From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... any.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
2.
... any.
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
As A.A. emerged from its infancy into adolescence, we swung
from the idea that we needed
vast sums of money to the notion that A.A. shouldn't have any.
3.
... any A.A.
member.
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
Of course, the often disputed question of whether God can -- and will, under certain conditions -- remove defects of character will be answered with a prompt affirmative by almost
any A.A. member.
4.
... any A.A.
member carry our knowledge into ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had declared that our Fellowship couldn't hire service workers nor could any A.A. member carry our knowledge into other fields, we were taking the counsel of fear, fear which today has been largely dispelled in the light of
experience.
5.
... any A.A.
of membership, that we must ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
Why did we dare to say, contrary to the experience of society
and government everywhere, that we would neither punish nor deprive any A.A. of membership, that we must never compel anyone to pay anything, believe anything, or conform to anything?
6.
... any action
that might greatly affect A.A. ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
And no group, regional committee, or
individual should ever
take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.
7.
... any action
that might greatly affect A.A. ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
And no group, regional committee, or
individual should ever
take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.
8.
... any alcohol
whatever into his system, something ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
We are equally positive
that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system,
something happens, both in the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to stop.
9.
... any alcoholic.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
10.
... any alcoholic
can ask questions like these: ...
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
Surveying his business or employment
record, almost any alcoholic can ask questions like these: In addition to my
drinking problem, what
character defects contributed to my financial instability?
11.
... any alcoholic
capable of honestly facing his ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problems in the
light of our experience
can recover, provided
he does not close his mind to
all spiritual concepts.
12.
... any alcoholic's
full chance was sometimes to ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
At last experience taught us that to take away any alcoholic's full chance was sometimes to pronounce his death sentence, and often to condemn him to endless misery.
13.
... any alcoholic
is a member of our ...
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
So the hand of Providence early gave us a sign that any alcoholic is a member of our Society when
he says so.
14.
... any alcoholic
problem."
BB p.149,
To Employers
15.
... any alcoholic
who joins A.A. unless he ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
We know that little good can come to any alcoholic who joins A.A. unless he has first accepted his devastating weakness
and all its consequences.
16.
... any alcoholic
will abundantly confirm this.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
17.
... any amends
still neglected.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
Here we need only recognize that we did act or
think badly, try to visualize how we might
have done better, and resolve with God's help to carry these lessons over into tomorrow, making, of course, any amends still neglected.
18.
... any amount
of battering.
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
When A.A.'s Traditions
were first published, in
1946, we had become sure that an A.A. group could stand almost any amount of battering.
19.
... any amount
of criticism.
BB p.100,
Working With Others
20.
... any area
where instincts are threatened.
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
It should be remembered that this kind of insecurity may arise in any area where instincts are threatened.
21.
... any argument
he has with them while ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
Unless they actually need protection from their
father, it is best not to take sides in any argument he has with them while drinking.
22.
... any at
all, have been caused chiefly ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
We shall claim that our serious character defects, if we think we have
any at all, have been caused
chiefly by excessive
drinking.
23.
... any attention;
most of those who did ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
Hardly an alcoholic we
approached paid any attention; most of those who did join us were like flickering candles in a windstorm.
24.
... any baleful
results.
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
25.
... any breakfast.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
A tumbler full of gin followed by half a dozen bottles of beer would be required if I were to eat
any breakfast.
26.
... any bugs
in it?"
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
27.
... any calamity
not of our own making.
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
These were the new attitudes that finally brought many of us an inner strength and peace that could not be deeply
shaken by the shortcomings of others
or by any calamity not of
our own making.
28.
... any case,
to be friendly.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
But point out that we alcoholics have much in common and that you would like,
in any case, to be friendly.
29.
... any catastrophe.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Well, we surely have a chance if we switch from "two-stepping" to "twelve-stepping," if we are
willing to receive that
grace of God which can sustain and strengthen
us in any catastrophe.
30.
... any cause
other than our own.
12&12 p.159,
Tradition Six
31.
... any causes.
Grapevine,
Preamble
AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish
to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes.
32.
... any city
in the country.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
He had lived there but a few
weeks when he found that the
place probably contained more alcoholics per square mile than any city in the country.
