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... effect.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
But it was by no means sure
that such great numbers of
yet erratic people could live and work together with harmony and
good effect.
2.
... effect.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
A man may criticize or laugh at himself and it will affect others favorably,
but criticism or ridicule coming from
another often produces the contrary effect.
3.
... effect.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
His alcoholic problem
was so complex, and his depression so great, that
we felt his only hope would be
through what we then called "moral psychology," and we doubted if even that would have any effect.
4.
... effect a
contact with Him.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
Our own conception,
however inadequate, was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him.
5.
... effect alcohol
has upon them.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
6.
... effect, been
raised from the dead, suddenly ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
Then he had, in effect, been raised from the dead, suddenly taken from the scrap heap to a level of life better than the best he had
ever known!
7.
... effect everywhere,
nobody could have possibly joined ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
If all those rules had been in effect everywhere, nobody could have possibly
joined A.A. at all, so great was the sum of our anxiety and fear.
8.
... effect on
a man's family is sure ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
9.
... effect on
him, too.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
When an A.A. talks for money, whether at a meeting
or to a single newcomer,
it can have a very bad effect
on him, too.
10.
... effect, our
A.A.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
11.
... effect, our
A.A. General Service Committee.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
12.
... effect our
first conscious relation with God ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with
God as we understood Him.
13.
... effect produced
by alcohol.
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
14.
... effect, sometimes
a very great one, was ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
This was only a beginning, though if honestly and humbly made,
an effect, sometimes a very great one, was felt at once.
15.
... effect that
an alcoholic mentality, such as ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
They piled on me heaps of evidence to the effect that
an alcoholic mentality, such as I had exhibited in Washington, was a hopeless condition.
16.
... effect that
experience is the thing of ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
Henry Ford once made a wise remark to the effect that experience is the
thing of supreme value in
life.
17.
... effect that
the doctor agreed to a ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
And with such good effect that
the doctor agreed to a test among his patients and
certain other alcoholics from a clinic
which he attends.
18.
... effect unless
at once followed by a ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by
a strenuous effort to
face, and to be rid of, the
things in ourselves which had been blocking us.
19.
... effect was
electric.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
These were revolutionary and drastic proposals, but
the moment I fully accepted them, the effect was
electric.
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