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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... stop.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
If
nobody does the
group's
chores, if the
area's
telephone rings unanswered, if we do not
reply to our
mail, then
A.A. as we
know it would
stop.
2.
... stop.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
We are
equally positive
that once he
takes any
alcohol whatever into his
system, something
happens,
both in the
bodily and
mental sense, which makes it
virtually impossible for him to
stop.
3.
... stop.
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
4.
... stop.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
We are
assuming, of
course, that the
reader desires to
stop.
5.
... stop.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Give him an
account of the
struggles you made to
stop.
6.
... stop.
BB p.109,
To Wives
He is
remorseful after
serious drinking bouts and tells you he
wants to
stop.
7.
... stop."
BB p.109,
To Wives
As we say among ourselves, "He
wants to
want to
stop."
8.
... stop.
BB p.114,
To Wives
Some
men have been so
impaired by
alcohol that
they cannot
stop.
9.
... stop.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
He
admitted he was
overdoing these things, but
frankly said that he was not
ready to
stop.
10.
... stop.
BB p.141,
To Employers
State that you
know about his
drinking, and that it
must
stop.
11.
... stop.
BB p.148,
To Employers
At the same
time you will
feel
no
reluctance to
rid yourself of those who cannot or will not
stop.
12.
... stop."
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
From what you tell me, I
know more than ever I can't
stop."
13.
... stop abruptly.
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
14.
... stop altogether.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
For those who are
unable to
drink moderately the
question is how to
stop
altogether.
15.
... stop altogether and found he could not.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
Then,
gathering all his
forces, he
attempted to
stop altogether and
found he
could not.
16.
... stop altogether, and some will not.
BB p.109,
To Wives
Some will
moderate or
stop
altogether, and some will not.
17.
... stop, and hardly one of them, because ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
We
doubt if many of them can do it, because
none will really
want to
stop, and
hardly one of them,
because of the
peculiar mental twist already
acquired, will find he can
win
out.
18.
... stop, and with them you can go ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
But there are many
men who
want
to
stop, and with them you can go far.
19.
... stop, as he did, on their own ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Young people may be
encouraged by this
man's
experience to
think that
they can
stop, as he did, on their
own will
power.
20.
... stop but cannot.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
So many
want to
stop but
cannot.
21.
... stop but cannot.
BB p.110,
To Wives
He may have
come to the
point
where he
desperately wants to
stop but cannot.
22.
... stop, but I cannot!
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
I
must stop, but I cannot!
23.
... stop, but saw no way out, for ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
He had a
desperate desire to
stop, but saw no way
out, for he had
earnestly tried many
avenues of
escape.
24.
... stop crying out 'No, never!'"
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
We said to ourselves, "This I cannot do
today,
perhaps, but I can
stop crying out 'No,
never!'"
25.
... stop doubting the power of God.
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
When we saw others
solve their
problems by a
simple reliance upon the
Spirit of
the
Universe, we had to
stop doubting the
power of
God.
26.
... stop drinking."
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
27.
... stop drinking."
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
28.
... stop drinking.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
29.
... stop drinking.
BB xiv,
Foreword to First Edition
30.
... stop drinking.
Grapevine,
Preamble
31.
... stop drinking, and no human being could ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
I
simply couldn't
stop drinking, and no
human being
could
seem to do the
job for
me.
32.
... stop drinking, don't waste time trying to ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
If he does not
want to
stop drinking, don't
waste time trying to
persuade him.
33.
... stop drinking forever.
BB p.116,
To Wives
34.
... stop drinking forever?
BB p.142,
To Employers
Will he take every
necessary step,
submit to anything to get
well, to
stop drinking forever?
35.
... stop drinking, I think you ought to ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
But if you cannot or will not
stop drinking, I
think you ought
to
resign."
36.
... stop drinking is of absolutely no avail.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
37.
... stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
38.
... stop drinking or not?
BB p.147,
To Employers
Do you
want to
stop drinking or not?
39.
... stop drinking or not.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
He
proved to be a
devil-may-
care young fellow whose
parents could not make out whether he
wanted to
stop drinking or not.
40.
