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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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Therefore, ask yourself on each occasion, "Have I any good social, business, or personal reason for going to this place?
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The expression on the faces of the women, that indefinable something
in the eyes of the men, the stimulating and electric
atmosphere of the place,
conspired to let him know that here was haven at last.
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Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job --
wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.
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Still goaded by sheer necessity, we reluctantly come to grips with those serious character flaws that made problem drinkers of us in
the first place, flaws which must be dealt with to prevent a retreat into alcoholism once again.
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It was soon apparent that while alcoholics would spend lavishly on Twelfth Step cases, they had a terrific aversion to dropping money into a meeting-place hat for group purposes.
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In the doctor's judgment
he was utterly hopeless;
he could never regain his position in society and he
would have to place himself
under lock and key or hire a bodyguard if he expected
to live long.
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What often takes place in a few months could seldom have been
accomplished by years
of self-discipline.
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Our desires for sex, for material and emotional security, and for an important place in society often tyrannize us.
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I have seen men come out of asylums and resume a vital place in the lives of their families and communities.
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We ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of His
will that we can have for that day, and that we be given the grace by which we may carry it out.
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If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we shall be pulled backward into disillusionment.
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His only chance for sobriety would be some place like the Greenland Ice Cap, and even there an Eskimo might turn up with a bottle of scotch and ruin everything!
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My talent for leadership, I imagined,
would place me at the head of vast enterprises which I
would manage with the utmost
assurance.
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XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority
over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion,
vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial
unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and that,
like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and
action.
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Twelve -- Anonymity is
the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
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Tradition Twelve -- "Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of
all our traditions, ever
reminding us to place principles before personalities."
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"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of
all our traditions, ever
reminding us to place principles before personalities."
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It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities;
that we are actually to practice a genuine humility.
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It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities;
that we are actually to practice a genuine humility.
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He had lived there but a few weeks when he found that the
place probably contained more alcoholics per square mile than any city in the country.
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We all had to place recovery
above everything, for without recovery we would
have lost both home and business.
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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."
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But when we are willing to place spiritual growth first -- then and only
then do we have a real chance.
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He saw that he had to place the
outcome in God's hands or he would soon start drinking again, and all would be lost anyhow.
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"How," they ask, "can such a crowd of anarchists function at all? How can they possibly place their common welfare first? What in Heaven's name holds them together?"
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It was now time, the struggling groups thought, to place their message and unique experience before the world.
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If the Creator gave us our lives in the first place, then He must know in every detail where we have since gone
wrong.
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When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
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When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
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You need this information
to put yourself in his place, to see how you would like him to approach you if the
tables were turned.
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By a great deal of ardent Twelfth Step work we sometimes carry the message to so many alcoholics that they place us
in a position of trust.
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When we see a man sinking into the mire that is alcoholism, we give him first aid and place what we have at his disposal.
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Since both ways have proved bitterly disappointing, they have concluded there is no place whatever for them to go.
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Aside from fellowship and
sociability, the prime
object was to provide a time and place where new people might bring their problems.
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So our rule is not to avoid a
place where there is drinking, if we have a legitimate reason for being there.
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Returning home we find a place where we can be quiet for an hour, carefully reviewing what
we have done.
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This feeling of being at one with God and man, this emerging from isolation through the open and honest sharing of our terrible burden of guilt, brings us to a resting place where we may prepare ourselves for the following Steps toward a full and meaningful sobriety.
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Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum
helpfulness to others,
so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful.
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I also had the notion that I
might find a customer for a
car at this place, which was familiar for I had been going
to it for years.
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Change of scene, the best efforts of family, friends, doctors, and clergymen got no place
with my alcoholism.
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I now remembered what my alcoholic friends had told me, how they prophesied
that if I had an alcoholic mind, the time and place would come -- I would drink again.
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Before long, your listener may well tell a story or two about himself which will place you even more at ease.
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No one ought to say the A.A. program requires no willpower; here is one place you may require all you've got.
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