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

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LACK   occurs   17 times 12 in BB  •  5 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... lack of anchorage to any permanent values, ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
This lack of anchorage to any permanent values, this blindness to the true purpose of our lives, produced another bad result.


2.
  ... lack of control.  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
Here is the fellow who has been puzzling you, especially in his lack of control.


3.
  ... lack of control, for he is unable ...  BB To Wives, p.109
Two: Your husband is showing lack of control, for he is unable to stay on the water wagon even when he wants to.


4.
  ... lack of fear, worry and hurt feelings ...  BB To Wives, p.116
When we do that, we find it solves our problems too; the ensuing lack of fear, worry and hurt feelings is a wonderful thing.


5.
  ... lack of hard feeling toward him.  BB To Employers, p.142
If possible express a lack of hard feeling toward him.


6.
  ... lack of humility.  12&12 Step Seven, p.71
In all these strivings, so many of them well-intentioned, our crippling handicap had been our lack of humility.


7.
  ... lack of it.  BB To Employers, p.139
If you desire to help it might be well to disregard your own drinking, or lack of it.


8.
  ... lack of it."  12&12 Tradition Two, pp.134-135
Most emphatically the answer is "Yes, notwithstanding the apparent lack of it."


9.
  ... lack of knowledge as to what part ...  BB To Employers, p.139
To me, this incident illustrates lack of understanding as to what really ails the alcoholic, and lack of knowledge as to what part employers might profitably take in salvaging their sick employees.


10.
  ... lack of nourishment, so can the soul.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.97
As the body can fail its purpose for lack of nourishment, so can the soul.


11.
  ... lack of patience and tolerance.  BB To Employers, pp.137-138
In only a few instances has there been a lack of patience and tolerance.


12.
  ... lack of perspective seemed near being just ...  BB Bill's Story, p.5
I began to wonder, for such an appalling lack of perspective seemed near being just that.


13.
  Lack of power, that was our dilemma.  BB We Agnostics, p.45
Lack of power, that was our dilemma.


14.
  ... lack of proportion, of the ability to ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
How can such a lack of proportion, of the ability to think straight, be called anything else?


15.
  ... lack of self-consciousness will do wonders for ...  BB To Wives, p.115
Your new courage, good nature and lack of self-consciousness will do wonders for you socially.


16.
  ... lack of understanding as to what really ...  BB To Employers, p.139
To me, this incident illustrates lack of understanding as to what really ails the alcoholic, and lack of knowledge as to what part employers might profitably take in salvaging their sick employees.


17.
  ... lack the ability to accept conditions I ...  12&12 Step Four, p.52
Or, if my disturbance was seemingly caused by the behavior of others, why do I lack the ability to accept conditions I cannot change?


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