From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... along.
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
We A.A.'s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, usually for the first time in our lives, and strenuously trying to help the next alcoholic who comes along.
2.
... along.
BB p.84,
Into Action
This thought brings us to
Step Ten, which suggests we continue to
take personal inventory and continue
to set right any new mistakes as we go along.
3.
... along.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
4.
... along.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
5.
... along because
he must, but later he ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
At first he goes along because he must, but later he discovers a way of life he really wants to live.
6.
... along better
without its "God nonsense."
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
7.
... along, except
for our drinking, what need ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
If we were pretty nice people all along, except for our drinking,
what need is there for a moral inventory now that we are sober?
8.
... along fine.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
9.
... along, he
found he could talk easily ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
When opportunities to be helpful came along, he found he could talk easily about A.A. to almost anyone.
10.
... along spiritual
lines.
BB p.60,
How It Works
11.
... along the
road are taken grudgingly, yet ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
12.
... along this
line all we wish.
BB p.85,
Into Action
13.
... along to
a miserable end.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
Everyone became resigned to the certainty that I would have to be shut up somewhere, or would stumble along to a miserable end.
14.
... along to
me -- if I cared to ...
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
15.
... along with
everything else, in God's hands.
BB p.120,
To Wives
16.
... along with
his liabilities.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
The sponsor probably points out that the newcomer has some assets
which can be noted along with
his liabilities.
17.
... along with
your husband if you possibly ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
18.
... along without
drinking for a few months, ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
After your man has gone along without drinking for a few months, you may be able to make use of his services with other employees who are giving you the alcoholic
run-around -- provided, of course, they
are willing to have a third party in the picture.
19.
... along without
him, who constantly connives for ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
The bleeding deacon is
one who is just as surely convinced that the
group cannot get along without him, who constantly connives for
reelection to office,
and who continues to be consumed with self-pity.
20.
... along without
liquor, but how can I?
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
21.
... along without
my presence.
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
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