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AGAINST occurs
29 times
[14 in BB ... 15 in 12&12]
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1.
... against a
possible slip.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
2.
... against a
slip.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.151
Maybe I should
take out some
insurance against a
slip.
3.
... against all
arguments and which cannot fail ...
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.568
4.
... against all
information, which is proof against ...
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.568
5.
... against any
change to it.
12&12
Introduction, p.14
6.
... against any
radical changes being made in ...
BB
Preface, p.xi
7.
... against arousing
resentment or jealousy.
BB
Working With Others, p.100
8.
... against "big-shot-ism."
12&12
Contents (Step Ten), p.8
9.
... against "big-shot-ism"
we can often check ourselves ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.92
As an
insurance against "
big-
shot-
ism"
we can
often check ourselves by
remembering that we are
today sober only by the
grace of
God and that
any success we may be having is
far more His
success than
ours.
10.
... against certain
theological terms and conceptions about ...
BB
Working With Others, p.93
11.
... against God.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.144
The
longer he
kept dry, the
louder he
talked --
against God.
12.
... against hope
we were not true alcoholics.
BB
We Agnostics, p.44
At
first some of us
tried to
avoid the
issue,
hoping against hope we were not
true alcoholics.
13.
... against marriage
partnership and compatible union.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.117
14.
... against organized
religion.
BB
We Agnostics, p.49
15.
... against people
suspected of mixed motives.
12&12
Tradition Ten, pp.177-178
16.
... against religion,
and those who are downright ...
12&12
Step Two, p.28
17.
... against spiritual
terms deter you from honestly ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.47
Do not
let any prejudice you may have
against
spiritual terms deter you from
honestly asking yourself what they
mean to you.
18.
... against such
a theory.
BB
Bill's Story, p.10
19.
... against that
of other years and, when ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.123
Today's
life is
measured against that of
other years and, when it
falls short, the
family may be
unhappy.
20.
... against the
first drink.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
21.
... against the
first drink.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.41
Not only had I been off
guard, I had
made no fight
whatever against the
first drink.
22.
... against the
first drink.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.43
23.
... against the
grace of God.
12&12
Step Six, p.69
The
moment we
say, "
No,
never!" our
minds close against the
grace of
God.
24.
... against the
idea of bowing before any ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.96
25.
... against the
idea of personal powerlessness.
12&12
Step One, p.21
26.
... against the
use of names or pictures, ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.186
27.
... against their
own deepest instinct.
12&12
Step Six, p.64
They
work against their
own deepest instinct.
28.
Against this
background we can freely admit ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
Against this
background we
can
freely admit the
damage we have
done and
make our
apologies.
29.
... against us.
12&12
Step Four, p.47
We had to
see that
every time we
played the
big shot, we
turned people against us.
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