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... being.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being.
2.
... being.
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
We'd have to have outside help if we were surely to know and admit the truth about ourselves --
the help of God and another human being.
3.
... being.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
It had been embarrassing enough when in confidence
we had admitted these things to God, to ourselves, and to another
human being.
4.
... being.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
5.
... being.
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
We knew we would have to quit
the deadly business of
living alone with our conflicts, and in honesty
confide these to God and another human being.
6.
Being a
large place, we think that ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
7.
... being a
man of means, I knew ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Not being a man of means, I knew that if I did not
stay sober enough to earn money, I would run out of liquor.
8.
... being a
weakness, this dependence was their ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
9.
... being all
his natural drives.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
So far as we know, it is nowhere on the record that
God has completely removed from any human being all his natural drives.
10.
Being all
powerful, He provided what we ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
Being all powerful, He provided what we needed, if
we kept close to Him and performed His work well.
11.
... being allowed
to tell his story to ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Later, he requested the
privilege of being allowed to tell his story to other patients here and with some
misgiving, we consented.
12.
... being alone
with God doesn't seem as ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
13.
... being always
followed spiritual progress; it never ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
14.
... being angry.
BB p.67,
How It Works
15.
... being any
too smart, but felt reassured ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
I vaguely sensed I was
not being any too smart, but felt reassured as I was taking
the whiskey on a full stomach.
16.
... Being anyhow?
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
17.
... being asked
of him than he can ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
So when A.A. suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can do.
18.
... being at
one with God and man, ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
This feeling of being at one with God and man, this emerging from isolation through the open and honest sharing of our terrible burden of guilt, brings us to a resting place where we may prepare ourselves for the following Steps toward a full and meaningful sobriety.
19.
... being attracted
from far and near.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
20.
... being becomes
a battleground for the instincts, ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
21.
... being blotted
out ... Historians may one day ...
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."
22.
... being branded
fanatics or religious bores?
BB p.77,
Into Action
23.
... being can
provide such a defense.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
24.
... being careful
not to moralize or lecture.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
If he is in a serious mood
dwell on the troubles liquor has caused you, being careful not to moralize or lecture.
25.
Being certain
he wants to stop, you ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
Being certain he wants to stop, you can go to him with this volume as joyfully as though you had
struck oil.
26.
... being compromised,
and the name of Alcoholics ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
27.
... being constantly
revealed, as mankind studies the ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
It is being constantly
revealed, as mankind studies the material world, that outward appearances are not inward reality at all.
28.
... being convinced
of their heartlessness, they would ...
BB p.107,
To Wives
And just as we were being convinced of their heartlessness, they would surprise us with fresh resolves and new attentions.
29.
Being convinced
that self, manifested in various ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.
30.
Being convinced,
we were at Step Three, ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
Being convinced, we were
at Step Three, which is that
we decided to turn our will and our life over to God as we understood Him.
31.
... being could
seem to do the job ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
32.
... being determined
to depend completely upon a ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
How frequently we see a
frightened human being determined to depend completely upon a stronger person for guidance and protection.
33.
... being dominating
or dependent upon others.
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
34.
... being done
on an individual basis.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
35.
... being dry
at the moment says, "I ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
Now and then a serious drinker, being dry at the moment says, "I don't miss it at all. Feel better. Work better. Having a better time."
36.
... being entirely
free from alcohol for a ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There is the type who always
believes that after being entirely free from alcohol for a period of time he can take a drink without danger.
37.
... being exactly
the way it is supposed ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some
fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
38.
... being experiences,
at some time in life, ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at some time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.
39.
... being fulfilled
among us -- sometimes quickly, sometimes ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
40.
... being harnessed
promise such a quantity of ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
The immense resources
now being harnessed promise such a quantity of material blessings that
many have come to believe that a man-made millennium lies just ahead.
41.
... being has
for practical insight and knowledge ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Psychiatrists and psychologists point out the deep need every human being has for practical insight and knowledge of his own personality flaws and for
a discussion of them with an understanding and trustworthy person.
42.
... Being have
anything to do with it ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
43.
... being he
could.
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
Then he asked for the grace
to bring love, forgiveness, harmony,
truth, faith, hope, light, and joy to every human being he could.
44.
... being helpful.
BB p.67,
How It Works
45.
... being helpful
if you do.
BB p.100,
Working With Others
46.
... being honest
with themselves.
BB p.58,
How It Works
Those who do not recover
are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.
47.
... being, however
good, is exempt from these ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
48.
... being humble,
to gain a vision of ...
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.
49.
... being hurt.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
50.
... being in
an airplane bound for New ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I have a shadowy recollection of being in
an airplane bound for New York, and of finding a friendly taxicab driver at the landing field instead of my wife.
51.
... being in
partnership or brotherhood with all ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
It became clear that if we
ever were to feel emotionally secure among grown-up people, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop the sense of being in partnership or brotherhood with all those around us.
52.
... being in
the public eye is hazardous, ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
But we do have to soberly face the fact that being in the public eye is hazardous, especially for us.
53.
... being in
the world.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
We forgot that most alcoholics in A.A. have an earning power considerably above average; we forgot the immense goodwill of our brother A.A.'s who were only too
eager to help us to better jobs when we deserved them; we forgot
the actual or potential
financial insecurity of every human being in the world.
54.
... being indispensable.
