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

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TOWARD   occurs   38 times 14 in BB  •  24 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... toward a full and meaningful sobriety.  12&12 Step Five, p.62
This feeling of being at one with God and man, this emerging from isolation through the open and honest sharing of our terrible burden of guilt, brings us to a resting place where we may prepare ourselves for the following Steps toward a full and meaningful sobriety.


2.
  ... toward all?  BB Into Action, p.86
Were we kind and loving toward all?


3.
  ... toward all men, even our enemies, for ...  BB How It Works, p.70
We have begun to learn tolerance, patience and good will toward all men, even our enemies, for we look on them as sick people.


4.
  ... toward an undreamed-of future.  BB To Wives, p.119
After all, your family is reunited, alcohol is no longer a problem and you and your husband are working together toward an undreamed-of future.


5.
  ... toward God.  12&12 Contents (Step Seven), p.7
Step Seven is change in attitude which permits us to move out of ourselves toward God.


6.
  ... toward God.  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
During this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was the change in our attitude toward God.


7.
  ... toward God.  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
The Seventh Step is where we make the change in our attitude which permits us, with humility as our guide, to move out from ourselves toward others and toward God.


8.
  ... toward God's universe.  BB There Is A Solution, p.25
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.


9.
  ... toward God's will for us.  12&12 Contents (Step Six), p.7
Point at which we abandon limited objectives and move toward God's will for us.


10.
  ... toward God's will for us.  12&12 Step Six, p.69
This is the exact point at which we abandon limited objectives, and move toward God's will for us.


11.
  ... toward him.  BB To Employers, p.142
If possible express a lack of hard feeling toward him.


12.
  ... toward him, we are still not too ...  BB Into Action, p.77
It may be he has done us more harm than we have done him and, though we may have acquired a better attitude toward him, we are still not too keen about admitting our faults.


13.
  ... toward him which God will show you ...  BB To Wives, p.117
We urge you to try our program, for nothing will be so helpful to your husband as the radically changed attitude toward him which God will show you how to have.


14.
  ... toward humility must consist of recognizing our ...  12&12 Step Five, p.58
Therefore, our first practical move toward humility must consist of recognizing our deficiencies.


15.
  ... toward it.  BB How It Works, p.69
Whatever our ideal turns out to be, we must be willing to grow toward it.


16.
  ... toward it.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.100
Well, meditation is like that, too; it helps to envision our spiritual objective before we try to move toward it.


17.
  ... toward liberation and strength.  12&12 Step One, p.21
We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength.


18.
  ... toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.  12&12 Step Seven, pp.72-73
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.


19.
  ... toward life, toward our fellows and toward ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.25
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.


20.
  ... toward liquor has been given us without ...  BB Into Action, p.85
We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part.


21.
  ... toward others and toward God.  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
The Seventh Step is where we make the change in our attitude which permits us, with humility as our guide, to move out from ourselves toward others and toward God.


22.
  ... toward our fellow alcoholics who are still ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.106
Here we turn outward toward our fellow alcoholics who are still in distress.


23.
  ... toward our fellows and toward God's universe.  BB There Is A Solution, p.25
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.


24.
  ... toward our instincts need to undergo drastic ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
And as we grow spiritually, we find that our old attitudes toward our instincts need to undergo drastic revisions.


25.
  ... toward ourselves.  12&12 Step Six, p.65
That is something we are supposed to be willing to work toward ourselves.


26.
  ... toward perfection.  12&12 Step Six, p.69
It is suggested that we ought to become entirely willing to aim toward perfection.


27.
  ... toward perfection, and be ready to walk ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
We shall need to raise our eyes toward perfection, and be ready to walk in that direction.


28.
  ... toward perfection, but I'm certainly not going ...  12&12 Step Six, p.69
Sure, I'll head toward perfection, but I'm certainly not going to hurry any.


29.
  ... toward security -- emotional security and financial security ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.115
After we come into A.A., if we go on growing, our attitudes and actions toward security -- emotional security and financial security -- commence to change profoundly.


30.
  ... toward that Power, and to do certain ...  BB We Agnostics, p.50
They flatly declare that since they have come to believe in a Power greater than themselves, to take a certain attitude toward that Power, and to do certain simple things, there has been a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking.


31.
  ... toward the desired shore of faith.  BB We Agnostics, p.53
Some of us had already walked far over the Bridge of Reason toward the desired shore of faith.


32.
  ... toward the right objectives.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.100
Perhaps the real trouble was our almost total inability to point imagination toward the right objectives.


33.
  ... toward their correction.  12&12 Step Four, p.43
By discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction.


34.
  ... toward their removal as quickly as we ...  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.


35.
  ... toward these objectives.  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
We have seen that character defects based upon shortsighted or unworthy desires are the obstacles that block our path toward these objectives.


36.
  ... toward us.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.115
We couldn't imagine people acting that way toward us.


37.
  ... toward which we look, and the measuring ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
They are goals toward which we look, and the measuring sticks by which we estimate our progress.


38.
  ... toward whom I felt resentment.  BB Bill's Story, p.13
We made a list of people I had hurt or toward whom I felt resentment.


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