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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... Step?
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Since
Step One
requires an
admission that our
lives
have
become unmanageable, how could people such as these
take this
Step?
2.
... Step.
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
3.
... Step.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
4.
... step.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
5.
... Step?
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
Now, what about the
rest of the
Twelfth Step?
6.
... Step.
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
7.
... Step."
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
8.
... step.
BB p.74,
Into Action
Rightly and
naturally,
we
think well before we
choose the
person or
persons with whom to take this
intimate and
confidential step.
9.
... Step also says that as a result ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
Our
Twelfth Step also says
that as a
result of
practicing all the
Steps,
we have each
found something called a
spiritual awakening.
10.
... Step, and action is its key word.
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
The
joy of
living is the
theme of
A.A.'s
Twelfth Step, and
action is
its key word.
11.
... Step and that part of the Twelfth ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Maybe we are doing
fine on only
two of them, the
First Step and that
part of the
Twelfth where we "
carry the
message."
12.
... step ashore.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
But somehow, we couldn't quite
step ashore.
13.
... step at first.
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Rebellion dogs our every
step at
first.
14.
... step away from a highly strained, abnormal ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
15.
... step back and think.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
When we are
tempted by the
bait, we should
train ourselves
to
step back and
think.
16.
... Step cases, they had a terrific aversion ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
17.
... Step couldn't be sold for money, we ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
When we had
agreed that the
Twelfth Step couldn't be
sold for
money, we had been
wise.
18.
... Step Eight, we continued our housecleaning, for ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
In
Step Eight, we
continued our
housecleaning, for we saw that we were not only
in
conflict with ourselves, but also with people
and
situations in the
world in which we
lived.
19.
... Step Eleven.
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
At these
critical moments, if we
remind
ourselves that "it is
better to
comfort than to be
comforted, to
understand than to be
understood, to
love than to
be
loved," we will be
following the
intent of
Step Eleven.
20.
Step Eleven suggests prayer and meditation.
BB p.85,
Into Action
21.
... Step Eleven we saw that if a ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
22.
... Step Eleven which says: "...knowledge of His ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
And we
think that the
whole
range of our
needs is well
defined by that
part of
Step Eleven which says:
"...
knowledge of His will for us and the
power to
carry that out."
23.
... Step experiences where we will seem to ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We may often
pass through
Twelfth Step experiences where we will
seem to be
temporarily off
the
beam.
24.
... Step Five.
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
So
intense, though, is our
fear and
reluctance to do
this, that many
A.A.'s at
first
try to
bypass Step Five.
25.
... Step Five.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Few
muddled attitudes
have
caused us more
trouble than
holding back
on
Step Five.
26.
... Step Five?
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
What are we
likely to
receive from
Step Five?
27.
... Step Five.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
More
realism and therefore more
honesty about ourselves are the
great gains we make under the
influence of
Step Five.
28.
... Step Five that he first actually felt ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
Many an
A.A., once
agnostic
or
atheistic, tells us that it was during this
stage of
Step Five that he
first actually felt the
presence of
God.
29.
... Step Five that we inwardly knew we'd ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Our
moral inventory had
persuaded us that all-
round forgiveness was
desirable, but it was only when we
resolutely tackled Step Five that we
inwardly knew we'd be able to
receive forgiveness
and
give it, too.
30.
Step Five was the answer.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Step Five was the
answer.
31.
... Step Five, we decided that an inventory, ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
Looking at
Step Five, we
decided that an
inventory,
taken alone,
wouldn't be
enough.
32.
... Step for a fee.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
This has always been so
obvious that only a very
few
A.A.'s have ever
worked
the
Twelfth Step for a
fee.
33.
... Step Four.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
They can do this, for they are the
carriers of
A.A.'s
tested experience with
Step Four.
34.
... Step Four.
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
These are the
first fruits
of
Step Four.
35.
... Step Four.
BB p.64,
How It Works
36.
... Step Four back and forth over our ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
If we have
swept the
searchlight of
Step Four back and
forth over our
careers, and it has
revealed in
stark relief those
experiences
we'd rather not
remember, if we have
come to
know how
wrong thinking and
action have
hurt us and others,
then the
need to
quit living by ourselves with those
tormenting ghosts of
yesterday gets more
urgent
than ever.
