From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
PAIN occurs
12 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... pain.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
It brought a
measure of
humility, which we soon
discovered to be a
healer
of
pain.
2.
... pain, and even calamity turned to good ...
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.
3.
... pain and problems.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
Until now, our
lives have been
largely devoted to
running from
pain and
problems.
4.
... pain," and we pray for these specific ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We say to ourselves, "This one ought to be
cured of
his
fatal malady," or "That
one ought to be
relieved of his
emotional pain," and we
pray for these
specific
things.
5.
... pain, can be solved, too.
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
He
relies upon the
assurance that his many
troubles, now made more
acute because he cannot use
alcohol to
kill the
pain, can be
solved, too.
6.
... pain, fear, and despair, and even the ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
And this they did find, in
measure to
transcend all the
defects
of their
frail craft, every
test of
uncertainty,
pain,
fear, and
despair, and even the
death
of one.
7.
... pain had been the price of admission ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
In every
case,
pain had been
the
price of
admission
into a new
life.
8.
... pain less, and desire humility more than ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
We
began to
fear pain less, and
desire humility more than
ever.
9.
... pain of envy or to be paralyzed ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
No one
wants to be
agonized by the
chronic
pain of
envy or to be
paralyzed by
sloth.
10.
... pain subsides, a healing tranquillity takes its ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
11.
... pain was the touchstone of all spiritual ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
Someone who
knew what he was
talking about once
remarked that
pain was the
touchstone of all
spiritual progress.
12.
... pain will be lessened as one obstacle ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
But if a
willing start is
made, then the
great advantages of doing this will so
quickly reveal themselves
that the
pain will be
lessened as one
obstacle
after another
melts away.
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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