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... find a
cure for cancer, and upon ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
Alcoholics Anonymous
can be likened to a group of
physicians who might find
a cure for cancer, and upon whose concerted work would depend the answer for sufferers of this disease.
2.
... find a
customer for a car at ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.36
I also had the notion that I
might find a customer for a
car at this place, which was familiar for I had been going
to it for years.
3.
... find a
drunk to work on.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.151
4.
... find a
faith that works?
12&12
Step Two, p.28
5.
... find a
Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.162
Some day we hope that every alcoholic who journeys will find a Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at
his destination.
6.
... find a
good public relations man in ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.157
7.
... find a
mate of the opposite sex ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.117
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.
8.
... find a
means of reducing these demands.
12&12
Step Seven, p.76
9.
... find a
new joy of living in ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
10.
... find a
place where we can be ...
BB
Into Action, p.75
Returning home we find a place where we can be quiet for an hour, carefully reviewing what
we have done.
11.
... find a
power by which we could ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
12.
... find a
Power greater than yourself which ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
Its main object is to enable you to
find a Power greater than yourself which
will solve your problem.
13.
... find a
solitary self-appraisal insufficient.
BB
Into Action, p.72
14.
... find a
solution for the pressing problem ...
BB
To Wives, p.117
If you and your husband find
a solution for the pressing problem of drink you are, of course, going to be very happy.
15.
... find a
spiritual basis of life -- or ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.44
16.
... find a
spiritual experience, we ask that ...
BB
Into Action, p.79
Reminding ourselves
that we have decided to go to
any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we be
given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be.
17.
... find a
way out.
BB
A Vision For You, p.153
They will approach still other sick ones and fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous may
spring up in each city and hamlet, havens for those who must find a way out.
18.
... find a
way to do so.
BB
To Wives, p.110
19.
... find a
wide variation in the way ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.50
In our personal stories
you will find a wide variation in the way each teller approaches and conceives of the Power which
is greater than himself.
20.
... find A.A.
in your locality, visit our ...
BB
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
If you cannot find A.A. in your locality, visit our Web site: www.aa.org; or a letter addressed to Alcoholics
Anonymous, Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, USA, will receive a prompt reply from this world center, referring you to the nearest A.A. group.
21.
... find among
our western friends.
BB
A Vision For You, p.162
There are the same fast friendships, there is the same helpfulness to one another as you find among our western friends.
22.
... find an
easier, softer way.
BB
How It Works, p.58
23.
... find and
do the will of our ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.98
And we will be comforted
and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and do
the will of our own Creator.
24.
... find and
join us.
BB
A Vision For You, p.164
25.
... find, and
talked to everyone who I ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
26.
... find application
outside A.A. itself.
12&12
Foreword, p.15
Though the essays which follow were written mainly for members, it is thought by many of A.A.'s friends that these pieces might arouse interest and find application outside A.A. itself.
27.
... find companionship
and release.
BB
A Vision For You, p.154
28.
... find, depends
upon able example and not ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.124
29.
... find emotional
security by being dominating or ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.116
30.
... find emotional
sobriety.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.106
Here we begin to practice all Twelve Steps of the program in our daily lives so that we and those about us may find emotional sobriety.
31.
... find exactly
how, when, and where our ...
12&12
Step Four, p.43
32.
... find God
in a hurry, or exhibit ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.128
He may demand that the family find God in a hurry, or exhibit amazing indifference to them and say
he is above worldly considerations.
33.
... find God,
the desire must come from ...
BB
Working With Others, p.95
34.
... find guiding.
BB
Into Action, p.79
Although these reparations take innumerable forms, there
are some general principles which we find guiding.
35.
... find hard
to match.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.182
Ever since, these friends
have reported A.A. with an enthusiasm which the most ardent members would find hard to match.
36.
... find he
can win out.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.33
We doubt if many of them can do
it, because none will really want to stop, and hardly one of them, because of the peculiar mental twist already acquired, will find he can win out.
37.
... find he
has much in common with ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.131
Being possessed of a spiritual experience,
the alcoholic will find he has much in common with these people, though he may differ with them
on many matters.
38.
