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1.
... followed.
BB p.63,
How It Works
When we
sincerely took such a
position, all
sorts of
remarkable things
followed.
2.
... followed always
by a still worse relapse.
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
In some
instances there has been
brief recovery,
followed always by a still
worse relapse.
3.
... followed at
once by a vast change ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Though it was not our
intention to
create such an
impression, many
alcoholics have nevertheless
concluded that in
order to
recover they
must acquire an
immediate and
overwhelming "
God-
consciousness"
followed
at once by a
vast change in
feeling and
outlook.
4.
... followed by
a good look at where ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
It ought to be
followed by a
good look at where we
stand now, and a
further look at what might
happen in
our
lives were we able to
move closer to the
ideal we have been
trying to
glimpse.
5.
... followed by
a sincere attempt to become ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
To those who have made
progress in
A.A., it
amounts to a
clear recognition of what
and who we really are,
followed by a
sincere attempt to
become what we could be.
6.
... followed by
a strenuous effort to face, ...
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.
7.
... followed by
forty-three personal experiences.
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
8.
... followed by
half a dozen bottles of ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
A
tumbler full of
gin followed by
half a
dozen bottles of
beer would be
required if I were to
eat any
breakfast.
9.
... followed by
many to the tune of ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
My
judgment and
ideas
were
followed by many to the
tune of
paper millions.
10.
... followed by
still less control, which led ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
All of us
felt at
times that
we were
regaining control, but such
intervals -- usually
brief
-- were
inevitably followed by still
less control, which
led in
time to
pitiful and
incomprehensible demoralization.
11.
... followed by
such a peace and serenity ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
There was a
sense of
victory,
followed by such a
peace and
serenity as I had
never known.
12.
... followed by
those who claimed Him.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
To
Christ I
conceded the
certainty of a
great man, not too
closely followed by those who
claimed
Him.
13.
... followed directions,
we have begun to sense ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
If we have
carefully followed directions, we have
begun to
sense the
flow of His
Spirit into us.
14.
... followed in
1937 with the start of ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
A
second small group promptly took
shape at New
York, to be
followed in
1937 with the
start of a
third at
Cleveland.
15.
... followed in
their footsteps.
BB p.137,
To Employers
And but for the
intervention of an
understanding person,
I might have
followed in their
footsteps.
16.
... followed our
path.
BB p.58,
How It Works
Rarely have we seen a
person fail who has
thoroughly followed our
path.
17.
... followed spiritual
progress; it never preceded.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
For us,
material well-being always
followed spiritual progress; it
never preceded.
18.
... followed successfully.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
"Then they
outlined the
spiritual answer and
program of
action which a
hundred of them had
followed
successfully.
19.
... followed the
usual pattern, he would go ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
The only
answer I could make was that if the
man followed the
usual pattern, he would go on
a
bigger bust than ever.
20.
... followed their
advice.
BB p.73,
Into Action
We have
seldom told them the
whole truth nor have we
followed their
advice.
21.
... followed this
up in Step Nine by ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
We
followed this up in
Step Nine by
making direct amends to those
concerned,
except when it
would
injure them or other people.
22.
... followed through
have been most interesting; in ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The
cases we have
followed
through have been most
interesting; in
fact, many of them are
amazing.
23.
... followed, we
felt different; in fact 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.
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