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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... nothing.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
In both
cases, we had been
asking something for
nothing.
2.
... nothing.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Faith, to be
sure, is
necessary, but
faith alone
can
avail nothing.
3.
... nothing.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
But of the things which really
bother and
burn us, we say
nothing.
4.
... nothing.
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Suppose that this may
continue to go
undetected, if we say
nothing.
5.
... nothing.
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
This is
indeed the
kind of
giving that
actually demands nothing.
6.
... nothing.
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
Everybody gains, and we
have
lost nothing.
7.
... nothing.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
When we
became alcoholics,
crushed by a
self-
imposed crisis we could not
postpone or
evade, we had to
fearlessly face the
proposition that either
God
is
everything or else He is
nothing.
8.
... nothing.
BB p.59,
How It Works
9.
... nothing about it himself.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
He was
interested and
conceded that he had some of the
symptoms, but he was a
long
way from
admitting that he could do
nothing about it himself.
10.
Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
11.
... nothing, and proceeds nowhere.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
Were our
contentions true, it would
follow that
life originated out of
nothing,
means nothing, and
proceeds nowhere.
12.
... 'Nothing at all.'
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
"I was
thankful I could tell him, '
Nothing at all.'
13.
... nothing but a high and legitimate ambition ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
As to our
grandiose behavior, we
insisted
that we had been
possessed of
nothing but a
high and
legitimate ambition to
win the
battle of
life.
14.
... nothing but a mass of electrons, created ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Could we still say the
whole thing was
nothing but a
mass of
electrons,
created out of
nothing,
meaning nothing,
whirling on to a
destiny of
nothingness?
15.
... nothing but constant deflation and a growing ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
16.
... nothing but good can come from them ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
But in the
longer run we
clearly realize that these
are only the
pains of
growing up, and
nothing but
good can
come from them if we
turn more and more to the
entire Twelve Steps for the
answers.
17.
... nothing but hoard money.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Another may
develop such an
obsession for
financial
security that he
wants to
do
nothing but
hoard money.
18.
... nothing but oblivion looks possible as a ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
19.
... nothing but the very best will do!'
12&12 p.138,
Tradition Two
This is a
matter of
life and
death,
Bill, and
nothing but the very
best will do!'
20.
... nothing can be accomplished.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
Until such an
understanding is
reached,
little or
nothing can be
accomplished.
21.
... nothing can so surely destroy our spiritual ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Seven (Long)
22.
... nothing can so surely destroy our spiritual ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
23.
... nothing could be done for him.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
He
suffered horribly
from his
sprees, but it
seemed as if
nothing could be
done for him.
24.
... nothing could be seen but two struggling, ...
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.
25.
... nothing could extinguish?
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
Did I
burn with a
guilt that
nothing could
extinguish?
26.
... nothing could have happened.
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
Without that,
nothing could have
happened.
27.
Nothing counted but thoroughness and honesty.
BB p.65,
How It Works
28.
... nothing disturbing to their beliefs or ceremonies.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
Those having
religious affiliations will find here
nothing disturbing to their
beliefs or
ceremonies.
29.
... nothing else.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
But the
testimony of
A.A.'s
who have really
tried a
moral inventory is that
pride and
fear of this
sort turn out to be
bogeymen,
nothing else.
30.
... nothing else would.
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
We
found that
dependence upon His
perfect justice,
forgiveness, and
love was
healthy, and that it would
work where
nothing else would.
31.
... nothing for either family.
BB p.79,
Into Action
We
thought he ought to be
willing to do that if
necessary, but if he were in
jail he could
provide nothing for either
family.
32.
... nothing, for the moment, of how that ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
But say
nothing, for the
moment, of how that was
accomplished.
33.
... nothing for the society of one another, ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
If there were no
social instinct, if
men cared nothing for the
society of one another, there would be no
society.
34.
... nothing funny about the situation then.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
But I can tell you there was
nothing funny about the
situation
then.
35.
... nothing happened.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
36.
... nothing happens in God's world by mistake.
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
37.
... nothing incompatible between a powerful spiritual experience ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
38.
Nothing is going to turn me into ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
Nothing is
going to
turn me into a
nonentity.
39.
... nothing is left."
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
This is the
end ...
nothing is
left."
40.
... nothing left but pure reason, it wouldn't ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Were
nothing left but
pure reason, it wouldn't be
life.
41.
... nothing left for us but to pick ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
When, therefore, we were
approached by those in
whom the
problem had been
solved, there was
nothing left for us but to
pick up the
simple kit of
spiritual tools laid at our
feet.
42.
... nothing less: That we have had deep ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
43.
... nothing like a central government can anywhere ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
Why is it, they
ask, that in
A.A.
no
member can be
set in
personal authority over
another, that
nothing like a
central government can
anywhere be seen?
44.
... nothing man couldn't do.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
Scientific progress
told us there was
nothing man
couldn't do.
45.
... nothing, meaning nothing, whirling on to a ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Could we still say the
whole thing was
nothing but a
mass of
electrons,
created out of
nothing,
meaning nothing,
whirling on to a
destiny of
nothingness?
46.
