From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... again.
12&12 p.23,
Step One
It was then discovered that when one alcoholic had planted in the mind of another the true nature of his malady, that person could never be the same again.
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... again!"
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
3.
... again.
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Still goaded by sheer necessity, we reluctantly come to grips with those serious character flaws that made problem drinkers of us in
the first place, flaws which must be dealt with to prevent a retreat into alcoholism
once again.
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12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
5.
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12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
6.
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BB p.5,
Bill's Story
7.
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BB p.6,
Bill's Story
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BB p.8,
Bill's Story
9.
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BB p.10,
Bill's Story
10.
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BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
11.
... again."
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
"The doctor told him that if
he ever drank again it would kill him, but there
he is all lit up again."
12.
... again.
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
13.
... again?"
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
How often have some of us begun to drink in this nonchalant way, and after the third or fourth, pounded on the bar and said to ourselves, "For God's sake, how did I ever get started again?"
14.
... again.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
15.
... again.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
We admit we have some of these symptoms, but we have not gone to the extremes you fellows did, nor are we likely to, for we understand ourselves
so well after what you have
told us that such things cannot happen again.
16.
... again.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
Let him tell you about it: "I
was much impressed with
what you fellows said about
alcoholism, and I frankly did not believe it
would be possible for me to drink again.
17.
... again.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
I now remembered what my
alcoholic friends had
told me, how they prophesied that if I had an alcoholic mind, the time and place would come -- I would drink again.
18.
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BB p.66,
How It Works
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BB p.67,
How It Works
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BB p.96,
Working With Others
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BB p.116,
To Wives
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BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
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BB p.158,
A Vision For You
24.
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BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
After they have succumbed to the desire
again, as so many do, and the
phenomenon of craving
develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink
again.
25.
... again.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
26.
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BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I got tight that night, stayed sober Monday till after the dinner, and then proceeded
to get tight again.
27.
... again.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
The broker had gone to Akron on a business venture which had collapsed, leaving him greatly in fear that he might
start drinking again.
28.
... again, always
with the open mind.
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
Time after time, my instructors held up to me the basic principle of all scientific progress: search and research, again and again, always with the open mind.
29.
... again and
again, always with the open ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
Time after time, my instructors held up to me the basic principle of all scientific progress: search and research, again and again, always with the open mind.
30.
... again and
again: "Once an alcoholic, always ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
31.
... again and
again that faith did for ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
32.
... again, and
all would be lost anyhow.
BB p.80,
Into Action
He saw that he had to place
the outcome in God's hands or he would soon start drinking again, and all would be lost anyhow.
33.
... again, and
anything is preferable to that.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
34.
... again, and
if he drank, he would ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
35.
... again and
many people went to the ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
News of this got on the world wires; inquiries poured in again and many people went to the bookstores to get the book "Alcoholics Anonymous."
36.
... again and
my generous friend had to ...
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
37.
... again and
this time has a fractured ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
38.
... again and
we would forgive and try ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
39.
... again, as
it frequently does, it will ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness.
40.
... again, as
so many do, and the ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
After they have succumbed to the desire
again, as so many do, and the
phenomenon of craving
develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink
again.
41.
... again, ask
him to read this book ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
If he is sincerely interested and wants to see you again, ask him to read this book in the interval.
42.
... again at
those defects we are still ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Looking again at those defects we are still unwilling to give up, we ought to erase the hard-and-fast lines that we have drawn.
43.
... again, but
acts worse than the last ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
44.
... again darken
the doors of a church.
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This had the effect of making me resolve that when
I was free from parental
domination, I would never again darken the doors of a church.
45.
... again, even
beer, he might as well ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
If he temporizes and still thinks he can ever drink again, even beer, he might as well be discharged after the next bender which, if an alcoholic, he is almost certain to have.
46.
... again experience
the sense of ease and ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless
they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks -- drinks which they
see others taking with impunity.
47.
... again, for
he isn't happy about his ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
48.
Again I
say, all you need is ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
49.
Again I
swayed dizzily before an open ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
Again I swayed dizzily before an open window, or the medicine cabinet where
there was poison, cursing
myself for a weakling.
50.
... again if
he doesn't want to.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
51.
... again immediately?
BB p.108,
To Wives
Why was it, when these dangers were pointed out that they agreed, and then
got drunk again immediately?
52.
... again in
their caves, alcoholics would reproach ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
Back again in their caves, alcoholics would reproach us and say, "What a
great thing A.A. might have been!"
53.
Again it
was the old, insidious insanity ...
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
54.
... again it
would kill him, but there ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
"The doctor told him that if
he ever drank again it would kill him, but there
he is all lit up again."
55.
... again John
Barleycorn had other ideas.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
56.
... again just
because your friends drink liquor.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
57.
... again later.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
In the early days of our drinking we occasionally remained
sober for a year or more, becoming serious drinkers again later.
58.
... again, often
begins to assert himself.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
59.
... again: "Once
an alcoholic, always an alcoholic."
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
60.
... again pick
up the key of willingness.
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness.
61.
... again, regard
it in a different light.
BB p.116,
To Wives
62.
... again that
faith did for us what ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
63.
... again, there
will be no stopping until ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity to recover
-- if he can and will.
64.
... again, they
would reply with some silly ...
BB p.107,
To Wives
65.
... again to
make more passions possible.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
We have drunk to escape the
guilt of passions, and
then have drunk again to make more passions possible.
66.
... again to
the deposed founder and his ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
67.
... again try
to carry A.A.'s message.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
68.
... again try
to see what its inner ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
69.
... again turned
to alcohol.
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
70.
... again until
the country went dry.
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I think I must have been thoroughly scared by what
had happened, or by the doctor, or probably both, so that I did not touch a
drink again until the country went dry.
71.
... again up
to the moment of his ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
72.
... again we
are driven on by the ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
But again we are driven on
by the inescapable conclusion which we draw
from A.A. experience, that
we surely must try with a will, or else fall by the wayside.
73.
... again we
are presented with the temptation ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Here again we are presented with the temptation to overmanage things, and sometimes this results in
rebuffs and other consequences which are hard to take.
74.
... again, we
observe a profound change in ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Even among those who occasionally
land back in here again, we observe a profound change in personality.
75.
Again, you
should not crowd him.
BB p.113,
To Wives
Again, you should not crowd
him.
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