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... fully accepted
them, the effect was electric.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
These were revolutionary and drastic proposals, but
the moment I fully accepted them, the effect
was electric.
2.
... fully acquainted
him with my problems and ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
3.
... fully agree
with dad's spiritual activities, they ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Though the family does not
fully agree with dad's spiritual activities, they should let
him have his head.
4.
... fully apply.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
5.
... fully concede
to our innermost selves that ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
6.
... fully define
or comprehend that Power, which ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
We found that as soon as we
were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe
in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced
to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to
fully define or comprehend that Power,
which is God.
7.
... fully disclosing
ourselves and our problems that ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this thing."
8.
... fully established
in an individual with alcoholic ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
When this sort of thinking
is fully established in
an individual with alcoholic tendencies,
he has probably placed
himself beyond human aid, and unless locked up, may die or go permanently insane.
9.
... Fully explained
-- Appendix II.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution (Note)
10.
... fully prepared,
would turn and walk back ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Many mornings I have gone to classes, and even though fully prepared, would turn and walk back to the fraternity house because of my jitters, not daring to enter the classroom for fear of making a scene should I be called on
for recitation.
11.
... fully realize
what it meant to be ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
Painfully aware of being somehow abnormal, the man did not
fully realize what it meant to be alcoholic.(*)
12.
... fully responsible.
BB p.143,
To Employers
13.
... fully right.
BB p.83,
Into Action
14.
... fully self-supporting,
declining outside contributions."
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
15.
... fully self-supporting,
declining outside contributions.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
16.
... fully solve
the fear problem, or any ...
BB p.68,
How It Works
Some of us once had great self-confidence, but it
didn't fully solve the fear problem, or any other.
17.
... fully support
the office.
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
18.
... fully supported
by the voluntary contributions of ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Seven (Long)
Seven -- The A.A. groups themselves ought to be fully supported by the voluntary contributions of their own members.
19.
... fully supported
by the voluntary contributions of ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
7. The A.A. groups themselves ought to be
fully supported by the voluntary contributions of their own members.
20.
... fully to
eliminate our instinctual drives.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
It is nowhere evident,
at least in this life, that
our Creator expects us
fully to eliminate our instinctual drives.
21.
... fully understand
and approve what we are ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
It is important that he be able to keep a confidence; that he fully
understand and approve what we are driving
at; that he will not try to change our plan.
22.
... fully understand
his new way of life.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
23.
... fully understanding
how much he himself did ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
The alcoholic, realizing what his wife has
endured, and now fully understanding how much he himself did to damage her and his children, nearly always takes up his marriage responsibilities with a willingness to repair
what he can and to accept what he can't.
24.
... fully understood
the nature of the alcoholic ...
BB p.107,
To Wives
25.
... fully with
their Creator's desire to give ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
Here their powerful instinct to live can cooperate fully with their
Creator's desire to give them new life.
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