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CIRCUMSTANCES   occurs   17 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... circumstances.   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.

2.
... circumstances?   12&12 p.97, Step Eleven
What about all those unhappy lives which were the direct result of unfortunate birth and uncontrollable circumstances?

3.
... circumstances.   12&12 p.104, Step Eleven
And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances.


4.
... circumstances!   BB p.100, Working With Others   Go to page 100 in the Big Book
Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!

5.
... circumstances could we endorse any related enterprise, ...   12&12 p.157, Tradition Six
These adventures implanted a deep-rooted conviction that in no circumstances could we endorse any related enterprise, no matter how good.

6.
... circumstances, does a fellow 'take it easy'?   12&12 p.26, Step Two
But just how, in these circumstances, does a fellow 'take it easy'?

7.
... circumstances happened to be good, we no ...   12&12 p.121, Step Twelve
If our circumstances happened to be good, we no longer dreaded a change for the worse, for we had learned that these troubles could be turned into great values.

8.
... circumstances, he needs to develop the quality ...   12&12 p.40, Step Three
All by himself, and in the light of his own circumstances, he needs to develop the quality of willingness.


9.
Circumstances made him willing to believe.   BB p.57, We Agnostics   Go to page 57 in the Big Book
Circumstances made him willing to believe.


10.
... circumstances made it seem unwise to absent ...   BB p.172, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 172 in the Big Book
This resolution I kept steadfastly for the next forty years, except when circumstances made it seem unwise to absent myself.


11.
... circumstances, ought to decide for themselves.   BB p.103, Working With Others   Go to page 103 in the Big Book
We feel that each family, in the light of their own circumstances, ought to decide for themselves.


12.
... circumstances, she was often obliged to treat ...   BB p.130, The Family Afterward   Go to page 130 in the Big Book
By force of circumstances, she was often obliged to treat father as a sick or wayward child.


13.
... circumstances should we give endorsements, make alliances, ...   BB xix, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
And in no circumstances should we give endorsements, make alliances, or enter public controversies.


14.
... circumstances warrant.   BB p.133, The Family Afterward   Go to page 132 in the Big Book
So let each family play together or separately, as much as their circumstances warrant.


15.
... circumstances warrant, we ask our wives or ...   BB p.87, Into Action   Go to page 87 in the Big Book
If circumstances warrant, we ask our wives or friends to join us in morning meditation.


16.
... circumstances we have gone out deliberately to ...   BB p.37, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 37 in the Big Book
In some circumstances we have gone out deliberately to get drunk, feeling ourselves justified by nervousness, anger, worry, depression, jealousy or the like.


17.
... circumstances which brought us misfortune we felt ...   BB p.67, How It Works   Go to page 67 in the Big Book
It set in motion trains of circumstances which brought us misfortune we felt we didn't deserve.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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