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DIFFICULTY   occurs   13 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... difficulty.   12&12 p.142, Tradition Three
Never did he trouble anyone with his other difficulty.


2.
... difficulty.   BB p.15, Bill's Story   Go to page 15 in the Big Book
The joy of living we really have, even under pressure and difficulty.


3.
... difficulty arises with agnostics.   BB p.45, We Agnostics   Go to page 45 in the Big Book
Here difficulty arises with agnostics.


4.
... difficulty in casting aside such feelings.   BB p.48, We Agnostics   Go to page 48 in the Big Book
Though some of us resisted, we found no great difficulty in casting aside such feelings.

5.
... difficulty in realizing how hopeless they actually ...   12&12 p.22, Step One
Even these "last-gaspers" often had difficulty in realizing how hopeless they actually were.


6.
... difficulty is that few alcoholics have enough ...   BB p.32, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 32 in the Big Book
But the difficulty is that few alcoholics have enough desire to stop while there is yet time.


7.
... difficulty is that you may become jealous ...   BB p.119, To Wives   Go to page 119 in the Big Book
Still another difficulty is that you may become jealous of the attention he bestows on other people, especially alcoholics.

8.
... difficulty is this: what comes to us ...   12&12 p.60, Step Five
The second difficulty is this: what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking.


9.
... difficulty lasted long.   BB p.134, The Family Afterward   Go to page 134 in the Big Book
We do not know of many cases where this difficulty lasted long.

10.
... difficulty or defect?   12&12 p.64, Step Six
Having been granted a perfect release from alcoholism, why then shouldn't we be able to achieve by the same means a perfect release from every other difficulty or defect?


11.
... difficulty, re-reading chapters two and three, where ...   BB p.140, To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
If this presents difficulty, re-reading chapters two and three, where the alcoholic sickness is discussed at length might be worth while.


12.
... difficulty, that he obviously knows what he ...   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
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.


13.
... difficulty with the spirituality of the program.   BB p.568(570), Appendix II, Spiritual Experience   Display entire Appendix II
We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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