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... came.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
2.
... came.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
3.
... came.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
4.
... came along,
he found he could talk ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
When opportunities to be helpful came along, he found he could talk easily about A.A. to almost anyone.
5.
... came and
got me home and to ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
He came and got me home and to bed, gave me a few drinks that night, and one bottle of beer the next morning.
6.
... came away
with an answer.
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
7.
... came back.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
8.
... came back
again.
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
9.
... came back
at them.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
10.
... came back,
I thought that I was ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
11.
... came back
too soon.
BB p.100,
Working With Others
12.
... came by
confessing the sins of other ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
13.
... came faintly
over long distance from Virginia.
BB p.137,
To Employers
14.
... came first.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
Just resign from the debating society and quit bothering yourself with such deep questions as whether it was the hen or the
egg that came first.
15.
... came first.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
16.
... came for
him to speak in a ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
17.
... came four
years in one of the ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
After high school came four years in one of the best colleges in the country
where drinking seemed to
be a major extra-curricular activity.
18.
... came his
carpet slippers and a bottle.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
19.
... came home
drunk.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
20.
... came home
exhausted, but very happy.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
21.
... came in.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
22.
... came in
my direction, and I reached ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
23.
... came in
saying that Mr. B___ insisted ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
24.
... came into
contact with us.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
25.
... came into
view.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
26.
... came near
putting Galileo to death for ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
27.
... came off
badly.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
28.
... came off
press in 1976, achieved a ...
BB xi,
Preface
The third edition, which
came off press in 1976, achieved a circulation of approximately 19,550,000 in all formats.
29.
... came off
press in November 2001, at ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
This fourth edition of
"Alcoholics Anonymous" came off press in November 2001, at the start of a new millennium.
30.
... came off
well, I was pleased and ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
31.
... came our
first few excursions into major ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
32.
... came our
way, we indulged ourselves in ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
When temporary good fortune came our way, we indulged ourselves in fantasies
of still greater victories over people and circumstances.
33.
... came out.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
34.
... came out
the other side of that ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
And as he came out the other side of that painful experience, this
prayer was his expression of what he could then see, feel, and wish to become:
35.
... came over
them.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
36.
... came right
out of the Bible -- a ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
In fact, it came right out of the Bible -- a voice kept saying to me, 'The laborer is worthy of his hire.'
37.
... came, scarcely
daring to be hopeful, though ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
His wife came, scarcely daring to be hopeful, though she thought she saw something different
about her husband already.
38.
... came that
God does "move in a ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when
the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered,
and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."
39.
... came that
there were thousands of hopeless ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
While I lay in the hospital the thought came that there were thousands
of hopeless alcoholics who might be glad to have what had been so freely given me.
40.
... came the
expression of an aspiration and ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
41.
... came the
hospital with unbearable mental and ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
42.
... came the
inevitable explosion -- something like that ...
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Then came the inevitable
explosion -- something like that day the boiler burst in Wombley's Clapboard Factory.
43.
... came the
insidious insanity of that first ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
44.
... came the
night when the physical and ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
Then came the night when the
physical and mental torture was so hellish I feared I would burst through my window, sash and all.
45.
... came the
opposition.
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
Then came the opposition.
46.
... came through
an acquaintance who had heard ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
47.
... came through
the receiver: "I just wanted ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
I still expected a plea for clemency, but these
words came through the receiver: "I
just wanted to tell you Paul jumped from a hotel window in Hartford last Saturday.
48.
... came to
a few A.A. meetings and ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
49.
... came to
A.A. and really tried, 50% ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Of alcoholics who came
to A.A. and really tried, 50% got sober at once and remained that way; 25% sobered up after some relapses, and among the remainder, those who stayed on with A.A. showed improvement.
50.
... came to
A.A. because of such conversations.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
51.
... came to
A.A., we had to recognize ...
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
52.
... came to
believe in a Higher Power, ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
Relieved of the alcohol
obsession, their lives
unaccountably transformed, they came to
believe in a Higher Power, and most of them began
to talk of God."
53.
... came to
believe in a Power greater ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
I can't say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I
certainly have that belief now.
54.
"Came to
believe that a Power greater ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
55.
... came to
believe that a Power greater ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
It is really saying to us
that we now ought to be willing to try humility in seeking the removal of our other shortcomings just as we
did when we admitted that we were powerless over alcohol, and came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves
could restore us to sanity.
56.
... Came to
believe that a Power greater ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
57.
... came to
believe was the great panacea ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Without this proof the expectant purchaser
would be forced to depart
empty handed with none of what I later came to believe was the great panacea for all human ills.
58.
... came to
live almost alone.
BB p.105,
To Wives
59.
... came to
mind that it would be ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
As I crossed the threshold of the dining room, the thought came to mind that it would be nice to have a couple of cocktails with dinner.
60.
... came to
scoff, he may remain to ...
BB xxxii(xxx),
The Doctor's Opinion
I earnestly advise every alcoholic to read this book through, and though perhaps he came to scoff, he may remain to pray.
61.
... came to
see me.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
62.
... came to
shipwreck during our drinking careers.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
63.
... came to
the conclusion that it was ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
After consulting with
his wife and partner he
came to the conclusion
that it was better to take
those risks than to stand before his Creator guilty of such ruinous slander.
64.
... came to
the hospital to rest his ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
65.
... came to
us when we put ourselves ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
When we look back, we realize that the things
which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned.
66.
... came to
work on Tuesday morning.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
67.
... came under
our care in this hospital ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Many years ago one of the leading contributors
to this book came under our care in this hospital and while here he acquired some ideas which he put into practical application
at once.
68.
... came up
behind Walter.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
69.
... came up
out of his cyclone cellar ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
70.
... came up
with a conclusion that shocked ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
71.
... came up
with a fifty-cent piece.
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
72.
... came up
with an old financial statement.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
73.
... came up
with the right answer for ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
74.
... came when
I drank once more.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
75.
... came when
we sought for humility as ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
A great turning point in our lives came when we sought for humility as something we
really wanted, rather than as something
we must have.
76.
... came with
a heavy sedative.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
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