From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BILL occurs
19 times
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1.
... Bill.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
'We
know how
hard up you are,
Bill.
2.
... bill.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
3.
... Bill.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
We, of
Alcoholics Anonymous,
know thousands of
men and
women who were once just as
hopeless as
Bill.
4.
... Bill's and
Dr. Bob's first visit to ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You (Note)
(*) This
refers to
Bill's
and
Dr.
Bob's
first visit to
A.A. Number Three.
5.
... Bill, and
nothing but the very best ...
12&12 p.138,
Tradition Two
This is a
matter of
life and
death,
Bill, and
nothing but the very
best will
do!'
6.
... bill at
all.
BB p.83,
Into Action
A
remorseful mumbling that we are
sorry
won't
fill the
bill at all.
7.
... bill collectors,
the sheriffs, the angry taxi ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
The
bill collectors, the
sheriffs, the
angry taxi drivers, the
policemen, the
bums, the
pals, and even the
ladies they
sometimes brought
home -- our
husbands thought we were
so
inhospitable.
8.
... Bill's first
visit with Dr. Bob.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You (Note)
(*) This
refers to
Bill's
first visit with
Dr.
Bob.
9.
'Bill, haven't
you often said right here ...
12&12 p.138,
Tradition Two
'
Bill, haven't you often said
right here in this
meeting
that sometimes the
good is the
enemy of the
best?
10.
'Bill,' he
said, 'I think it's a ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
'
Bill,' he said, 'I
think
it's a
shame that you are
financially so
hard up.
11.
... Bill likes
to tell the following pointed ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
12.
... "Bill on
Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
13.
... Bill says,
"consisted of two people: one ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
"Our
office staff,"
Bill says, "
consisted of
two people: one
devoted secretary and myself.
14.
"Bill's Story,"
"Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one ...
BB xi,
Preface
"
Bill's
Story," "
Doctor Bob's
Nightmare," and one other
personal history from the
first edition were
retained intact;
three were
edited and one of
these was
retitled; new
versions of
two stories were
written, with
new
titles;
thirty completely new
stories
were
added; and the
story section was
divided into
three parts, under the same
headings that are used now.
15.
Bill's story
opens the text of this ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You (Note)
Bill's
story opens the
text of this book;
Dr.
Bob's
heads the
Story Section.
16.
Bill W.
co-founder of A.A., died January ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
17.
... Bill W."
-- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
18.
... Bill W.
in 1962, the Twelve Concepts ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
19.
... bill was
to be paid.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
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