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... face.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
2.
... face.
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
To be doomed to an alcoholic death or to live on a spiritual basis are not always easy alternatives to
face.
3.
... face.
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
4.
... face, A.A.'s
speak the language of the ...
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Modem-to-modem or face-to-face, A.A.'s speak the language of the heart in all
its power and simplicity.
5.
... face admission
of our wretched conduct to ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
We got a pretty severe shock when we realized that we were preparing to make a face-to-face admission of our wretched conduct to those we had hurt.
6.
... face and
drink like a gentleman, our ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
If anyone who is showing
inability to control
his drinking can do the right-about-face and drink like a gentleman, our hats are off
to him.
7.
... face and
rectify errors and convert them ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
8.
... face, and
to be rid of, the ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
Though our decision was
a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous
effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us.
9.
... face as
he replied, "Oh, but that's ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
10.
... face combat.
BB p.82,
Into Action
Good generalship may decide that the problem be
attacked on the flank rather than risk a face-to-face combat.
11.
... face falls
when we speak of spiritual ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
But his face falls when we speak of spiritual matters, especially when
we mention God, for we have
re-opened a subject which our man thought he had neatly evaded or entirely ignored.
12.
... face his
problems squarely that God might ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
13.
... face in
places where there is drinking, ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
14.
... face indecision.
BB p.86,
Into Action
15.
... face it.
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Few indeed are the practicing alcoholics
who have any idea how irrational they are, or seeing their irrationality, can bear
to face it.
16.
... face jail,
but we are willing.
BB p.79,
Into Action
17.
... face life
again, there will be no ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity to recover
-- if he can and will.
18.
... face life
successfully, as we became conscious ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we
could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter.
19.
... face of
a desperate desire to stop ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
20.
... face of
collapse and despair, in the ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
In the face of collapse
and despair, in the face of
the total failure of their
human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into
them.
21.
... face of
difficult circumstances.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances.
22.
... face of
difficulties that would have made ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
I pointed out that I had had
nothing to drink whatever for three years, and this in the face of
difficulties that would have made nine out of ten men drink their heads off.
23.
... face of
expert opinion to the contrary, ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Doubtless you are curious to discover how
and why, in the face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of mind and body.
24.
... face of
the total failure of their ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
In the face of collapse
and despair, in the face of
the total failure of their
human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into
them.
25.
... face the
fact that being in the ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
But we do have to soberly face the fact that being in the public eye is hazardous, especially for us.
26.
... face the
fact that each will have ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
At the very beginning,
the couple ought to frankly face the fact that each will have to yield here and there if the family is
going to play an effective part in the new life.
27.
... face the
fact that we must find ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
28.
... face the
hideous Four Horsemen -- Terror, Bewilderment, ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
Momentarily we did -- then would come oblivion and the awful awakening to face the hideous Four Horsemen -- Terror, Bewilderment,
Frustration, Despair.
29.
... face the
proposition that either God is ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
When we became alcoholics, crushed by a
self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to
fearlessly face the proposition that either
God is everything or else He is nothing.
30.
... face them.
BB p.78,
Into Action
We must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go, for we are liable to drink if we are afraid to face them.
31.
... face-to-face, A.A.'s
speak the language of the ...
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Modem-to-modem or face-to-face, A.A.'s speak the language of the heart in all
its power and simplicity.
32.
... face-to-face admission
of our wretched conduct to ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
We got a pretty severe shock when we realized that we were preparing to make a face-to-face admission of our wretched conduct to those we had hurt.
33.
... face-to-face combat.
BB p.82,
Into Action
Good generalship may decide that the problem be
attacked on the flank rather than risk a face-to-face combat.
34.
... face-to-face Twelfth
Step work.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
There are many opportunities even for
those of us who feel unable to speak at meetings or who are so situated that we cannot do much face-to-face Twelfth Step work.
35.
... face-to-face work
with the alcoholic who suffers ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Almost from the beginning, we have been positive that face-to-face work with the alcoholic who suffers
could be based only on the desire to help and be helped.
36.
... face Twelfth
Step work.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
There are many opportunities even for
those of us who feel unable to speak at meetings or who are so situated that we cannot do much face-to-face Twelfth Step work.
37.
... face up
to.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
38.
... face up
to the less violent aspects ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
39.
... face warmed
my heart.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
40.
... face work
with the alcoholic who suffers ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Almost from the beginning, we have been positive that face-to-face work with the alcoholic who suffers
could be based only on the desire to help and be helped.
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