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... secure.
12&12
Step Three, p.36
2.
... secure a
much coveted internship in a ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
I conducted myself so creditably that I was able to
secure a much coveted internship in a western city, where I spent two years.
3.
... secure among
grown-up people, we would have ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.116
It became clear that if we ever were to feel emotionally secure among grown-up people, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop
the sense of being in partnership or brotherhood with all those
around us.
4.
... secure and
slothful later on -- only we ...
12&12
Step Six, p.67
And how often we work hard with no better motive than to be secure and slothful later on -- only we call that "retiring."
5.
... secure as
he tries to attain these ...
12&12
Step Six, p.64
6.
... secure by
some unhealthy kind of domination ...
12&12
Step Twelve, pp.116-117
Even when our fortunes had
not ebbed that much and we nevertheless found ourselves alone in the world, we still vainly tried to be secure by some unhealthy kind of domination or dependence.
7.
... secure for
so long as we try, ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.98
And we will be comforted
and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and do
the will of our own Creator.
8.
... secure from
Him sure and definite answers ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.103
Of course, it is reasonable and understandable that the question is often asked: "Why can't we take a specific and troubling dilemma straight to God, and in prayer secure from Him sure and definite answers to our requests?"
9.
... secure in
their persons, made no effort ...
12&12
Step Four, p.42
If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no survival.
10.
... secure ourselves.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.115
Where people had temporarily let us run their lives as though they were still children, we had felt very happy and secure ourselves.
11.
... secure their
confidence when others fail.
BB
Working With Others, p.89
12.
... secure their
consent.
BB
Into Action, p.80
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