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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... sure.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
We'd have to have some more
full-
time help, that was
sure.
2.
... sure.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
We cannot be sure.
3.
... sure a great deal can be accomplished ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
Meanwhile, we are
sure a
great deal can be
accomplished by the use of the book alone.
4.
... sure A.A. is the only safe harbor ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
5.
... sure all would be Utopia if the ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
He is like the
retired business man who
lolls in the
Florida sunshine in the
winter complaining of the
sad state of the
nation; the
minister who
sighs over the
sins of the
twentieth century;
politicians
and
reformers who are
sure all would be
Utopia if the
rest of the
world would only
behave; the
outlaw safe cracker who
thinks society has
wronged him; and the
alcoholic who has
lost all
and is
locked up.
6.
... sure and definite answers to our requests?"
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
7.
... sure and swift; he sickens and dies.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
If he
deviates too far, the
penalty is
sure and
swift; he
sickens and
dies.
8.
... sure as possible that no deep-lying emotional ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
They
need to be as
sure as
possible that no
deep-
lying emotional handicap in either will be
likely to
rise up under
later pressures to
cripple them.
9.
Sure, Charlie's idea is good, but it ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
Sure,
Charlie's
idea is
good, but it isn't
good enough.
10.
... sure didn't do much for me when ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
Then he
added, "He
sure
didn't do much for me when I was
trying to
fight this
booze racket alone."
11.
... sure God wants us to be happy, ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
We are
sure God wants us to be
happy,
joyous, and
free.
12.
... sure he doesn't mean business, there is ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
If you are
sure he doesn't
mean business, there is no
doubt you should
discharge
him.
13.
... sure he is doing his utmost, you ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
If, on the
contrary, you are
sure he is doing his
utmost, you
may
wish to
give him another
chance.
14.
... sure he still believes in God, but ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
He's
sure he still
believes in
God, but
suspects that
God doesn't
believe in him.
15.
... sure he would approve.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
Another
principle we
observe carefully is that
we do not
relate intimate experiences
of another
person unless
we are
sure he would
approve.
16.
... "Sure, I was beaten, absolutely licked.
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
He will usually
offer his
proof in a
statement like
this: "
Sure, I was
beaten,
absolutely licked.
17.
Sure, I'll head toward perfection, but I'm ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
18.
... sure, is necessary, but faith alone can ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Faith, to be
sure, is
necessary, but
faith alone
can
avail nothing.
19.
Sure, it's ethical, but what we've got ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
Sure, it's
ethical, but
what we've got won't
run on
ethics only; it has to be
better.
20.
... sure it would work if I could ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
I'm
sure it would
work if I
could only
believe as he
believes.
21.
... sure knowledge and humble example that resolve ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
22.
... sure of his recovery.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
The
man should be
sure of his
recovery.
23.
... sure of many things which, so far ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
Drinking occasionally, and
understanding your
own reactions, it is
possible for you to
become
quite
sure of many things which, so far as the
alcoholic is
concerned,
are not always so.
24.
... sure our wife does not know, should ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
If we are
sure our
wife does
not
know, should we tell her?
25.
... sure power and safe guidance from God ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
The
persistent use of
meditation and
prayer, we
found, did
open the
channel so that where there had been a
trickle, there now was a
river which
led to
sure power and
safe guidance from
God as we were
increasingly better
able to
understand Him.
26.
... sure recoveries in all three groups.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
Even then it was
hard to find
twoscore of
sure recoveries in all
three groups.
27.
... sure that A.A. could go faster and ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
They were
sure that
A.A. could
go
faster and
farther if
it
availed itself of
modern publicity methods.
28.
... sure that an A.A. group could stand ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
When
A.A.'s
Traditions
were
first published, in
1946, we had
become sure that an
A.A. group could
stand almost any
amount of
battering.
29.
... sure that humility, expressed by anonymity, is ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
30.
... sure that no class of people in ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
But we are
sure that no
class
of people in the
world ever made a
worse mess of
trying to
live by this
formula than
alcoholics.
31.
... sure that other people are more to ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
Admitting he may be somewhat at
fault, he is
sure that other
people are more to
blame.