33.
... any conception
he likes, provided it makes ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
34.
... any considerable
period we get worse, never ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
35.
... any considerable
property of genuine use to ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
We think, therefore,
that any considerable
property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material
from the spiritual.
36.
... any considerable
property of genuine use to ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
We think, therefore,
that any considerable
property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material
from the spiritual.
37.
... any controversy,
neither endorses nor opposes any ...
Grapevine,
Preamble
AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish
to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes.
38.
... any conviction
at all.
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
39.
... any demand
for reward.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.
40.
... any difference.
BB p.108,
To Wives
We realize some men are thoroughly bad-intentioned, that no amount of patience will make any difference.
41.
... any direct
guidance we may receive while ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
While the comment or advice of others may be by no means infallible, it is likely
to be far more specific than any direct guidance we may receive while we are still so inexperienced
in establishing contact with a Power greater than ourselves.
42.
... any direction
he likes.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
43.
... any direction
if he fails to show ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
He is not likely to get far in any direction if he fails to show unselfishness and
love under his own roof.
44.
... any doctor
would set his other ambitions ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
In the radiance of such a
miraculous discovery, any doctor would set his other ambitions aside, at whatever personal cost.
45.
... any drinkers
who want to recover.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
46.
... any dues,
no board of directors who ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our Society
has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no board of directors who can
cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and enforce obedience, our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be. There must be
an angle somewhere."
47.
... any effect.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
His alcoholic problem
was so complex, and his depression so great, that
we felt his only hope would be
through what we then called "moral psychology," and we doubted if even that would
have any effect.
48.
... any emergency.
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or, in adversity, be able to summon the faith that can meet any emergency.
49.
... any enterprise
whatever in the total field ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
The A.A. groups, many thought, could go into business, might finance any enterprise whatever in
the total field of alcoholism.
50.
... any erected
by the unconvinced agnostic or ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
The roadblocks of indifference, fancied
self-sufficiency, prejudice, and defiance
often prove more solid and formidable for these people than any erected by the unconvinced agnostic
or even the militant atheist.
51.
... any event,
try to have your husband ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
52.
... any evidence
of a God who knew ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
53.
... any expense
will later be deducted from ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
If you propose such a procedure to him, it may be necessary to advance the
cost of treatment, but we
believe it should be made
plain that any expense will later be deducted from his
pay.
54.
... any experienced
A.A. will tell how his ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
Almost any experienced A.A. will tell how his affairs have taken remarkable and unexpected turns for the
better as he tried to improve his conscious contact with God.
55.
... any extreme
to do so.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
Then let his family or a friend ask him if he wants to quit for good and if he would go to any extreme to do so.
56.
... any extreme
to do so, you may ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
After satisfying yourself that your man wants to recover and that he
will go to any extreme to do so, you may suggest a definite course of action.
57.
... any faith
at all, for they think ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
Sometimes A.A. comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have tried faith and found it wanting.
58.
... any feel
that as psychiatrists directing a ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for
alcoholics we appear
somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the
most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged
this movement.
59.
... any fight,
even a worthy one.
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
As by some deep instinct,
we A.A.'s have known from the
very beginning that we must never, no matter what the provocation, publicly
take sides in any fight, even a worthy one.
60.
... any financial
level, quite impossible.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
And these were fears which would make a serene and useful existence, at any financial level, quite impossible.
61.
... any form
at all; and once having ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
These allergic types can
never safely use alcohol in any form at all; and once having formed the habit and found they cannot break it, once having lost their self-confidence, their reliance upon things human, their problems pile up on them and become astonishingly difficult to solve.
62.
... any form
of trouble and misery which ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
63.
... any God.
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
We well remember how something deep inside us kept rebelling against the idea of bowing before any God.
64.
... any good.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
65.
... any good,
for not one drinker in ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
We would not even do the cause of temperate drinking any good, for not one drinker in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by
one who hates it.
66.
... any good
in the first place.
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
67.
... any good
purpose, we are willing to ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
When it will serve any good purpose, we are willing to
announce our convictions with tact and
common sense.
68.
... any good
social, business, or personal reason ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
Therefore, ask yourself on each occasion, "Have I any good social, business, or personal reason for going to this place?
