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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... everyone?   12&12 p.156, Tradition Six
So why shouldn't we share our way of life with everyone?


2.
... everyone.   BB p.39, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 39 in the Big Book
He has so attractive a personality that he makes friends with everyone.


3.
Everyone became resigned to the certainty that ...   BB p.8, Bill's Story   Go to page 8 in the Big Book
Everyone became resigned to the certainty that I would have to be shut up somewhere, or would stumble along to a miserable end.


4.
... everyone bound by ties of blood or ...   BB p.104, To Wives   Go to page 104 in the Big Book
What they say will apply to nearly everyone bound by ties of blood or affection to an alcoholic.

5.
... everyone else's, but when an honest effort ...   12&12 p.114, Step Twelve
Our basic troubles are the same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made "to practice these principles in all our affairs," well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.

6.
... everyone else) for our troubles.   12&12 p.84, Step Nine
This will be a very different occasion, and in sharp contrast with those hangover mornings when we alternated between reviling ourselves and blaming the family (and everyone else) for our troubles.

7.
... everyone here when I say that what ...   12&12 p.137, Tradition Two
But I think I speak for everyone here when I say that what you now propose bothers us an awful lot more.'


8.
... everyone in that town has had his ...   BB p.164, A Vision For You   Go to page 163 in the Big Book
When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity to recover -- if he can and will.


9.
... everyone in the world but his family?   BB p.128, The Family Afterward   Go to page 128 in the Big Book
If he means to right his past wrongs, why all this concern for everyone in the world but his family?


10.
... everyone interested in a spiritual way of ...   BB p.160, A Vision For You   Go to page 159 in the Big Book
In addition to these casual get-togethers, it became customary to set apart one night a week for a meeting to be attended by anyone or everyone interested in a spiritual way of life.


11.
... everyone is talking about conditions at your ...   BB p.114, To Wives   Go to page 114 in the Big Book
You draw more and more into yourself and you think everyone is talking about conditions at your home.


12.
Everyone knows about the others' alcoholic troubles.   BB p.125, The Family Afterward   Go to page 125 in the Big Book
Everyone knows about the others' alcoholic troubles.


13.
... everyone knows the reason.   BB p.51, We Agnostics   Go to page 51 in the Big Book
Almost everyone knows the reason.


14.
... everyone should have a clear understanding of ...   BB p.112, To Wives   Go to page 112 in the Big Book
You think he ought to know the subject better, as everyone should have a clear understanding of the risk he takes if he drinks too much.


15.
Everyone spent in thousands and chattered in ...   BB p.3, Bill's Story   Go to page 3 in the Big Book
Everyone spent in thousands and chattered in millions.


16.
... everyone, that A.A.'s message could be transmitted ...   BB xviii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
New groups started up and it was found, to the astonishment of everyone, that A.A.'s message could be transmitted in the mail as well as by word of mouth.


17.
... everyone the first 100 members could have ...   BB xxiv, Foreword to Fourth Edition   Display entire Foreword to Fourth Edition
The stories added to this edition represent a membership whose characteristics -- of age, gender, race, and culture -- have widened and have deepened to encompass virtually everyone the first 100 members could have hoped to reach.


18.
... everyone, this conclusion is erroneous.   BB p.567(569), Appendix II, Spiritual Experience   Display entire Appendix II
Happily for everyone, this conclusion is erroneous.


19.
... everyone to better understand the alcoholic.   BB xiii, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
We think this account of our experiences will help everyone to better understand the alcoholic.


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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