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COMMENCED occurs
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1.
... commenced our
way of life, had secured ...
BB
Into Action, p.79
He had
commenced our
way of
life, had
secured a
position, and was
getting
his
head above water.
2.
... commenced this
way of living as we ...
BB
Into Action, p.84
We
vigorously commenced
this
way of
living as we
cleaned up the
past.
3.
... commenced to
accomplish those things for us ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.25
He has
commenced to
accomplish those things for us which we could
never do by
ourselves.
4.
... commenced to
admonish him about it.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.135
Seeing this, and
meaning to
be
helpful, his
wife commenced to
admonish him about
it.
5.
... commenced to
drink again, they would reply ...
BB
To Wives, p.107
Asked why they
commenced to
drink again, they would
reply with some
silly excuse, or
none.
6.
... commenced to
drink as carelessly as though ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.41
I had
commenced to
drink as
carelessly as
though the
cocktails were
ginger ale.
7.
... commenced to
forge the weapon that one ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.2
Out of this
alloy of
drink and
speculation, I
commenced to
forge the
weapon that
one day would
turn in
its flight like a
boomerang and all but
cut me to
ribbons.
8.
... commenced to
get results, even though it ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.46
9.
... commenced to
make many fast friends and ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
We
commenced to
make many fast friends and a
fellowship
has
grown up among us of which it is a
wonderful thing to
feel a
part.
10.
... commenced to
present his conceptions to other ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxv
11.
... commenced to
rely upon A.A. for the ...
12&12
Step Three, p.39
He
made a
beginning, we
have
seen, when he
commenced to
rely upon A.A. for the
solution of his
alcohol problem.
12.
... commenced to
search out the things in ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.107
13.
... commenced to
see their terrible destructiveness.
BB
How It Works, p.70
We have
commenced to
see their
terrible destructiveness.
14.
... commenced to
thump tables in legislative committee ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.157
15.
... commenced work
with other alcoholics.
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiv
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