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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... point:
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
So let's
consider briefly what we have been
trying to do up to this
point:
2.
... point.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
Of
course, they would use the
resources of
radio,
press, and
films to make their
point.
3.
... point.
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
Then they got the point.
4.
... point.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
I saw that
growth could
start from that
point.
5.
... point.
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
Simply because it is
impossible to
explain
what we see,
feel,
direct,
and use, without a
reasonable assumption as a
starting point.
6.
... point.
BB p.59,
How It Works
We
stood at the
turning
point.
7.
... point.
BB p.149,
To Employers
8.
... point.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
You will
want to
know more of
how to
proceed from that
point.
9.
... point, a point at which we say, ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Even then the
best of us will
discover to our
dismay that
there is always a
sticking point, a
point at which we say, "No,
I can't
give this up
yet."
10.
... point, about a hundred of our Society ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
At one
point, about a
hundred of our
Society were
breaking anonymity at
the
public level.
11.
... point, and have brought out the very ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
We've
repeatedly strained the
patience of
our
best friends to a
snapping point, and have
brought out the very
worst in those who didn't
think much of us to
begin with.
12.
... point at which we abandon limited objectives, ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
This is the
exact point at
which we
abandon limited
objectives, and
move toward God's will for us.
13.
... point at which we depart from the ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
When they
drive us
blindly, or we
willfully
demand that they
supply us
with more
satisfactions or
pleasures than are
possible or
due us, that is
the
point at which we
depart
from the
degree of
perfection that
God wishes for us here on
earth.
14.
... point at which we say, "No, I ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Even then the
best of us will
discover to our
dismay that
there is always a
sticking point, a
point at which we say, "No,
I can't
give this up
yet."
15.
... point-blank declaration that God had done for ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
But my
friend sat before me,
and he made the
point-
blank
declaration that
God had
done for him what he could not do for himself.
16.
... point-blank why he could not recover.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
So he
returned to this
doctor, whom he
admired, and
asked him
point-
blank why he could not
recover.
17.
... point for all of us.
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Therefore,
Step Two is the
rallying point for all of us.
18.
... point has helped many of us.
BB p.142,
To Employers
A
firm attitude at this
point has
helped many of us.
19.
... point he firmly but lovingly commences to ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
At this
point he
firmly but
lovingly commences to
behave like a
partner
instead of like a
bad boy.
20.
... point imagination toward the right objectives.
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
21.
... point in our lives came when we ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
A
great turning point in our
lives came when we
sought for
humility as something we really
wanted, rather than as something we
must have.
22.
... point in the drinking of every alcoholic, ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
At a
certain point in the
drinking of every
alcoholic, he
passes into
a
state where the most
powerful desire to
stop drinking is of
absolutely no
avail.
23.
... point insistently.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
This will
tempt us to
argue,
or to
press our
point insistently.
24.
... point is reached, little can be done ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
We are not
sure why, once a
certain point is
reached,
little can be done
for him.
25.
... point is, that we are willing to ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
The
point is, that we are
willing to
grow along
spiritual lines.
26.
... point, it might be well to explain ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
At this
point, it might be well to
explain alcoholism, the
illness.
27.
... point of 1932, and I had somehow ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
Stocks were at the
low point of
1932, and I had somehow
formed a
group to
buy.
28.
... point of advantage in the approach that ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
"I
think that
psychologically speaking there is a
point of
advantage in the
approach that is being made in this
movement that cannot be
duplicated.
29.
... point of despair that nothing but oblivion ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
30.
... point of divorce or bankruptcy are mystified ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
Friends who have
reasoned with him after a
spree which has brought him to the
point of
divorce or
bankruptcy are
mystified when he
walks directly into a
saloon.
31.
... point of professionalism, money and spirituality do ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
We have
discovered that at the
point of
professionalism,
money and
spirituality do not
mix.
32.
... point of self-destruction.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
33.
... point of view.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
We
naturally congratulate ourselves on what
later proves to be a far too
easy and
superficial
point of
view.
34.
... point of view.
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
We had to
ask ourselves why we shouldn't
apply to our
human problems this same
readiness to
change our
point of
view.
35.
... point of view, the spiritual ideas of ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
36.
... point of view the way he established ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
37.
... point of view, though we cooperate widely ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Neither does
A.A. take any
particular medical point of
view, though we
cooperate widely with the
men of
medicine as well as
with the
men of
religion.
38.
... point on, progress will be rapid.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
From that
point on,
progress will be
rapid.
39.
... point: One of our friends is a ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
Here is a
case in
point: One
of our
friends is a
heavy
smoker and
coffee drinker.
40.
... point out that his defects of character ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
You should
point out that his
defects of
character are
not
going to
disappear
over
night.
41.
... point out that we alcoholics have much ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
But
point out that we
alcoholics have much in
common and that you would like, in any
case, to be
friendly.
42.
... point out the deep need every human ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
43.
... point that out and urge more attention ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
It will do
little good if
you
point that out and
urge
more
attention for
yourself.
44.
... point: that there is plenty wrong with ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
But all who are in the
least reasonable will
agree upon
one
point: that there is
plenty wrong with us
alcoholics about which
plenty will have to be done if we are to
expect sobriety,
progress, and any
real ability to
cope with
life.
45.
... point we got a divorce and took ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
Perhaps at this
point we got a
divorce and took the
children home to
father and
mother.
46.
... point, we were squarely confronted with the ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
Arrived at this
point, we
were
squarely confronted with the
question of
faith.
47.
... point we will want to summon all ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
But if no such
opportunity presents itself, at some
point we will
want to
summon all our
courage,
head straight for the
person concerned, and
lay our
cards on the
table.
48.
... point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
This is a
point we
wish to
emphasize and
re-
emphasize, to
smash home upon our
alcoholic readers as it has been
revealed to us out of
bitter experience.
49.
... point where he could have a spiritual ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
Your
husband will be the
first to say it was your
devotion and
care which
brought him to the
point where he could have a
spiritual experience.
50.
... point where he desperately wants to stop ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
He may have
come to the
point
where he
desperately wants to
stop but cannot.
51.
... point where it would hit them.
12&12 p.23,
Step One
It was
obviously necessary to
raise the
bottom the
rest of us had
hit to the
point where it would
hit them.
52.
... point where nature comes closest to the ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
53.
... point where we could quit on our ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
As we
look back, we
feel we
had
gone on
drinking many
years beyond the
point where we could
quit on our
will
power.
54.
... point with pride to the good lives ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
No
doubt we shall
point with
pride to the
good lives we
thought we
led before the
bottle cut us down.
55.
... point you would label him as a ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
Up to this
point you would
label him as a
foolish chap having
queer ideas of
fun.
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