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

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VITAL   occurs   12 times 9 in BB  •  3 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... vital.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.164
We can't let it shut down; it's far too vital.


2.
  ... vital and crucial step, it could have ...  BB How It Works, p.64
Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us.


3.
  ... vital, faith must be accompanied by self ...  BB Working With Others, p.93
To be vital, faith must be accompanied by self sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action.


4.
  ... vital part in your own recovery.  BB Working With Others, p.94
It is important for him to realize that your attempt to pass this on to him plays a vital part in your own recovery.


5.
  ... vital place in the lives of their ...  BB Bill's Story, p.15
I have seen men come out of asylums and resume a vital place in the lives of their families and communities.


6.
  ... vital sixth sense.  BB Into Action, p.85
We have begun to develop this vital sixth sense.


7.
  ... vital spiritual experience.  BB There Is A Solution, p.27
This hope, however, was destroyed by the doctor's telling him that while his religious convictions were very good, in his case they did not spell the necessary vital spiritual experience.


8.
  ... vital spiritual experiences.  BB There Is A Solution, p.27
Here and there, once in a while, alcoholics have had what are called vital spiritual experiences.


9.
  ... vital Step was also the means by ...  12&12 Step Five, p.57
This vital Step was also the means by which we began to get the feeling that we could be forgiven, no matter what we had thought or done.


10.
  ... vital step, we may not overcome drinking.  BB Into Action, p.72
The best reason first: If we skip this vital step, we may not overcome drinking.


11.
  ... vital test.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
Years ago this principle of "no endorsement" was put to a vital test.


12.
  ... vital to permanent recovery.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
It also indicated that strenuous work, one alcoholic with another, was vital to permanent recovery.


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