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1.
... following a meeting with an alcoholic friend ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Six months earlier, the broker had been relieved of his drink obsession by a sudden spiritual experience, following a meeting with an alcoholic friend who had been in contact with the Oxford Groups of that day.


2.
Following are excerpts from the comments of ...   BB p.569(571), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Following are excerpts from the comments of doctors present at the annual meeting (1944) of the Medical Society of the State of New York where a paper on A.A. was read:


3.
... following chapter, there appears an explanation of ...   BB p.28, There Is A Solution   Go to page 28 in the Big Book
In the following chapter, there appears an explanation of alcoholism, as we understand it, then a chapter addressed to the agnostic.

4.
... following conclusions: that his character defects, representing ...   12&12 p.50, Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure at life; that unless he is now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the faulty foundation of his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.

5.
Following each, he not only drinks again, ...   12&12 p.32, Step Two
Following each, he not only drinks again, but acts worse than the last time.

6.
Following every spree, he would say to ...   12&12 p.23, Step One
Following every spree, he would say to himself, "Maybe those A.A.'s were right. ..."


7.
... following his case afterward.   BB p.133, The Family Afterward   Go to page 133 in the Big Book
Their services are often indispensable in treating a newcomer and in following his case afterward.


8.
Following his discharge, we contacted him.   BB p.139, To Employers   Go to page 139 in the Big Book
Following his discharge, we contacted him.


9.
Following his physical rehabilitation, he had a ...   BB xxxi(xxix), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Following his physical rehabilitation, he had a talk with me in which he frankly stated he thought the treatment a waste of effort, unless I could assure him, which no one ever had, that in the future he would have the "will power" to resist the impulse to drink.

10.
... following pointed story.   12&12 p.162, Tradition Seven
In this connection, Bill likes to tell the following pointed story.


11.
... following sixteen years, more than 300,000 copies ...   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
The first edition appeared in April 1939, and in the following sixteen years, more than 300,000 copies went into circulation.


12.
... following spring we were living in our ...   BB p.4, Bill's Story   Go to page 4 in the Big Book
By the following spring we were living in our accustomed style.

13.
... following Steps toward a full and meaningful ...   12&12 p.62, Step Five
This feeling of being at one with God and man, this emerging from isolation through the open and honest sharing of our terrible burden of guilt, brings us to a resting place where we may prepare ourselves for the following Steps toward a full and meaningful sobriety.


14.
... following suggestions may be helpful.   BB p.140, To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
If your decision is yes, whether the reason be humanitarian or business or both, then the following suggestions may be helpful.

15.
... following take on a world of meaning ...   12&12 p.43, Step Four
Simple examples like the following take on a world of meaning when we think about them.


16.
Following the elimination of alcohol, there was ...   BB xxxi(xxix), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Following the elimination of alcohol, there was found to be no permanent brain injury.

17.
... following the intent of Step Eleven.   12&12 p.103, Step Eleven
At these critical moments, if we remind ourselves that "it is better to comfort than to be comforted, to understand than to be understood, to love than to be loved," we will be following the intent of Step Eleven.


18.
... following the program of recovery he can ...   BB p.147, To Employers   Go to page 147 in the Big Book
If he is conscientiously following the program of recovery he can go anywhere your business may call him.

19.
... following years this changed.   12&12 p.23, Step One
It is a tremendous satisfaction to record that in the following years this changed.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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