... find here
nothing disturbing to their beliefs ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.28
Those having religious affiliations will find here nothing disturbing to
their beliefs or ceremonies.
39.
... find Him
now!
BB
How It Works, p.59
May you find Him now!
40.
... find him
reading the book once more.
BB
To Wives, p.113
41.
... find his
home ruined.
BB
Into Action, p.82
42.
... find how
different we were from one ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.123
The doctors weren't trying to find how different we were from one another; they sought to find whatever personality traits, if any, this group of alcoholics had in common.
43.
... find human
opinions running to extremes -- absurd ...
BB
How It Works, p.68
44.
... find, in
measure to transcend all the ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.131
And this they did find, in measure to transcend all
the defects of their frail
craft, every test of uncertainty, pain, fear, and despair, and even the death of one.
45.
... find in
this book.
BB
We Agnostics, p.47
46.
... find it
a real mistake to dampen ...
BB
To Wives, p.119
47.
... find it
a waste of time to ...
BB
Working With Others, p.96
48.
... find it
better, when possible, to stick ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.125
49.
... find it
difficult and troublesome and may ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.21
If a sufficiently strong reason -- ill health, falling in love, change of environment, or
the warning of a doctor --
becomes operative, this
man can also stop or moderate, although he may find it difficult and troublesome and may even need medical attention.
50.
... find it
hard to re-establish friendly relations ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.134
51.
... find, it
is essentially an individual adventure, ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.101
Aided by such instruction and example
as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way.
52.
... find it
much more beneficial to us.
BB
Into Action, p.77
53.
... find it
necessary, until they told someone ...
BB
Into Action, p.73
But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all their life story.
54.
... find it
solves our problems too; the ...
BB
To Wives, p.116
When we do that, we find it solves our problems too; the
ensuing lack of fear, worry and hurt feelings is a wonderful thing.
55.
... find life
more bearable.
BB
Working With Others, p.97
56.
... find loving
and understanding companionship among women ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.160
Many a distracted wife has visited this house to find loving and understanding
companionship among women who knew her problem, to hear from the lips of their husbands what had
happened to them, to be advised how her own wayward mate might be hospitalized and approached when next he stumbled.
57.
... find many
members who have crossed the ...
12&12
Step Two, p.27
58.
... find me
drunk.
BB
Bill's Story, p.4
59.
... find needed
care.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.170
Now and then, A.A. members have bought farms or rest homes where badly beat-up topers could find needed care.
60.
... find new
avenues of usefulness and pleasure.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.132
If he does not argue about religion, he will make new friends and is sure to find new avenues of usefulness and
pleasure.
61.
... find no
enduring strength until we first ...
12&12
Step One, p.22
The principle that we shall find no
enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered.
62.
... find no
serenity until I accept that ...
BB
Acceptance, p.417
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.
63.
... find none
at all.
12&12
Step One, p.21
64.
... find one
in the pages of this ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xxi
Yet it is our great hope that all those who have as yet found no
answer may begin to find one in the pages of this book and will presently join us on the high road to a new freedom.
65.
... find one
much better.
BB
To Wives, p.120
66.
... find others,
a fourth turned up.
BB
A Vision For You, p.158
67.
... find ourselves
getting tangled up.
12&12
Step Ten, p.89
There's the spot-check inventory, taken at any time of the day, whenever we find ourselves getting tangled up.
68.
... find ourselves
more independent personally.
12&12
Step Three, p.36
By so accepting our dependence upon this marvel of science, we find ourselves more independent personally.
69.
... find out
about his alcoholism.
BB
A Vision For You, p.155
70.
... find out
all you can about him.
BB
Working With Others, p.90
71.
... find recovery,
there exists strong sentiment within ...
12&12
Introduction, p.14
However, because the book has
helped so many alcoholics find recovery, there exists strong sentiment within the Fellowship against any change to it.
72.
... find release
from care, boredom and worry.
BB
A Vision For You, p.152
73.
... find some
by asking a few doctors, ...
BB
Working With Others, p.89
74.
... find some
of these treasures, too.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.101
75.
... find some
person, place, thing or situation ...
BB
Acceptance, p.417
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.
