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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

beauty
became
because
BECOMES   occurs   27 times 12 in BB  •  15 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   become
becoming
bed
bedeviled

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1.
  ... becomes a battleground for the instincts, there ...  12&12 Step Four, p.44
Whenever a human being becomes a battleground for the instincts, there can be no peace.


2.
  ... becomes a military casualty.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
Maybe there are serious domestic or romantic difficulties, or perhaps that boy we thought God was looking after becomes a military casualty.


3.
  ... becomes a regular habit.  12&12 Contents (Step Ten), p.8
Self-searching becomes a regular habit.


4.
  ... becomes a regular habit, until he is ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.88
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.


5.
  ... becomes a religious enthusiast.  BB The Family Afterward, p.128
He becomes a religious enthusiast.


6.
  ... becomes a sick and irresponsible child who ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.118
As matters get worse, the husband becomes a sick and irresponsible child who needs to be looked after and extricated from endless scrapes and impasses.


7.
  ... becomes a working part of the mind.  BB Into Action, p.87
What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration gradually becomes a working part of the mind.


8.
  ... becomes acute and constant.  12&12 Step Four, p.53
As we redouble our efforts at control, and continue to fail, our suffering becomes acute and constant.


9.
  ... becomes an active guardian of our Fellowship.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Eleven), p.12
Each member becomes an active guardian of our Fellowship.


10.
  ... becomes an active guardian of our Fellowship.  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.183
In it, each member becomes an active guardian of our Fellowship.


11.
  ... becomes angry, indignant, self-pitying.  BB How It Works, p.61
He becomes angry, indignant, self-pitying.


12.
  ... becomes clear, cost what it may?  12&12 Step Nine, p.86
Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance -- meanwhile resolving to do the right thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may?


13.
  ... becomes disgustingly, and even dangerously anti-social.  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
Yet let him drink for a day, and he frequently becomes disgustingly, and even dangerously anti-social.


14.
  ... becomes just how and by what specific ...  12&12 Step Three, p.34
Therefore our problem now becomes just how and by what specific means shall we be able to let Him in?


15.
  ... becomes of them?  12&12 Tradition Two, p.135
What becomes of them?


16.
  ... becomes, on the next occasion, still more ...  BB How It Works, p.61
He becomes, on the next occasion, still more demanding or gracious, as the case may be.


17.
  ... becomes operative, this man can also stop ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
If a sufficiently strong reason -- ill health, falling in love, change of environment, or the warning of a doctor -- becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate, although he may find it difficult and troublesome and may even need medical attention.


18.
  ... becomes plain that the group must survive ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.130
It becomes plain that the group must survive or the individual will not.


19.
  ... becomes practically nonexistent.  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent.


20.
  ... becomes really neglectful.  BB To Wives, p.119
Sometimes he will be so interested that he becomes really neglectful.


21.
  ... becomes still less communicative.  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
He becomes still less communicative.


22.
  ... becomes the chairman of a committee composed ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.133
At this moment, the benign dictator becomes the chairman of a committee composed of his friends.


23.
  ... becomes the principal asset of the family ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.124
The alcoholic's past thus becomes the principal asset of the family and frequently it is almost the only one!


24.
  ... becomes the seat of perilous wealth or ...  BB Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion, vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that it never perform acts of government, and that, like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and action.


25.
  ... becomes the sole object of our lives, ...  12&12 Step Four, p.49
When the satisfaction of our instincts for sex, security, and society becomes the sole object of our lives, then pride steps in to justify our excesses.


26.
  ... becomes unbearable and you have to leave ...  BB To Wives, p.111
Even though your husband becomes unbearable and you have to leave him temporarily, you should, if you can, go without rancor.


27.
  ... becomes uncontrollable, whether in the sewing circle ...  12&12 Step Four, p.44
When an individual's desire for prestige becomes uncontrollable, whether in the sewing circle or at the international conference table, other people suffer and often revolt.


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