37.
... Step Four is but the beginning of ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
38.
Step Four is our vigorous and painstaking ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
Step Four is our
vigorous and
painstaking effort to
discover what these
liabilities in each of us have been, and are.
39.
... Step Four was, after all, only a ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
The
objective look at
ourselves we
achieved in
Step Four was, after all, only a
look.
40.
... Step Four, we commenced to search out ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
Beginning with
Step Four, we
commenced to
search out the things in ourselves which had brought
us to
physical,
moral,
and
spiritual bankruptcy.
41.
... Step has meant to others.
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
Whenever our
pencil falters, we can
fortify and
cheer ourselves by
remembering what
A.A. experience in this
Step has
meant to others.
42.
... Step houses.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
43.
... step" illusion.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
The
best-
intentioned of
us can
fall for the "
two-
step"
illusion.
44.
... step in recovery.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
This is the
first step in
recovery.
45.
... step in the development of that kind ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
It is a
step in the
development of that
kind
of
humility that makes it
possible for us to
receive
God's
help.
46.
... step in the formation of Tradition Three.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
47.
... Step in the program of recovery mentioned ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
This brings us to the
Fifth Step in the
program of
recovery mentioned in
the
preceding chapter.
48.
... step into them and walk with new ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
Having
found the
shoes that
fit, he ought to
step into them
and
walk with new
confidence that he is at
last on the
right track.
49.
... step is indicated we must not shrink.
BB p.80,
Into Action
If we have
obtained permission, have
consulted with others,
asked God to
help and the
drastic step is
indicated we
must not
shrink.
50.
... Step is more necessary to longtime sobriety ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
But
scarcely any
Step is
more
necessary to
longtime sobriety and
peace of
mind than this one.
51.
... Step is never to be paid for, ...
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
Our
Twelfth Step is
never to be
paid for, but those
who
labor in
service for
us are
worthy of their
hire.
52.
... Step is seen in its full implication, ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
When the
Twelfth Step is
seen in
its full implication, it is really
talking about the
kind of
love that has no
price tag on it.
53.
... step is to be, that we be ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
We usually
conclude the
period of
meditation with
a
prayer that we be
shown
all through the
day what our
next step is to be, that we be
given whatever we
need to take
care of such
problems.
54.
... Step is where we make the change ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
The
Seventh Step is where
we make the
change in our
attitude which
permits us,
with
humility as our
guide, to
move out from
ourselves
toward others and
toward God.
55.
... step, it could have little permanent effect ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
Though our
decision was a
vital and
crucial step, it could have
little permanent effect unless at once
followed by
a
strenuous effort to
face, and to be
rid of, the
things in ourselves which had been
blocking us.
56.
... Step job at a hospital in New ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
"One
day I was doing a
Twelfth Step job at a
hospital in New
York.
57.
... Step job, no matter how unpromising.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
In those
days, we'd go anywhere on a
Twelfth Step job, no
matter how
unpromising.
58.
... Step job well done.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
59.
... Step jobs at all, the critics attacked ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Ignoring the
fact that
these
labors were not
Twelfth Step jobs at all, the
critics attacked as
A.A. professionals these
workers of ours who were often doing
thankless tasks that no one
else could or would do.
60.
... Step looks hard, even impossible.
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
61.
... step making sure we were ready; that ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
We
thought well before
taking this
step making sure we were
ready; that we could at
last abandon ourselves
utterly
to Him.
62.
... step may be postponed, only, however, if ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
If that is so, this
step may be
postponed, only, however, if we
hold ourselves in
complete readiness to go through with it at the
first opportunity.
63.
... Step Nine.
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
Good judgment, a
careful sense of
timing,
courage, and
prudence -- these are the
qualities we shall
need when
we take
Step Nine.
64.
... Step Nine.
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
For the
readiness to take the
full consequences of our
past acts, and to take
responsibility for the well-being of others at
the same
time, is the very
spirit of
Step Nine.
65.
... Step Nine by making direct amends to ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
We
followed this up in
Step Nine by
making direct amends to those
concerned,
except when it would
injure them or other people.
66.
... step of which is a personal housecleaning, ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
67.
