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

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NECESSITY   occurs   14 times 7 in BB  •  7 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   necessities
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needed
needless

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1.
  ... necessity.  BB Bill's Story, p.5
Liquor ceased to be a luxury; it became a necessity.


2.
  ... necessity.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Seven), p.11
Collective poverty initially a matter of necessity.


3.
  ... necessity.  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
So it is that we first see humility as a necessity.


4.
  Necessity for complete honesty.  12&12 Contents (Step Five), p.6
Necessity for complete honesty.


5.
  ... necessity for discussing ourselves with someone, it ...  BB Into Action, p.74
Notwithstanding the great necessity for discussing ourselves with someone, it may be one is so situated that there is no suitable person available.


6.
  ... necessity of belief in and dependence upon ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
Though he could not accept all the tenets of the Oxford Groups, he was convinced of the need for moral inventory, confession of personality defects, restitution to those harmed, helpfulness to others, and the necessity of belief in and dependence upon God.


7.
  ... necessity of demonstrating these principles in all ...  BB Bill's Story, p.14
My friend had emphasized the absolute necessity of demonstrating these principles in all my affairs.


8.
  Necessity of exhaustive survey of past.  12&12 Contents (Step Eight), p.7
Necessity of exhaustive survey of past.


9.
  ... necessity of procreation.  BB How It Works, p.68
One set of voices cry that sex is a lust of our lower nature, a base necessity of procreation.


10.
  Necessity of separating the spiritual from the ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Seven), p.11
Necessity of separating the spiritual from the material.


11.
  Necessity of taking action.  12&12 Contents (Step Six), p.7
Necessity of taking action.


12.
  ... necessity or the wish.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it -- this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.


13.
  ... necessity there will have to be discussion ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
Of necessity there will have to be discussion of matters medical, psychiatric, social, and religious.


14.
  ... necessity, we reluctantly come to grips with ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
Still goaded by sheer necessity, we reluctantly come to grips with those serious character flaws that made problem drinkers of us in the first place, flaws which must be dealt with to prevent a retreat into alcoholism once again.


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