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... certain.
BB p.113,
To Wives
2.
... certain alluring
distractions of the road, about ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
This practice enables
us to lend a hand, at the same time avoiding certain alluring distractions
of the road, about which any traveling man can inform you.(*)
3.
... certain American
business man had ability, good ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
4.
... certain amount
of neglect and irresponsibility towards ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Even if he displays a
certain amount of neglect and irresponsibility towards the family, it is well to let him go as far as he likes in helping other alcoholics.
5.
... certain amount
of office politics.
BB p.145,
To Employers
Wherever men are gathered together in business there will be rivalries and, arising out of these, a certain amount of office politics.
6.
... certain amount
of physical treatment is desirable, ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
For most alcoholics who are drinking, or who are just getting over a spree, a certain amount of physical treatment is desirable,
even imperative.
7.
... certain amount
of presumption and conceit in ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
This means that side by side with an earnest prayer there can be a certain
amount of presumption
and conceit in us.
8.
... certain answers
that work for us.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
We A.A.'s cannot pretend to
offer full answers to age-old perplexities, but our
own experience does provide certain answers that work for us.
9.
... certain antipathy.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
10.
... certain attitude
toward that Power, and to ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
They flatly declare that
since they have come to believe in a Power greater than themselves,
to take a certain attitude toward that Power, and to do certain simple things, there has been
a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking.
11.
... certain attitudes
a wife may take with ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
12.
... certain conditions
-- remove defects of character will ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
Of course, the often disputed question of whether God can -- and will, under certain conditions -- remove defects of character will be answered with a prompt affirmative by almost any A.A. member.
13.
... certain consequences
that follow taking even a ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
The almost certain consequences that follow taking even a glass of beer do not crowd into the mind to deter us.
14.
... certain date,
favorably to them.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
I have had many men who had,
for example, worked a period of months on some problem or business deal which was to be settled
on a certain date, favorably to them.
15.
... certain defects;
we have ascertained in a ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
We have admitted certain
defects; we have ascertained in a rough way what the trouble is; we
have put our finger on the weak items in our personal inventory.
16.
Certain distressing
or humiliating memories, we tell ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
17.
Certain drinkers,
who would be greatly insulted ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Certain drinkers, who
would be greatly insulted if called alcoholics, are astonished at their inability to stop.
18.
... certain episodes
he vaguely remembers.
BB p.73,
Into Action
19.
... certain experiment
lest it prove his pet ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
But we recoiled from meditation and prayer as
obstinately as the scientist who refused to
perform a certain experiment lest it prove his pet theory wrong.
20.
... certain extent,
that is true.
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
21.
... certain facts
about their lives.
BB p.72,
Into Action
22.
... certain family
problems will arise.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
23.
... certain few
knew of our drinking.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
24.
... certain harrowing
episodes.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
25.
... certain he
wants to stop, you can ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
Being certain he wants to stop, you can go to him with this volume as joyfully as though you had
struck oil.
26.
... certain he
will be welcomed by your ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
Be certain he will be welcomed by your family,
and that he is not trying to impose upon you for money, connections, or shelter.
27.
... certain ideas
concerning a possible means of ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
In the course of his third
treatment he acquired
certain ideas concerning a possible
means of recovery.
28.
... certain kind
of faith?
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
29.
... certain kinds
of direct amends from the ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
30.
... certain lady
had died.
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
31.
... certain newcomers
and to those one-time agnostics ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
To certain newcomers and
to those one-time agnostics who still cling to the A.A. group as their higher power, claims for the power of prayer may, despite all the
logic and experience in
proof of it, still be unconvincing or quite objectionable.
32.
... certain no
one gets his entire supply ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If he can afford it, he may have liquor concealed all over his house to be certain no one
gets his entire supply away from him to throw down the wastepipe.
33.
... certain nonalcoholic
people who, though drinking foolishly ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
That may be true of certain nonalcoholic people
who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at
the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not
been damaged as ours were.
34.
... certain occasions.
BB p.109,
To Wives
35.
... certain other
alcoholics from a clinic which ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
And with such good effect that the doctor agreed to a test among his patients and certain other alcoholics from a clinic
which he attends.
36.
... certain penalties
of failing to do so.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
37.
... certain plausibility,
but none of them really ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
Sometimes these excuses have a certain plausibility, but none of
them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic's drinking bout creates.
38.
... certain point
in the drinking of every ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into
a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail.
39.
... certain point
is reached, little can be ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
40.
... certain reputation,
but knows in his heart ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
41.
... certain resident
of the town, who, though ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
His call to the clergyman
led him presently to a
certain resident of the town, who, though formerly able and respected, was then nearing the nadir of alcoholic despair.
42.
... certain responsibilities
for the mental health of ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
He got in touch with a prominent psychiatrist who had undertaken certain responsibilities for the mental health of the community.
43.
... certain satisfaction
I reflected there was enough ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
With a certain satisfaction I reflected there was enough
gin concealed about the house to carry me through that night and the next day.
44.
... certain securities,
then cheap and rather unpopular.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
45.
... certain simple
attitude.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
He can go anywhere on this
earth where other free men may go without disaster, provided he remains willing to maintain a certain simple attitude.
46.
... certain simple
things, there has been a ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
They flatly declare that
since they have come to believe in a Power greater than themselves,
to take a certain attitude toward that Power, and to do certain simple things, there has been
a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking.
47.
... certain spiritual
beliefs, but now we begin ...
BB p.75,
Into Action
48.
... certain steps.
BB p.58,
How It Works
If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it -- then you are ready to
take certain steps.
49.
... certain that
our intelligence, backed by willpower, ...
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
We are certain that our intelligence, backed by
willpower, can rightly
control our inner lives and guarantee us success in the world we live in.
50.
... certain that
we are on the A.A. ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
51.
... certain that
we had made a true ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
How could we be certain that we had made a true catalog of our defects and
had really admitted
them, even to ourselves?
52.
... certain theological
terms and conceptions about which ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
There is no use arousing any prejudice he may have against certain theological terms and conceptions about which he may already be confused.
53.
... certain things
which only the individual can ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
54.
... certain times
has no effective mental defense ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
55.
... certain times,
to bring into our consciousness ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering
and humiliation of even
a week or a month ago.
56.
... certain to
have.
BB p.142,
To Employers
If he temporizes and still thinks he can ever drink again, even beer, he might as well be discharged after the next bender which, if an alcoholic, he is almost
certain to have.
57.
... certain trials
and low spots ahead.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he
could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead.
58.
... certain type
of hard drinker.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
59.
... certain values.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
60.
... certain western
city.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
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