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1.
... enough.   12&12 p.27, Step Two
Even this minimum of faith will be enough.

2.
... enough.   12&12 p.29, Step Two
We became convinced that such simple rules of fair play and decency would be enough.

3.
... enough.   12&12 p.49, Step Four
We eat, drink, and grab for more of everything than we need, fearing we shall never have enough.

4.
... enough.   12&12 p.59, Step Five
Hence it was most evident that a solitary self-appraisal, and the admission of our defects based upon that alone, wouldn't be nearly enough.

5.
... enough."   12&12 p.97, Step Eleven
It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at prayer are those who never tried it enough."

6.
... enough.   12&12 p.108, Step Twelve
Looking at Step Five, we decided that an inventory, taken alone, wouldn't be enough.

7.
... enough.   12&12 p.137, Tradition Two
Sure, Charlie's idea is good, but it isn't good enough.

8.
... enough.   12&12 p.164, Tradition Seven
The Foundation was really hard up just then; the groups weren't sending in enough for the support of the office; we had been tossing in all the book income and even that hadn't been enough.


9.
... enough.   BB p.12, Bill's Story   Go to page 12 in the Big Book
Thus was I convinced that God is concerned with us humans when we want Him enough.


10.
... enough.   BB p.68, How It Works   Go to page 68 in the Big Book
Self-reliance was good as far as it went, but it didn't go far enough.


11.
... enough.   BB p.82, Into Action   Go to page 82 in the Big Book
We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough.


12.
... enough.   BB p.97, Working With Others   Go to page 97 in the Big Book
A kindly act once in a while isn't enough.


13.
... enough.   BB xxix(xxvii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Although he gives all that is in him, it often is not enough.


14.
... enough.   BB p.176, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 176 in the Big Book
I used to put eight or twelve ounce bottles of alcohol in a fur lined glove and toss it onto the back airing porch when winter days got dark enough.


15.
... enough about your drinking habits, symptoms, and ...   BB p.91, Working With Others   Go to page 91 in the Big Book
Tell him enough about your drinking habits, symptoms, and experiences to encourage him to speak of himself.

16.
... enough acquainted to know that their compatibility ...   12&12 p.119, Step Twelve
The prospective partners need to be solid A.A.'s and long enough acquainted to know that their compatibility at spiritual, mental, and emotional levels is a fact and not wishful thinking.


17.
... enough and long enough to drink like ...   BB p.31, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 31 in the Big Book
Heaven knows, we have tried hard enough and long enough to drink like other people!


18.
... enough desire to stop while there is ...   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.

19.
... enough, Ed proceeded to stay sober.   12&12 p.143, Tradition Three
Distressingly enough, Ed proceeded to stay sober.

20.
... enough for any alcoholic.   12&12 p.37, Step Three
One good look in the mirror ought to be answer enough for any alcoholic.

21.
... enough for the support of the office; ...   12&12 p.164, Tradition Seven
The Foundation was really hard up just then; the groups weren't sending in enough for the support of the office; we had been tossing in all the book income and even that hadn't been enough.

22.
... enough for us.   12&12 p.29, Step Two
The here and now was good enough for us.


23.
... enough gin concealed about the house to ...   BB p.8, Bill's Story   Go to page 8 in the Big Book
With a certain satisfaction I reflected there was enough gin concealed about the house to carry me through that night and the next day.

24.
... enough grace to restore us to sanity.   12&12 p.32, Step Two
Therefore we remained self-deceived, and so incapable of receiving enough grace to restore us to sanity.


25.
... enough, he is often difficult to deal ...   BB p.110, To Wives   Go to page 110 in the Big Book
Oddly enough, he is often difficult to deal with.

26.
... enough, he thinks, to admit alcohol has ...   12&12 p.25, Step Two
It's bad enough, he thinks, to admit alcohol has him down for keeps.


27.
... enough in admitting these things to ourselves.   BB p.72, Into Action   Go to page 72 in the Big Book
We think we have done well enough in admitting these things to ourselves.

28.
... enough, it is a bone-crushing juggernaut whose ...   12&12 p.37, Step Three
Plainly enough, it is a bone-crushing juggernaut whose final achievement is ruin.


29.
... enough never to go to the hospital ...   BB p.176, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 176 in the Big Book
During the subsequent fifteen years I had sense enough never to go to the hospital if I had been drinking, and very seldom did I receive patients.


