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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
TAKES occurs
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1.
... takes!
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
Now I had what it takes!
2.
... takes any alcohol whatever into his system, ...
BB p.22,
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.
... takes great resolution to approach him or ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
Even when you've
found the
person, it
frequently
takes great resolution to
approach
him or her.
4.
... takes if he drinks too much.
BB p.112,
To Wives
You
think he ought to
know
the
subject better, as
everyone should have a
clear
understanding of the
risk he
takes if he
drinks too much.
5.
... takes its place.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
6.
... takes long nor is it very expensive.
BB p.143,
To Employers
In
competent hands, this
seldom takes long nor is it very
expensive.
7.
... takes money from the hat that is ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
8.
... takes most of us a long, long ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
To get
completely away from our
aversion to the
idea of being
humble, to
gain a
vision of
humility as the
avenue to
true freedom of the
human spirit, to be
willing to
work for
humility as
something to be
desired for itself,
takes most of us a
long,
long time.
9.
... takes no real account of the facts.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
The
trouble is that this
kind of
thinking takes no
real account of the
facts.
10.
... takes no regular inventory usually goes broke.
BB p.64,
How It Works
11.
... takes over when he thinks of all ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
12.
... takes part in the weaving of a ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
As we
lay aside these very
human aspirations, we
believe that each of us
takes
part in the
weaving of a
protective mantle which
covers our
whole Society and under which we may
grow and
work in
unity.
13.
... takes place in a few months could ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
What often
takes place in a few
months could
seldom have been
accomplished by
years
of
self-
discipline.
14.
... takes pledges and more pledges.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
He
takes pledges and more
pledges.
15.
... takes real money to train a man ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
16.
... takes some of us a long time ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
It
takes some of us a
long time to
outgrow that
serious handicap.
17.
... takes that one drink?
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If
hundreds of
experiences have
shown
him that one
drink means
another
debacle with all
its
attendant suffering
and
humiliation, why is it he
takes that one
drink?
18.
... takes this tack, the family may react ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
19.
... takes up his marriage responsibilities with a ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
The
alcoholic,
realizing what his
wife has
endured, and now
fully understanding how much he himself did to
damage her and his
children,
nearly always
takes up his
marriage responsibilities with a
willingness to
repair
what he can and to
accept what he can't.
20.
... takes us out of ourselves.
BB p.70,
How It Works
This takes us out of ourselves.
21.
... takes won't be missed.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Once this
healthy practice has
become grooved, it will be so
interesting and
profitable that the
time it
takes won't be
missed.
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