From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... entire absence
of profit motive, and their ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The unselfishness of these men as we have come to know them, the entire absence of profit motive, and their community spirit, is indeed inspiring to one who has labored long and wearily in this alcoholic field.
2.
... entire abstinence.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
3.
... entire burden
and trouble of others find ...
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
But those of us who have tried to shoulder the entire burden and trouble of others find we are soon overcome by them.
4.
... entire company.
BB p.145,
To Employers
Only a few knew of it at first but, within a short time, it was billboarded throughout the entire company.
5.
... entire confidence
of another alcoholic in a ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly
armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours.
6.
... entire family
is, to some extent, ill."
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
7.
... entire implication
of Step Six?
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
8.
... entire product.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
He may not see at once that he
has barely scratched a
limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines
it for the rest of his life
and insists on giving away the entire product.
9.
... entire psychic
change there is very little ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
This is repeated over and
over, and unless this person can experience an
entire psychic change there is very little hope of his recovery.
10.
... entire satisfaction,
our drinking went out of ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
We thought "conditions" drove us to drink, and when we tried to correct these conditions
and found that we couldn't to our entire satisfaction, our drinking went out of hand and we became alcoholics.
11.
... entire supply
away from him to throw ...
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.
12.
... entire Twelve
Steps for the answers.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
But in the longer run we clearly realize that these
are only the pains of growing up, and nothing but good can come from them if we turn more and more to the entire Twelve Steps for the answers.
13.
... entire willingness
to approach these individuals, admitting ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
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