From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... friend.
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
2.
... friend.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
3.
... friend.
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.
4.
... friend.
BB p.67,
How It Works
We asked God to help us show them the same tolerance, pity, and patience that we
would cheerfully grant
a sick friend.
5.
... friend.
BB p.74,
Into Action
If we cannot or would rather not do this, we search our acquaintance
for a close-mouthed, understanding friend.
6.
... friend.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
7.
... friend admitting
he has many, if not ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
8.
... friend among
friends, to be a worker ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
We have not once sought to
be one in a family, to be a
friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society.
9.
... friend and
newcomer.
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
10.
... friend ask
him if he wants to ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
Then let his family or a
friend ask him if he wants to quit for good and if he would go to any extreme to do so.
11.
... friend asked
if he might come over.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
12.
... friend, but
we find it much more ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
13.
... friend's cornerstone
fixed in place.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
14.
... friend drinking
their morning coffee.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
15.
... friend's face
warmed my heart.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
16.
... friend felt
as though the gates of ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
17.
... friend found
himself when he had the ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
Here was the terrible dilemma in which our friend found himself when he had the
extraordinary experience, which as we have already told you, made him a free man.
18.
... friend's gorge
rose as he bitterly cried ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
Our friend's gorge rose as he bitterly cried out: "If there is a God, He certainly hasn't done anything for me!"
19.
... friend had
emphasized the absolute necessity of ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
My friend had emphasized
the absolute necessity of demonstrating these principles in all my affairs.
20.
... friend had
said it all.
12&12 p.159,
Tradition Six
21.
... friend had
to let me go.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
22.
... friend had
with his doctor.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
23.
... friend have
on the ball?
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
24.
... friend's house,
in a town near home.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
25.
... friend in
Montreal.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
26.
... friend is
like a boy whistling in ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
27.
... friend is
still victimized by remorse and ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
28.
... friend's life
is still unmanageable even though ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
Of course the sponsor points out that our friend's life is still unmanageable even though he is sober, that after all, only a
bare start on A.A.'s program has been made.
29.
... friend never
took the first drink, thereby ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
These observations would be academic and pointless
if our friend never took the first drink, thereby setting the terrible cycle in motion.
30.
... friend of
A.A., died in the spring ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
31.
... friend of
an alcoholic who shows no ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
Should you be the relative or friend of an alcoholic who shows no immediate interest in A.A., it is suggested that you
write the Al-Anon Family Groups, Inc., 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23456, USA.
32.
... friend of
hers who might help me.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
About this time a lady called up my wife one Saturday afternoon saying she wanted me to come over that evening to meet a friend of hers who might help me.
33.
... friend of
mine.
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This went from bad to worse until sophomore spring when, after a prolonged period of drinking, I made up my mind that I could not complete my course, so I packed my grip and went South to spend a month on a large farm owned by a friend of mine.
34.
... friend of
mine who was a one-time ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
So did a friend of mine who
was a one-time vice-president of the American Atheist Society, but he got through with room to spare."
35.
... friend of
the hotel lobby incident remained ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
36.
... friend, or
spiritual adviser.
BB p.63,
How It Works
We found it very desirable to take this spiritual step with an understanding person,
such as our wife, best friend, or spiritual adviser.
37.
... friend over
to get me.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
38.
... friend proceeded
to tell him.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
39.
... friend promised
when these things were done ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
My friend promised when
these things were done I
would enter upon a new relationship with my
Creator; that I would have the elements of a way of living which answered all
my problems.
40.
... friend related
his experience, the man agreed ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
When our friend related his
experience, the man agreed that no amount of will power he might muster could stop his drinking for long.
41.
... friend sat
before me, and he made ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
But my friend sat before me, and he made the point-blank declaration that God had done for him what he could not do for himself.
42.
... friend says.
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
43.
... friend; she's
a gossip -- personal relationship; self ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
Mrs. Jones -- she's a nut, she snubbed me; she committed her husband for
drinking; he's my friend;
she's a gossip -- personal relationship; self esteem (fear).
44.
... friend's simple
talk in our kitchen multiplies ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
45.
... friend suggested
what then seemed a novel ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
46.
... Friend take
them away, root and branch.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I ruthlessly faced my
sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch.
47.
... friend, the
doctor, to ask if I ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
48.
... friend, the
vice president, had in mind ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
49.
... friend there
remained in me the vestiges ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
50.
... friend, "this
chap is either through with ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
51.
... friend to
his home.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
52.
... friend understand.
BB p.138,
To Employers
I wanted to throw up my hands in discouragement, for I saw that I had failed to help my banker friend understand.
53.
... friend wants
to talk further about himself, ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
54.
... friend was
a minister's son.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
55.
... friend was
much more than inwardly reorganized.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
56.
... friend was
somewhat relieved, for he reflected ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Upon hearing this, our
friend was somewhat relieved, for he reflected that, after all,
he was a good church member.
57.
... friend was
wrong -- dead wrong.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
58.
... friend we
shall call Jim.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
59.
... friend who
had been in contact with ...
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.
60.
... friend who
looks at A.A. for the ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
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