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


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1.
... everything.   BB p.54, We Agnostics   Go to page 54 in the Big Book
Hence, we saw that reason isn't everything.


2.
... everything!   BB p.101, Working With Others   Go to page 101 in the Big Book
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!


3.
... everything.   BB p.109, To Wives   Go to page 109 in the Big Book
He has by no means ruined everything.

4.
... everything begins to be shared with the ...   12&12 p.133, Tradition Two
Very soon, though, his assumed authority to run everything begins to be shared with the first alcoholics he has helped.

5.
... everything else.   12&12 p.43, Step Four
Suppose a person places sex desire ahead of everything else.


6.
... everything else, in God's hands.   BB p.120, To Wives   Go to page 120 in the Big Book
If a repetition is to be prevented, place the problem, along with everything else, in God's hands.


7.
... everything except liquor, but in that respect ...   BB p.21, There Is A Solution   Go to page 21 in the Big Book
He is often perfectly sensible and well balanced concerning everything except liquor, but in that respect he is incredibly dishonest and selfish.


8.
... everything, for without recovery we would have ...   BB p.143, To Employers   Go to page 143 in the Big Book
We all had to place recovery above everything, for without recovery we would have lost both home and business.

9.
... everything he says and does for his ...   12&12 p.166, Tradition Eight
The money motive compromises him and everything he says and does for his prospect.


10.
... everything I could find, and talked to ...   BB p.178, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 178 in the Big Book
I read everything I could find, and talked to everyone who I thought knew anything about it.


11.
... everything in his power to avoid disagreement ...   BB p.118, To Wives   Go to page 118 in the Big Book
If your husband is trying to live on a spiritual basis, he will also be doing everything in his power to avoid disagreement or contention.


12.
... everything in life through drinking and we ...   BB p.38, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 38 in the Big Book
We have not lost everything in life through drinking and we certainly do not intend to.


13.
... everything is distorted and exaggerated.   BB p.108, To Wives   Go to page 108 in the Big Book
Perhaps your husband has been living in that strange world of alcoholism where everything is distorted and exaggerated.


14.
... everything or else He is nothing.   BB p.53, We Agnostics   Go to page 53 in the Big Book
When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing.

15.
... everything than we need, fearing we shall ...   12&12 p.49, Step Four
We eat, drink, and grab for more of everything than we need, fearing we shall never have enough.


16.
... everything to live for!   BB xxix(xxvii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
I have everything to live for!

17.
... everything to me.   12&12 p.153, Tradition Five
I belong to a great church that means everything to me.


18.
... everything, we alcoholics must be rid of ...   BB p.62, How It Works   Go to page 62 in the Big Book
Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness.


19.
... everything, we are perhaps not well equipped ...   BB xxvii(xxv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
What with our ultra-modern standards, our scientific approach to everything, we are perhaps not well equipped to apply the powers of good that lie outside our synthetic knowledge.


20.
... everything worthwhile in life and was only ...   BB xxxi(xxix), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
He had lost everything worthwhile in life and was only living, one might say, to drink.

21.
Everything would depend upon how it was ...   12&12 p.187, Tradition Twelve
Everything would depend upon how it was channeled.


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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