From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... either.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
2.
... either.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
Our growth made it plain that we couldn't be a secret society, but it was
equally plain that we
couldn't be a vaudeville circuit, either.
3.
... either."
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
Show any longshoreman a Sunday
supplement describing a proposal
to explore the moon by means of a rocket and he will say, "I bet they do it -- maybe not so long either."
4.
... either by
a rule of iron or ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
What happens when we try to
dominate the whole family, either by a rule of iron or by a constant outpouring of
minute directions for
just how their lives should
be lived from hour to hour?
5.
... either case
certain family problems will arise.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
6.
... either case,
the group now has a ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
In either case, the group now has a so-called rotating committee, very sharply limited in its authority.
7.
... either family.
BB p.79,
Into Action
We thought he ought to be
willing to do that if necessary, but if he were in jail he could provide nothing for either family.
8.
... either flee
or die, and he is ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
9.
... either God
is everything or else He ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
When we became alcoholics, crushed by a
self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to
fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing.
10.
... either is,
or He isn't.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
God either is, or He isn't.
11.
... either of
width or height.
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
12.
... either physical
or financial.
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
13.
... either plunge
into a frantic attempt to ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
He may either plunge into a
frantic attempt to get on his feet in business, or he may be so enthralled by his new life that he talks or thinks of little else.
14.
... either removed
your husband's liquor problem or ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
15.
... either through
with liquor, or he is ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
16.
... either to
smile and say, "This is ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
Next time you and he have a heated discussion, no matter what the subject, it should be the privilege of either to smile and say, "This is getting serious.
17.
Either we
had tried to play God ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
Either we had tried to play God and dominate those about us, or
we had insisted on being
overdependent upon
them.
18.
Either we
insist upon dominating the people ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
19.
Either we
were shy, and dared not ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Either we were shy, and dared not draw near others, or we were apt to be noisy good fellows craving attention and companionship, but never getting it -- at least to our way of thinking.
20.
... either will
be likely to rise up ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
They need to be as sure as possible that no deep-lying emotional handicap in
either will be likely to rise up under later pressures to cripple them.
21.
... either with
alcohol or without it.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
22.
... either without
despair or pride?
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
23.
Either you
are dealing with a man ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
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