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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... side.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He
browbeat everybody, and
everybody expected that
he'd soon get
drunk -- for at the
time, you see,
A.A. was on the
pious side.
2.
... side.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Dad may
feel that for
years his
drinking has
placed him on the
wrong side of every
argument, but that
now he has
become a
superior person with
God on his
side.
3.
... side, and a completely new set of ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Ideas,
emotions, and
attitudes which were once the
guiding forces of the
lives of these
men are
suddenly cast to one
side, and a
completely new
set of
conceptions and
motives begin to
dominate them.
4.
... side and in every group.
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
Soon
A.A. was
beset by these
very
problems on every
side and in every
group.
5.
... side by side with an earnest prayer ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
This
means that
side by
side with an
earnest prayer there can be a
certain amount of
presumption and
conceit
in us.
6.
... side may have some justification.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
Both
father and the
family
are
mistaken, though each
side may have some
justification.
7.
... side of every argument, but that now ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Dad may
feel that for
years his
drinking has
placed him on the
wrong side of every
argument, but that
now he has
become a
superior person with
God on his
side.
8.
... side of life a fair hearing.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
9.
... side of our natures.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
As we have seen,
self-
searching is the
means by
which we bring new
vision,
action, and
grace to
bear upon the
dark and
negative side of our
natures.
10.
... side of our program.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
"Then,
hesitantly, I
ventured to
talk about the
spiritual side of our
program.
11.
... side of that painful experience, this prayer ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
And as he
came out the other
side of that
painful experience, this
prayer
was his
expression of what he could then see,
feel, and
wish to
become:
12.
... side of that ruinous coin marked "Fear."
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
13.
... side of the day's ledger, we should ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
As we
glance down the
debit
side of the
day's
ledger, we should
carefully examine our
motives in each
thought or
act that
appears to be
wrong.
14.
... side of the street, realizing that nothing ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
We are there to
sweep off our
side of the
street,
realizing that
nothing worth while can be
accomplished until we do so,
never trying to tell him what
he should do.
15.
... side, the founder and his friends may ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
Being on the
human side, the
founder and his
friends
may
bask a
little in
glory.
16.
... side, we are apt to be swamped ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
If
temperamentally we are on the
depressive side, we are
apt to be
swamped with
guilt and
self-
loathing.
17.
... side with an earnest prayer there can ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
This
means that
side by
side with an
earnest prayer there can be a
certain amount of
presumption and
conceit
in us.
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