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1.
... also.   12&12 p.90, Step Ten
If somebody hurts us and we are sore, we are in the wrong also.


2.
... also.   BB p.87, Into Action   Go to page 87 in the Big Book
If we belong to a religious denomination which requires a definite morning devotion, we attend to that also.


3.
... also.   BB p.87, Into Action   Go to page 87 in the Big Book
There are many helpful books also.


4.
... also.   BB p.90, Working With Others   Go to page 90 in the Big Book
This advice is given for his family also.


5.
... also be doing everything in his power ...   BB p.118, To Wives   Go to page 118 in the Big Book
If your husband is trying to live on a spiritual basis, he will also be doing everything in his power to avoid disagreement or contention.


6.
... also been greatly helped by the late ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
He had also been greatly helped by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, a New York specialist in alcoholism who is now accounted no less than a medical saint by A.A. members, and whose story of the early days of our Society appears in the next pages.

7.
... also can be very enjoyable.   12&12 p.67, Step Six
Self-righteous anger also can be very enjoyable.

8.
... also clutch at another wonderful excuse for ...   12&12 p.45, Step Four
We also clutch at another wonderful excuse for avoiding an inventory.

9.
... also fall into another similar temptation.   12&12 p.104, Step Eleven
We also fall into another similar temptation.


10.
... also had the notion that I might ...   BB p.36, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 36 in the Big Book
I also had the notion that I might find a customer for a car at this place, which was familiar for I had been going to it for years.


11.
... also indicated that strenuous work, one alcoholic ...   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
It also indicated that strenuous work, one alcoholic with another, was vital to permanent recovery.

12.
... also like others, we often discover a ...   12&12 p.114, Step Twelve
But also like others, we often discover a greater challenge in the lesser and more continuous problems of life.

13.
... also like the experience of an occasional ...   12&12 p.89, Step Ten
Many of us also like the experience of an occasional retreat from the outside world where we can quiet down for an undisturbed day or so of self-overhaul and meditation.


14.
... also made use of old trunks and ...   BB p.176, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 176 in the Big Book
I also made use of old trunks and chests, the old can container, and even the ash container.


15.
... also made with the chief psychiatrist of ...   BB p.163, A Vision For You   Go to page 163 in the Big Book
Arrangements were also made with the chief psychiatrist of a large public hospital to select still others from the stream of misery which flows through that institution.

16.
... also make inquiries.   12&12 p.180, Tradition Eleven
Clergymen see articles in their church journals and also make inquiries.

17.
... also make the family financially insecure.   12&12 p.51, Step Four
But the alcoholic housewife can also make the family financially insecure.

18.
Also of importance for most alcoholics are ...   12&12 p.51, Step Four
Also of importance for most alcoholics are the questions they must ask about their behavior respecting financial and emotional security.

19.
... also perceived that faith of some kind, ...   12&12 p.34, Step Three
We saw that we were powerless over alcohol, but we also perceived that faith of some kind, if only in A.A. itself, is possible to anyone.


20.
... also, pleasantly at first, as they feel ...   BB p.126, The Family Afterward   Go to page 126 in the Big Book
The family will be affected also, pleasantly at first, as they feel their money troubles are about to be solved, then not so pleasantly as they find themselves neglected.

21.
... also report that out of every season ...   12&12 p.105, Step Eleven
He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."


22.
... also reproduced.   BB p.561(563), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Because the "long form" is more explicit and of possible historic value, it is also reproduced.

23.
... also says that as a result of ...   12&12 p.106, Step Twelve
Our Twelfth Step also says that as a result of practicing all the Steps, we have each found something called a spiritual awakening.

24.
... also seen men and women who go ...   12&12 p.43, Step Four
We have also seen men and women who go power-mad, who devote themselves to attempting to rule their fellows.


25.
... also sent a small amount of money.   BB p.79, Into Action   Go to page 79 in the Big Book
He did, and also sent a small amount of money.


26.
... also stop or moderate, although he may ...   BB p.21, There Is A Solution   Go to page 21 in the Big Book
If a sufficiently strong reason -- ill health, falling in love, change of environment, or the warning of a doctor -- becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate, although he may find it difficult and troublesome and may even need medical attention.

27.
... also the means by which we began ...   12&12 p.57, Step Five
This vital Step was also the means by which we began to get the feeling that we could be forgiven, no matter what we had thought or done.

28.
... also, those groups ought to be consulted.   12&12 p.189, Tradition Four (Long)
But when its plans concern the welfare of neighboring groups also, those groups ought to be consulted.


29.
... also, those groups ought to be consulted.   BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
But when its plans concern the welfare of neighboring groups also, those groups ought to be consulted.


30.
... also, to hold his nervousness in check.   BB p.109, To Wives   Go to page 109 in the Big Book
He sometimes drinks in the morning and through the day also, to hold his nervousness in check.


31.
... also, to observe this request, for otherwise ...   BB xiii, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
Very earnestly we ask the press also, to observe this request, for otherwise we shall be greatly handicapped.


32.
... also to put it up in four ...   BB p.177, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 177 in the Big Book
I used also to put it up in four ounce bottles and stick several in my stocking tops.


33.
... also touched the lives of a vastly ...   BB xxiii, Foreword to Fourth Edition   Display entire Foreword to Fourth Edition
As the message of recovery has reached larger numbers of people, it has also touched the lives of a vastly greater variety of suffering alcoholics.

34.
... also used by Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups.   12&12 p.118, Step Twelve (Note)
(*) In adapted form, the Steps are also used by Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups.

35.
... also wanted to tell others who had ...   12&12 p.185, Tradition Twelve
He also wanted to tell others who had tried to help him -- his doctor, his minister, and close friends.

36.
... also, when the admission would be helpful.   12&12 p.93, Step Ten
Whenever we fail any of these people, we can promptly admit it -- to ourselves always, and to them also, when the admission would be helpful.

37.
... also with people and situations in the ...   12&12 p.108, Step Twelve
In Step Eight, we continued our housecleaning, for we saw that we were not only in conflict with ourselves, but also with people and situations in the world in which we lived.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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