From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... eyes.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
There was something about his eyes.
2.
... eyes.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
3.
... eyes and
fresh courage to flagging spirits.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
The outlines and the promise of the New Land had brought lustre to tired eyes and fresh courage to flagging spirits.
4.
... eyes begin
to open to the immense ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
Our eyes begin to open to the immense values which have come straight out of painful ego-puncturing.
5.
... eyes of
men and women open with ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled,
to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in
full citizenship, and
above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance
of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.
6.
... eyes of
the Dean.
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I was graduated "summa
cum laude" in the eyes of the drinking fraternity, but not in the eyes of the Dean.
7.
... eyes of
the drinking fraternity, but not ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I was graduated "summa
cum laude" in the eyes of the drinking fraternity, but not in the eyes of the Dean.
8.
... eyes of
the men, the stimulating and ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
The expression on the faces of the women, that indefinable something
in the eyes of the men, the stimulating and electric atmosphere of
the place, conspired to
let him know that here was haven at last.
9.
... eyes, pick
up a fragment of A.A. ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
Then they commence to watch us with speculative
eyes, pick up a fragment of A.A. history, and soon have the solid facts.
10.
... eyes to
the far horizon, beyond which ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
Let us look now upon the sea and ponder what its mystery is; and let us lift our eyes to the far horizon, beyond which we shall seek all those wonders still unseen.
11.
... eyes toward
perfection, and be ready to ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
12.
... eyes which
were slits in his red ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
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