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1.
... cases.
BB p.83,
Into Action
And there may be a
valid reason for
postponement
in some
cases.
2.
... cases.
BB p.120,
To Wives
Though it is
infinitely better that he have no
relapse at all, as has been
true with many of our
men, it is
by no
means a
bad thing in
some
cases.
3.
... cases.
BB xiv,
Foreword to First Edition
We should like to be
helpful to such
cases.
4.
... cases action
ought to be deferred, we ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Though in some
cases we cannot make
restitution at all, and in some
cases action ought to be
deferred, we should nevertheless make an
accurate and really
exhaustive survey of our
past life as it has
affected other people.
5.
... cases, and
we may be deeply discouraged ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Perhaps this will
happen in a
succession of
cases, and we
may be
deeply discouraged as to our
ability to
carry A.A.'s
message.
6.
... cases are
the unusual ones.
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
But those
cases are the
unusual ones.
7.
... cases as
yours.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
Though not a
religious person, I have
profound respect for the
spiritual
approach in such
cases as
yours.
8.
... cases could
swallow and digest this unpalatable ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
9.
... cases it
may be better to let ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
In some
cases it may be
better to let someone
outside the
family present the book.
10.
... cases it
was found that our self-esteem, ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
11.
... cases it
will, and in others it ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
In some cases it will, and in others it may not.
12.
... cases, neither
he nor any other human ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
Except in a few
rare cases, neither he nor any other
human being can
provide such
a
defense.
13.
... cases of
alcoholism and were destined to ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
14.
... cases only.
12&12 p.23,
Step One
That is why the
first edition of the book "
Alcoholics Anonymous,"
published when our
membership was
small,
dealt with
low-
bottom cases only.
15.
... cases our
motives won't be hard to ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
In most
cases our
motives
won't be
hard to see and
understand.
16.
... cases out
of ten the unexpected happens.
BB p.78,
Into Action
In
nine cases out of
ten the
unexpected happens.
17.
... cases out
of their own experience by ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
They
cited cases out of their
own experience by the
dozen.
18.
... cases still
to say, "This I cannot ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
Perhaps we shall be
obliged in some
cases still to say, "This I cannot
give up
yet...," but we should not
say to ourselves, "This I will
never give up!"
19.
... cases such
as yours have been occurring ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Exceptions to
cases such
as yours have been
occurring since
early times.
20.
... cases, the
alcoholic survived this ordeal without ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
In most
cases, the
alcoholic survived this
ordeal without
relapse,
but not always.
21.
... cases the
wife will never come back ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
In some
cases the
wife will
never come back for one
reason or another.
22.
... cases, their
ideals must be grounded in ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
In
nearly all
cases, their
ideals must be
grounded in a
power greater than themselves, if they are to
re-
create their
lives.
23.
... cases, there
is virtually no other solution."
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
For most
cases, there is
virtually no other
solution."
24.
... cases, they
had a terrific aversion to ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
25.
... cases they
made an effort to bring ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
They
experienced a few
distressing failures,
but in those
cases they made an
effort to bring the
man's
family into a
spiritual
way of
living, thus
relieving much
worry and
suffering.
26.
... cases, too,
where we had damaged others ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
There were
cases, too, where we had
damaged others who were still
happily unaware of being
hurt.
27.
... cases was
not so well understood as ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
The use of
spiritual principles in such
cases
was not so well
understood as it is now.
28.
... cases we
cannot make restitution at all, ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Though in some
cases we cannot make
restitution at all, and in some
cases action ought to be
deferred, we should nevertheless make an
accurate and really
exhaustive survey of our
past life as it has
affected other people.
29.
... cases, we
get a cool and skeptical ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
Or we may be
tipped over in the other
direction when, in
rare
cases, we get a
cool and
skeptical reception.
30.
... cases, we
had been asking something for ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
In both
cases, we had been
asking something for
nothing.
31.
... cases we
have followed through have been ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The
cases we have
followed
through have been most
interesting; in
fact, many of them are
amazing.
32.
... cases, we
may need to use a ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
But even in these
cases, we may
need to use a
little more
discretion than we did with the
family.
33.
... cases we
ought to pray that God's ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
It is
A.A.'s
experience
that
particularly in these
cases we ought to
pray that
God's will, whatever it is, be done for others as well as
for ourselves.
34.
... cases where
action ought to be deferred, ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
There will be other
cases where
action ought to be
deferred, and still others in which by the very
nature of the
situation we
shall
never be able to make
direct personal contact at all.
35.
... cases where
alcoholism is complicated by other ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
Sometimes there are
cases where
alcoholism is
complicated by other
disorders.
36.
... cases where
our ancient enemy, rationalization, has ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
There are
cases where our
ancient enemy,
rationalization, has
stepped in and has
justified conduct which
was really
wrong.
37.
... cases where
our disclosure would cause actual ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
The only
exceptions we will make will be
cases where our
disclosure
would
cause actual harm.
38.
... cases where
pressure of the spinal fluid ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
39.
... cases where
such a matter must be ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
And even in those
cases where such a
matter must be
discussed, let's
try to
avoid harming third parties,
whoever they may be.
40.
... cases where
the utmost frankness is demanded.
BB p.82,
Into Action
Perhaps there are some
cases where the
utmost frankness is
demanded.
41.
... cases where
this difficulty lasted long.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
We do not
know of many
cases
where this
difficulty lasted long.
42.
... cases who
were of the type with ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
I
personally know scores of
cases who were of the
type with whom other
methods had
failed completely.
43.
... cases will
pay dividends.
BB p.141,
To Employers
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