From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... away.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
But if a willing start is
made, then the great advantages of doing this
will so quickly reveal themselves that
the pain will be lessened as one obstacle after another melts away.
2.
... away.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
3.
... away.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
It is the great paradox of
A.A. that we know we can seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety unless we give it away.
4.
... away.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
5.
... away.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
6.
... away.
BB p.84,
Into Action
7.
... away.
BB p.104,
To Wives
But for every man who drinks others are involved -- the wife who trembles in fear of the next debauch; the mother and father who see their son wasting away.
8.
... away.
BB p.105,
To Wives
We have run away.
9.
... away.
BB p.110,
To Wives
10.
... away.
BB p.120,
To Wives
11.
... away, a
subtle change begins.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
12.
... away and
our isolation had become complete, ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
But when self-will had driven everybody away and our isolation had become complete, it caused us to play the big shot in cheap barrooms and then fare forth alone on the street to depend upon the charity of passersby.
13.
... away and
walked down the lobby to ...
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
14.
... away any
alcoholic's full chance was sometimes ...
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.
15.
... away any
more than alcohol.
BB p.66,
How It Works
16.
... away by
ourselves.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
17.
... away for
treatment will not be mentioned.
BB p.148,
To Employers
If you take it, your past will be forgotten and the fact that you went away for treatment will not be mentioned.
18.
... away from
a highly strained, abnormal condition.
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
19.
... away from
drink, as he may do ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
We know that while the alcoholic keeps away from drink, as he may do for
months or years, he reacts much like other men.
20.
... away from
him to throw down the ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If he can afford it, he may have liquor concealed all over his house to be certain no one gets his entire supply away from him to throw down the wastepipe.
21.
... away from
home more than when he ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Her husband may become so
wrapped up in A.A. and his new friends that he is inconsiderately away
from home more than when he drank.
22.
... away from
meditation and prayer, we likewise ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we
likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our
intuitions of vitally
needed support.
23.
... away from
our aversion to the idea ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
To get completely away from our aversion to the idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the
avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired
for itself, takes most of
us a long, long time.
24.
... away from
the subject of God.
BB p.77,
Into Action
25.
... away from
their individual responsibilities to act ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Nor does it mean that the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, now restored as citizens of
the world, are going to back away from their individual responsibilities to act as they see the right upon issues of our time.
26.
... away from
us, bored or hurt.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
27.
... away from
you.
BB p.145,
To Employers
He may, for example, reveal that he has padded his
expense account or that
he has planned to take your
best customers away from you.
28.
... away has
fifteen fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
29.
... away, he'll
soon die.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
30.
... away, his
home is a near-wreck and ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
31.
... away his
means of livelihood.
BB p.80,
Into Action
If he opened that old affair, he was afraid it
would destroy the reputation of his partner, disgrace his family and take away his means of livelihood.
32.
... away in
an hour.
BB p.78,
Into Action
Sometimes the man we are
calling upon admits his own fault, so feuds of years' standing melt away in an hour.
33.
... away morbidity
and encourage balance.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
34.
... away my
difficulties, that victory over them ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life.
35.
... away prejudice,
enables you to think honestly, ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
If our testimony helps
sweep away prejudice, enables you to
think honestly, encourages you to search
diligently within yourself, then, if you wish,
you can join us on the Broad
Highway.
36.
... away, root
and branch.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I ruthlessly faced my
sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch.
37.
... away the
debris of the past, we ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have
been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop
the best possible relations with every human being we know.
38.
... away the
debris which has accumulated out ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves.
39.
... away the
entire product.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
He may not see at once that he
has barely scratched a
limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines
it for the rest of his life
and insists on giving
away the entire product.
40.
... away the
self-will which has always blocked ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Like all the remaining Steps, Step Three calls for affirmative action, for
it is only by action that we can cut away the self-will which has always blocked the entry of God -- or, if you like, a Higher Power -- into our lives.
41.
... away the
theory or gadget which does ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
Is not our age characterized by the ease with which we discard old ideas for new, by the complete readiness with which we throw away the theory or gadget which does
not work for something new which does?
42.
... away the
wreck.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
43.
... away the
wreckage of your past.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
44.
... away, we
were bitterly hurt and disappointed.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
45.
... away, whichever
seems best.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
46.
... away with
a few drinks now and ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
If he says yes, does he really mean it, or down inside does he think he is fooling you, and
that after rest and treatment he will be able to get away with a few drinks now and then?
47.
... away with
an answer.
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
48.
... away with
it.
BB p.108,
To Wives
49.
... away with
them.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
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