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... desire again,
as so many do, and ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
After they have succumbed
to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon
of craving develops, they
pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with
a firm resolution not to
drink again.
2.
... desire ahead
of everything else.
12&12
Step Four, p.43
3.
... desire for
a complete disclosure of the ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.86
There can only be one consideration which should qualify our desire for a complete disclosure of
the damage we have done.
4.
... desire for
alcohol, the only effort necessary ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
On the other hand -- and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand
-- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of
ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.
5.
... desire for
prestige becomes uncontrollable, whether in ...
12&12
Step Four, p.44
When an individual's desire for prestige becomes uncontrollable, whether in the sewing circle or at the international conference table, other people suffer and often revolt.
6.
... desire for
self-preservation, they seem bent upon ...
12&12
Step Six, p.64
7.
... desire humility
more than ever.
12&12
Step Seven, p.75
8.
... desire must
come from within.
BB
Working With Others, p.95
9.
... desire that
our husbands hold up their ...
BB
To Wives, p.105
Our loyalty and the desire
that our husbands hold up their heads and be like other men have begotten all sorts of predicaments.
10.
... desire to
be helpful; that there are ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.18
That the man who is making the
approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole
deportment shouts at the
new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no
axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured --
these are the conditions we have found most effective.
11.
... desire to
convince anyone that there is ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.28
12.
... desire to
do so.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
We have heard of a few instances where people, who
showed definite signs of alcoholism, were able to stop for a long period because of an overpowering desire to do
so.
13.
... desire to
find a mate of the ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.117
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at some
time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.
14.
... desire to
give them new life.
12&12
Step Six, p.64
Here their powerful instinct to live can cooperate fully with their Creator's desire to give them new life.
15.
... desire to
help and be helped.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.166
Almost from the beginning, we have been positive that face-to-face work with the alcoholic who suffers could
be based only on the desire to
help and be helped.
16.
... desire to
help it might be well ...
BB
To Employers, p.139
17.
... desire to
learn and grow by this ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.88
A continuous look at our
assets and liabilities,
and a real desire to learn and grow by this means, are necessities for
us.
18.
... desire to
let God take us to ...
BB
How It Works, p.70
If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God
take us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson.
19.
... desire to
live upon spiritual principles we ...
BB
Into Action, p.83
Unless one's family expresses a desire to live upon spiritual principles we think we ought not to urge them.
20.
... desire to
live usefully and walk humbly ...
12&12
Step Twelve, pp.124-125
21.
... desire to
protect him should not cause ...
BB
To Wives, p.115
Your desire to protect him
should not cause you to lie to
people when they have a right
to know where he is and what he is doing.
22.
... desire to
retaliate.
12&12
Step Four, p.53
23.
... desire to
retaliate in kind.
12&12
Step Eight, p.80
If our sex conduct is selfish, we may excite jealousy, misery, and a strong desire to retaliate in kind.
24.
... desire to
seek and do God's will, ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.72
25.
... desire to
set right the wrong.
BB
Into Action, p.77
26.
... desire to
stop, but saw no way ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.155
He had a desperate desire
to stop, but saw no way out, for
he had earnestly tried many avenues of escape.
27.
... desire to
stop drinking.
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiv
28.
... desire to
stop drinking.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
29.
... desire to
stop drinking."
12&12
Contents (Tradition Three), p.10
30.
... desire to
stop drinking."
12&12
Tradition Three, p.139
31.
... desire to
stop drinking."
12&12
Tradition Three, p.144
32.
... desire to
stop drinking.
Grapevine
Preamble
33.
... desire to
stop drinking is of absolutely ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into a
state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail.
34.
... desire to
stop was explained.
BB
Bill's Story, p.7
35.
... desire to
stop while there is yet ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
36.
... desire to
work sixteen hours a day.
BB
To Employers, p.146
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