... nothing, means nothing, and proceeds nowhere.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
Were our
contentions true, it would
follow that
life originated out of
nothing,
means nothing, and
proceeds nowhere.
47.
Nothing more.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
Nothing more.
48.
... nothing more than temporary conditions.
BB p.141,
To Employers
49.
Nothing more was required of me to ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
Nothing more was
required
of me to make my
beginning.
50.
... nothing much can grow in the dark.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
But
first of all we shall
want sunlight;
nothing much can
grow in the
dark.
51.
... nothing my company could have done would ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
I
know, in my
own particular case, that
nothing my
company could have
done would have
stopped me for, so
long as I was able to
hold my
position, I could not
possibly realize how
serious my
situation was.
52.
... nothing new about that.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I had been out of
town before during this
particular dry spell, so there was
nothing new
about that.
53.
... nothing obligatory about it.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
So far as we are
concerned, there is
nothing obligatory about it.
54.
... nothing of alcoholism might be made and ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
55.
... nothing of that intense mental and physical ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
Here was the
threat of
commitment, the
loss of
family and
position, to say
nothing of that
intense mental and
physical suffering which
drinking
always
caused him.
56.
... nothing, only by being willing to take ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Only by
discussing ourselves,
holding back
nothing, only by
being
willing to take
advice and
accept direction could we
set foot on the
road to
straight thinking,
solid honesty, and
genuine humility.
57.
Nothing pays off like restraint of tongue ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
Nothing pays off like
restraint of
tongue and
pen.
58.
... nothing people.
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
Alcoholics are
certainly all-or-
nothing
people.
59.
... nothing seemed so fragile, so easily breakable ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
60.
... nothing serious.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
I had a few
words with the
boss, but
nothing serious.
61.
Nothing short of continuous action upon these ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
Nothing short of
continuous action upon
these as a way of
life can bring the much-
desired result.
62.
... nothing; that without Him I was lost.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I
admitted for the
first
time that of myself I was
nothing; that without Him I was
lost.
63.
... nothing, the Father doeth the works" began ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
But now the
words "Of myself I am
nothing, the
Father doeth the
works"
began to
carry bright promise and
meaning.
64.
... nothing the matter with constructive imagination; all ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
65.
... nothing, their self-pity made them killjoys.
BB p.105,
To Wives
If, on the other
hand, they took
nothing, their
self-
pity made them
killjoys.
66.
... nothing to do but wait.
BB p.139,
To Employers
There was
nothing to do but
wait.
67.
... nothing to drink whatever for three years, ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
I
pointed out that I had had
nothing to
drink whatever for
three years, and this in the
face of
difficulties that
would have made
nine out of
ten
men drink their
heads off.
68.
'Nothing too promising,' the little doc said.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
'
Nothing too
promising,'
the
little doc said.
69.
... nothing, we are delighted.
BB p.75,
Into Action
Once we have
taken this
step,
withholding nothing, we
are
delighted.
70.
... nothing, we saw at last.
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Little or
nothing, we saw at
last.
71.
... nothing whatever except the sincere desire to ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the
man who is
making
the
approach has had the same
difficulty, that he
obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his
whole deportment shouts at the new
prospect
that he is a
man with a
real answer, that he has no
attitude of
Holier Than
Thou,
nothing whatever
except the
sincere desire to be
helpful; that
there are no
fees to
pay, no
axes to
grind, no people to
please, no
lectures to be
endured -- these are the
conditions we have
found
most
effective.
72.
... nothing when drinking, and I was forty ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
I could
eat little or
nothing when
drinking, and I was
forty pounds under
weight.
73.
... nothing which has contributed more to the ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
We
feel, after many
years of
experience, that we have
found nothing which has
contributed more to the
rehabilitation of these
men than the
altruistic movement now
growing up
among them.
74.
... nothing, whirling on to a destiny of ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Could we still say the
whole thing was
nothing but a
mass of
electrons,
created out of
nothing,
meaning nothing,
whirling on to a
destiny of
nothingness?
75.
... nothing will be so helpful to your ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
We
urge you to
try our
program, for
nothing will be
so
helpful to your
husband as the
radically
changed attitude toward him which
God will
show you how to have.
76.
... nothing will ever cut off the supply ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
We are
delighted with this
dependence; our
main hope is that
nothing will ever
cut off the
supply of
current.
77.
Nothing will help the man who is ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
Nothing will
help the
man who is off on a
spiritual
tangent so much as the
wife
who
adopts a
sane spiritual program,
making a
better practical use of it.
78.
... nothing will so much insure immunity from ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
79.
... nothing worth while can be accomplished until ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
We are there to
sweep off our
side of the
street,
realizing that
nothing worth while can be
accomplished until we do so,
never trying to tell him what
he should do.
80.
Nothing would fix me.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
81.
Nothing would please us so much as ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Nothing would
please us so
much as to
write a book which would
contain no
basis for
contention or
argument.
82.
... nothing wrong whatever with becoming a lay ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
There was
nothing wrong
whatever with
becoming a
lay therapist.
83.
... nothing, your sense of relief will mount ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
Provided you
hold back
nothing, your
sense of
relief will
mount from
minute to
minute.
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