... Step on problems other than alcohol, we ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
If we would
gain any
real advantage in the use of this
Step on
problems other than
alcohol, we shall
need to make
a
brand new
venture into
open-
mindedness.
68.
... step on the toes of our fellows ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
69.
... Step One requires an admission that our ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Since
Step One
requires an
admission that our
lives
have
become unmanageable, how could people such as these
take this
Step?
70.
Step One showed us an amazing paradox: ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
Step One
showed us an
amazing paradox: We
found that we were
totally unable to be
rid of the
alcohol obsession until
we
first admitted that we
were
powerless over it.
71.
... Step One, where we made the 100 ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Only
Step One, where we made the
100 percent admission we were
powerless over
alcohol,
can be
practiced with
absolute perfection.
72.
... step out into the sun.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
Meditation is our
step
out into the
sun.
73.
Step over to the nearest barroom and ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
74.
... Step Seven.
BB p.76,
Into Action
We have then
completed Step Seven.
75.
... Step Seven: "Humbly asked Him to remove ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
76.
... Step Seven is on humility.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
77.
... Step Seven, it might be well if ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
As we
approach the
actual taking of
Step Seven, it might be well if we
A.A.'s
inquire once more just
what our
deeper objectives are.
78.
... Step Seven, we humbly asked God to ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
Then, in
Step Seven, we
humbly asked God to
remove our
shortcomings such as He could or would under the
conditions of the
day we
asked.
79.
... Step; she was just making it possible.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
She was not
professionalizing the
Twelfth Step; she was just
making it
possible.
80.
... Step Six?
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Many will at once
ask, "How can we
accept the
entire implication of
Step Six?
81.
... Step Six.
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
Yet we
knew we had to make a
settlement with the
fundamental principle
of
Step Six.
82.
... Step Six.
BB p.76,
Into Action
If we can
answer to our
satisfaction, we then
look at
Step Six.
83.
... Step Six is still difficult, but not ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Seen in this
light,
Step Six is still
difficult, but
not at all
impossible.
84.
... Step Six, many of us balked -- for ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
At
Step Six, many of us
balked -- for the
practical reason that we
did not
wish to have all our
defects of
character removed, because we still
loved some of them too much.
85.
... Step Six on all his faults -- without ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
He
goes on to
explain that
any
person capable of
enough willingness and
honesty to
try repeatedly Step Six on all his
faults -- without
any
reservations whatever -- has
indeed come a
long way
spiritually, and
is therefore
entitled to be called a
man who is
sincerely trying to
grow in the
image and
likeness of his
own Creator.
86.
... Step Six -- "Were entirely ready to have ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
So
Step Six -- "Were
entirely ready to have
God remove all these
defects of
character" --
is
A.A.'s way of
stating the
best possible attitude one can take in
order to make a
beginning
on this
lifetime job.
87.
... Step so specifically concerns itself with humility, ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Since this
Step so
specifically concerns
itself with
humility, we should
pause here to
consider what
humility is and what the
practice of it can
mean to
us.
88.
... step, submit to anything to get well, ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
Will he take every
necessary step,
submit to anything to get
well, to
stop drinking forever?
89.
... Step Ten we commence to put our ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
But when we
approach Step
Ten we
commence to
put our
A.A. way of
living to
practical use,
day by
day, in
fair weather or
foul.
90.
... Step Ten, we had begun to get ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
By this
time, at
Step Ten, we had
begun to get a
basis for
daily living, and we
keenly realized that we would
need
to
continue taking personal inventory, and
that when we were in the
wrong we ought to
admit it
promptly.
91.
... Step Ten, which suggests we continue to ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
This
thought brings us to
Step Ten, which
suggests we
continue to
take
personal inventory and
continue
to
set right any new
mistakes as we go along.
92.
... Step that separates the men from the ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
"This is the
Step that
separates the
men from the
boys."
93.
... Step, the result has been exactly the ...
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.
94.
... Step Three.
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Every
man and
woman who has
joined A.A. and
intends to
stick has, without
realizing it, made a
beginning on
Step Three.
95.
... Step Three.
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
Once we have
come into
agreement with these
ideas,
it is really
easy to
begin
the
practice of
Step Three.
96.
... Step Three.
BB p.63,
How It Works
We were now at
Step Three.
97.
