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1.
... even a
benevolent association that had no ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.172
2.
... even a
first-rater in the heartbreaking struggle ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.122
3.
... even a
glass of beer do not ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
4.
... even a
glimpse of God's will, the ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.105
5.
... even a
nodding acquaintance with humility as ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.70
6.
... even a
recluse who denies himself both ...
12&12
Step Four, p.43
7.
... even a
small degree the assurance of ...
12&12
Step Two, p.28
He cannot
attain in
even a
small degree the
assurance of the
believer,
the
agnostic, or the
atheist.
8.
... even a
week or a month ago.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
9.
... even a
willingness to believe in a ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.46
10.
... even a
worthy one.
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.176
11.
Even A.A.
oldtimers, sober for years, often ...
12&12
Step Five, p.56
12.
... even against
organized religion.
BB
We Agnostics, p.49
13.
... even alcohol.
BB
Into Action, p.84
14.
... even alive,
unless he passes on to ...
12&12
Tradition Two, pp.132-133
Alone now, he
reflects that he may not be
able to
stay sober, or
even alive,
unless he
passes on to
other alcoholics what was so
freely given him.
15.
Even among
those who occasionally land back ...
BB
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
16.
... even Bacchus
boomeranged on us; we were ...
12&12
Step Five, p.57
17.
... even beer,
he might as well be ...
BB
To Employers, p.142
18.
Even before
our drinking got bad and ...
12&12
Step Five, p.57
19.
... even begin
to suspect it had never ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.119
They may
even begin to
suspect it had
never been
any good in the
first place.
20.
... even blinder
than he.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.109
21.
... even calamity
turned to good use by ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
22.
... even casual
reference to spiritual things made ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.48
23.
... even come
close to a solution.
12&12
Step Two, p.27
In this
respect they are
certainly a
power greater than you, who have not
even come close to a
solution.
24.
... even come
to mind.
BB
Bill's Story, p.5
It hadn't
even come to
mind.
25.
... even converted
to good use for others.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.123
26.
... even cowardly.
BB
We Agnostics, pp.45-46
27.
... even dangerously
anti-social.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.21
28.
... even do
the cause of temperate drinking ...
BB
Working With Others, p.103
29.
... even dreamed.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.25
We have
found much of
heaven and we have been
rocketed into a
fourth dimension of
existence of
which we had not
even dreamed.
30.
... even dreamed.
12&12
Step Twelve, pp.109-110
31.
... even fewer
alcoholic lapses or emotional binges ...
12&12
Step Three, p.38
32.
... even for
our work, shocked us.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.184
The
bare hint of
publicity,
even for our
work,
shocked us.
33.
... even for
those of us who feel ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.110
There are
many opportunities even for
those of us who
feel unable to
speak at
meetings or who are so
situated that we cannot do
much
face-to-
face Twelfth Step work.
34.
... even further.
12&12
Step Five, p.56
35.
... even further
than this.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.105
Occasionally we
go even further than this.
36.
... even got
tight ourselves -- the drunk to ...
BB
To Wives, p.106
37.
Even greater
furors were provoked when A.A. ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.167
38.
... even greater
service to alcoholic sufferers and ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.34
39.
... even had
to coin a couple of ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
They
even had to
coin a
couple of
sentences which
still go into
half the
letters they
write: "Of
course, you are at
perfect liberty to
handle this
matter any way you
please.
40.
... even happy
under these conditions.
BB
To Wives, p.111
41.
... even highly
resentful that Alcoholics Anonymous has ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.118
42.
Even if
he displays a certain amount ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.129
43.
... even if
he would.
BB
We Agnostics, p.57
Seemingly he could not
drink even if he would.
44.
... even if
I could."
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.43
I would not
go back to it
even if I could."
45.
... even if
I should do some drinking.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
Therefore it would
make no great difference,
even if I should
do some
drinking.
46.
... even if
it be only a matter ...
BB
To Employers, p.141
He
wants to
quit drinking and you
want to
help him,
even if it be only a
matter of
good business.
47.
... even if
it means the loss of ...
BB
To Employers, p.146
If he is, and is
still trying
to
recover, he
will tell you about it
even if it
means the
loss of his
job.
48.
... even if
they did not love their ...
BB
To Wives, p.107
And
even if they did not
love
their
families, how could they be so
blind about
themselves?
49.
... even if
they failed us, we could ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.116
And
even if they
failed us, we
could be
understanding and not too
seriously affected.
50.
Even if
you feel your organization has ...
BB
To Employers, p.149
51.
... even imperative.
BB
To Employers, pp.142-143
52.
... even impossible.
12&12
Step Three, p.35
53.
... even in
his best moments, a producer ...
