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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... talk.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
2.
... talk.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
3.
... talk.
BB p.75,
Into Action
We have a
written inventory and we are
prepared for a
long talk.
4.
... talk.
BB p.146,
To Employers
The
employer can many
times protect the
victim from this
kind of
talk.
5.
... talk about a 'spiritual awakening'?" they ask.
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
"What do you
mean when you
talk about a '
spiritual awakening'?" they
ask.
6.
... talk about each other a great deal, ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
We do
talk about each other a
great deal, but we almost
invariably temper such
talk by a
spirit of
love and
tolerance.
7.
... talk about God.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
And it
means, of
course,
that we are
going to
talk
about
God.
8.
... talk about his alcoholic problem.
BB p.111,
To Wives
This may
lay the
groundwork for a
friendly talk about his
alcoholic problem.
9.
Talk about his condition or this book ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
Talk about his
condition
or this book only when he
raises the
issue.
10.
... talk about immorality, let alone sin.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
Some will
become quite
annoyed if there is
talk about
immorality, let alone
sin.
11.
... talk about it later."
BB p.118,
To Wives
Let's
talk about it
later."
12.
... talk about spiritual matters morning, noon and ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
13.
Talk about the conditions of body and ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Talk about the
conditions of
body and
mind which
accompany it.
14.
... talk about the mental state preceding the ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
There was much
talk about the
mental state preceding the
first drink.
15.
... talk about the spiritual side of our ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
"Then,
hesitantly, I
ventured to
talk about the
spiritual side of our
program.
16.
... talk aloud about what we have so ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
Until we
actually sit down
and
talk aloud about what we
have so
long hidden, our
willingness to
clean house is still
largely theoretical.
17.
... talk, and act as he wishes.
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
18.
... talk between a New York stockbroker and ...
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
The
spark that was to
flare
into the
first A.A. group was
struck at
Akron,
Ohio, in
June 1935, during a
talk between a New
York stockbroker and an
Akron
physician.
19.
... talk by a spirit of love and ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
We do
talk about each other a
great deal, but we almost
invariably temper such
talk by a
spirit of
love and
tolerance.
20.
... talk down to an alcoholic from any ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
21.
... talk easily about A.A. to almost anyone.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
When
opportunities to be
helpful came along, he
found he could
talk easily about
A.A. to almost
anyone.
22.
... talk frankly with you so long as ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
Can he
talk frankly with
you so
long as he does not
bear business tales or
criticize his
associates?
23.
... talk further about himself, do not wear ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Unless your
friend wants to
talk further about himself, do not
wear out your
welcome.
24.
... talk has been sane, quiet and full ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
If your
talk has been
sane,
quiet and
full of
human understanding,
you have perhaps made a
friend.
25.
... talk in complete frankness with those who ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
As soon as we
begin to
feel
confident in our new way of
life and have
begun, by our
behavior and
example, to
convince those about us that we are
indeed changing for the
better, it is usually
safe to
talk in
complete frankness with those who have been
seriously affected, even
those who may be only a
little or not at all
aware of what we have done to them.
26.
... talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
Each
day my
friend's
simple talk in our
kitchen multiplies
itself in a
widening circle of
peace on
earth and
good will to
men.
27.
... talk in the jazz places uptown.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
There was
loud talk in the
jazz places uptown.
28.
... talk incessantly to them about spiritual matters.
BB p.83,
Into Action
We should not
talk incessantly to them about
spiritual matters.
29.
... talk, let him do so.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
If he
wishes to
talk, let
him do so.
30.
... talk like this around here.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
They said
firmly, "You can't
talk like this around here.
31.
... talk of God."
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
32.
... talk of spiritual discoveries.
BB p.77,
Into Action
He is
going to be more
interested in a
demonstration of
good
will than in our
talk of
spiritual discoveries.
33.
... talk on how broke the club was.
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
During the
intermission, the
treasurer gave a
timid talk on how
broke the
club was.
34.
... talk prudence while practicing evasion.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
35.
... talk that God will take care of ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
What about his
talk that
God
will take
care of them?
36.
... talk to a man with a better ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
37.
... talk to a new man and watch ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
38.
... talk to him about the hopelessness of ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
But you may
talk to him about the
hopelessness of
alcoholism because you
offer a
solution.
39.
... talk to him if he cares to ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
You should be
described to him as one of a
fellowship who, as
part of
their
own recovery,
try to
help others and who will be
glad to
talk to him if he
cares to see you.
40.
... talk to one of them.
BB p.112,
To Wives
Your
husband may be
willing to
talk to one of
them.
41.
... talk to some phase of drinking.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
After a while,
turn the
talk
to some
phase of
drinking.
42.
... talk to somebody about them.
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
We have to talk to somebody about them.
43.
... talk to the right person.
BB p.74,
Into Action
We say this because we are very
anxious that we
talk to the
right person.
44.
... talk to this man on religious grounds?
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
45.
... talk we hear, and a great deal ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Much of the
everyday talk
we
hear, and a
great deal of what we
read,
highlights man's
pride in his
own achievements.
46.
... talk with him.
BB p.144,
To Employers
On your
employee's
return,
talk with him.
47.
... talk with me in which he frankly ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
Following his
physical rehabilitation, he had a
talk with me in which he
frankly
stated he
thought the
treatment a
waste of
effort,
unless I could
assure him, which no one ever had, that in the
future he would have the "will
power" to
resist the
impulse to
drink.
48.
... talk with someone, but whom?
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
He
wanted so much to
talk
with someone, but whom?
49.
... talk with someone ordained by an established ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
Though we have no
religious connection, we may still do well to
talk with someone
ordained by an
established religion.
50.
... talk with the person most interested in ...
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.
51.
... talk your husband will usually revive the ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
If this
kind of
approach
does not
catch your
husband's
interest, it may
be
best to
drop the
subject, but after a
friendly talk your
husband will usually
revive
the
topic himself.
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