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... finally abandoned
all membership regulations.
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
2.
... finally admitted
without reservation that we are ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless over alcohol, we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, "Well, thank God that's over!
3.
... finally ambushed
us into alcoholism and misery.
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
4.
... finally and
forever.
BB p.136,
To Employers
5.
... finally beat
us into a state of ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
6.
... finally brought
many of us an inner ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
These were the new attitudes that finally brought many of us an inner strength and peace that could not be deeply
shaken by the shortcomings of others
or by any calamity not of
our own making.
7.
... finally came
up with a conclusion that ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
8.
... finally cast
up A.A.'s Tradition of nonprofessionalism.
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
This is the exciting welter of events which has
finally cast up A.A.'s Tradition of nonprofessionalism.
9.
... finally convinced
that reckless romancing is not ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
10.
... finally depended
were the result of noting ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The basic principles of
A.A., as they are known today, were borrowed mainly from the fields of religion and medicine, though some ideas upon which success finally depended were the result of noting the behavior and needs of the Fellowship itself.
11.
... finally did
experiment, and when unexpected results ...
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.
12.
... finally die
alone.
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
We alcoholics see that we
must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone.
13.
... finally, driven
to A.A., we learned better.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
14.
... finally drop
all its membership regulations?
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
15.
... finally embedded
in A.A. tradition.
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
At that moment, we believe, the principle of
corporate poverty was
firmly and finally embedded in A.A. tradition.
16.
... finally facing
ourselves is indescribable.
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
As we persist, a brand-new kind of confidence is born, and the
sense of relief at finally facing ourselves is indescribable.
17.
... finally gave
me my credits and I ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
After many painful discussions,
they finally gave me my credits and I migrated to
another of the leading
universities of the country and entered as a Junior that Fall.
18.
Finally, he
can no longer work, his ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
19.
... finally he
said it -- the landlord would ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
20.
Finally, he
saw that I wasn't attempting ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
Finally, he saw that I wasn't
attempting to change
his religious views,
that I wanted him to find
the grace in his own religion that would aid his recovery.
21.
Finally he
shook his head saying, "Something ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
22.
... finally, inescapably,
the conviction came that God ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when
the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered,
and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."
23.
... finally learned
that you were sick.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
24.
Finally my
father had to send a ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Finally my father had to send a doctor out from my home town who managed to get me back there in some way, and I was in bed about two months before I could venture out of the house.
25.
... finally produced
the Twelve Traditions and so ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
The Tradition section
of this volume portrays
in some detail the experience which finally produced the Twelve Traditions and so gave A.A. its present form, substance, and unity.
26.
... finally reached
the public in April 1939.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
Nevertheless, the infant Society determined to set down its experience in a book which
finally reached the public in April 1939.
27.
... finally realizes
that he has undergone a ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
He finally realizes that
he has undergone a profound alteration in
his reaction to life; that
such a change could hardly have been brought
about by himself alone.
28.
... finally resisted
or ran away, we were ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
29.
... finally saw
that faith in some kind ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
We finally saw that faith in some kind of God was a part of our make-up, just as much as the feeling we have for a friend.
30.
... finally sought
employment ourselves as destitution faced ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
31.
... finally struck
down and left in terrified ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
32.
... finally television,
besieged us with requests for ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
33.
... finally there
was no question.
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
34.
... finally threw
him into a fit of ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
His wife is one of those persons who really feels there is something rather sinful about these commodities, so she nagged, and her intolerance finally threw him into a fit of anger.
35.
... finally torn
asunder because they were designed ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
All history affords us
the spectacle of striving nations and groups finally torn asunder because they were designed
for, or tempted into, controversy.
36.
... finally translates
the Twelve Steps into action ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
The wonderful energy it
releases and the eager action by which it carries
our message to the next suffering alcoholic and
which finally translates
the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the
magnificent reality,
of Alcoholics Anonymous.
37.
... finally turn
out to be firm bedrock ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built.
38.
Finally, we
begin to see that all ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves,
are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach
true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.
39.
... finally, we
of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Twelve (Long)
Twelve -- And finally, we of
Alcoholics Anonymous believe that
the principle of anonymity has an immense
spiritual significance.
40.
... finally, we
of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
12. And finally, we of Alcoholics Anonymous
believe that the principle of anonymity
has an immense spiritual significance.
41.
Finally, when
all our score cards read ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
Finally, when all our score
cards read 'zero,' and we saw that one more strike would put us out of the game forever, we had to look for
our lost faith.
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