BB
How It Works, p.61
54.
... even in
our service centers.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
55.
... even in
part, we drank for oblivion.
12&12
Step Seven, p.71
When we were
frustrated,
even in
part, we
drank for
oblivion.
56.
Even in
the present century, American newspapers ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.51
57.
... even in
the worst of us, to ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.98
We
will want the
good that is in us all,
even in the
worst of us, to
flower and to
grow.
58.
... even in
their Sunday best.
12&12
Step Two, p.30
59.
... even in
these cases, we may need ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
But
even in these
cases, we may
need to
use a
little more discretion than we did with the
family.
60.
... even in
this type of beginning we ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.37
61.
... even in
those cases where such a ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.86
62.
Even inside
A.A. we found it imperative ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.157
63.
... even know
how to begin?
12&12
Step Eleven, pp.98-99
But what about the
rest of us who,
less fortunate, don't
even know how to
begin?
64.
... even made
a little money.
BB
Bill's Story, p.7
65.
... even modest
and self-sacrificing.
BB
How It Works, p.61
66.
... even more
at ease.
12&12
Step Five, p.62
67.
... even more
comfortable and secure.
12&12
Step Three, p.36
Not only are we
more independent, we are
even more comfortable and
secure.
68.
... even more
dangerous ground when we cry, ...
12&12
Step Six, p.66
69.
Even more
important, an empty club couldn't ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.167
70.
... even more
unapproachable than do the psychiatrist ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.18
71.
... even need
medical attention.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.21
72.
... even of
their sleeping moments, and the ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
73.
... even once,
you will have to decide ...
BB
To Employers, p.147
In
case he does
stumble,
even once, you
will have to
decide whether to
let him
go.
74.
... even one
publicly got drunk, or was ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.187
75.
... even our
enemies, for we look on ...
BB
How It Works, p.70
76.
Even our
Foundation, once an independent board, ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.175
77.
Even our
severest and most justified critics ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
78.
... even plain
ordinary whoopee parties.
BB
Working With Others, p.101
79.
... even prayed
rightly.
12&12
Step Two, p.32
We had not
even prayed rightly.
80.
... even purpose.
12&12
Step Nine, p.85
81.
... even quite
a lot superior?
12&12
Step Six, p.66
82.
... even rewrite
school and medical textbooks.
12&12
Tradition Six, p.155
83.
... even sacrificed
good stories to this end.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.183
They have
even sacrificed
good stories to this
end.
84.
... even send
the Foundation a dollar apiece, ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.162
85.
Even so
has God restored us all ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.57
Even so has
God restored us all to our
right
minds.
86.
Even so,
when making specific requests, it ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.102
Even so, when
making specific requests, it
will be
well to
add to
each one of them this
qualification: "...if it be
Thy will."
87.
... even sworn
off.
BB
Into Action, p.85
We have not
even sworn off.
88.
... even that
hadn't been enough.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.164
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.
89.
... even that
would have any effect.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
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.
90.
... even the
ash container.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
91.
... even the
best, fall far short of ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
92.
... even the
best of them will sometimes ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.115
93.
Even the
charitably disposed described them as ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.168
94.
Even the
chief architect, standing in the ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.149
Even the
chief architect,
standing in the
ruins of his
dream, could
laugh at
himself -- and that is
the
very acme of
humility.
95.
... even the
death of one.
12&12
Tradition One, p.131
And this they did
find, in
measure to
transcend all
the
defects of their
frail
craft,
every test of
uncertainty,
pain,
fear, and
despair, and
even the
death of
one.
96.
... even the
evolutionists, suggested vast laws and ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.10
97.
... even the
ladies they sometimes brought home ...
BB
To Wives, p.106
98.
... even the
militant atheist.
12&12
Step Two, p.28
99.
Even the
newest of newcomers finds undreamed ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.109
100.
... even the
smallest, is all that is ...
12&12
Step Three, p.35
We can
further add that a
beginning,
even the
smallest, is all that is
needed.
101.
Even the
suggestion of such a thing ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.169
102.
... even the
world itself -- into protective parents.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.115
103.
... even their
best friends of the very ...
12&12
Step Five, p.56
104.
Even then
it was hard to find ...
12&12
Foreword, p.17
105.
Even then
the best of us will ...
12&12
Step Six, p.66
Even then the
best of us
will discover to our
dismay that there is
always a
sticking point, a
point at which we
say, "
No, I can't
give this
up yet."
106.
... even then
was no mere habit, that ...
12&12
Step One, p.23
107.
... even there
an Eskimo might turn up ...
BB
Working With Others, p.101
His only
chance for
sobriety would be some
place
like the
Greenland Ice Cap, and
even there an
Eskimo might
turn up with a
bottle of
scotch and
ruin everything!
