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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
REQUIRED occurs
6 times
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1.
... required great willingness even to begin.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
This
required great willingness even to
begin.
2.
... required if I were to eat any ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
A
tumbler full of
gin followed by
half a
dozen bottles of
beer would be
required if I were to
eat any
breakfast.
3.
... required just for sobriety, they still haven't ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Nearly all
A.A.'s have
found, too, that
unless they
develop much more of this
precious quality than may
be
required just for
sobriety, they still haven't much
chance of
becoming truly happy.
4.
... required of me to make my beginning.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
Nothing more was
required
of me to make my
beginning.
5.
... required only acceptance.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
These
conclusions did not
require action; they
required only
acceptance.
6.
... required to follow a few simple rules.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other
hand -- and
strange as this may
seem to
those who do not
understand -- once a
psychic change has
occurred, the very same
person who
seemed doomed, who had so many
problems he
despaired of
ever
solving them,
suddenly finds himself
easily able to
control his
desire for
alcohol, the
only
effort necessary
being that
required to
follow a few
simple rules.
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