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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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ATTENTION   occurs   21 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... 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   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.


3.
... attention.    BB p.131,  The Family Afterward   Go to page 131 in the Big Book
The problems of the community might engage attention.


4.
... attention.    BB p.149,  To Employers   Go to page 149 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 92 in the Big Book
Keep his attention focussed mainly on your personal experience.


8.
... attention for yourself.    BB p.119,  To Wives   Go to page 119 in the Big Book
It will do little good if you point that out and urge more attention for yourself.


9.
... attention he bestows on other people, especially ...    BB p.119,  To Wives   Go to page 119 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 143 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 23 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 144 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 90 in the Big Book
If he says yes, then his attention should be drawn to you as a person who has recovered.


16.
... attention the fact that however deep his ...    BB p.93,  Working With Others   Go to page 93 in the Big Book
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
He said he wished he'd paid some attention to A.A. experience.


18.
... attention to my wife -- sex relations; self ...    BB p.65,  How It Works   Go to page 65 in the Big Book
Mr. Brown -- his attention to my wife -- sex relations; self esteem (fear).


19.
... attention to what He would have us ...    BB p.68,  How It Works   Go to page 68 in the Big Book
We ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us be.

20.
... attention upon one member of the family ...    12&12 p.81,  Step Eight
Suppose we lavish attention upon one member of the family and neglect the others.


21.
... attention was caught by a doggerel on ...    BB p.1,  Bill's Story   Go to page 1 in the Big Book
My attention was caught by a doggerel on an old tombstone:


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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