffers.
17.
... light, Step Six is still difficult, but ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Seen in this
light,
Step Six is still
difficult, but
not at all
impossible.
18.
... light, tell him humorous stories of your ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
If his
mood is
light, tell him
humorous stories of
your
escapades.
19.
... light -- that where there is sadness, I ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
"
Lord, make me a
channel of
thy peace -- that where there
is
hatred, I may bring
love
-- that where there is
wrong, I may bring the
spirit of
forgiveness --
that where there is
discord, I may bring
harmony -- that where there is
error, I may bring
truth --
that where there is
doubt, I may bring
faith -- that where there is
despair, I may bring
hope --
that where there are
shadows, I may bring
light -- that where there is
sadness, I may bring
joy.
20.
... light to its interior.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
21.
... light, to see their lives quickly fill ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
To
watch the
eyes of
men and
women open with
wonder as they
move from
darkness into
light, to see their
lives quickly fill with new
purpose and
meaning, to see
whole families reassembled, to see the
alcoholic outcast received back into his
community in
full citizenship, and above all to
watch these people
awaken to
the
presence of a
loving
God in their
lives -- these
things are the
substance of what we
receive as we
carry A.A.'s
message to the
next alcoholic.
22.
... Light who presides over us all.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
I
must turn in all things to
the
Father of
Light who
presides over us all.
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