From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... following a
meeting with an alcoholic friend ...
BB xvi,
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.
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
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
6.
Following every
spree, he would say to ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
7.
... following his
case afterward.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
8.
Following his
discharge, we contacted him.
BB p.139,
To Employers
9.
Following his
physical rehabilitation, he had a ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The 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
11.
... following sixteen
years, more than 300,000 copies ...
BB xi,
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
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
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
16.
Following the
elimination of alcohol, there was ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
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
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
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