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1.
... Twelve.   12&12 p.110, Step Twelve
"Freely ye have received; freely give..." is the core of this part of Step Twelve.


2.
... Twelve.   BB p.88, Into Action   Go to page 88 in the Big Book
The next chapter is entirely devoted to Step Twelve.

3.
Twelve -- And finally, we of Alcoholics Anonymous ...   12&12 p.192, Tradition Twelve (Long)
Twelve -- And finally, we of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that the principle of anonymity has an immense spiritual significance.


4.
Twelve -- Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of ...   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Twelve -- Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.


5.
... Twelve Concepts for World Service and revises ...   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
This fourth edition includes the Twelve Concepts for World Service and revises the three sections of personal stories as follows.


6.
... Twelve Concepts for World Service provide a ...   BB p.574, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
Written by co-founder Bill W. in 1962, the Twelve Concepts for World Service provide a group of related principles to help ensure that various elements of A.A.'s service structure remain responsive and responsible to those they serve.


7.
... twelve new stories; eight were removed (in ...   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
Part III now includes twelve new stories; eight were removed (in addition to the two that were transferred to Part I).

8.
... "twelve-stepping," if we are willing to receive ...   12&12 p.113, Step Twelve
Well, we surely have a chance if we switch from "two-stepping" to "twelve-stepping," if we are willing to receive that grace of God which can sustain and strengthen us in any catastrophe.

9.
... Twelve Steps.   12&12 p.70, Step Seven
Indeed, the attainment of greater humility is the foundation principle of each of A.A.'s Twelve Steps.

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... Twelve Steps.   12&12 p.112, Step Twelve
We know this because we see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.


11.
... twelve steps.   BB p.75, Into Action   Go to page 75 in the Big Book
Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps.

12.
... Twelve Steps, and Step Three opens the ...   12&12 p.40, Step Three
To make this increasingly possible is the purpose of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, and Step Three opens the door.

13.
... Twelve Steps, and the application of these ...   12&12 p.17, Foreword
In it alcoholism was described from the alcoholic's point of view, the spiritual ideas of the Society were codified for the first time in the Twelve Steps, and the application of these Steps to the alcoholic's dilemma was made clear.

14.
... "Twelve Steps" and the "Twelve Traditions" of ...   12&12 p.15, Foreword
This book deals with the "Twelve Steps" and the "Twelve Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous.

15.
... Twelve Steps and Traditions has been tried.   12&12 p.146, Tradition Four
Over the years, every conceivable deviation from our Twelve Steps and Traditions has been tried.

16.
... Twelve Steps and tries to teach her ...   12&12 p.118, Step Twelve
Seeing her unhappiness, he recommends A.A.'s Twelve Steps and tries to teach her how to live.

17.
... Twelve Steps are a group of principles, ...   12&12 p.15, Foreword
A.A.'s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole.

18.
... Twelve Steps are but suggestions.   12&12 p.26, Step Two
All of its Twelve Steps are but suggestions.


19.
... Twelve Steps are principles for personal recovery.   BB p.574, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
A.A.'s Twelve Steps are principles for personal recovery.

20.
... Twelve Steps as first written in the ...   12&12 p.17, Foreword
This present volume proposes to broaden and deepen the understanding of the Twelve Steps as first written in the earlier work.

21.
... Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary ...   12&12 p.55, Step Five
All of A.A.'s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires . . . they all deflate our egos.

22.
... Twelve Steps can mean more than sobriety ...   12&12 p.16, Foreword
They think that the Twelve Steps can mean more than sobriety for problem drinkers.

23.
... Twelve Steps for the answers.   12&12 p.111, Step Twelve
But in the longer run we clearly realize that these are only the pains of growing up, and nothing but good can come from them if we turn more and more to the entire Twelve Steps for the answers.

24.
... Twelve Steps for us.   12&12 p.113, Step Twelve
We temporarily cease to grow because we feel satisfied that there is no need for all of A.A.'s Twelve Steps for us.

25.
... Twelve Steps in his home, often with ...   12&12 p.119, Step Twelve
He persistently tries all of A.A.'s Twelve Steps in his home, often with fine results.

26.
... Twelve Steps in our program.   12&12 p.107, Step Twelve
A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program.

