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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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2.
This the sponsor promptly
proves by talking freely and easily, and without exhibitionism,
about his own defects, past and present.
3.
In recent years some members and friends of A.A. have asked if it would be wise to update the language, idioms, and historical references
in the book to present a more contemporary image for the Fellowship.
4.
When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness
of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.
5.
Our present anxieties and
troubles, we cry, are caused by the behavior of other people -- people who really need a moral inventory.
6.
Following are excerpts
from the comments of doctors present at the annual meeting(*) of the Medical Society of the State of New York where a paper on A.A. was read:
7.
Even in the present century, American newspapers were afraid to
print an account of the Wright brothers' first successful flight at Kitty Hawk.
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This should be an entirely personal affair which each one decides for himself in the light of past associations, or his present choice.
10.
Follow the dictates of a
Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!
11.
(*) The work of present-day staff members has no counterpart among the job categories of commercial organizations. These A.A.'s
bring a wide range of business and professional experience to their service at The General Service Office.
12.
Hence we are at pains to tell why we think our present faith is reasonable, why we think it more sane and logical to believe than not
to believe, why we say our former thinking was soft and mushy when we threw up our hands in doubt and said, "We don't know."
13.
The Tradition section of
this volume portrays in
some detail the experience which finally
produced the Twelve Traditions and so gave A.A. its present form, substance, and unity.
14.
As part of his rehabilitation he commenced to present his conceptions to other alcoholics, impressing
upon them that they must do likewise with still others.
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17.
If I am unable to change the
present state of affairs, am I willing to take the measures necessary to shape my life to conditions as they
are?
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20.
Seeing much of each other, scarce an evening passed that someone's home did not shelter a little gathering of men and women, happy in their release, and constantly thinking how
they might present their discovery to some newcomer.
21.
We simply couldn't afford to
take the chance of letting self-appointed members present themselves as messiahs representing
A.A. before the whole public.
22.
That may be true of certain
nonalcoholic people
who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at
the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not been
damaged as ours were.
23.
It is important that we remain anonymous because we are too few, at present to handle the overwhelming number of personal appeals which may
result from this publication.
24.
Its foreword made this revealing statement: "It is important that we remain anonymous because we are
too few, at present, to handle the overwhelming
number of personal appeals which may result from
this publication.
25.
26.
This present volume proposes to broaden and deepen the understanding
of the Twelve Steps as first written in the earlier work.
27.
Or, the person concerned
not being present, we thought we were helping others to understand him,
when in actuality our true
motive was to feel superior by pulling him down.
28.
Provided anonymity was
maintained on these platforms, and reporters
present were cautioned against the use of names or pictures, the result was fine.
29.
Questioning directed
to this end might run like this: Looking at both past and present, what sex situations have caused me
anxiety, bitterness, frustration, or depression?
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