32.
... sure that our bodies were sickened as ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
But we are
sure that our
bodies were
sickened as
well.
33.
... sure that our way of living has ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
And besides, we are
sure that our way of
living has
its advantages for all.
34.
... sure that such great numbers of yet ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
But it was by no
means sure
that such
great numbers of
yet erratic people could
live and
work together with
harmony and
good effect.
35.
... sure that we are not delaying because ...
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
Above all, we should
try to be
absolutely sure that we are
not
delaying because we are
afraid.
36.
... sure that we ought to be fairly ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
We were still
sure that we ought to be
fairly honest,
tolerant, and just, that we ought to be
ambitious and
hardworking.
37.
... sure that we weren't still self-deceived?
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
If all our
lives we had more or
less fooled ourselves, how
could we now be so
sure that we weren't still
self-
deceived?
38.
... sure that you get the same great ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
We just
want to be
sure that
you get the same
great chance for
sobriety that
we've had.
39.
... sure they will come.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Should you
wish them above all else, and be
willing to make use of our
experience, we are
sure
they will
come.
40.
... sure this man is done drinking.
BB p.138,
To Employers
But I'm
sure this
man is done
drinking.
41.
... sure to be great.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
If
persisted in for a few
months, the
effect on a
man's
family is
sure to be
great.
42.
... sure to be impressed with a sincere ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
But our
man is
sure to be
impressed with a
sincere
desire to
set right the
wrong.
43.
... sure to be, since we are so ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
That was
sure to be, since we are so
largely a
band of
ego-
driven individualists.
44.
... sure to come to you.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
The
consciousness of your
belief is
sure to
come to you.
45.
... sure to discover one that suits if ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
If you don't
care for the one I've
suggested, you'll be
sure to
discover one that
suits
if only you
look and
listen.
46.
... sure to drink.
BB p.70,
How It Works
If we are not
sorry, and our
conduct continues to
harm others, we are quite
sure to
drink.
47.
... sure to find new avenues of usefulness ...
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
If he does not
argue about
religion, he will make new
friends and is
sure to find
new
avenues of
usefulness and
pleasure.
48.
... sure to find someone desperate enough to ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
You are
sure to find someone
desperate enough to
accept with
eagerness what
you
offer.
49.
... sure to make any wife or child ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
A
doctor said to us, "
Years
of
living with an
alcoholic is almost
sure to
make any
wife or
child neurotic.
50.
... sure to read Appendix II on "Spiritual ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics (Note)
51.
... sure to read the book and he ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
He may not
share your
enthusiasm, but he is
practically sure to
read the book and he may go for the
program at once.
52.
... sure to remember that we cannot buy ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
While we may be quite
willing to
reveal the very
worst, we
must be
sure to
remember that we cannot
buy
our
own peace of
mind at the
expense of others.
53.
... sure, we feel it is something that ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
To be
sure, we
feel it is
something that might
help us to
meet an
occasional emergency, but at
first
many of us are
apt to
regard
it as a somewhat
mysterious skill of
clergymen, from
which we may
hope to get a
secondhand benefit.
54.
Sure, we said to ourselves, the hen ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
Sure, we said to ourselves, the
hen probably did
come before the
egg.
55.
... sure we were ready; that we could ...
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.
56.
... sure we would be imprisoned or lose ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
We have already
admitted this in
confidence to another
person, but we are
sure we
would be
imprisoned or
lose our
job if it were
known.
57.
... sure why, once a certain point is ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
We are not
sure why, once a
certain point is
reached,
little can be done
for him.
58.
... sure, will rise to their feet and ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Many, we are
sure, will
rise
to their
feet and
march on.
59.
... sure you are doing the right thing ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
Never avoid these
responsibilities, but be
sure you are doing the
right thing
if you
assume them.
60.
... sure you are not critical during such ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
Be
sure you are not
critical during such a
discussion.
61.
... sure you are on solid spiritual ground ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
But be
sure you are on
solid
spiritual ground before
you
start and that your
motive in
going is
thoroughly good.
62.
... sure you use discretion.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
But be
sure you use
discretion.
63.
... sure your man does not want to ...
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.
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