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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... quickly.
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
Though we may at
first be
startled to
realize that
God knows all about us, we are
apt to get used to that quite
quickly.
2.
... quickly and
was dead within four years.
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Though a
robust man at
retirement, he went to
pieces quickly and was
dead within four years.
3.
... quickly as
many despairing alcoholics as they ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
The
A.A. groups would have to
reach quickly as many
despairing alcoholics
as they could.
4.
... quickly as
we can.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
At the very
least, we shall have to
come to
grips with some of our
worst character defects and take
action toward their
removal as
quickly as we can.
5.
... quickly assure
you that A.A.'s tread innumerable ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
6.
... quickly diagnose
yourself.
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
We do not like to
pronounce any
individual as
alcoholic, but you can
quickly diagnose yourself.
7.
... quickly disappear.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
8.
... quickly disenchanted
with sweeping floors and brewing ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
9.
... quickly fill
with new purpose and meaning, ...
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.
10.
... quickly if
we have harmed anyone.
BB p.84,
Into Action
We
discuss them with someone
immediately and make
amends quickly if we have
harmed anyone.
11.
... quickly in
others, but only slowly in ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
We could
perceive them
quickly in others, but only
slowly
in ourselves.
12.
... quickly or
easily become ready to aim ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Therefore, it
seems plain
that few of us can
quickly or
easily become ready to
aim at
spiritual and
moral perfection; we
want to
settle for only as much
perfection as will get us by in
life,
according, of
course, to our
various and
sundry ideas of what will
get us by.
13.
... quickly reveal
themselves that the pain will ...
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.
14.
... quickly sensed
that he was quite in ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
They
quickly sensed that he
was quite in
earnest.
15.
... quickly, sometimes
slowly.
BB p.84,
Into Action
They are being
fulfilled among us -- sometimes
quickly, sometimes
slowly.
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