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... approach.
BB p.76,
Into Action
To some people we need not,
and probably should not emphasize the spiritual
feature on our first approach.
2.
... approach.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
3.
... approach.
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
But this was a man who had experienced many years of frightful drinking, who had had most all the drunkard's experiences
known to man, but who had been
cured by the very means I had been trying to employ, that is to say the spiritual approach.
4.
... approach an
individual, who still smarts from ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
It is seldom wise to approach an individual, who still smarts from our injustice to him, and announce that we have gone religious.
5.
... approach and
aid others to health.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
In the chapter "Working
With Others" you gathered an idea of how we
approach and aid others to health.
6.
... approach and
interpretation.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
We agnostically inclined would not feel satisfied with a proposal which does not lend
itself to reasonable
approach and interpretation.
7.
... approach and
to effect a contact with ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
Our own conception,
however inadequate, was sufficient to make the
approach and to effect a contact with Him.
8.
... approach does
not catch your husband's interest, ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
If this kind of approach does
not catch your husband's
interest, it may be best
to drop the subject, but after a friendly talk your husband will usually revive the topic himself.
9.
... approach, encourage
him to follow his own ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
If he thinks he can do the job in some other way, or prefers some other spiritual approach, encourage him to follow his own conscience.
10.
... approach has
had the same difficulty, that ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the man who is making
the approach has had the same
difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with
a real answer, that he has
no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that
there are no fees to pay, no axes
to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured -- these are the conditions we have found
most effective.
11.
... approach him
or her.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
12.
... approach in
such cases as yours.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
Though not a religious
person, I have profound
respect for the spiritual approach in such cases as yours.
13.
... approach into
several classes.
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflected carefully upon each instance, and have tried to possess ourselves of the right attitude in which to proceed, we will see that the making of direct amends divides those we should approach into several classes.
14.
... approach is
made something like this:
BB p.141,
To Employers
15.
... approach many
take up their beds and ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
16.
... approach or
conception seems to make little ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
17.
... approach Step
Ten we commence to put ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul.
18.
... approach still
other sick ones and fellowships ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
They will approach still other sick ones and fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous
may spring up in each city and hamlet, havens for those who must find a way out.
19.
... approach that
is being made in this ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
"I think that psychologically speaking there is a point of
advantage in the approach
that is being made in this movement that cannot be duplicated.
20.
... approach that
worked with us.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
21.
... approach the
actual taking of Step Seven, ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
As we approach the actual taking of Step Seven, it might be well if we A.A.'s inquire once more just what our deeper objectives are.
22.
... approach the
man we hated will arise.
BB p.77,
Into Action
23.
... approach these
individuals, admitting my wrong.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
24.
Approach through
a doctor or an institution ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
25.
... approach to
everything, we are perhaps not ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
What with our ultra-modern
standards, our scientific approach to everything, we are perhaps not well equipped to apply the powers of good that lie outside our synthetic knowledge.
26.
... approach to
his problems, the absence of ...
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.
27.
... approach to
one of his patients.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
28.
... approach to
that age-old public health and ...
BB p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to that
age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma associated with
this condition is being
blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous
to have been a great venture in social pioneering which forged a
new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad
other ills of mankind."
29.
... approach true
tolerance and see what real ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves,
are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.
30.
... approach was
made to the vice president ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
31.
... approach we
suggest.
BB p.144,
To Employers
32.
... approach will
accomplish several things.
BB p.148,
To Employers
33.
... approach will
apply at the office or ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
34.
... approach you
if the tables were turned.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
You need this information to put yourself in his place, to see how you would like him to
approach you if the tables
were turned.
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