From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... different.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
He was inexplicably different.
2.
... different about
her husband already.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
His wife came, scarcely daring to be hopeful, though she thought she saw something different about
her husband already.
3.
... different; and
so we were sold on ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
Of course we finally did
experiment, and when unexpected results followed, we felt different; in fact we knew different; and so we were sold on meditation and prayer.
4.
... different angle.
BB p.66,
How It Works
5.
... different basis
of life, he will never ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
6.
... different basis;
the basis of trusting and ...
BB p.68,
How It Works
7.
... different conditions,
the same thing is taking ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
8.
... different footing.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
He was on a different footing.
9.
... different forms.
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening"
are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about
recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms.
10.
... different from
his fellows.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
11.
... different from
ours.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
12.
... different from
what others had done or ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
The question which might naturally come into your mind would be: "what did the man
do or say that was different
from what others had done or
said?"
13.
... different; in
fact we knew different; and ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
Of course we finally did
experiment, and when unexpected results followed, we felt different; in fact we knew different; and so we were sold on meditation and prayer.
14.
... different lifestyles,
just as the program has ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
The basic principles of
the A.A. program, it appears, hold good for individuals with
many different lifestyles, just as the program has brought recovery to those of many different nationalities.
15.
... different light.
BB p.116,
To Wives
16.
... different man.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
17.
... different matter.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
18.
... different nationalities.
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
The basic principles of
the A.A. program, it appears, hold good for individuals with
many different lifestyles, just as the program has brought recovery to those of many different nationalities.
19.
... different occasion,
and in sharp contrast with ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
This will be a very different occasion, and in sharp contrast with those hangover mornings when we alternated between reviling ourselves and
blaming the family (and
everyone else) for our troubles.
20.
... different snag.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
21.
... different tack.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
22.
... different, that
his character defects are probably ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
They comfort the melancholy one by first showing him that his case is not strange or different, that his character
defects are probably
not more numerous or worse than those of anyone else in A.A.
23.
... different voice.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
24.
... different we
were from one another; they ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
The doctors weren't trying to find how different we were from one another; they sought to find whatever personality traits, if
any, this group of alcoholics had in common.
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