69.
... any help
to us for, as you ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
70.
... any human
being all his natural drives.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
So far as we know, it is nowhere on the record that
God has completely removed from any human being all his natural drives.
71.
... any idea
how irrational they are, or ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
Few indeed are the practicing alcoholics
who have any idea how irrational they are, or seeing their irrationality, can bear
to face it.
72.
... any indication
that he wants to stop, ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
If there is any indication that he wants
to stop, have a good talk with the person most interested in him -- usually his wife.
73.
... any individual
as alcoholic, but you can ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
74.
... any kind,
nor any lurking notion that ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
If we are planning to stop
drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor
any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol.
75.
... any kind
of treatment which will make ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
Neither does there appear
to be any kind of treatment which will make alcoholics of our kind like other men.
76.
... any kind,
the informality, the genuine democracy, ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
The very practical approach to his problems,
the absence of intolerance of any kind, the informality, the
genuine democracy, the
uncanny understanding which these people had were irresistible.
77.
... any knowledge
of the bootlegger who soon ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
At that time I was not aware
of the almost unlimited
supply the government
made it possible for us doctors to obtain, neither had I any knowledge of the bootlegger who soon appeared on the horizon.
78.
... any length
to get it -- then you ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it -- then you are ready to
take certain steps.
79.
... any lengths
for victory over alcohol.
BB p.76,
Into Action
80.
... any lengths
to find a spiritual experience, ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
Reminding ourselves
that we have decided to go to
any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we
be given strength and direction to do the right
thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be.
81.
... any life
run on self-will can hardly ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
The first requirement
is that we be convinced that any life run
on self-will can hardly be a success.
82.
... any longshoreman
a Sunday supplement describing a ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
Show any longshoreman a Sunday
supplement describing a proposal
to explore the moon by means of a rocket and he will say, "I bet they do it -- maybe not so long either."
83.
... any lurking
notion that someday we will ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
If we are planning to stop
drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor
any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol.
84.
... any man,
who tries to run his ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
The A.A., or indeed any man, who tries to run his life rigidly by this kind of prayer, by this self-serving demand of God for replies, is a particularly disconcerting individual.
85.
... any mark
of dissipation.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
86.
... any means
a full catalogue of the ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
87.
... any meeting,
anywhere, A.A.'s share experience, strength, ...
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
In any meeting, anywhere, A.A.'s share experience, strength, and hope with each other, in order to stay sober and help other alcoholics.
88.
... any meritorious
cause.
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
In fact, we felt duty-bound to throw the whole weight of the A.A. name behind any meritorious cause.
89.
... any moral
or spiritual hilltop; simply lay ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Never talk down to an alcoholic from
any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection.
90.
... any more.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Through it we begin to learn right relations with people who
understand us; we don't have to be alone any more.
91.
... any more
in a social sense, we ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
But we soon discovered
that while we weren't alone any more in a social sense, we still suffered many of the old pangs of anxious apartness.
92.
... any more
of what he saw and ...
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
93.
... any more
than alcohol.
BB p.66,
How It Works
94.
... any new
mistakes as we go 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.
95.
Any number
of A.A.'s can say to ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
96.
... any number
of ideas, people, and constructive ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
In partnership with others -- women and men -- they can devote themselves to any number of ideas, people, and constructive projects.
97.
... any obligation
whatever, is unwise.
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Seven (Long)
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that
any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous
is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is
unwise.
98.
... any obligation
whatever, is unwise.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that
any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous
is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is
unwise.
99.
... any of
these people, we can promptly ...
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.
100.
... any of
us.
12&12 p.24,
Step One
101.
... any of
us to fully define or ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
We found that as soon as we
were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe
in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced
to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to
fully define or comprehend that Power,
which is God.
102.
... any one
of a hundred alibis.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
If you ask him why he started on that last bender, the chances are he
will offer you any one of a hundred alibis.
103.
... any one
of those about us.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
104.
... any one
situation is to deny some ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
To spend too much time on any one situation is to deny some other alcoholic an opportunity to live and be
happy.
105.