30.
... enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in ...   BB p.73, Into Action   Go to page 73 in the Big Book
But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all their life story.


31.
... enough of it, or that it isn't ...   BB p.69, How It Works   Go to page 69 in the Big Book
They think we do not have enough of it, or that it isn't the right kind.

32.
... enough of what we thought we wanted.   12&12 p.71, Step Seven
Never was there enough of what we thought we wanted.

33.
... enough, people who had money thought otherwise.   12&12 p.160, Tradition Seven
But oddly enough, people who had money thought otherwise.

34.
... enough, self-righteously imposes its will upon the ...   12&12 p.37, Step Three
Every such pressure group, if it is strong enough, self-righteously imposes its will upon the rest.

35.
... enough to accept employment with outside agencies ...   12&12 p.168, Tradition Eight
No individuals have been more buffeted by such emotional gusts than those A.A.'s bold enough to accept employment with outside agencies dealing with the alcohol problem.


36.
... enough to accept with eagerness what you ...   BB p.96, Working With Others   Go to page 96 in the Big Book
You are sure to find someone desperate enough to accept with eagerness what you offer.


37.
... enough to be so situated that they ...   BB p.19, There Is A Solution   Go to page 19 in the Big Book
A few are fortunate enough to be so situated that they can give nearly all their time to the work.


38.
... enough to beat the game alone, that ...   BB p.181, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 181 in the Big Book
If you still think you are strong enough to beat the game alone, that is your affair.


39.
... enough to continue.   BB p.113, To Wives   Go to page 113 in the Big Book
Then perhaps he will be interested enough to continue.


40.
... enough to drink like other people!   BB p.31, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 31 in the Big Book
Heaven knows, we have tried hard enough and long enough to drink like other people!


41.
... enough to earn money, I would run ...   BB p.176, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 175 in the Big Book
Not being a man of means, I knew that if I did not stay sober enough to earn money, I would run out of liquor.


42.
... enough to enlarge upon his views in ...   BB xxvi(xxiv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
The physician who, at our request, gave us this letter, has been kind enough to enlarge upon his views in another statement which follows.


43.
... enough to gradually impair him physically and ...   BB p.20, There Is A Solution   Go to page 20 in the Big Book
He may have the habit badly enough to gradually impair him physically and mentally.


44.
... enough to have a home.   BB p.98, Working With Others   Go to page 98 in the Big Book
That is, if he is lucky enough to have a home.

45.
... enough to murder, lustful enough to rape, ...   12&12 p.66, Step Six
No one wants to be angry enough to murder, lustful enough to rape, gluttonous enough to ruin his health.

46.
... enough to rape, gluttonous enough to ruin ...   12&12 p.66, Step Six
No one wants to be angry enough to murder, lustful enough to rape, gluttonous enough to ruin his health.

47.
... enough to ruin his health.   12&12 p.66, Step Six
No one wants to be angry enough to murder, lustful enough to rape, gluttonous enough to ruin his health.


48.
... enough to try.   BB p.28, There Is A Solution   Go to page 28 in the Big Book
If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we may form a relationship upon simple and understandable terms as soon as we are willing and honest enough to try.

49.
... enough under its weight to be willing ...   12&12 p.38, Step Three
Each of us has had his own near-fatal encounter with the juggernaut of self-will, and has suffered enough under its weight to be willing to look for something better.

50.
... enough, we A.A.'s find we need something ...   12&12 p.92, Step Ten
Although these attitudes are common enough, we A.A.'s find we need something much better in order to keep our balance.


51.
... enough, we find such convictions no great ...   BB p.29, There Is A Solution   Go to page 28 in the Big Book
Surprisingly enough, we find such convictions no great obstacle to a spiritual experience.

52.
... enough when in confidence we had admitted ...   12&12 p.78, Step Eight
It had been embarrassing enough when in confidence we had admitted these things to God, to ourselves, and to another human being.

53.
... enough willingness and honesty to try repeatedly ...   12&12 p.63, Step Six
He goes on to explain that any person capable of enough willingness and honesty to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.


54.
... enough willingness, honesty and humility to establish ...   BB p.13, Bill's Story   Go to page 13 in the Big Book
Belief in the power of God, plus enough willingness, honesty and humility to establish and maintain the new order of things, were the essential requirements.


55.
... enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually ...   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
Strangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.


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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