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... fact.
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
They should have been weaned long before, and if they have
not been, they should wake up to
the fact.
2.
... fact.
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
Nevertheless, the twentieth century readily accepts theories of all kinds, provided they are firmly grounded in fact.
3.
... fact, and
accepting it?
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Else why would we consume such great amounts of time wishing for what we have
not, rather than working
for it, or angrily looking for attributes
we shall never have, instead of adjusting to
the fact, and accepting
it?
4.
... fact and
not wishful thinking.
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
The prospective partners need to be solid A.A.'s and long enough acquainted to know that
their compatibility at spiritual, mental, and emotional levels is a
fact and not wishful thinking.
5.
... fact as
we were.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
He was as much a fact as we
were.
6.
... fact, because
although he was not an ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
We won't be biased or scared off by that fact, because although he was
not an alcoholic he did, like us, go through the emotional wringer.
7.
... fact, behaved
badly at all.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
8.
... fact every
form of society, has to ...
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
Therefore, every nation, in fact every form of society, has to be a government administered by human beings.
9.
... fact-facing process.
BB p.64,
How It Works
10.
... fact-finding and
a fact-facing process.
BB p.64,
How It Works
11.
... fact for
every one of us is ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
12.
... Fact for
us.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
This is the Great Fact for
us.
13.
... fact for
what it was, we asked ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
The minute we saw this compromising fact for
what it was, we asked the prospective publicity
director how he felt about
it.
14.
... fact, he
may say almost anything if ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
In fact, he may say almost anything if he has
accepted our solution
which, as you know, demands
rigorous honesty.
15.
... fact he
was tight.
BB p.115,
To Wives
Frequently, you have felt obliged to tell your husband's employer and his friends
that he was sick, when as a matter of fact he was tight.
16.
... fact, his
rival was ruined.
BB p.80,
Into Action
17.
... fact, I
have been trying to produce ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
18.
... fact, I
still do -- all except the ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
19.
... fact in
his life.
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
To him, this proposition will be no theory at all; it will be just about the largest fact in his life.
20.
... fact is
accepted, our bankruptcy as going ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
21.
... fact is
just this, and nothing less: ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
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.
22.
... fact is
that he should work with ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
23.
... fact is
that most alcoholics, for reasons ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
24.
... fact, it
came right out of the ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
In fact, it came right out of the Bible -- a voice kept saying to me, 'The laborer is worthy of his hire.'
25.
... fact it
proved to be.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
But the moment I made up my mind to go through with the process, I had the curious
feeling that my alcoholic condition was
relieved, as in fact it proved to be.
26.
... fact, it
was a total liability.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
Then we had been told that so far as alcohol is concerned, self-confidence was no good whatever; in fact, it was a total liability.
27.
... fact leads
me to believe that I ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Never once in my life have I had a headache,
which fact leads me to believe that I was an alcoholic almost from the
start.
28.
... fact, many
of them are amazing.
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
29.
... fact mentally
ill.
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Some will be willing to term themselves "problem drinkers," but
cannot endure the suggestion that they are in fact mentally ill.
30.
... fact of
his sobriety.
BB p.100,
Working With Others
31.
... fact of
my life -- unacceptable to me, ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some
fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
32.
... fact of
our lives today is the ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that
our Creator has entered
into our hearts and lives
in a way which is indeed miraculous.
33.
... fact of
suffering.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
34.
... fact of
their lives, they present a ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important
fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.
35.
... fact that
A.A. had to function.
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
36.
... fact that
A.A. is full of people ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
37.
... fact that
A.A. members served them.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
Drunk farms, educational ventures,
state legislatures,
and commissions advertised the fact that A.A. members served them.
38.
... fact that
alcoholics almost never recovered on ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
39.
... fact that
being in the public eye ...
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.
40.
... fact that
each will have to yield ...
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.
41.
... fact that
he was the first living ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Of far more importance was the fact
that he was the first living human with whom I had
ever talked, who knew what he was talking about
in regard to alcoholism from actual experience.
42.
... fact that
however deep his faith and ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Admit that he probably knows more about it than you do,
but call to his attention
the fact that however deep his
faith and knowledge, he
could not have applied it or he would not drink.
43.
... fact that
in God's sight all human ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are
partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
44.
... fact that
it does not work for ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
We do not decry professionalism in other fields, but we accept the sober fact that it does not work for us.
45.
... fact that
many people annoy us, for ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
In a perverse way we can actually take satisfaction from the fact that many people annoy us, for it brings a comfortable feeling of superiority.
46.
... fact that
millions of the 'good men ...
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
How we loved to shout the damaging fact that millions of the 'good men of religion' were still killing one another off in the name of God.
47.
... fact that
our behavior when drinking has ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
Moreover, it is usually
a fact that our behavior
when drinking has aggravated the defects
of others.
48.
... fact that
these labors were not Twelfth ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Ignoring the fact that
these labors were not Twelfth Step jobs at all, the critics attacked as A.A. professionals these workers of ours who were often doing thankless tasks that no one else
could or would do.
49.
... fact that
we fail to recognize is ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being.
50.
... fact that
we must find a spiritual ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
51.
... fact that
we want to aim at ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
The key words "entirely ready" underline the fact that we
want to aim at the very best we know or can learn.
52.
... fact that
you went away for treatment ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
If you take it, your past will be forgotten and the
fact that you went away for treatment will not be mentioned.
53.
... fact, the
effectiveness of the whole A.A. ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
In fact, the effectiveness of the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have
tried to come to "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."
54.
... fact, the
waking hours are usually well ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
55.
... fact, the
wife is forced to become ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Very gradually, and usually without any realization of the
fact, the wife is forced to become the mother of an erring boy.
56.
... fact, these
are the true voice of ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
They become the voice of
the group conscience;
in fact, these are the true voice of Alcoholics Anonymous.
57.
... fact, to
a considerable extent with some ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
58.
... fact was
we really hadn't cleaned house ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
The fact was we really
hadn't cleaned house so
that the grace of God could enter us and expel the obsession.
59.
... fact way
he told how two men ...
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
In a matter of fact way he told how two men had appeared in court, persuading the judge to suspend his commitment.
60.
... fact, we
could will these things with ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
We could wish to be moral, we
could wish to be philosophically comforted, in fact, we could
will these things with all
our might, but the needed power wasn't there.
61.
... fact, we
felt duty-bound to throw the ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
In fact, we felt duty-bound to throw the whole weight of the A.A. name behind any meritorious cause.
62.
... fact we
knew different; and so we ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
Of course we finally did
experiment, and when unexpected results followed, we felt different; in fact we knew different; and so we
were sold on meditation
and prayer.
63.
... fact we
were mainly asking for sympathy ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
We were depressed and complained we felt bad, when in fact we were mainly asking for sympathy and attention.
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