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

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FINANCIAL   occurs   28 times 11 in BB  •  17 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... financial.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
I did it more and more, and had lots of fun without much grief, either physical or financial.


2.
  ... financial and emotional security.  12&12 Step Four, p.51
Also of importance for most alcoholics are the questions they must ask about their behavior respecting financial and emotional security.


3.
  ... financial assistance.  BB Working With Others, p.96
If he is, you might try to help him about getting a job, or give him a little financial assistance.


4.
  ... financial crisis to correcting a minor personal ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.103
We have seen A.A.'s ask with much earnestness and faith for God's explicit guidance on matters ranging all the way from a shattering domestic or financial crisis to correcting a minor personal fault, like tardiness.


5.
  ... financial difficulties or a nurse for his ...  BB Working With Others, p.95
If he is not interested in your solution, if he expects you to act only as a banker for his financial difficulties or a nurse for his sprees, you may have to drop him until he changes his mind.


6.
  ... financial harm.  BB Into Action, p.78
Nor are we afraid of disclosing our alcoholism on the theory it may cause financial harm.


7.
  Financial importance was no longer our principal ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
Financial importance was no longer our principal aim; we now clamored for material security.


8.
  ... financial independence looked more important than a ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears.


9.
  ... financial independence part of its tradition, Alcoholics ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.165
They pointed out that the irresponsible had become responsible, and that by making financial independence part of its tradition, Alcoholics Anonymous had revived an ideal that its era had almost forgotten.


10.
  ... financial insecurity constantly arouses these same feelings.  12&12 Step Four, p.52
Suppose that financial insecurity constantly arouses these same feelings.


11.
  ... financial insecurity, disgusted friends and employers, warped ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.18
It brings misunderstanding, fierce resentment, financial insecurity, disgusted friends and employers, warped lives of blameless children, sad wives and parents -- anyone can increase the list.


12.
  ... financial insecurity of every human being in ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
We forgot that most alcoholics in A.A. have an earning power considerably above average; we forgot the immense goodwill of our brother A.A.'s who were only too eager to help us to better jobs when we deserved them; we forgot the actual or potential financial insecurity of every human being in the world.


13.
  ... financial insecurity worries him sick, and panic ...  12&12 Step Three, p.39
His financial insecurity worries him sick, and panic takes over when he thinks of all the bridges to safety that alcohol burned behind him.


14.
  ... financial instability?  12&12 Step Four, p.51
Surveying his business or employment record, almost any alcoholic can ask questions like these: In addition to my drinking problem, what character defects contributed to my financial instability?


15.
  ... financial leaders were my heroes.  BB Bill's Story, p.2
Business and financial leaders were my heroes.


16.
  ... financial level, quite impossible.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
And these were fears which would make a serene and useful existence, at any financial level, quite impossible.


17.
  ... financial or otherwise, we owe.  12&12 Step Nine, p.84
We can pay, or promise to pay, whatever obligations, financial or otherwise, we owe.


18.
  ... financial policy.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.165
Bare running expenses plus a prudent reserve would henceforth be the Foundation's financial policy.


19.
  ... financial principle; that it place none of ...  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.


20.
  ... financial recovery is on the way for ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
Although financial recovery is on the way for many of us, we found we could not place money first.


21.
  ... financial reference service.  BB Bill's Story, p.2
We gave up our positions and off we roared on a motorcycle, the sidecar stuffed with tent, blankets, a change of clothes, and three huge volumes of a financial reference service.


22.
  ... financial reverses.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
Though the earning power of most A.A.'s is relatively high, we have some members who never seem to get on their feet moneywise, and still others who encounter heavy financial reverses.


23.
  ... financial security.  BB To Wives, p.105
There was never financial security.


24.
  ... financial security -- commence to change profoundly.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.115
After we come into A.A., if we go on growing, our attitudes and actions toward security -- emotional security and financial security -- commence to change profoundly.


25.
  ... financial security that he wants to do ...  12&12 Step Four, p.43
Another may develop such an obsession for financial security that he wants to do nothing but hoard money.


26.
  ... financial security we must have -- or else.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
Complete financial security we must have -- or else.


27.
  ... financial statement.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
Charlie fished in his desk and came up with an old financial statement.


28.
  ... financial success.  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
But he must see the danger of over-concentration on financial success.


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