From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... attention.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
We were depressed and complained we felt bad, when in fact we were mainly asking for sympathy and attention.
2.
... attention.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
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.
3.
... attention.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
4.
... attention.
BB p.149,
To Employers
It is not to be expected that an alcoholic employee will receive a disproportionate amount of time and attention.
5.
... attention and
companionship, but never getting it ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Either we were shy, and dared not draw near others, or we were apt to be noisy good fellows craving attention and companionship, but never getting it -- at least to our way of thinking.
6.
... attention become
unreasonable.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
We had refused to learn
the very hard lesson that overdependence upon people is unsuccessful
because all people are fallible, and even the best of them will sometimes let us down, especially when our
demands for attention become unreasonable.
7.
... attention focussed
mainly on your personal experience.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
8.
... attention for
yourself.
BB p.119,
To Wives
9.
... attention he
bestows on other people, especially ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
Still another difficulty is that you may become jealous of the attention he bestows on other people, especially alcoholics.
10.
... attention, he
should understand that he must ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
Though you are providing him with the best
possible medical attention, he should understand that he must undergo a change of heart.
11.
... attention; most
of those who did join ...
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.
12.
... attention of
an alcoholic, he will laugh ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
If you draw this fallacious reasoning
to the attention of an alcoholic, he will laugh it off, or become irritated and refuse to talk.
13.
... attention of
the doctor who is to ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
We suggest you draw the book to the attention of the doctor who is to attend your
patient during treatment.
14.
... attention, protection,
and love can only invite ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
Demands made upon other people for too much attention, protection, and love can only invite domination or revulsion in the protectors themselves
-- two emotions quite as unhealthy as the
demands which evoked
them.
15.
... attention should
be drawn to you as ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
16.
... attention the
fact that however deep his ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Admit that he probably knows more about it than you do,
but call to his attention the
fact that however deep his faith and knowledge, he
could not have applied it or he would not drink.
17.
... attention to
A.A. experience.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
18.
... attention to
my wife -- sex relations; self ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
19.
... attention to
what He would have us ...
BB p.68,
How It Works
20.
... attention upon
one member of the family ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
21.
... attention was
caught by a doggerel on ...
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
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