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... deep!
BB p.114,
To Wives
2.
... deep affection.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
3.
... deep and
effective spiritual experiences(*) which have ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and
effective spiritual
experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.
4.
... deep and
honest search of our motives ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
5.
... deep desire
to live usefully and walk ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
6.
... deep down
in every man, woman, and ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
Actually we were fooling ourselves, for
deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God.
7.
... deep down
in us under thick layers ...
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
Because our surface record hasn't looked too bad, we have frequently been
abashed to find that this
is so simply because we
have buried these selfsame defects deep down in us under thick layers of self-justification.
8.
... deep down
within us.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
9.
... deep his
faith and knowledge, he could ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Admit that he probably knows more about it than you do,
but call to his attention
the fact that however deep his
faith and knowledge, he
could not have applied it or he would not drink.
10.
... deep human
need.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
11.
... deep inside
us kept rebelling against the ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
We well remember how something deep inside us kept rebelling against the idea of bowing before any God.
12.
... deep instinct,
we A.A.'s have known from ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
As by some deep instinct,
we A.A.'s have known from the
very beginning that we must never, no matter what the provocation, publicly
take sides in any fight, even a worthy one.
13.
... deep-lying emotional
handicap in either will be ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
They need to be as sure as possible that no deep-lying emotional handicap in either will be likely to rise up under later pressures to cripple them.
14.
... deep-lying inferiorities.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
15.
... deep meaning
of each phrase and idea.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
As beginners in meditation, we might now reread this prayer several times very slowly, savoring every word and trying to take in the deep meaning of each phrase and idea.
16.
... deep need
every human being has for ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Psychiatrists and psychologists point out the deep need every human being has for practical insight and knowledge of his own personality flaws and for
a discussion of them with an understanding and trustworthy person.
17.
... deep or
meaningful sense had we ever ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.
18.
... deep questions
as whether it was the ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
Just resign from the debating society and quit bothering yourself with such deep questions as whether it was the hen or the
egg that came first.
19.
... deep resentment
leads only to futility and ...
BB p.66,
How It Works
20.
... deep-rooted conviction
that in no circumstances could ...
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.
21.
... deep skepticism.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
We looked upon this world of warring individuals, warring theological systems,
and inexplicable calamity, with deep skepticism.
22.
... deep, sometimes
quite forgotten, damaging emotional conflicts ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Very deep, sometimes quite forgotten, damaging emotional conflicts persist below the level of consciousness.
23.
... deep that
all fraternal charity had vanished.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
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