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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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Of alcoholics who came to
A.A. and really tried, 50% got sober at once and remained that way; 25% sobered up after some relapses, and among the remainder, those who stayed on with A.A. showed improvement.
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But the testimony of A.A.'s
who have really tried a moral inventory is that pride and fear of this sort turn out
to be bogeymen, nothing
else.
5.
Many less desperate alcoholics
tried A.A., but did not succeed because they could
not make the admission of
hopelessness.
6.
Whereupon we tried A.A. hospitals -- they all bogged down because you cannot put an A.A. group into business; too many busybody cooks spoil the broth.
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Here are some of the methods
we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties, switching from scotch to brandy, drinking only natural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off forever (with
and without a solemn oath), taking more physical exercise, reading inspirational books, going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums --
we could increase the list
ad infinitum.
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Sometimes A.A. comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have tried faith and found it wanting.
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Even when we have tried hard and failed, we may chalk that up as one of the greatest credits of all.
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Fortunately, we who have tried it, and with equal misgivings, can testify
that anyone, anyone at all,
can begin to do it.
16.
It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at
prayer are those who never tried it enough."
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He had a desperate desire
to stop, but saw no way out, for
he had earnestly tried many avenues of escape.
19.
This physician had repeatedly tried spiritual means to resolve his alcoholic dilemma but had failed.
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We have tried these methods.
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Faced with alcoholic destruction, we soon became as open minded on spiritual matters as we had tried to be on
other questions.
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Even when our fortunes had
not ebbed that much and we nevertheless found ourselves alone in the world, we still vainly tried to be secure by some unhealthy kind of domination or dependence.
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We had tried to bombard our
problems with it instead
of attempting to bring it
into agreement with God's intention for us.
28.
They will tell how they tried to carry the load alone; how much they suffered of irritability, anxiety,
remorse, and depression; and how, unconsciously seeking
relief, they would sometimes accuse even their best friends of the very character defects they themselves were trying to
conceal.
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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.
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.
"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."
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In fact, the effectiveness of the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have
tried to come to "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."
33.
We thought "conditions"
drove us to drink, and when we
tried to correct these conditions and found that we
couldn't to our entire satisfaction, our drinking went out of hand and we became alcoholics.
34.
When such thoughts break in, we might recall, a little ruefully, how much store we used to set by imagination as it tried to
create reality out of bottles.
35.
Though a situation had
not been entirely our fault, we tried to disregard the other person involved entirely.
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Groups have tried to expel members, but the banished have come back to sit in the meeting place, saying, "This is life for us; you
can't keep us out."
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He also wanted to tell others who had tried to help him -- his doctor, his minister, and close friends.
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Some of us have tried to hold on
to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.
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To others, the word "God" brought up a particular idea of Him with which someone
had tried to impress them during childhood.
42.
Almost any experienced A.A. will tell how his affairs have taken remarkable and unexpected turns for the better as he tried to improve his conscious contact with God.
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We took this violent new tack because here and there members had tried to make money out of their A.A. connections, and we feared
we'd be exploited.
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Either we had tried to play God and dominate those about us, or we
had insisted on being overdependent upon them.
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After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflected carefully upon each instance, and have tried to possess ourselves of the right attitude in which to proceed, we will see that the making of direct amends divides those we should approach into several classes.
48.
Every time we have tried to professionalize
our Twelfth Step, the result has been exactly the same: Our single purpose has been defeated.
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But those of us who have tried
to shoulder the entire burden and trouble of others find we are soon overcome by them.
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But as he calmed down, he began to listen while I tried to show him that humility was the
main key to sobriety.
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We tried volunteers, who
were quickly disenchanted with sweeping floors and brewing coffee seven days a week.
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