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1.
... except as
my requests bore on my ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
Never was I to
pray for
myself,
except as my
requests bore on my
usefulness to others.
2.
... except by
helping others.
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
3.
... except for
a nervous disposition.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
He is an
intelligent man,
normal so far as we can
see,
except for a
nervous
disposition.
4.
... except for
our drinking, what need is ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
If we were
pretty nice
people all along,
except for our
drinking, what
need is there
for a
moral inventory
now that we are
sober?
5.
Except for
their guzzling, and the unfortunate ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
Except for their
guzzling,
and the
unfortunate results thereof, they could have no other
complications.
6.
Except in
a few rare cases, neither ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
Except in a few
rare cases, neither he nor any other
human being can
provide such
a
defense.
7.
... except in
matters affecting other groups or ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
"Each
group should be
autonomous except in
matters affecting other
groups or
A.A. as a
whole."
8.
... except in
matters affecting other groups or ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Four -- Each
group should be
autonomous except in
matters affecting other
groups or
A.A. as a
whole.
9.
... except in
the effect alcohol has upon ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
Then there are
types entirely normal in every
respect except in the
effect alcohol has upon
them.
10.
... except liquor,
but in that respect he ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
11.
... except the
sincere desire to be helpful; ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the
man who is
making
the
approach has had the same
difficulty, that he
obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his
whole deportment shouts at the new
prospect
that he is a
man with a
real answer, that he has no
attitude of
Holier Than
Thou,
nothing whatever
except the
sincere desire to be
helpful; that
there are no
fees to
pay, no
axes to
grind, no people to
please, no
lectures to be
endured -- these are the
conditions we have
found
most
effective.
12.
... except the
worship part.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
As a
matter of
fact, I still
do -- all
except the
worship part.
13.
... except when
A.A. as a whole is ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
But in
relation to us, it
means very
simply that every
A.A. group can
manage its affairs exactly as it
pleases,
except when
A.A. as a
whole is
threatened.
14.
... except when
it would injure them or ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
We
followed this up in
Step Nine by
making direct amends to those
concerned,
except when it would
injure
them or other people.
15.
... except when
to do so would injure ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
"Made
direct amends to
such people
wherever possible,
except when to do
so would
injure them or others."
16.
... except when
to do so would injure ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
9. Made
direct amends to
such people
wherever possible,
except when to do
so would
injure them or others.
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