... any opinion
on outside controversial issues -- particularly ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Ten (Long)
Ten -- No A.A. group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues
-- particularly those
of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.
106.
... any opinion
on outside controversial issues -- particularly ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
10. No A.A.
group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial
issues -- particularly those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.
107.
... any other?
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
As generous as Charlie
has been to us, don't you see that we can't tie this thing up with his hospital or any other?
108.
... any other.
BB p.68,
How It Works
Some of us once had great self-confidence, but it
didn't fully solve the fear problem, or any other.
109.
... any other
cause.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous
to be something of far greater importance than
the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause.
110.
... any other
form of intellectual pride which ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
If you think you are an atheist, an agnostic, a skeptic, or have any other form of intellectual pride which
keeps you from accepting
what is in this book, I feel
sorry for you.
111.
... any other
human being can provide such ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
112.
... any other
human being without any demand ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.
113.
... any other
problem.
BB p.69,
How It Works
114.
... any other
problem we could possibly have.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
If that degree of humility could enable us to
find the grace by which such a deadly obsession could be banished, then there must be
hope of the same result respecting any other problem we could possibly
have.
115.
... any other
soldiers.
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
116.
Any others
would surely destroy us.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
117.
... any part
of our day.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
118.
... any particular
faith, sect or denomination, nor ...
BB xiv,
Foreword to First Edition
119.
... any particular
medical point of view, though ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Neither does A.A. take any particular medical point of view, though we cooperate widely with the men of medicine as well as with the
men of religion.
120.
... any passion
for crusade or reform.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
You will be most successful with alcoholics if you do not exhibit any passion for crusade or reform.
121.
... any permanent
values, this blindness to the ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
This lack of anchorage to
any permanent values, this blindness to
the true purpose of our lives, produced another bad result.
122.
... any person
capable of enough willingness and ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
He goes on to explain that
any person capable of enough willingness and honesty
to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be
called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.
123.
... any picture
of the alcoholic which leaves ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
124.
... any power.
BB p.118,
To Wives
At such moments we forget that alcoholism is
an illness over which we
could not possibly have had any power.
125.
... any prejudice
he may have against certain ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
There is no use arousing any prejudice he may have against certain theological terms and conceptions about which he may already be confused.
126.
... any prejudice
you may have against spiritual ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to
you.
127.
... any pressing
problems or worries.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
128.
... any problem.
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
129.
... any public
solicitation of funds using the ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Seven (Long)
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that
any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous
is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is
unwise.
130.
... any public
solicitation of funds using the ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that
any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous
is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is
unwise.
131.
... any punishment.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Neither its General Service Conference, its Foundation Board,(*) nor the humblest group committee can issue a single directive to an A.A. member and make it stick, let alone mete out any punishment.
132.
... any question
in an embattled world.
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
133.
... any questioning
or criticism of his actions ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
To any questioning or
criticism of his actions he instantly proffers his reliance upon prayer for guidance in all matters great or small.
134.
... any questions
of timing or caution.
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
135.
... any radical
changes being made in it.
BB xi,
Preface
Because this book has become the basic text for our Society and has
helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists strong sentiment against any radical changes being made in it.
136.
... any real
ability to cope with life.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
But all who are in the least reasonable will agree upon one point: that there is plenty wrong with us alcoholics about which plenty will have to be done if we are to expect sobriety, progress, and
any real ability to cope with life.
137.
... any real
advantage in the use of ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
If we would gain any real advantage in the use of this Step on problems other than alcohol, we shall need to make a brand new venture into open-mindedness.
138.
... any realization
of the fact, the wife ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Very gradually, and usually without any realization of the fact, the wife is forced to become the mother of an erring boy.
139.
... any related
enterprise, no matter how good.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
These adventures implanted a deep-rooted conviction that in
no circumstances could
we endorse any related enterprise, no matter how good.
140.
... any related
facility or outside enterprise, lest ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
"An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our
primary purpose."
141.
... any related
facility or outside enterprise, lest ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Six -- An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary
purpose.
142.
... any reservations
whatever -- has indeed come a ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
He goes on to explain that
any person capable of enough willingness and honesty
to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be
called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.
143.
