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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... single alcoholics who wish to marry and ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
A.A. has many
single alcoholics who
wish to
marry and are in a
position
to do so.
2.
... single case recover, where that state of ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
I have
never seen one
single
case recover, where that
state of
mind existed to the
extent that
it does in you."
3.
... single cell in the primordial ooze, is ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
How he does
cherish the
thought that
man,
risen so
majestically
from a
single cell in the
primordial ooze, is the
spearhead of
evolution
and therefore the only
god that his
universe knows!
4.
... single defect of character which stands in ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
I
pray that you now
remove
from me every
single defect
of
character which
stands in the way of my
usefulness to you and my
fellows.
5.
... single directive to an A.A. member and ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
6.
... single "Don't."
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
7.
... single leader.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
This is the
experience which has
led us to the
conclusion
that our
group conscience, well-
advised
by
its elders, will be in the
long run wiser than any
single leader.
8.
... single line of our parts.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
It was as if we were
actors on a
stage,
suddenly realizing that we did not
know a
single line of our
parts.
9.
... single newcomer, it can have a very ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
When an
A.A. talks for
money, whether at a
meeting
or to a
single newcomer,
it can have a very
bad effect
on him, too.
10.
... single one of them had been hired ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
Yet not a
single one of them
had been
hired to do
A.A.'s
Twelfth Step work.
11.
... single one of us.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
To us it is not far-
fetched, for this
kind of
thinking has been
characteristic of every
single one of us.
12.
... single pungent sentence leaped to the eye: ...
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Once the
card was
unfolded, a
single pungent sentence leaped to the
eye: "Don't take
yourself too
damn seriously."
13.
... single purpose, a member tells this story:
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
14.
... single purpose has been defeated.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Every
time we have
tried to
professionalize our
Twelfth Step, the
result has been
exactly the
same: Our
single purpose
has been
defeated.
15.
... single purpose of A.A.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
It was
based foursquare
on the
single purpose of
A.A.
16.
... single resolve: "Out he goes!"
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
17.
... single sentence, but most convincing.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
It was only a
single sentence, but most
convincing.
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