... Step Three calls for affirmative action, for ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Like all the
remaining Steps,
Step Three calls for
affirmative action, for
it is only by
action that we can
cut away the
self-will which has
always
blocked the
entry
of
God -- or, if you like, a
Higher Power -- into our
lives.
98.
... Step Three is given a determined and ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
Then it is
explained that other
Steps of the
A.A. program can be
practiced
with
success only when
Step
Three is
given a
determined and
persistent trial.
99.
... Step Three is like the opening of ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Practicing Step Three is like the
opening of
a
door which to all
appearances is still
closed and
locked.
100.
... Step Three opens the door.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
101.
Step Three represents our first attempt to ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
102.
... Step Three we turned our will and ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
Consequently, in
Step
Three we
turned our will
and our
lives over to the
care of
God as we
understood Him.
103.
... Step Three, which is that we decided ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
Being
convinced, we were at
Step Three, which is that we
decided to
turn our will and
our
life over to
God as we
understood Him.
104.
... step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
105.
... Step Twelve.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
106.
... Step Twelve.
BB p.88,
Into Action
107.
... Step Two gently and very gradually began ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
108.
... Step Two is the rallying point for ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Therefore,
Step Two is the
rallying point for all of
us.
109.
... Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
The
moment they
read Step Two, most
A.A. newcomers are
confronted with a
dilemma, sometimes a
serious one.
110.
... Step Two right now.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
Second, to get
sober and to
stay sober, you don't have to
swallow all of
Step Two right now.
111.
... Step Two we saw that since we ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
In
Step Two we saw that since
we could not
restore ourselves to
sanity, some
Higher Power must necessarily do so if we were to
survive.
112.
... Step was also the means by which ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
This
vital Step was also the
means by which we
began to
get the
feeling that we could be
forgiven, no
matter what we
had
thought or done.
113.
... step, we may not overcome drinking.
BB p.72,
Into Action
The
best reason first: If we
skip this
vital step, we may not
overcome drinking.
114.
... step with an understanding person, such as ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
115.
... Step with our sponsors or spiritual advisers ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Often it was while
working on this
Step with our
sponsors or
spiritual advisers that
we
first felt truly able to
forgive others,
no
matter how
deeply we
felt they had
wronged us.
116.
... step, withholding nothing, we are delighted.
BB p.75,
Into Action
Once we have
taken this
step,
withholding nothing,
we are
delighted.
117.
... Step work.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
Nor is this the only
kind of
Twelfth Step work.
118.
... Step work.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
Whether our
audience is one or many, it is still
Twelfth Step work.
119.
... Step work.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
There are many
opportunities even for those
of us who
feel unable to
speak at
meetings or who are
so
situated that we cannot do much
face-to-
face Twelfth Step work.
120.
... Step work.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
121.
... Step work.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
122.
... Step work.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
Yet not a
single one of them
had been
hired to do
A.A.'s
Twelfth Step work.
123.
... Step work; and then he lowered the ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He
paid a
fine tribute to the
Fellowship; he told how his
family had been
reunited;
he
extolled the
virtue
of
honesty; he
recalled
the
joys of
Twelfth Step work; and then he
lowered the
boom.
124.
... Step work forms a group, another discovery ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
The
moment this
Twelfth
Step work forms a
group, another
discovery is made -- that most
individuals cannot
recover unless there is a
group.
125.
... Step work in the very best sense ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
This is
Twelfth Step work in the very
best sense of the
word.
126.
... Step work is my business.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Committees have
instructed many an
A.A. to
stop working on a
chronic backslider, only
to be told: "How I do my
Twelfth Step work is my
business.
127.
... Step work is never to be paid ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Eight (Long)
But our
usual A.A. Twelfth Step work is
never to be
paid for.
128.
... Step" work is never to be paid ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But our
usual A.A. "
12 Step"
work is
never to be
paid for.
129.
... Step work; it was to make Twelfth ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
The
job was not to do
Twelfth Step work; it was to make
Twelfth
Step work possible.
130.
... Step work possible.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
The
job was not to do
Twelfth Step work; it was to make
Twelfth
Step work possible.
131.
... Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
132.
... Step work we sometimes carry the message ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
By a
great deal of
ardent Twelfth Step work we sometimes
carry the
message to so many
alcoholics that they place us in a
position of
trust.
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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