... any results
are to be expected.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
In many homes this is a difficult thing to do, but
it must be done if any results are to be expected.
144.
... any salesman
could possibly be.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
145.
... any scheme
of combating alcoholism which proposes ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
In our belief any scheme of combating alcoholism which proposes to shield the sick man from temptation is doomed to
failure.
146.
... any sect,
denomination, politics, organization or institution; ...
Grapevine,
Preamble
AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish
to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes.
147.
... any single
leader.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
This is the experience which has led us to the conclusion
that our group conscience, well-advised by its elders, will be in the long run wiser than any single leader.
148.
... any sort
must be intolerably damaging.
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
This very form of faulty dependence has caused many a rebellious alcoholic
to conclude that dependence of any sort must be intolerably damaging.
149.
... any sort
of treatment or outside help.
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist:
"As a psychiatrist, I have thought a great deal about the relationship of my specialty to A.A. and I have
come to the conclusion
that our particular function can very often lie in preparing the way for the patient to accept any sort of treatment or outside help.
150.
... any sort,
we have often found this ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
Though there may be justifiable exceptions, and though we
wish to lay down no rule
of any sort, we have often found this the best course to take.
151.
... any source,
or of contributions carrying any ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Seven (Long)
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that
any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous
is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is
unwise.
152.
... any source,
or of contributions carrying any ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that
any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous
is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is
unwise.
153.
... any special
individual skills.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and
bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends upon his learning, eloquence, or on any special individual skills.
154.
... any Step
is more necessary to longtime ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
155.
... any success
we may be having is ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
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.
156.
... any then
imagine a society which would ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
Could any then imagine a society which would include
every conceivable kind of character, and cut across every barrier of race, creed, politics, and language
with ease?
157.
Any therapeutic
or philosophic procedure which can ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Any therapeutic or philosophic procedure
which can prove a recovery rate of 50% to 60% must merit our consideration."
158.
... any, this
group of alcoholics had in ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
The doctors weren't trying to find how different we were from one another; they sought to find whatever personality traits, if
any, this group of alcoholics had in common.
159.
... any thought
or effort on our part.
BB p.85,
Into Action
We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part.
160.
... any time
of the day or night.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
161.
... any time
of the day, whenever we ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
There's the spot-check inventory, taken at any time of the day, whenever we find ourselves getting tangled up.
162.
... any too
smart, but felt reassured as ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
I vaguely sensed I was
not being any too smart, but felt reassured as I was taking
the whiskey on a full stomach.
163.
... any traveling
man can inform you.(*)
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
This practice enables
us to lend a hand, at the same time avoiding certain alluring distractions
of the road, about which any
traveling man can inform you.(*)
164.
... any treatment
with which we are familiar, ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
165.
... any trouble.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
166.
... "Any two
or three alcoholics gathered together ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
So confident of this had we become that the original statement of A.A. tradition carried this significant sentence:
"Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group provided that as a group they have no other affiliation."
167.
Any two
or three alcoholics gathered together ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Three (Long)
Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a
group, they have no other affiliation.
168.
Any two
or three alcoholics gathered together ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a
group, they have no other affiliation.
169.
... any virtue
that we have been driven ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
So it is by circumstance rather than by any virtue that we have been driven to A.A., have admitted defeat, have acquired the rudiments
of faith, and now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to a Higher Power.
170.
... any way."
BB p.136,
To Employers
He left us a note saying you were the best boss he ever had, and that you
were not to blame in any way."
171.
... any way
you please.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
They even had to coin a couple of sentences which
still go into half the letters they write: "Of course, you are at
perfect liberty to handle this matter any way you please.
172.
... any wife
or child neurotic.
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
A doctor said to us, "Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic.
173.
... any --
will be precarious.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
174.
Any willing
newcomer feels sure A.A. is ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Any willing newcomer feels sure A.A. is the only safe harbor for the foundering vessel he has
become.
175.
... any woman
who has sent her husband ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
Ask any woman who has sent her husband to distant places on the theory he would
escape the alcohol problem.
176.
... any workable
method of handling the situation.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
The doctor proved to be able and exceedingly anxious to adopt any workable method of handling the situation.
177.
... any worldly
success we became depressed and ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
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