From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... especially alcoholics.
BB p.119,
To Wives
Still another difficulty is that you may become jealous of the attention he bestows on
other people, especially alcoholics.
2.
... especially asking
that it be divorced from ...
BB p.86,
Into Action
Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives.
3.
... especially discussing
our defects with another person.
BB p.72,
Into Action
4.
... especially for
freedom from self-will, and are ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no request for ourselves
only.
5.
... especially for
us.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
But we do have to soberly face the fact that being in the public eye is hazardous, especially for us.
6.
... especially if
he is an alcoholic of ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
To one who feels he is an atheist or agnostic such an experience seems impossible, but to
continue as he is means
disaster, especially if he
is an alcoholic of the hopeless variety.
7.
... especially if
he is married to a ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
A man so involved often feels very remorseful at times, especially if he is married to a loyal and courageous girl who has literally gone through hell for him.
8.
... especially in
his lack of control.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
9.
... especially necessary
to us alcoholics.
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
10.
... especially should
be able to see that ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
Alcoholics especially
should be able to see that instinct run wild in themselves is the
underlying cause of
their destructive drinking.
11.
... especially stupid
and stubborn about them.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
12.
... especially those
where people or new events ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
The quick inventory is
aimed at our daily ups and downs, especially those where people or new events throw us off balance and tempt us to make mistakes.
13.
... especially to
your husband.
BB p.117,
To Wives
14.
... especially true
if he has, in fact, ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
15.
... especially virtuous
as I thought of all ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
I felt especially virtuous as I thought of
all the ex-drunks who wouldn't
even send the Foundation a dollar apiece, and here I was gladly making a five-dollar investment to fix a hangover.
16.
Especially when
he has before him a ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
Especially when he has before him a way to stop his drinking and abuse if he really wants to pay the price.
17.
... especially when
our demands for attention become ...
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.
18.
... especially when
we mention God, for we ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
But his face falls when we speak of spiritual matters, especially when we mention God, for we have re-opened a subject which our man thought he had neatly evaded or entirely ignored.
19.
... especially when
we remembered in what poor ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
But the prospect of actually visiting or even writing the people concerned now overwhelmed us, especially when we remembered
in what poor favor we stood with most of them.
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