From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... except as
my requests bore on my ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
2.
... except at
the State liquor agency where ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
No beer or liquor was sold in the neighborhood, except at
the State liquor agency where perhaps one might procure a pint if he could convince the
agent that he really needed it.
3.
... except by
helping others.
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
The Episcopal magazine, The Living Church, observes editorially: "The basis
of the technique of Alcoholics Anonymous
is the truly Christian
principle that a man
cannot help himself except by helping others.
4.
... except for
a nervous disposition.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
5.
... 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?
6.
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.
7.
Except in
a few rare cases, neither ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
8.
... except in
matters affecting other groups or ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
9.
... 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.
10.
... except in
the effect alcohol has upon ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
11.
... except liquor,
but in that respect he ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He is often perfectly sensible and well balanced concerning everything except liquor, but in that respect
he is incredibly dishonest and selfish.
12.
... 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.
13.
... except the
worship part.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
14.
... 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.
15.
... except when
circumstances made it seem unwise ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This resolution I kept
steadfastly for the next forty years, except when circumstances made it seem unwise to absent myself.
16.
... 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.
17.
... 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."
18.
... 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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