108.
Even these
"last-gaspers" often had difficulty in ...
12&12
Step One, p.22
109.
... even these
people, if they construct a ...
12&12
Step Six, p.68
But
even these
people, if they
construct a
list of
still milder defects,
will be
obliged to
admit that they
prefer to
hang on to some of
them.
110.
Even this
minimum of faith will be ...
12&12
Step Two, p.27
111.
... even those
who had faith already often ...
12&12
Step Five, p.62
112.
... even those
who may be only a ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.85
As
soon as we
begin to
feel confident in our
new way of
life and have
begun, by our
behavior and
example, to
convince those about us that
we are
indeed changing for
the
better, it is
usually
safe to
talk in
complete frankness with
those who have been
seriously
affected,
even those who may be only a
little
or not at all
aware of what we have
done to them.
113.
... even though
fully prepared, would turn and ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
114.
... even though
he continues to drink, the ...
BB
Working With Others, p.97
115.
... even though
he does not go for ...
BB
To Employers, p.144
That won't
hurt him a
bit,
even though he does not
go for this
remedy.
116.
... even though
he is sober, that after ...
12&12
Step Three, p.39
117.
... even though
it was impossible for any ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.46
118.
... even though
our motives are good.
BB
How It Works, p.60
119.
... even though
such disclosures were painful and ...
12&12
Step Four, p.47
First of all, we had to
admit
that we had
many of these
defects,
even though such disclosures were
painful
and
humiliating.
120.
... even though
we had been surrounded by ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.116
121.
... even though
we had no resentment in ...
BB
How It Works, p.68
We
put them on
paper,
even though we had
no resentment in
connection with them.
122.
... even though
we would have liked to.
BB
How It Works, p.62
Many of us had
moral and
philosophical convictions galore, but we
could not
live up to them
even though we would have
liked to.
123.
Even though
your husband becomes unbearable and ...
BB
To Wives, p.111
Even though your
husband becomes unbearable and you have to
leave him
temporarily, you
should, if you can,
go without
rancor.
124.
Even though
your protégé may not have ...
BB
Working With Others, p.92
125.
... even through
the day, though I was ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
126.
... even to
begin.
12&12
Step Four, p.47
127.
... even to
love him.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.109
He does not
expect his
brother sufferer to
pay him, or
even to
love him.
128.
... even to
ourselves?
12&12
Step Five, p.59
How could we be
certain that we had
made a
true catalog of our
defects and
had
really admitted them,
even to
ourselves?
129.
... even two
cars in the garage, began ...
12&12
Step One, p.23
130.
... even under
pressure and difficulty.
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
131.
... even unjust,
new lessons for living were ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.105
132.
... even want
to try.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.153
I don't
even want to
try.
133.
Even when
he wanted to assert himself ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.130
Even when he
wanted to
assert himself he could not,
for his
drinking placed
him
constantly in the
wrong.
134.
... even when
he wants to.
BB
To Wives, p.109
Two: Your
husband is
showing lack of
control, for he is
unable to
stay on the
water wagon even when he
wants to.
135.
Even when
our fortunes had not ebbed ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.116
136.
... even when
trying to be kind?
BB
How It Works, p.61
Is he not
really a
self-
seeker even when
trying to be
kind?
137.
... even when
we believed that God existed.
12&12
Step Seven, p.72
This was
true even when we
believed that
God existed.
138.
Even when
we have tried hard and ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.93
Even when we have
tried hard and
failed, we may
chalk that
up as
one of the
greatest credits of all.
139.
Even when
we were well reestablished in ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.121
140.
Even when
you understand the malady better, ...
BB
To Employers, p.139
141.
Even when
you've found the person, it ...
12&12
Step Five, p.61
142.
... even while
staying within conventional bounds, many ...
12&12
Step Six, p.67
143.
... even willing
to believe, that there is ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.47
"Do I
now believe, or am I
even willing to
believe, that there is a
Power
greater than
myself?"
144.
... even with
your own parents.
BB
To Wives, pp.114-115
You
avoid the
subject of
drinking,
even with your
own parents.
145.
... even worse
stigmatized than alcoholism, you may ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.142
"But," he
asked, "
will you
let me
join your
group? Since I am the
victim of
another addiction even worse stigmatized than
alcoholism, you may not
want
me
among you. Or
will you?"
146.
... even worshiped
science.
12&12
Step Two, p.26
147.
... even writing
the people concerned now overwhelmed ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.79
148.
... even your
crimes -- we still can't deny ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.139
No matter who you are,
no matter how
low you've
gone,
no matter how
grave your
emotional complications --
even your
crimes -- we
still can't
deny you
A.A.
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