From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... down.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
2.
... down.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
No doubt we shall point with pride to the good lives we thought we led before the bottle cut us down.
3.
... down.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
Or, the person concerned not being present, we thought we were
helping others to understand him, when in actuality our true motive was to feel superior by pulling him
down.
4.
... down.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
5.
... down.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
6.
... down.
BB p.117,
To Wives
7.
... down.
BB p.119,
To Wives
8.
... down.
BB p.145,
To Employers
9.
... down.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
As we became subjects of
King Alcohol, shivering denizens of
his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down.
10.
... down."
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
11.
... down!
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
12.
... down a
lot.
BB p.70,
How It Works
13.
... down and
left in terrified loneliness.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
14.
... down and
out without its unique but ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
This self-insurance has
resulted in the restoration of physical, mental and spiritual health and self-respect to hundreds of men and women who would be hopelessly down and out without its unique but effective therapy."
15.
... down and
pour liquor down my throat.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
So it doesn't behoove me to squawk about it for, after
all, nobody ever had to throw me down and pour liquor down my throat.
16.
... down, and
problem drinkers -- alcoholics -- should not ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
They wanted to say that liquor should be enjoyed,
not misused; hard drinkers ought to slow down, and problem drinkers -- alcoholics -- should not drink at all.
17.
... down and
talk aloud about what we ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so
long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical.
18.
... down are
guides to progress.
BB p.60,
How It Works
19.
... down at
a table and ordered a ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
20.
... down because
you cannot put an A.A. ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
Whereupon we tried A.A. hospitals -- they all bogged down because you cannot put an A.A. group into business; too many busybody cooks spoil the broth.
21.
... down by
an early morning truck, for ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
I hardly dared cross the street, lest I collapse and be run down by an early morning truck, for it was scarcely
daylight.
22.
... down completely.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
23.
... down, especially
when our demands for attention ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
We had refused to learn
the very hard lesson that overdependence upon people is unsuccessful
because all people are fallible, and even the best of them will sometimes let us down, especially when our demands for attention become unreasonable.
24.
... down for
an undisturbed day or so ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Many of us also like the experience of an
occasional retreat
from the outside world
where we can quiet down for
an undisturbed day or so
of self-overhaul and meditation.
25.
... down for
keeps.
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
26.
... down for
the count.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
27.
... down from
our shelf we turn to ...
BB p.75,
Into Action
28.
... down good,
were about to apply to ...
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
They understood that the elders, just to nail things down good, were about to apply to the Foundation
for a charter.
29.
... down hard
on the hopelessness of the ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
30.
... down, he
began to listen while I ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
But as he calmed down, he began to listen while I tried to show him that humility was
the main key to sobriety.
31.
... down in
every man, woman, and child, ...
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.
32.
... down in
us under thick layers of ...
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.
33.
... down inside
does he think he is ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
If he says yes, does he really mean it, or down inside does he think he is fooling you, and
that after rest and treatment he will be able to get away with a few drinks now and then?
34.
... down; it's
far too vital.
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
35.
... down its
experience in a book which ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
Nevertheless, the infant Society determined to set down its experience in a book which
finally reached the public in April 1939.
36.
... down my
throat.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
So it doesn't behoove me to squawk about it for, after
all, nobody ever had to throw me down and pour liquor down my throat.
37.
... down no
rule of any sort, we ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
Though there may be justifiable exceptions, and though we
wish to lay down no rule of
any sort, we have often found this the best course to take.
38.
... down on
his head by a senseless ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He uses his gifts to build up a bright outlook for his family and himself, and then
pulls the structure
down on his head by a senseless series of sprees.
39.
... down on
his spiritual program.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
40.
... down on
our loved ones -- these things ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
The alarming physical
and mental symptoms, the
deepening pall of remorse, depression and
inferiority that settled down on our loved ones -- these things terrified and distracted us.
41.
... down on
paper and looked at it.
BB p.69,
How It Works
42.
... down on
the table and forthwith went ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It was the day before Mother's Day and I had come home plastered, carrying a big potted plant which I set down on the table and forthwith went upstairs and passed out.
43.
... down ranting
how irresponsible and tightwad my ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
Looking at this avalanche of mail one morning at the office, I paced up and down ranting how irresponsible and tightwad my fellow members were.
44.
... down the
debit side of the day's ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
As we glance down the debit side of the day's ledger, we should carefully examine our motives in each thought or act that appears to be wrong.
45.
... down the
line.
BB p.149,
To Employers
Even if you feel your organization has no alcoholic problem, it
might pay to take another look down the line.
46.
Down the
lobby a door opened into ...
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
47.
... down the
lobby to the church directory.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
48.
... down the
patient's inner resistance so that ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
I now conceive the psychiatrist's job to be
the task of breaking down the patient's inner resistance so that
which is inside him will flower, as under the activity of the A.A. program."
49.
... down the
scale we have gone, we ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
50.
... down the
structures of business, romance, friendship, ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
But the head of the house has
spent years in pulling down the structures of business,
romance, friendship,
health -- these things are
now ruined or damaged.
51.
... down the
wastepipe.
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If he can afford it, he may have liquor concealed all over his house to be certain no one gets his entire supply away from him to throw down the wastepipe.
52.
... down tight.(*)
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
Understand he was once a
well-known lawyer in town, but just now we've got him strapped down tight.(*)
53.
... down to
an alcoholic from any moral ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection.
54.
... down to
causes and conditions.
BB p.64,
How It Works
55.
... down to
fundamentals.
BB p.120,
To Wives
56.
... down to
our right size.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
57.
... down to
this: No man should be ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
58.
... down which
they may wander and lose ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
59.
... down with
a bang.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
60.
... down with
some member of the family ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
After coming from our first meeting, or perhaps after we have finished reading the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," we usually want to sit down with some member of the family and readily admit the damage we have done by our drinking.
61.
... down with
the family and frankly analyze ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
We ought to sit down with the family and frankly analyze the past as we now see it, being very careful not to criticize them.
62.
... down within
us.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
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