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... actually a
perilous resolve.
12&12
Step Five, p.56
Yet if A.A.'s experience means anything at all, this is not only unwise, but is actually a perilous resolve.
2.
... actually a
time when the press of ...
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.182
There was actually a time when
the press of America thought the anonymity of A.A. was better for us than some of
our own members did.
3.
... actually antisocial
were we to forbid them.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.171
4.
... actually are.
12&12
Step Three, p.36
And the facts seem to be these:
The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.
5.
... actually been
formed, though no one realized ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
When the broker returned
to New York in the fall of 1935, the first A.A. group had actually been formed, though no one realized it at the time.
6.
... actually carry
the A.A. spirit into our ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
7.
... actually demands
nothing.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.109
8.
... actually depends
upon obedience to spiritual principles.
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
9.
... actually felt
the presence of God.
12&12
Step Five, p.62
Many an A.A., once agnostic or atheistic, tells us that it
was during this stage of Step Five that he first actually felt the presence of God.
10.
... actually happened
in their lives.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.29
These give a fair cross section of our membership and a clear-cut idea of what has actually happened in their lives.
11.
... actually have
earnest religious beliefs which remained ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.72
We could actually have earnest religious beliefs which remained barren because we were still trying to play God ourselves.
12.
... actually have
given our emotions violent twists ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.80
At the time of these occurrences, they may actually have given our emotions violent twists which have since discolored our personalities and altered our lives for the worse.
13.
Actually, he
may be helping you more ...
BB
Working With Others, p.94
14.
... actually is.
12&12
Step Three, p.35
15.
... actually kill.
BB
How It Works, p.66
16.
... actually means.
12&12
Step Ten, p.92
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are
to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.
17.
... actually need
protection from their father, it ...
BB
To Wives, p.115
Unless they actually need protection from their father, it is best not to take sides in any argument he has with them while drinking.
18.
... actually ruptured
the brain.
BB
To Employers, p.140
I well remember the shock I received when a prominent doctor in Chicago told me of cases where pressure of the spinal fluid actually ruptured the brain.
19.
... actually shunned
by fellow members.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.168
20.
... actually sit
down and talk aloud about ...
12&12
Step Five, p.60
Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so
long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical.
21.
... actually succeeded
in throwing Ed out for ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.145
Nowadays, when oldtimers who know Ed foregather, they exclaim, "What if we had actually succeeded in throwing Ed out for blasphemy?
22.
... actually take
satisfaction from the fact that ...
12&12
Step Six, p.67
In a perverse way we can
actually take satisfaction from the fact
that many people annoy us, for it brings a comfortable feeling of superiority.
23.
... actually to
practice a genuine humility.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.566
It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities;
that we are actually to practice a genuine humility.
24.
... actually to
practice a genuine humility.
12&12
Tradition Twelve (Long), p.192
It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities;
that we are actually to practice a genuine humility.
25.
... actually visiting
or even writing the people ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.79
But the prospect of actually
visiting or even writing the people concerned now overwhelmed us, especially when we remembered in what poor favor we stood with most of them.
26.
Actually, we
used to have no reasonable ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.49
27.
Actually we
were fooling ourselves, for deep ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.55
Actually we were fooling ourselves, for deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental
idea of God.
28.
... actually were.
12&12
Step One, p.22
29.
... actually work?
12&12
Step Three, p.37
This brave philosophy, wherein each man plays God, sounds good in the speaking, but it still has to meet the acid test: how well does it actually work?
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