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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
  ... step.  BB Into Action, p.74
Rightly and naturally, we think well before we choose the person or persons with whom to take this intimate and confidential step.


2.
  ... Step.  12&12 Contents (Step Twelve), p.8
Joy of living is the theme of the Twelfth Step.


3.
  ... Step?  12&12 Step One, p.23
Since Step One requires an admission that our lives have become unmanageable, how could people such as these take this Step?


4.
  ... Step.  12&12 Step Two, p.33
Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step.


5.
  ... Step.  12&12 Step Five, p.56
Even A.A. oldtimers, sober for years, often pay dearly for skimping this Step.


6.
  ... step.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
Yet it is only a step.


7.
  ... Step?  12&12 Step Twelve, p.109
Now, what about the rest of the Twelfth Step?


8.
  ... Step.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.125
Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living; therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step.


9.
  ... Step."  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
Members who select such full-time careers do not professionalize A.A.'s Twelfth Step."


10.
  ... Step also says that as a result ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.106
Our Twelfth Step also says that as a result of practicing all the Steps, we have each found something called a spiritual awakening.


11.
  ... Step, and action is its key word.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.106
The joy of living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step, and action is its key word.


12.
  ... Step and money.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Eight), p.11
You can't mix the Twelfth Step and money.


13.
  ... Step and that part of the Twelfth ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
Maybe we are doing fine on only two of them, the First Step and that part of the Twelfth where we "carry the message."


14.
  ... step ashore.  BB We Agnostics, p.53
But somehow, we couldn't quite step ashore.


15.
  ... step at first.  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
Rebellion dogs our every step at first.


16.
  ... step away from a highly strained, abnormal ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.122
Cessation of drinking is but the first step away from a highly strained, abnormal condition.


17.
  ... step back and think.  12&12 Step Ten, p.91
When we are tempted by the bait, we should train ourselves to step back and think.


18.
  ... Step cases, they had a terrific aversion ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.160
It was soon apparent that while alcoholics would spend lavishly on Twelfth Step cases, they had a terrific aversion to dropping money into a meeting-place hat for group purposes.


19.
  ... Step couldn't be sold for money, we ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.167
When we had agreed that the Twelfth Step couldn't be sold for money, we had been wise.


20.
  Step Eight is the beginning of the ...  12&12 Contents (Step Eight), p.7
Step Eight is the beginning of the end of isolation.


21.
  Step Eight -- "Made a list of all ...  12&12 Contents (Step Eight), p.7
Step Eight -- "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all."


22.
  ... Step Eight, we continued our housecleaning, for ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
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.


23.
  ... Step Eleven.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.103
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.


24.
  Step Eleven -- "Sought through prayer and meditation ...  12&12 Contents (Step Eleven), p.8
Step Eleven -- "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."


25.
  Step Eleven suggests prayer and meditation.  BB Into Action, p.85
Step Eleven suggests prayer and meditation.


26.
  ... Step Eleven we saw that if a ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
In Step Eleven we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better, by as direct contact as possible.


27.
  ... Step Eleven which says: "...knowledge of His ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
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."


28.
  ... Step experiences where we will seem to ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
We may often pass through Twelfth Step experiences where we will seem to be temporarily off the beam.


29.
  ... Step Five?  12&12 Contents (Step Five), p.6
What do we receive from Step Five?


30.
  ... Step Five.  12&12 Step Five, p.55
So intense, though, is our fear and reluctance to do this, that many A.A.'s at first try to bypass Step Five.


31.
  ... Step Five.  12&12 Step Five, p.56
Few muddled attitudes have caused us more trouble than holding back on Step Five.


32.
  ... Step Five?  12&12 Step Five, p.57
What are we likely to receive from Step Five?


33.
  ... Step Five.  12&12 Step Five, p.58
More realism and therefore more honesty about ourselves are the great gains we make under the influence of Step Five.


34.
  Step Five -- "Admitted to God, to ourselves, ...  12&12 Contents (Step Five), p.6
Step Five -- "Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."


35.
  Step Five is difficult but necessary to ...  12&12 Contents (Step Five), p.6
Step Five is difficult but necessary to sobriety and peace of mind.


36.
  ... Step Five that he first actually felt ...  12&12 Step Five, p.62
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.


37.
  ... Step Five that we inwardly knew we'd ...  12&12 Step Five, p.58
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.


38.
  Step Five was the answer.  12&12 Step Five, p.57
Step Five was the answer.


39.
  ... Step Five, we decided that an inventory, ...  12&12 Step Twelve, pp.107-108
Looking at Step Five, we decided that an inventory, taken alone, wouldn't be enough.


