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... completely.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
2.
... completely.
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.
3.
... completely away
from our aversion to the ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
To get completely away from our aversion to the
idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the
avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired
for itself, takes most of
us a long, long time.
4.
... completely despair.
BB p.110,
To Wives
5.
... completely give
themselves to this simple program, ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
Those who do not recover
are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.
6.
... completely hostile
world.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
7.
... completely lost
their effectiveness in helping alcoholics.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
When the Washingtonians became temperance crusaders, within a very few years they had completely lost their effectiveness
in helping alcoholics.
8.
... completely new
set of conceptions and motives ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Ideas, emotions, and attitudes which were once
the guiding forces of the
lives of these men are suddenly cast to one side, and a completely new set of conceptions and motives begin to dominate them.
9.
... completely new
stories were added; and the ...
BB xi,
Preface
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with
new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.
10.
... completely on
life's terms, I cannot be ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy.
11.
... completely removed
from any human being all ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
So far as we know, it is nowhere on the record that
God has completely removed from any human being all his natural drives.
12.
... completely upon
a stronger person for guidance ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
How frequently we see a
frightened human being determined to depend completely upon a stronger person for guidance and protection.
13.
... completely when
he's drinking.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
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