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... comes.
BB p.76,
Into Action
2.
... comes!
BB p.85,
Into Action
It just comes!
3.
... comes along.
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
We A.A.'s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, usually for the first time in our lives, and strenuously trying to help the next alcoholic who comes along.
4.
... comes at
once by taking a few ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless
they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks -- drinks which they
see others taking with impunity.
5.
... comes, cheerfully
capitalize it as an opportunity ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery,
but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize
it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence.
6.
... comes closest
to the supernatural, namely in ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
Edward Dowling, S.J.,(*) of the Queen's Work staff, says, "Alcoholics Anonymous is natural; it
is natural at the point
where nature comes closest to the supernatural, namely in
humiliations and in consequent humility.
7.
... comes first.
12&12 p.159,
Tradition Six
8.
... comes first.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition One (Long)
9.
... comes first.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
10.
... comes harder
to those who have lost ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
Sometimes A.A. comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have tried faith and found it wanting.
11.
Comes now
the same question raised in ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
12.
... comes out
he races in front of ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
13.
... comes, perhaps
just before going to sleep, ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
When evening comes, perhaps just before going to sleep, many of us draw up a balance sheet for the day.
14.
... comes the
acid test: can we stay ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions?
15.
... comes the
biggest question yet.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
16.
... comes the
day when he simply cannot ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
17.
... comes the
election.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
18.
... comes to
a friendly agreement about them.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
This means trouble, unless the family watches for these tendencies in each other and comes to a friendly agreement about
them.
19.
... comes to
A.A. as a whole, that's ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
20.
... comes to
combating liquor, though it often ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
It relieved me somewhat to learn that in alcoholics the will is amazingly weakened when
it comes to combating liquor, though it often remains strong in other respects.
21.
... comes to
ego deflation, few Steps are ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
22.
... comes to
mind in which a malicious ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
One instance comes to mind in which a malicious individual
was always making friendly little jokes about an alcoholic's
drinking exploits.
23.
... comes to
most men gradually, but His ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
24.
... comes to
speak at a meeting, we ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
25.
... comes to
the surface and we laboriously ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
When, however, the perfectly logical assumption is suggested that underneath the material
world and life as we see it, there is an All Powerful, Guiding, Creative Intelligence, right
there our perverse streak comes to the surface and we laboriously set out to convince ourselves it isn't so.
26.
... comes to
us.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is
the sense of belonging
that comes to us.
27.
... comes to
us alone may be garbled ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
The second difficulty
is this: what comes to us alone may be garbled by our
own rationalization
and wishful thinking.
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