From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... above 150,000
recovered alcoholics.
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
In that brief space, Alcoholics Anonymous
has mushroomed into nearly 6,000 groups whose membership is far above 150,000 recovered alcoholics.
2.
... above all
else, and be willing to ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Should you wish them above all
else, and be willing to make use of our experience, we are sure
they will come.
3.
Above all,
he believed he had acquired ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
Above all, he believed he
had acquired such a profound knowledge of
the inner workings of his
mind and its hidden springs that relapse was unthinkable.
4.
... above all
he is finally convinced that ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
5.
... above all
he wanted to get well.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
6.
... above all
things to regain self-control.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
7.
... above all
to watch these people awaken ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled,
to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in
full citizenship, and
above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance
of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.
8.
Above all,
we should try to be ...
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
9.
... above all,
we tried to be sensible ...
BB p.68,
How It Works
10.
... above average;
we forgot the immense goodwill ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
We forgot that most alcoholics in A.A. have an earning power considerably above average; we forgot the immense goodwill of our brother A.A.'s who were only too
eager to help us to better jobs when we deserved them; we forgot
the actual or potential
financial insecurity of every human being in the world.
11.
... above-board chap
could be so involved.
BB p.140,
To Employers
12.
... above everything,
for without recovery we would ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
We all had to place recovery above everything, for without
recovery we would have lost both home and business.
13.
Above everything,
we alcoholics must be rid ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
14.
... above selfishness
or dishonesty.
BB p.116,
To Wives
We wives found that, like everybody else, we were afflicted with
pride, self-pity, vanity and all the things which go to make up the self-centered person; and we were not above
selfishness or dishonesty.
15.
... above the
average.
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
16.
... above the
average in intelligence.
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
17.
... above the
rest of the folks on ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
18.
... above their
problems.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
Yet we had been seeing another kind of flight, a spiritual liberation from this world, people who rose above their problems.
19.
... above water.
BB p.79,
Into Action
20.
... above worldly
considerations.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
He may demand that the family find God in a hurry, or exhibit amazing indifference to them and say he is above worldly considerations.
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