From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
WATCH occurs
8 times
(
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1.
... watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear.
BB p.84,
Into Action
2.
... watch his hope rise as we discuss ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
3.
... watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
To
watch people
recover, to
see them
help others, to
watch
loneliness vanish, to
see a
fellowship grow up
about you, to have a
host of
friends -- this is an
experience you
must not
miss.
4.
... watch people recover, to see them help ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
To
watch people
recover, to
see them
help others, to
watch
loneliness vanish, to
see a
fellowship grow up
about you, to have a
host of
friends -- this is an
experience you
must not
miss.
5.
... watch such matters carefully, for one careless, ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
6.
... watch the eyes of men and women ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
To
watch the
eyes of
men and
women open with
wonder as they
move from
darkness into
light, to see their
lives quickly fill with new
purpose and
meaning, to see
whole families reassembled, to see the
alcoholic outcast received back into his
community in
full citizenship, and above all to
watch these people
awaken to the
presence of a
loving God in their
lives -- these
things are the
substance of what we
receive as we
carry A.A.'s
message to the
next alcoholic.
7.
... watch these people awaken to the presence ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
To
watch the
eyes of
men and
women open with
wonder as they
move from
darkness into
light, to see their
lives quickly fill with new
purpose and
meaning, to see
whole families reassembled, to see the
alcoholic outcast received back into his
community in
full citizenship, and above all to
watch these people
awaken to the
presence of a
loving God in their
lives -- these
things are the
substance of what we
receive as we
carry A.A.'s
message to the
next alcoholic.
8.
... watch us with speculative eyes, pick up ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
Then they
commence to
watch us with
speculative eyes,
pick up a
fragment of
A.A. history, and soon have the
solid facts.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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