40.
  ... Step for a fee.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.166
This has always been so obvious that only a very few A.A.'s have ever worked the Twelfth Step for a fee.


41.
  ... Step Four.  BB How It Works, p.64
This was Step Four.


42.
  ... Step Four.  12&12 Step Four, p.46
They can do this, for they are the carriers of A.A.'s tested experience with Step Four.


43.
  ... Step Four.  12&12 Step Four, p.50
These are the first fruits of Step Four.


44.
  ... Step Four back and forth over our ...  12&12 Step Five, p.55
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.


45.
  Step Four is an effort to discover ...  12&12 Contents (Step Four), p.6
Step Four is an effort to discover our liabilities.


46.
  Step Four is beginning of lifetime practice.  12&12 Contents (Step Four), p.6
Step Four is beginning of lifetime practice.


47.
  ... Step Four is but the beginning of ...  12&12 Step Four, p.50
Since Step Four is but the beginning of a lifetime practice, it can be suggested that he first have a look at those personal flaws which are acutely troublesome and fairly obvious.


48.
  Step Four is our vigorous and painstaking ...  12&12 Step Four, p.42
Step Four is our vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what these liabilities in each of us have been, and are.


49.
  Step Four -- "Made a searching and fearless ...  12&12 Contents (Step Four), p.6
Step Four -- "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."


50.
  ... Step Four was, after all, only a ...  12&12 Step Five, p.58
The objective look at ourselves we achieved in Step Four was, after all, only a look.


51.
  ... Step Four, we commenced to search out ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
Beginning with Step Four, we commenced to search out the things in ourselves which had brought us to physical, moral, and spiritual bankruptcy.


52.
  ... Step has meant to others.  12&12 Step Eight, p.82
Whenever our pencil falters, we can fortify and cheer ourselves by remembering what A.A. experience in this Step has meant to others.


53.
  ... Step houses.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
Even inside A.A. we found it imperative to remove the A.A. name from clubs and Twelfth Step houses.


54.
  ... step" illusion.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
The best-intentioned of us can fall for the "two-step" illusion.


55.
  ... step in liberation.  12&12 Contents (Step One), p.5
Admission of powerlessness is the first step in liberation.


56.
  ... step in recovery.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.30
This is the first step in recovery.


57.
  ... step in the development of that kind ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
It is a step in the development of that kind of humility that makes it possible for us to receive God's help.


58.
  ... step in the formation of Tradition Three.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.142
A.A. had taken its first step in the formation of Tradition Three.


59.
  ... Step in the program of recovery mentioned ...  BB Into Action, p.72
This brings us to the Fifth Step in the program of recovery mentioned in the preceding chapter.


60.
  ... step into them and walk with new ...  12&12 Step Four, p.48
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.


61.
  ... step is indicated we must not shrink.  BB Into Action, p.80
If we have obtained permission, have consulted with others, asked God to help and the drastic step is indicated we must not shrink.


62.
  ... Step is more necessary to longtime sobriety ...  12&12 Step Five, p.55
But scarcely any Step is more necessary to longtime sobriety and peace of mind than this one.


63.
  ... Step is never to be paid for, ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.171
Our Twelfth Step is never to be paid for, but those who labor in service for us are worthy of their hire.


64.
  ... Step is seen in its full implication, ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.106
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.


65.
  ... step is to be, that we be ...  BB Into Action, p.87
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.


66.
  ... Step is where we make the change ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
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.


67.
  ... step, it could have little permanent effect ...  BB How It Works, p.64
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.


68.
  ... Step job at a hospital in New ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
"One day I was doing a Twelfth Step job at a hospital in New York.


69.
  ... Step job, no matter how unpromising.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.144
In those days, we'd go anywhere on a Twelfth Step job, no matter how unpromising.


70.
  ... Step job well done.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
Practically every A.A. member declares that no satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well done.


71.
  ... Step jobs at all, the critics attacked ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.167
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.


72.
  ... Step looks hard, even impossible.  12&12 Step Three, p.35
To every worldly and practical-minded beginner, this Step looks hard, even impossible.


73.
  ... step making sure we were ready; that ...  BB How It Works, p.63
We thought well before taking this step making sure we were ready; that we could at last abandon ourselves utterly to Him.


74.
  ... step may be postponed, only, however, if ...  BB Into Action, p.74
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.


75.
  ... Step Nine.  12&12 Contents (Step Nine), p.8
Readiness to take consequences of our past and to take responsibility for well-being of others is spirit of Step Nine.


76.
  ... Step Nine.  12&12 Step Nine, p.83
Good judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage, and prudence -- these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine.


