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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... today.
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
When a
drunk has a
terrific hangover because
he
drank heavily yesterday, he cannot
live
well
today.
2.
... today?"
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
And we can often
ask ourselves, "Am I doing to others
as I would have them do to me --
today?"
3.
... today.
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
These very
deviations created a
vast process of
trial and
error which, under the
grace of
God, has brought us to where we
stand today.
4.
... today.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
5.
... today.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
In many
respects, the
Washingtonians were
akin to
A.A. of
today.
6.
... today.
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
And
acceptance is the
answer to all my
problems
today.
7.
... today.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
Students of
ancient history tell us that the
intellect of
men in those
days was
equal to the
best of
today.
8.
... today.
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
On the
next page,
A.A.'s "
12 Traditions" are seen in their so-called "
short form" the
form in
general use
today.
9.
... today and
tomorrow, we certainly need to ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
10.
... today animates
A.A.'s all around the globe.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
This is our
gift from
God, and
its bestowal upon others
like us is the one
aim that
today animates A.A.'s all around the
globe.
11.
... today directly
accountable to our Fellowship.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
12.
... today's excesses
of negative emotion -- anger, fear, ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
13.
... today has
been largely dispelled in the ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had
declared that our
Fellowship couldn't
hire service workers nor could
any
A.A. member carry our
knowledge into
other
fields, we were
taking the
counsel of
fear,
fear which
today has been
largely dispelled in the
light of
experience.
14.
... today he
is one of the most ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
His
action met widespread approval,
and
today he is one of the most
trusted citizens of his
town.
15.
Today I
own a little company.
BB p.149,
To Employers
16.
... today in
the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
They
live today in the
Twelve Traditions of
Alcoholics Anonymous,
which --
God willing --
shall
sustain us in
unity
for so
long as He may
need us.
17.
... today, in
well-matured A.A.'s, these distorted drives ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
But
today, in well-
matured
A.A.'s, these
distorted drives have been
restored
to something like their
true purpose and
direction.
18.
... today is
a stickler for facts and ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
19.
... today is
the absolute certainty that our ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The
central fact of our
lives today is the
absolute certainty that
our
Creator has
entered
into our
hearts and
lives
in a way which is
indeed miraculous.
20.
... today keynotes
A.A. life everywhere.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
21.
Today's life
is measured against that of ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Today's
life is
measured against that of other
years and, when it
falls short, the
family may be
unhappy.
22.
Today most
of our men are better ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
Today most of our
men are
better husbands and
fathers than ever before.
23.
... today, perhaps,
but I can stop crying ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
We said to ourselves, "This I cannot do
today,
perhaps, but I can
stop crying out 'No,
never!'"
24.
... today religion
is by no means the ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
25.
... today sober
only by the grace of ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
As an
insurance against "
big-
shot-
ism" we can often
check ourselves
by
remembering that we are
today sober only by the
grace of
God and that any
success we may be having is far more His
success than ours.
26.
Today's spot
check finds its chief application ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
27.
... today the
most important fact of their ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
When many
hundreds of people are able to say that
the
consciousness of the
Presence of
God is
today the most
important fact of their
lives, they
present a
powerful reason why one should have
faith.
28.
Today the
remarkable unity of A.A. is ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
Today the
remarkable unity of
A.A. is one of the
greatest assets that our
Society has.
29.
... today, tomorrow
or the hereafter.
BB p.63,
How It Works
30.
Today, we
are able to say with ...
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
Today, we are able to say with
assurance that
Alcoholics Anonymous
--
A.A. as a
whole -- should
never be
organized at all.
31.
... today, were
borrowed mainly from the fields ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The
basic principles of
A.A., as they are
known today, were
borrowed mainly from the
fields of
religion and
medicine,
though some
ideas upon which
success finally
depended
were the
result of
noting
the
behavior and
needs of
the
Fellowship itself.
32.
... today will
see a continuation of a ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
33.
... today, would
perhaps be dead.
BB p.82,
Into Action
Had this not been so, many of us would have no
homes
today, would perhaps be
dead.
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