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... care.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.116
If we really depended upon God, we couldn't very well play God to our fellows nor would we feel the urge wholly to rely on human protection and care.
2.
... care.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.118
The wife usually goes on doing the best she knows how, but meanwhile the alcoholic
alternately loves and hates her maternal care.
3.
... care.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.170
Now and then, A.A. members have bought farms or rest homes where badly beat-up topers could find needed care.
4.
... care and
direction.
BB
Bill's Story, p.13
5.
... care and
direction of his Creator, and ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.158
On the third day the lawyer gave his life to the care and direction of his Creator,
and said he was perfectly
willing to do anything necessary.
6.
... care, boredom
and worry.
BB
A Vision For You, p.151
7.
... care, boredom
and worry.
BB
A Vision For You, p.152
8.
... care chap.
BB
A Vision For You, p.159
He now returned home, leaving behind his first acquaintance, the lawyer
and the devil-may-care chap.
9.
... care for
people who lecture us.
BB
To Wives, p.121
10.
... care for
the one I've suggested, you'll ...
12&12
Step Two, p.27
If you don't care for the one
I've suggested, you'll be sure to discover one that suits if only you look and listen.
11.
... care for
this prospect -- unless he has ...
12&12
Step One, p.24
No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme,
doesn't care for this prospect -- unless he has to
do these things in order to
stay alive himself.
12.
... care in
this hospital and while here ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
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.
13.
... care not
to participate in their quarrels.
BB
Working With Others, p.100
14.
... care of
a celebrated physician (the psychiatrist, ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.26
Then he had gone to Europe, placing himself in the care of a celebrated physician (the psychiatrist, Dr. Jung) who prescribed for him.
15.
... care of
God as we understood Him.
BB
How It Works, p.59
16.
... care of
God, as we understood Him."
12&12
Contents (Step Three), p.5
Step Three -- "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him."
17.
... care of
God as we understood Him."
12&12
Step Three, p.34
18.
... care of
God as we understood Him."
12&12
Step Three, pp.34-35
In fact, the effectiveness of the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have tried to come to "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."
19.
... care of
God as we understood Him.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.107
Consequently, in Step Three we turned our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
20.
... care of
his health.
BB
To Wives, p.112
21.
... care of
Something or Somebody else, what ...
12&12
Step Three, p.36
If I keep on turning my life and my will over to the care of Something or Somebody else, what will become of me?
22.
... care of
such problems.
BB
Into Action, p.87
We usually conclude the
period of meditation
with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems.
23.
... care of
the lonely heart.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.148
24.
... care of
them?
BB
The Family Afterward, p.128
25.
... care of
those awful debts, possess a ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.121
How could we ever take care of those awful debts, possess a decent home, educate the kids, and set something by for old age?
26.
... care of
us or that the world ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.115
When we had taken the opposite tack and had insisted, like infants ourselves, that people protect and take care of us or that the world owed us a living, then the result had
been equally unfortunate.
27.
... care of
whatever God he thinks there ...
12&12
Step Three, p.35
No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can he turn his own will and his own life over
to the care of whatever God he thinks there is?
28.
... care, protection,
and guidance of Alcoholics Anonymous?
12&12
Step Three, p.35
Isn't it true that in all matters touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance
of Alcoholics Anonymous?
29.
... care, remembering
that prudence is a virtue ...
12&12
Step Five, p.61
30.
... care that
it never becomes the seat ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority
over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion,
vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial
unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and that,
like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and
action.
31.
... care to
have advertised.
BB
Into Action, pp.80-81
32.
... care to
reveal only a part of ...
12&12
Step Five, p.61
Perhaps, though, your relation to him is such that
you would care to reveal only
a part of your story.
33.
... care upon
its individual members; surely there ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
We believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which lavishes more devoted care upon its individual members; surely there is none which more jealously guards the individual's right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.
34.
... care what
happens to the family and ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.86
Are we going to be so rigidly righteous about making amends that we don't
care what happens to the family and home?
35.
... care which
brought him to the point ...
BB
To Wives, pp.118-119
Your husband will be the first to say it was your devotion and care which brought him to the point where
he could have a spiritual experience.
36.
... care with
complete abandon.
BB
How It Works, p.59
37.
... care young
fellow whose parents could not ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.158
He proved to be a devil-may-care young fellow whose parents could not make out whether he wanted to stop drinking or not.
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