BB p.76,
Into Action
55.
Being intrigued,
however, he invited our friend ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
56.
... being ironed
out, public acceptance of A.A. ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
While the internal difficulties of our adolescent period were
being ironed out, public acceptance of A.A. grew by leaps and bounds.
57.
... being is
humility -- a word often misunderstood.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Another great dividend we may expect from
confiding our defects
to another human being is humility -- a word often misunderstood.
58.
... being just
that.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
59.
... being made
in it.
BB xi,
Preface
Because this book has become the basic text for our Society and has
helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists strong sentiment against any radical changes being made in it.
60.
... being made
in this movement that cannot ...
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.
61.
... being misused.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
62.
Being mostly
business or professional folk, we ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
Being mostly business or professional folk, we
could not well carry on our
occupations in such an
event."
63.
Being mostly
business or professional folk, we ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
Being mostly business or professional folk, we
could not well carry on our
occupations in such an
event.
64.
... being nagged
by his family.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
65.
... being nicer
if our husbands stopped drinking.
BB p.116,
To Wives
We thought, on the whole,
we were pretty good women, capable of being nicer if our husbands stopped drinking.
66.
... being no
respecter of persons, we are ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Alcohol being no respecter of persons, we are an accurate cross section of America, and in
distant lands, the same democratic evening-up process is now going on.
67.
... being of
employees.
BB p.149,
To Employers
68.
... being of
his help, and he tries ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
Nearly every modern employer feels a moral responsibility for the well-being of his help, and he tries to meet these responsibilities.
69.
... being of
others at the same time, ...
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
For the readiness to take
the full consequences
of our past acts, and to take responsibility for
the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine.
70.
Being on
a radically different basis of ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
71.
Being on
the human side, the founder ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
72.
... being overdependent
upon them.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
Either we had tried to play God and dominate those about us, or
we had insisted on being
overdependent upon
them.
73.
... being perhaps
fatally ill, does he want ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
Say that you believe he is a
gravely ill person, with this qualification -- being
perhaps fatally ill, does he want to get well?
74.
Being possessed
of a spiritual experience, the ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Being possessed of a spiritual experience,
the alcoholic will find he has much in common with these people, though he may differ with
them on many matters.
75.
... being present,
we thought we were helping ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
Or, the person concerned not being present, we thought we were
helping others to understand him, when in actuality our true motive was to feel superior by pulling him down.
76.
... being quite
unable to see that our ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
77.
... being rapidly
cured.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
She sees she was wrong to make a burning issue out of such a matter when his more serious ailments were being rapidly cured.
78.
... being restored
and united under one God, ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Being wrecked in the same vessel, being restored and united under one God, with hearts and minds attuned to the welfare of
others, the things which
matter so much to some people no longer signify much to them.
79.
... being self-satisfied.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
True, most of us thought good character was desirable, but obviously good character was something
one needed to get on with the business of
being self-satisfied.
80.
... being servile
or scraping.
BB p.83,
Into Action
81.
... being so,
we think it logically follows ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
This being so, we think it logically follows that sobriety -- first, last, and all the time -- is the
only thing we need to work for.
82.
... being so
you have swallowed and digested ...
BB p.71,
How It Works
83.
... being sold
for money, hence these people, ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
In all these instances, and more, it was claimed that A.A. knowledge and experience were being sold for money, hence these people, too, were
professionals.
84.
... being somehow
abnormal, the man did not ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
Painfully aware of being somehow abnormal, the man did not fully realize what it meant to be alcoholic.(*)
85.
Being somewhat
weakened, and faced with physical ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
Being somewhat weakened, and faced with physical and mental readjustment to a life
which knows no alcohol, he may overdo.
86.
Being still
inexperienced and having just made ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that
we are going to be inspired at all times.
87.
... being that
required to follow a few ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other hand -- and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand -- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.
88.
... being, the
exact nature of our defects.
BB p.72,
Into Action
This requires action on
our part, which, when completed, will mean that we have admitted to
God, to ourselves, and to
another human being, the exact nature of our defects.
89.
... being the
exact nature of our wrongs."
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
90.
... being the
exact nature of our wrongs.
BB p.59,
How It Works
91.
Being the
founder, he is at first ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
92.
... being there.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
So our rule is not to avoid a
place where there is drinking, if we have a legitimate reason for
being there.
93.
... being very
careful not to criticize them.
BB p.83,
Into Action
We ought to sit down with the family and frankly analyze the past as we now see it, being very careful not to criticize them.
94.
... being warped
and drugged, do not want ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
95.
... being we
could not stay sober.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Most of us would declare that without a fearless admission of our defects
to another human being we could not stay sober.
96.
... being we
know.
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.
97.
... being, we
who were atheist or agnostic ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
For the time being, we who
were atheist or agnostic discovered
that our own group, or A.A. as a whole, would suffice as a higher power.
98.
... being willing
to believe in a Power ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
99.
... being willing
to take advice and accept ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Only by discussing ourselves, holding back nothing, only by being willing to take advice and accept direction could we
set foot on the road to straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility.
100.
... being without
any demand for reward.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.
101.
Being wrecked
in the same vessel, being ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Being wrecked in the same vessel, being restored and united under one God, with hearts and minds attuned to the welfare of
others, the things which
matter so much to some people no longer signify much to them.
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