From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... called a
man who is sincerely trying ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
He goes on to explain that
any person capable of enough willingness and honesty
to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be
called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.
2.
... called a
professional A.A.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary
answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got
sponsorship for ten newcomers, and was gently
diplomatic with the irate drunk who complained about the job she
was doing and how she was overpaid, then such a person could surely not be
called a professional
A.A.
3.
... called a
spiritual awakening.
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
Our Twelfth Step also says that as a result of practicing all
the Steps, we have each found something called a spiritual awakening.
4.
... called acts
of God.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
5.
... called again.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
6.
... called "Alcoholics
and God."
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
In the fall of 1939 Fulton Oursler, then editor of Liberty, printed a piece in his magazine, called "Alcoholics and God."
7.
... called "Alcoholics
Anonymous," and from it the ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
8.
... called Alcoholics
Anonymous, from the title of ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
The fledgling society,
which had been nameless, now began to be called Alcoholics Anonymous, from the title
of its own book.
9.
... called alcoholics,
are astonished at their inability ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Certain drinkers, who
would be greatly insulted if called alcoholics, are astonished at their inability to stop.
10.
... called an
alcoholic.
BB p.109,
To Wives
11.
... called anything
else?
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
12.
... called beer
experiment.
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
13.
... called belladonna
treatment my brain cleared.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
14.
... called "Bill
on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
(This address is now available in pamphlet form at nominal cost through most A.A. groups or from Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, under the title "Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W." -- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the
Illness.")
15.
... called guidance.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
He may have forgotten the possibility that his own wishful thinking and the
human tendency to rationalize have distorted his so-called guidance.
16.
... called in,
and the weary round of ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
17.
... called intergroup
associations are found under the ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
These so-called intergroup associations are found
under the listing "A.A." or "Alcoholics Anonymous" in telephone
directories.
18.
... called it.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
Relentlessly deepening our dilemma,
our sponsors pointed out our increasing sensitivity to alcohol
-- an allergy, they called
it.
19.
... called it
"Alcoholics Anonymous."
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
20.
... called leading
with the chin.
BB p.77,
Into Action
21.
... called, let's
take a universally recognized list ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
To avoid falling into confusion over the names these defects should be
called, let's take a universally recognized list of major human failings -- the Seven Deadly Sins of pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth.
22.
... called loners
tell us they no longer ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
23.
... called los
Doce Pasos in one country, ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
The Twelve Steps that summarize the program may
be called los Doce Pasos in one country, les Douze Etapes in another, but they
trace exactly the same path to recovery that was blazed by
the earliest members of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
24.
... called me
from Hartford on two successive ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
Not long afterward he had
called me from Hartford on
two successive days, so drunk he could hardly speak.
25.
... called meditation,
perhaps our very first attempt ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
This much could be a fragment of what is called meditation, perhaps our
very first attempt at a mood, a flier into the realm of spirit, if you like.
26.
... called "moral
psychology," and we doubted if ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
His alcoholic problem
was so complex, and his depression so great, that
we felt his only hope would be
through what we then called
"moral psychology," and
we doubted if even that
would have any effect.
27.
... called my
friend, the doctor, to ask ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
28.
... called on
for recitation.
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Many mornings I have gone to classes, and even though fully prepared, would turn and walk back to the fraternity house because of my jitters, not daring to enter the classroom for fear of making a scene should I be called on for
recitation.
29.
... called problem
drinkers.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
When A.A. was quite young, a number of eminent psychologists
and doctors made an exhaustive study of a good-sized group of so-called problem drinkers.
30.
... called rotating
committee, very sharply limited in ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
In either case, the group now has a so-called rotating committee, very sharply limited in its authority.
31.
... called self-forgetting.
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
32.
... called "short
form" the form in general ...
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
On the next page, A.A.'s "12 Traditions" are seen in
their so-called "short form" the form in general use today.
33.
... called "The
Doctor's Opinion" has been kept ...
BB xi,
Preface
The section called "The Doctor's Opinion" has been
kept intact, just as it was originally
written in 1939 by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, our
Society's great medical benefactor.
34.
... called to
see me, and I experienced ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
35.
... called up
my wife one Saturday afternoon ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
About this time a lady called up my wife one Saturday afternoon saying she wanted me to come over that evening to meet a friend of hers who might help me.
36.
... called up
the head nurse of a ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
37.
... called upon
only in an emergency.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
We began to get over the idea that the Higher Power was a sort of bush-league pinch hitter, to be called upon only in an emergency.
38.
... called vital
spiritual experiences.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
39.
... called will
power becomes practically nonexistent.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
40.
... called willingness.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
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