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EXPERIENCES   occurs   23 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... experiences.   12&12 p.134, Tradition Two
These are universal experiences.


2.
... experiences.   BB p.14, Bill's Story   Go to page 14 in the Big Book
The good doctor now sees many men who have such experiences.


3.
... experiences.   BB p.27, There Is A Solution   Go to page 27 in the Big Book
Here and there, once in a while, alcoholics have had what are called vital spiritual experiences.


4.
... experiences.   BB p.29, There Is A Solution   Go to page 29 in the Big Book
These are followed by forty-three personal experiences.


5.
... experiences.   BB p.46, We Agnostics   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
Yes, we of agnostic temperament have had these thoughts and experiences.


6.
... experiences.   BB p.157, A Vision For You   Go to page 157 in the Big Book
For an hour, the two friends told him about their drinking experiences.


7.
... experiences.   BB xxxi(xxix), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Perhaps I can best answer this by relating one of my experiences.

8.
... experiences and recoveries.   12&12 p.17, Foreword
The remainder of the book was devoted to thirty stories or case histories in which the alcoholics described their drinking experiences and recoveries.


9.
... experiences are what the psychologist William James ...   BB p.567(569), Appendix II, Spiritual Experience   Display entire Appendix II
Most of our experiences are what the psychologist William James calls the "educational variety" because they develop slowly over a period of time.

10.
... experiences, at some time in life, a ...   12&12 p.117, Step Twelve
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at some time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.


11.
... experiences have shown him that one drink ...   BB p.22, There Is A Solution   Go to page 22 in the Big Book
If hundreds of experiences have shown him that one drink means another debacle with all its attendant suffering and humiliation, why is it he takes that one drink?


12.
... experiences, must be in the nature of ...   BB p.567(569), Appendix II, Spiritual Experience   Display entire Appendix II
Yet it is true that our first printing gave many readers the impression that these personality changes, or religious experiences, must be in the nature of sudden and spectacular upheavals.


13.
... experiences of another person unless we are ...   BB p.125, The Family Afterward   Go to page 125 in the Big Book
Another principle we observe carefully is that we do not relate intimate experiences of another person unless we are sure he would approve.

14.
... experiences of which he had never even ...   12&12 p.110, Step Twelve
His own character may still be gravely defective, but he somehow knows that God has enabled him to make a mighty beginning, and he senses that he stands at the edge of new mysteries, joys, and experiences of which he had never even dreamed.

15.
... experiences, often years before the onset of ...   12&12 p.23, Step One
After a few such experiences, often years before the onset of extreme difficulties, he would return to us convinced.

16.
... experiences taught us that anonymity is real ...   12&12 p.187, Tradition Twelve
These experiences taught us that anonymity is real humility at work.


17.
... experiences to encourage him to speak of ...   BB p.91, Working With Others   Go to page 91 in the Big Book
Tell him enough about your drinking habits, symptoms, and experiences to encourage him to speak of himself.

18.
... experiences, we could predict that the doubter ...   12&12 p.109, Step Twelve
From great numbers of such experiences, we could predict that the doubter who still claimed that he hadn't got the "spiritual angle," and who still considered his well-loved A.A. group the higher power, would presently love God and call Him by name.

19.
... experiences, we think we have arrived at ...   12&12 p.180, Tradition Eleven
Through many painful experiences, we think we have arrived at what that policy ought to be.

20.
... experiences we'd rather not remember, if we ...   12&12 p.55, Step Five
If we have swept the searchlight of Step Four back and forth over our careers, and it has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather not remember, if we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others, then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever.

21.
... experiences where we will seem to be ...   12&12 p.110, Step Twelve
We may often pass through Twelfth Step experiences where we will seem to be temporarily off the beam.


22.
... experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude ...   BB p.25, There Is A Solution   Go to page 25 in the Big Book
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.


23.
... experiences will help everyone to better understand ...   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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