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

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PRACTICE   occurs   33 times 8 in BB  •  25 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   practices
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1.
  ... practice.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
I stayed about town a couple of months more and then returned to resume my practice.


2.
  ... practice.  12&12 Contents (Step Four), p.6
Step Four is beginning of lifetime practice.


3.
  ... practice.  12&12 Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
Difficulties of practice.


4.
  ... practice.  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.181
It is the opposite in many ways of usual promotional practice.


5.
  ... practice a genuine humility.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.566
It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities; that we are actually to practice a genuine humility.


6.
  ... practice a genuine humility.  12&12 Tradition Twelve (Long), p.192
It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities; that we are actually to practice a genuine humility.


7.
  ... practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.112
We know this because we see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.


8.
  ... practice all Twelve Steps of the program ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.106
Here we begin to practice all Twelve Steps of the program in our daily lives so that we and those about us may find emotional sobriety.


9.
  ... practice and humility, they had deluded themselves ...  12&12 Step Five, p.60
Lacking both practice and humility, they had deluded themselves and were able to justify the most arrant nonsense on the ground that this was what God had told them.


10.
  ... practice beneficial.  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
Many of us have noticed a tendency to eat sweets and have found this practice beneficial.


11.
  ... practice enables us to lend a hand, ...  BB A Vision For You, p.162
This practice enables us to lend a hand, at the same time avoiding certain alluring distractions of the road, about which any traveling man can inform you.(*)


12.
  ... practice has become grooved, it will be ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
Once this healthy practice has become grooved, it will be so interesting and profitable that the time it takes won't be missed.


13.
  ... practice, it can be suggested that he ...  12&12 Step Four, p.50
Since Step Four is but the beginning of a lifetime practice, it can be suggested that he first have a look at those personal flaws which are acutely troublesome and fairly obvious.


14.
  ... practice justice and courtesy, perhaps going out ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
With those we dislike we can begin to practice justice and courtesy, perhaps going out of our way to understand and help them.


15.
  ... practice of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, they have ...  12&12 Foreword, p.15
Many people, nonalcoholics, report that as a result of the practice of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, they have been able to meet other difficulties of life.


16.
  ... practice of admitting one's defects to another ...  12&12 Step Five, p.56
This practice of admitting one's defects to another person is, of course, very ancient.


17.
  ... practice of it can mean to us.  12&12 Step Seven, p.70
Since this Step so specifically concerns itself with humility, we should pause here to consider what humility is and what the practice of it can mean to us.


18.
  ... practice of Step Three.  12&12 Step Three, p.40
Once we have come into agreement with these ideas, it is really easy to begin the practice of Step Three.


19.
  ... practice of Steps.  12&12 Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
Monotony, pain and calamity turned to good use by practice of Steps.


20.
  ... practice of that devotion as never before.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
It is to be hoped that every A.A. who has a religious connection which emphasizes meditation will return to the practice of that devotion as never before.


21.
  ... practice of the Twelve Steps in our ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program.


22.
  ... practice of these principles in all our ...  12&12 Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
What about the practice of these principles in all our affairs?


23.
  ... practice of these principles in all our ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
What about the practice of these principles in all our affairs?


24.
  ... practice of Twelve Steps.  12&12 Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
Readiness to receive free gift lies in practice of Twelve Steps.


25.
  ... practice spiritual principles, there is a much ...  BB Working With Others, p.97
Should they accept and practice spiritual principles, there is a much better chance that the head of the family will recover.


26.
  ... practice the A.A. program unless they have ...  12&12 Step One, p.24
The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom.


27.
  ... practice the rest of A.A.'s program as ...  12&12 Step Two, p.27
To acquire it, I had only to stop fighting and practice the rest of A.A.'s program as enthusiastically as I could.


28.
  ... practice the very precepts he knows so ...  BB Working With Others, p.93
Perhaps your story will help him see where he has failed to practice the very precepts he knows so well.


29.
  ... practice these principles in all our affairs.  BB How It Works, p.60
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.


30.
  ... practice these principles in all our affairs."  12&12 Contents (Step Twelve), p.8
Step Twelve -- "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."


31.
  ... practice these principles in all our affairs."  12&12 Step Twelve, p.106
"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."


32.
  ... practice these principles in all our affairs," ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
Our basic troubles are the same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made "to practice these principles in all our affairs," well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.


33.
  ... practice, we usually find a solitary self-appraisal ...  BB Into Action, p.72
In actual practice, we usually find a solitary self-appraisal insufficient.


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