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... attention.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.21
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.
2.
... attention.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.131
3.
... attention.
BB
To Employers, p.149
It is not to be expected that an alcoholic employee will receive a disproportionate amount of time and attention.
4.
... attention.
12&12
Step Ten, p.94
We were depressed and complained we felt bad, when in fact we were mainly asking for sympathy and attention.
5.
... attention and
companionship, but never getting it ...
12&12
Step Five, p.57
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
Step Twelve, p.115
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
Working With Others, p.92
8.
... attention for
yourself.
BB
To Wives, p.119
9.
... attention he
bestows on other people, especially ...
BB
To Wives, p.119
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
To Employers, p.143
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
Tradition Three, p.139
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
There Is A Solution, p.23
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
To Employers, p.144
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
Step Four, p.44
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
Working With Others, p.90
16.
... attention the
fact that however deep his ...
BB
Working With Others, p.93
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
Tradition Four, p.149
18.
... attention to
my wife -- sex relations; self ...
BB
How It Works, p.65
19.
... attention to
what He would have us ...
BB
How It Works, p.68
20.
... attention upon
one member of the family ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.81
21.
... attention was
caught by a doggerel on ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.1
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