27.
... Twelve Steps into action upon all our ...   12&12 p.109, Step Twelve
The wonderful energy it releases and the eager action by which it carries our message to the next suffering alcoholic and which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent reality, of Alcoholics Anonymous.

28.
... Twelve Steps now come to a close.   12&12 p.125, Step Twelve
These little studies of A.A.'s Twelve Steps now come to a close.

29.
... Twelve Steps of the program in our ...   12&12 p.106, Step Twelve
Here we begin to practice all Twelve Steps of the program in our daily lives so that we and those about us may find emotional sobriety.


30.
... Twelve Steps of the program of recovery.   BB p.96, Working With Others   Go to page 96 in the Big Book
He has read this volume and says he is prepared to go through with the Twelve Steps of the program of recovery.

31.
... Twelve Steps require sustained and personal exertion ...   12&12 p.40, Step Three
All of the Twelve Steps require sustained and personal exertion to conform to their principles and so, we trust, to God's will.


32.
... Twelve Steps that summarize the program may ...   BB xxii, Foreword to Third Edition   Display entire Foreword to Third Edition
The Twelve Steps that summarize the program may be called los Doce Pasos in one country, les Douze Etapes in another, but they trace exactly the same path to recovery that was blazed by the earliest members of Alcoholics Anonymous.

33.
... Twelve Steps, these situations are often set ...   12&12 p.118, Step Twelve
Nevertheless, under the influence of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, these situations are often set right.(*)

34.
... Twelve Steps, they have been able to ...   12&12 p.15, Foreword
Many people, nonalcoholics, report that as a result of the practice of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, they have been able to meet other difficulties of life.

35.
... Twelve Steps to recovery are suggestions; the ...   12&12 p.129, Tradition One
Our Twelve Steps to recovery are suggestions; the Twelve Traditions which guarantee A.A.'s unity contain not a single "Don't."

36.
... Twelve Steps to recovery, he almost certainly ...   12&12 p.174, Tradition Nine
Unless each A.A. member follows to the best of his ability our suggested Twelve Steps to recovery, he almost certainly signs his own death warrant.

37.
... Twelve Steps we could lose those fears, ...   12&12 p.121, Step Twelve
But as time passed we found that with the help of A.A.'s Twelve Steps we could lose those fears, no matter what our material prospects were.

38.
... Twelve Traditions and so gave A.A. its ...   12&12 p.18, Foreword
The Tradition section of this volume portrays in some detail the experience which finally produced the Twelve Traditions and so gave A.A. its present form, substance, and unity.


39.
... Twelve Traditions, and the directions for getting ...   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
The second edition added the appendices, the Twelve Traditions, and the directions for getting in touch with A.A.

40.
... Twelve Traditions apply to the life of ...   12&12 p.15, Foreword
A.A.'s Twelve Traditions apply to the life of the Fellowship itself.


41.
... Twelve Traditions ensure the unity of the ...   BB p.574, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
The Twelve Traditions ensure the unity of the Fellowship.

42.
... "Twelve Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous.   12&12 p.15, Foreword
This book deals with the "Twelve Steps" and the "Twelve Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous.

43.
... Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.   12&12 p.16, Foreword
There is, too, a rising interest in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.

44.
... Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, which -- God ...   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.

45.
... Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give ...   12&12 p.184, Tradition Twelve
Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the common good, we realize that the sacrificial spirit -- well symbolized by anonymity -- is the foundation of them all.

46.
... Twelve Traditions, the group, too, can deteriorate ...   12&12 p.174, Tradition Nine
Unless there is approximate conformity to A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, the group, too, can deteriorate and die.

47.
... Twelve Traditions took form and were first ...   12&12 p.18, Foreword
It was out of this vast welter of explosive experience that A.A.'s Twelve Traditions took form and were first published in 1946 and later confirmed at A.A.'s First International Convention, held at Cleveland in 1950.


48.
... Twelve Traditions, which are stated in full ...   BB xix, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
This was the substance of A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, which are stated in full on page 561 of this book.

49.
... Twelve Traditions which guarantee A.A.'s unity contain ...   12&12 p.129, Tradition One
Our Twelve Steps to recovery are suggestions; the Twelve Traditions which guarantee A.A.'s unity contain not a single "Don't."


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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