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


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1.
  ... shall act.  12&12 Step Three, p.37
How persistently we claim the right to decide all by ourselves just what we shall think and just how we shall act.


2.
  ... shall always need to authorize workers to ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.174
It is clear now that we ought never to name boards to govern us, but it is equally clear that we shall always need to authorize workers to serve us.


3.
  ... shall at once think of a few ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.84
We shall at once think of a few people who know all about our drinking, and who have been most affected by it.


4.
  ... shall be bound to construct a long ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
Then, as year by year we walk back through our lives as far as memory will reach, we shall be bound to construct a long list of people who have, to some extent or other, been affected.


5.
  ... shall be divided among them.  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
We live in the imminent possibility of a fresh holocaust to determine how men shall be governed, and how the products of nature and toil shall be divided among them.


6.
  ... shall be governed, and how the products ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
We live in the imminent possibility of a fresh holocaust to determine how men shall be governed, and how the products of nature and toil shall be divided among them.


7.
  ... shall be greatly handicapped.  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
Very earnestly we ask the press also, to observe this request, for otherwise we shall be greatly handicapped.


8.
  ... shall be happy to hear from you ...  BB To Employers (Note), p.150
(*) See Appendix VI -- We shall be happy to hear from you if we can be of help.


9.
  ... shall be interested to hear from those ...  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiv
We shall be interested to hear from those who are getting results from this book, particularly from those who have commenced work with other alcoholics.


10.
  ... shall be obliged in some cases still ...  12&12 Step Six, p.69
Perhaps we shall be obliged in some cases still to say, "This I cannot give up yet...," but we should not say to ourselves, "This I will never give up!"


11.
  ... shall be of little use if our ...  BB Working With Others, p.103
Some day we hope that Alcoholics Anonymous will help the public to a better realization of the gravity of the alcoholic problem, but we shall be of little use if our attitude is one of bitterness or hostility.


12.
  ... shall be pulled backward into disillusionment.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we shall be pulled backward into disillusionment.


13.
  ... shall be stupid, boring and glum, like ...  BB A Vision For You, p.152
But am I to be consigned to a life where I shall be stupid, boring and glum, like some righteous people I see?


14.
  ... shall be with you in the Fellowship ...  BB A Vision For You, p.164
We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.


15.
  ... shall bring to the task our combined ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
We shall bring to the task our combined experience and knowledge.


16.
  ... shall call Ed.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.143
Not long after the man with the double stigma knocked for admission, A.A.'s other group received into its membership a salesman we shall call Ed.


17.
  ... shall call Jim.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.35
Our first example is a friend we shall call Jim.


18.
  ... shall claim that our serious character defects, ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
We shall claim that our serious character defects, if we think we have any at all, have been caused chiefly by excessive drinking.


19.
  ... shall describe some of the mental states ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.35
So we shall describe some of the mental states that precede a relapse into drinking, for obviously this is the crux of the problem.


20.
  ... shall do our utmost to achieve that ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
We shall do our utmost to achieve that ideal.


21.
  ... shall find no enduring strength until we ...  12&12 Step One, p.22
The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered.


22.
  ... shall find that though the harm done ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.79
In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has.


23.
  ... shall forever live in thankful contemplation of ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.566
This to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all.


24.
  ... shall forever live in thankful contemplation of ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve (Long), p.192
This to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all.


25.
  ... shall get rid of that terrible sense ...  12&12 Step Five, p.57
For one thing, we shall get rid of that terrible sense of isolation we've always had.


26.
  ... shall handle ourselves like other people.  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
If these thoughts occur, they are hazy and readily supplanted with the old threadbare idea that this time we shall handle ourselves like other people.


27.
  ... shall have to be content with patient ...  12&12 Step Six, p.65
A few of them may be, but with most of them we shall have to be content with patient improvement.


28.
  ... shall have to come to grips with ...  12&12 Step Six, p.69
At the very least, we shall have to come to grips with some of our worst character defects and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can.


29.
  ... shall have to do more than see.  12&12 Step Five, p.58
But we shall have to do more than see.


30.
  ... shall have to separate the spiritual from ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.161
We shall have to separate the spiritual from the material."


31.
  ... shall he ever straighten out that awful ...  12&12 Step Three, p.39
And how shall he ever straighten out that awful jam that cost him the affection of his family and separated him from them?


32.
  ... shall I forget their impassive faces, and ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.137
Never shall I forget their impassive faces, and the steady gaze they focused upon me.


33.
  ... shall look for progress, not for perfection.  12&12 Step Ten, p.91
We shall look for progress, not for perfection.


34.
  ... shall need bracing air and an abundance ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
Most certainly we shall need bracing air and an abundance of food.


