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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
STRAIGHT occurs
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1.
... straight.
BB p.67,
How It Works
We
admitted our
wrongs
honestly and were
willing to
set these
matters straight.
2.
... straight and no longer craves liquor.
BB p.143,
To Employers
Your
man will
fare better if
placed in such
physical condition that
he can
think straight and no
longer craves liquor.
3.
... straight at me.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
He
looked straight at me.
4.
... straight at Tradition Seven as it reads ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
5.
... straight, be called anything else?
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
How can such a
lack of
proportion, of the
ability to
think straight, be called anything else?
6.
... straight for the person concerned, and lay ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
But if no such
opportunity presents itself, at some
point we will
want to
summon all our
courage,
head straight for the
person concerned, and
lay our
cards on the
table.
7.
... straight line is the shortest distance between ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
We could not
prove life in
the
sense that you can
prove
a
straight line is the
shortest distance between
two points,
yet, there it was.
8.
... straight out of painful ego-puncturing.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
Our
eyes begin to
open to the
immense values which have
come straight out of
painful ego-
puncturing.
9.
... straight pepper diet.
BB p.69,
How It Works
One
school would
allow man no
flavor for his
fare and the other would have us all on a
straight pepper diet.
10.
... straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility.
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Only by
discussing ourselves,
holding back
nothing, only
by being
willing to take
advice and
accept direction could we
set foot on the
road to
straight thinking,
solid honesty, and
genuine humility.
11.
... straight to God, and in prayer secure ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
Of
course, it is
reasonable and
understandable that the
question is often
asked:
"Why can't we take a
specific and
troubling dilemma straight to
God, and in
prayer secure from Him
sure and
definite answers to our
requests?"
12.
... straight to the bottle.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
These
emotional "
dry benders" often
led straight to the
bottle.
13.
... straight to the question "Does A.A. have ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
This brings us
straight to the
question "Does
A.A. have a
real leadership?"
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