77.
  ... Step Nine.  12&12 Step Nine, p.87
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.


78.
  ... Step Nine by making direct amends to ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
We followed this up in Step Nine by making direct amends to those concerned, except when it would injure them or other people.


79.
  Step Nine -- "Made direct amends to such ...  12&12 Contents (Step Nine), p.7
Step Nine -- "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."


80.
  ... step of which is a personal housecleaning, ...  BB How It Works, p.63
Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted.


81.
  ... Step on problems other than alcohol, we ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
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.


82.
  ... step on the toes of our fellows ...  BB How It Works, p.62
Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate.


83.
  ... Step One requires an admission that our ...  12&12 Step One, p.23
Since Step One requires an admission that our lives have become unmanageable, how could people such as these take this Step?


84.
  Step One showed us an amazing paradox: ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
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.


85.
  Step One -- "We admitted we were powerless ...  12&12 Contents (Step One), p.5
Step One -- "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol -- that our lives had become unmanageable."


86.
  ... Step One, where we made the 100 ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were powerless over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection.


87.
  ... step out into the sun.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
Meditation is our step out into the sun.


88.
  Step over to the nearest barroom and ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking.


89.
  ... Step Seven.  BB Into Action, p.76
We have then completed Step Seven.


90.
  Step Seven -- "Humbly asked Him to remove ...  12&12 Contents (Step Seven), p.7
Step Seven -- "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."


91.
  ... Step Seven: "Humbly asked Him to remove ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
It marked the time when we could commence to see the full implication of Step Seven: "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."


92.
  Step Seven is change in attitude which ...  12&12 Contents (Step Seven), p.7
Step Seven is change in attitude which permits us to move out of ourselves toward God.


93.
  ... Step Seven is on humility.  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
The whole emphasis of Step Seven is on humility.


94.
  ... Step Seven, it might be well if ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
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.


95.
  ... Step Seven, we humbly asked God to ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
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.


96.
  ... Step; she was just making it possible.  12&12 Tradition Eight, pp.168-169
She was not professionalizing the Twelfth Step; she was just making it possible.


97.
  ... Step Six.  BB Into Action, p.76
If we can answer to our satisfaction, we then look at Step Six.


98.
  ... Step Six?  12&12 Step Six, p.68
Many will at once ask, "How can we accept the entire implication of Step Six?


99.
  ... Step Six.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
Yet we knew we had to make a settlement with the fundamental principle of Step Six.


100.
  ... Step Six is still difficult, but not ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
Seen in this light, Step Six is still difficult, but not at all impossible.


101.
  ... Step Six, many of us balked -- for ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
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.


102.
  Step Six necessary to spiritual growth.  12&12 Contents (Step Six), p.6
Step Six necessary to spiritual growth.


103.
  ... Step Six on all his faults -- without ...  12&12 Step Six, p.63
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.


104.
  Step Six -- "Were entirely ready to have ...  12&12 Contents (Step Six), p.6
Step Six -- "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character."


105.
  ... Step Six -- "Were entirely ready to have ...  12&12 Step Six, p.65
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.


106.
  ... Step so specifically concerns itself with humility, ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.70
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.


107.
  ... step, submit to anything to get well, ...  BB To Employers, p.142
Will he take every necessary step, submit to anything to get well, to stop drinking forever?


108.
  Step Ten -- "Continued to take personal inventory ...  12&12 Contents (Step Ten), p.8
Step Ten -- "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it."


109.
  ... Step Ten we commence to put our ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.88
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.


110.
  ... Step Ten, we had begun to get ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
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.


111.
  ... Step Ten, which suggests we continue to ...  BB Into Action, p.84
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.


112.
  ... Step that separates the men from the ...  12&12 Step Six, p.63
"This is the Step that separates the men from the boys."


113.
  ... Step, the result has been exactly the ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.166
Every time we have tried to professionalize our Twelfth Step, the result has been exactly the same: Our single purpose has been defeated.


114.
  ... Step Three.  BB How It Works, p.63
We were now at Step Three.


115.
  ... Step Three.  12&12 Step Three, p.35
Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three.


116.
  ... Step Three.  12&12 Step Three, p.40
Once we have come into agreement with these ideas, it is really easy to begin the practice of Step Three.


117.
  ... Step Three calls for affirmative action, for ...  12&12 Step Three, p.34
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.


118.
  ... Step Three is given a determined and ...  12&12 Step Three, p.40
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.


119.
  Step Three is like opening of a ...  12&12 Contents (Step Three), p.5
Step Three is like opening of a locked door.