... stop drinking so long as we place ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Some of us have
taken very
hard knocks to
learn this
truth:
Job or no
job --
wife or no
wife -- we
simply do not
stop drinking so
long as we place
dependence upon other people
ahead of
dependence on
God.
41.
... stop drinking, there must be no reservation ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
If we are
planning to
stop
drinking, there
must be no
reservation of any
kind, nor any
lurking notion that
someday we will
be
immune to
alcohol.
42.
... stop drinking, who had no excuse for ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
The
story he told is most
instructive, for here was a
chap absolutely convinced he had to
stop drinking, who had no
excuse
for
drinking, who
exhibited splendid judgment and
determination in all his other
concerns,
yet was
flat on his back nevertheless.
43.
... stop fighting and practice the rest of ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
To
acquire it, I had only to
stop fighting and
practice the
rest of
A.A.'s
program as
enthusiastically as I could.
44.
... stop for a considerable period, you may ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
Though you may be able to
stop for a
considerable period,
you may
yet be a
potential
alcoholic.
45.
... stop for a long period because of ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
We have
heard of a few
instances where people, who
showed definite signs of
alcoholism, were
able to
stop for a
long period because of an
overpowering desire to
do so.
46.
... stop for her sake."
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
"She's such a
sweet girl, I
should
think he'd
stop for
her
sake."
47.
... stop, have a good talk with the ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
If there is any
indication that he
wants to
stop, have a
good talk with the
person most
interested in
him -- usually his
wife.
48.
... stop, he may as well be discharged, ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
If you are
sure your
man does
not
want to
stop, he may as
well be
discharged, the
sooner the
better.
49.
... stop, he should be afforded a real ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
If he
wants to
stop, he
should be
afforded a
real
chance.
50.
... stop, he should be discharged.
BB p.148,
To Employers
If he cannot or does not
want to
stop, he should be
discharged.
51.
... stop his drinking and abuse if he ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
Especially when he has before him a way to
stop his
drinking and
abuse if he really
wants to
pay the
price.
52.
... stop his drinking for long.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
When our
friend related
his
experience, the
man
agreed that no
amount of
will
power he might
muster
could
stop his
drinking
for
long.
53.
... stop if he wanted to."
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
"He could
stop if he
wanted
to."
54.
... stop if he will!
BB p.116,
To Wives
And now you
know that he can
stop if he will!
55.
... stop jay-walking for good, but in a ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
He tells you he has
decided to
stop jay-
walking for
good, but in a few
weeks he
breaks both
legs.
56.
... stop making demands upon God to give ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We
discover that we do
receive guidance for our
lives to just about the
extent that we
stop making demands upon
God to
give it to us on
order and on our
terms.
57.
... stop making unreasonable demands upon those we ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
We can
try to
stop making unreasonable demands upon those we
love.
58.
... stop me.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
Lois really
needed the
money for
groceries, but
that didn't
stop me.
59.
... stop or moderate.
BB p.112,
To Wives
Show him you have
confidence in his
power to
stop or
moderate.
60.
... stop or moderate.
BB p.112,
To Wives
If you
act upon these
principles, your
husband
may
stop or
moderate.
61.
... stop or moderate, although he may find ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
62.
... stop or moderate, because their brains and ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
That may be
true of
certain
nonalcoholic people who, though
drinking foolishly and
heavily at the
present
time, are able to
stop or
moderate, because their
brains and
bodies have not
been
damaged as ours were.
63.
... stop that.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
Then we
became drunkards, and
asked God to
stop that.
64.
... stop this waste and give your worthwhile ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
We
think we are
sensible
when we
urge that you
stop
this
waste and
give your
worthwhile man a
chance.
65.
... stop was explained.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
66.
... stop while there is yet time.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
But the
difficulty is that few
alcoholics have
enough desire to
stop while there is
yet time.
67.
... stop with the sixth drink."
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
Only to have that
thought supplanted by "Well, I'll
stop with the
sixth drink."
68.
... stop working on a chronic backslider, only ...
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.
69.
... stop, you can go to him with ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
Being
certain he
wants to
stop, you can go to him with this
volume as
joyfully as
though you had
struck oil.
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