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... experienced.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
After all, we are experienced.
2.
... experienced a
few distressing failures, but in ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
They experienced a few distressing failures,
but in those cases they made an effort to bring the man's family into a spiritual way of living, thus relieving much worry and suffering.
3.
... experienced a
very strange sensation.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
4.
... experienced A.A.
member if this really works.
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
5.
... experienced A.A.
will tell how his affairs ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
Almost any experienced A.A. will tell how his affairs have taken remarkable and unexpected turns for the
better as he tried to improve his conscious contact with God.
6.
... experienced dad's
elation.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
7.
... experienced many
of them.
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
We have experienced many of
them.
8.
... experienced many
years of frightful drinking, who ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
But this was a man who had experienced many years of frightful drinking, who had had most all the drunkard's experiences
known to man, but who had been
cured by the very means I had been trying to employ, that is to say the spiritual approach.
9.
... experienced members,
but he surely won't take ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
This doesn't mean an A.A. won't
take advice or suggestions from more
experienced members, but he
surely won't take orders.
10.
... experienced nothing
but constant deflation and a ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
This statement may surprise newcomers who
have experienced nothing
but constant deflation and a growing
conviction that human
will is of no value whatever.
11.
... experienced people,
of course, in all times ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
More experienced people, of course, in all times and places have practiced unsparing self-survey and criticism.
12.
... experienced servants
of the whole.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced servants of the whole.
13.
... experienced servants
of the whole.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced servants of the whole.
14.
... experienced social
worker who understood what alcohol ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
15.
... experienced, who
not only has stayed dry ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
We shall want to speak with someone who is
experienced, who not only has stayed dry but has been able to surmount other serious difficulties.
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