35.
  ... shall need to make a brand new ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
If we would gain any real advantage in the use of this Step on problems other than alcohol, we shall need to make a brand new venture into open-mindedness.


36.
  ... shall need to raise our eyes toward ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
We shall need to raise our eyes toward perfection, and be ready to walk in that direction.


37.
  ... shall need to share with this person ...  12&12 Step Five, p.61
Perhaps we shall need to share with this person facts about ourselves which no others ought to know.


38.
  ... shall need when we take Step Nine.  12&12 Step Nine, p.83
Good judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage, and prudence -- these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine.


39.
  ... shall never be able to make direct ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.83
There will be other cases where action ought to be deferred, and still others in which by the very nature of the situation we shall never be able to make direct personal contact at all.


40.
  ... shall never be able to touch more ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xxi
In all probability, we shall never be able to touch more than a fair fraction of the alcohol problem in all its ramifications.


41.
  ... shall never have enough.  12&12 Step Four, p.49
We eat, drink, and grab for more of everything than we need, fearing we shall never have enough.


42.
  ... shall never have, instead of adjusting to ...  12&12 Step Six, p.67
Else why would we consume such great amounts of time wishing for what we have not, rather than working for it, or angrily looking for attributes we shall never have, instead of adjusting to the fact, and accepting it?


43.
  ... shall not be repeated.  BB Into Action, p.81
We are sorry for what we have done and, God willing, it shall not be repeated.


44.
  ... shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, ...  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.


45.
  ... shall often tread on even more dangerous ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
And we shall often tread on even more dangerous ground when we cry, "This I will never give up!"


46.
  ... shall point with pride to the good ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
No doubt we shall point with pride to the good lives we thought we led before the bottle cut us down.


47.
  ... shall publicly."  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
So long as we don't argue these matters privately, it's a cinch we never shall publicly."


48.
  ... shall see a pathway beside which is ...  12&12 Step Three, p.34
Once unlocked by willingness, the door opens almost of itself, and looking through it, we shall see a pathway beside which is an inscription.


49.
  ... shall see, he now means a great ...  BB A Vision For You, p.156
As we shall see, he now means a great deal to his community, and the major liabilities of thirty years of hard drinking have been repaired in four.


50.
  ... shall seek.  12&12 Step Ten, p.95
An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude for blessings received, and a willingness to try for better things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek.


51.
  ... shall seek all those wonders still unseen.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.100
Let us look now upon the sea and ponder what its mystery is; and let us lift our eyes to the far horizon, beyond which we shall seek all those wonders still unseen.


52.
  ... shall serve.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.134
Thus throughout A.A. does the group conscience decree the terms upon which its leaders shall serve.


53.
  ... shall stand convicted of emotional sterility and ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.569
If we do not do so, we shall stand convicted of emotional sterility and of having lost the faith that moves mountains, without which medicine can do little.


54.
  ... shall sustain us in unity for so ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.131
They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, which -- God willing -- shall sustain us in unity for so long as He may need us.


55.
  ... shall tell you what we have done.  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
We shall tell you what we have done.


56.
  ... shall the answer be -- yes or no?"  12&12 Tradition Three, p.142
What shall the answer be -- yes or no?"


57.
  ... shall think and just how we shall ...  12&12 Step Three, p.37
How persistently we claim the right to decide all by ourselves just what we shall think and just how we shall act.


58.
  ... shall try to answer for you.  BB To Wives, p.110
His case presents additional questions which we shall try to answer for you.


59.
  ... shall walk a free man at last.  BB Into Action, p.75
Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything, for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last.


60.
  ... shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
But first of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow in the dark.


61.
  ... shall want to hold ourselves to the ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
We shall want to hold ourselves to the course of admitting the things we have done, meanwhile forgiving the wrongs done us, real or fancied.


62.
  ... shall want to speak with someone who ...  12&12 Step Five, p.61
We shall want to speak with someone who is experienced, who not only has stayed dry but has been able to surmount other serious difficulties.


63.
  ... shall we be able to let Him ...  12&12 Step Three, p.34
Therefore our problem now becomes just how and by what specific means shall we be able to let Him in?


64.
  ... shall we come to terms with seeming ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.112
Furthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success?


65.
  ... shall we do about it?  BB Into Action, p.72
Having made our personal inventory, what shall we do about it?


66.
  ... shall we help our readers determine, to ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
How then shall we help our readers determine, to their own satisfaction, whether they are one of us?


67.
  ... shall we let God into our lives?  12&12 Contents (Step Three), p.5
How shall we let God into our lives?


68.
  ... shall we meditate?  12&12 Contents (Step Eleven), p.8
How shall we meditate?


69.
  ... shall we meditate?  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
How, then, shall we meditate?


70.
  ... shall we present that which has been ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
How then shall we present that which has been so freely given us?


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