120.
  ... Step Three is like the opening of ...  12&12 Step Three, p.34
Practicing Step Three is like the opening of a door which to all appearances is still closed and locked.


121.
  Step Three -- "Made a decision to turn ...  12&12 Contents (Step Three), p.5
Step Three -- "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him."


122.
  ... Step Three opens the door.  12&12 Step Three, p.40
To make this increasingly possible is the purpose of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, and Step Three opens the door.


123.
  Step Three represents our first attempt to ...  12&12 Step Three, p.34
Step Three represents our first attempt to do this.


124.
  ... Step Three we turned our will and ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
Consequently, in Step Three we turned our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.


125.
  ... Step Three, which is that we decided ...  BB How It Works, p.60
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.


126.
  ... step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.  12&12 Step Seven, pp.72-73
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.


127.
  ... Step Twelve.  BB Into Action, p.88
The next chapter is entirely devoted to Step Twelve.


128.
  ... Step Twelve.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
"Freely ye have received; freely give..." is the core of this part of Step Twelve.


129.
  Step Twelve -- "Having had a spiritual awakening ...  12&12 Contents (Step Twelve), p.8
Step Twelve -- "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."


130.
  Step Two -- "Came to believe that a ...  12&12 Contents (Step Two), p.5
Step Two -- "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."


131.
  ... Step Two gently and very gradually began ...  12&12 Step Two, p.27
Right there, Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life.


132.
  Step Two is a rallying point to ...  12&12 Contents (Step Two), p.5
Step Two is a rallying point to sanity.


133.
  ... Step Two is the rallying point for ...  12&12 Step Two, p.33
Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us.


134.
  ... Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted ...  12&12 Step Two, p.25
The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma, sometimes a serious one.


135.
  ... Step Two right now.  12&12 Step Two, p.26
Second, to get sober and to stay sober, you don't have to swallow all of Step Two right now.


136.
  ... Step Two we saw that since we ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
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.


137.
  ... Step was also the means by which ...  12&12 Step Five, p.57
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.


138.
  ... step, we may not overcome drinking.  BB Into Action, p.72
The best reason first: If we skip this vital step, we may not overcome drinking.


139.
  ... step with an understanding person, such as ...  BB How It Works, p.63
We found it very desirable to take this spiritual step with an understanding person, such as our wife, best friend, or spiritual adviser.


140.
  ... Step with our sponsors or spiritual advisers ...  12&12 Step Five, p.58
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.


141.
  ... step, withholding nothing, we are delighted.  BB Into Action, p.75
Once we have taken this step, withholding nothing, we are delighted.


142.
  ... Step work.  12&12 Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
Kinds of Twelfth Step work.


143.
  ... Step work.  12&12 Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
Problems of Twelfth Step work.


144.
  ... Step work.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
Nor is this the only kind of Twelfth Step work.


145.
  ... Step work.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
Whether our audience is one or many, it is still Twelfth Step work.


146.
  ... Step work.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
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.


147.
  ... Step work.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.142
Overjoyed, the newcomer plunged into Twelfth Step work.


148.
  ... Step work.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.151
"Restless one day, I felt I'd better do some Twelfth Step work.


149.
  ... Step work.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
Yet not a single one of them had been hired to do A.A.'s Twelfth Step work.


150.
  ... Step work and paid-for services.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Eight), p.11
Line of cleavage between voluntary Twelfth Step work and paid-for services.


151.
  ... Step work; and then he lowered the ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.143
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.


152.
  ... Step work forms a group, another discovery ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.130
The moment this Twelfth Step work forms a group, another discovery is made -- that most individuals cannot recover unless there is a group.


153.
  ... Step work in the very best sense ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
This is Twelfth Step work in the very best sense of the word.


154.
  ... Step work is my business.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.173
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.


155.
  ... Step work is never paid for, but ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Eight), p.11
Twelfth Step work is never paid for, but those who labor in service for us are worthy of their hire.


156.
  ... Step" work is never to be paid ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
But our usual A.A. "12 Step" work is never to be paid for.


157.
  ... Step work is never to be paid ...  12&12 Tradition Eight (Long), p.191
But our usual A.A. Twelfth Step work is never to be paid for.


158.
  ... Step work; it was to make Twelfth ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.168
The job was not to do Twelfth Step work; it was to make Twelfth Step work possible.


159.
  ... Step work possible.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.168
The job was not to do Twelfth Step work; it was to make Twelfth Step work possible.


160.
  ... Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
We can be the ones who take on the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the coffee and cake after the meetings, where so many skeptical, suspicious newcomers have found confidence and comfort in the laughter and talk.


161.
  ... Step work we sometimes carry the message ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
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.


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