76.
... find someone
desperate enough to accept with ...
BB
Working With Others, p.96
77.
... find such
a person quick to see ...
BB
Into Action, p.74
78.
... find such
convictions no great obstacle to ...
BB
There Is A Solution, pp.28-29
79.
... find that
at some time in the ...
BB
How It Works, p.62
Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some
time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt.
80.
... find that
"Faith without works is dead."
BB
Into Action, p.76
81.
... find that
his excess enthusiasm will tone ...
BB
To Wives, p.119
82.
... find that
I took it piecemeal myself.
12&12
Step Two, p.26
83.
... find that
many of these questions apply ...
12&12
Step Four, p.51
84.
... find that
most of this embarrassment is ...
BB
To Wives, p.115
85.
... find that
no one need have difficulty ...
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.568
86.
... find that
our old attitudes toward our ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.114
And as we grow spiritually, we find that
our old attitudes toward our instincts need to undergo drastic revisions.
87.
... find that
our thinking will, as time ...
BB
Into Action, p.87
Nevertheless, we find
that our thinking will, as
time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration.
88.
... find that
they have tapped an unsuspected ...
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with
their own conception of a
Power greater than themselves.
89.
... find that
this has happened automatically.
BB
Into Action, pp.84-85
90.
... find that
this is so simply because ...
12&12
Step Four, pp.53-54
Because our surface record hasn't looked too bad, we have frequently been
abashed to find that this is
so simply because we have
buried these selfsame defects deep down in us under thick layers of self-justification.
91.
... find that
though the harm done others ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.79
In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has.
92.
... find that
we can always open it ...
12&12
Step Three, p.35
Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more.
93.
... find that
we still need to exercise ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.92
Now that we're in A.A. and sober, and winning back the esteem of our friends and business associates, we find that we
still need to exercise special vigilance.
94.
... find that
we were as tight as ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.161
95.
... find that's
what we have to be.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.160
Yet we find that's what we have
to be.
96.
... find that
when drinking is stopped the ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.134
Couples are occasionally dismayed
to find that when drinking
is stopped the man tends to be impotent.
97.
... find that
you can dispose of serious ...
BB
To Wives, p.118
You and your husband will
find that you can dispose of
serious problems easier than you can the trivial ones.
98.
... find the
fellowship, and so will you.
BB
A Vision For You, p.152
99.
... find the
Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
Our earliest printing voiced the hope "that every alcoholic who journeys will find the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at
his destination.
100.
... find the
fellowship they seek.
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
101.
... find the
grace by which such a ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.76
If that degree of humility
could enable us to find the grace by which such a deadly obsession could be banished, then there must be hope of the same result respecting any other problem we could possibly
have.
102.
... find the
grace in his own religion ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.153
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.
103.
... find the
more one member of the ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.122
We find the more one member of the family demands that the others concede to him, the more resentful they become.
104.
... find their
real strength.
12&12
Tradition One, p.131
Each needed to consider the others, and in
abiding faith they knew they must find their real strength.
105.
... find themselves
neglected.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.126
The family will be affected also, pleasantly at first, as they
feel their money troubles are about to be solved, then not so pleasantly as they find themselves neglected.
106.
... find these
people?"
BB
A Vision For You, p.152
107.
... find this
Power?
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
But where and how were we to find this Power?
108.
... find twoscore
of sure recoveries in all ...
12&12
Foreword, p.17
109.
... find understanding
companionship and approval.
BB
A Vision For You, p.151
110.
... find us
even more unapproachable than do ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.18
Strangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.
111.
... find us
only through a few trusted ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.184
112.
... find we
are soon overcome by them.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.132
But those of us who have tried
to shoulder the entire burden and trouble of others find we are soon overcome by them.
113.
... find we
need something much better in ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.92
Although these attitudes are common enough, we A.A.'s find we need something much better in order to keep our balance.
114.
... find whatever
personality traits, if any, this ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.123
The doctors weren't trying to find how different we were from one another; they sought to find whatever personality traits, if any, this group of alcoholics had in common.
115.
... find you
cannot quit entirely, or if ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.44
If, when you honestly want
to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic.
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