From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... getting.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
Having been neglected and misused in the past, they think father owes them more than they are
getting.
2.
... getting a
job, or give him a ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
3.
... getting a
misshapen and painful pleasure out ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
4.
... getting a
particular person sobered up, and ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
For example, we may set our
hearts on getting a particular person sobered up, and after doing all we can for months, we see him relapse.
5.
... getting alcoholics
to recover, three successful groups ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
After three years of trial and error in selecting the most
workable tenets upon which the Society could
be based, and after a large amount of failure in getting alcoholics to recover,
three successful groups emerged -- the first at Akron, the second at New York, and the third at Cleveland.
6.
... getting another
drink.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It never fails, if you go about it with one half the zeal you have been in
the habit of showing when
you were getting another drink.
7.
... getting back
into the social life of ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
8.
... getting control
of his liquor situation, he ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
Some time later, and just as he thought he was
getting control of his liquor situation, he went on a roaring bender.
9.
... getting drunk,
morning jitters, taking large doses ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It was really a horrible
nightmare, this earning money, getting liquor, smuggling it home, getting drunk, morning jitters, taking large doses of sedatives to make it possible for me to earn more money, and so on ad nauseam.
10.
... getting from
self-sufficiency.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
Should his own image in the mirror be too awful to contemplate (and it usually is), he might first
take a look at the results normal people are getting from self-sufficiency.
11.
... getting his
head above water.
BB p.79,
Into Action
12.
... getting in
touch with A.A.
BB xi,
Preface
The second edition added the appendices, the
Twelve Traditions, and
the directions for getting in touch with A.A.
13.
... getting it
-- at least to our way ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Either we were shy, and dared not draw near others, or we were apt to be noisy good fellows craving attention and companionship, but never getting it -- at least to our way of thinking.
14.
... getting liquor,
smuggling it home, getting drunk, ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It was really a horrible
nightmare, this earning money, getting liquor, smuggling it home, getting drunk, morning jitters, taking large doses of sedatives to make it possible for me to earn more money, and so on ad nauseam.
15.
... getting married
to all kinds of enterprises, ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
In consternation, we saw ourselves getting married to all kinds of enterprises,
some good and some not so good.
16.
... getting money
rather than an opportunity for ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for
financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears.
17.
... getting out
of it?'
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
18.
... getting over
a bout, an alcoholic, sometimes ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
When drinking, or getting
over a bout, an alcoholic, sometimes
the model of honesty when
normal, will do incredible things.
19.
... getting over
a spree, a certain amount ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
For most alcoholics who are drinking, or who are just
getting over a spree, a certain amount of physical treatment is desirable,
even imperative.
20.
... getting over
alcoholism must remember he did ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
We know there are difficult wives and families, but the man who is
getting over alcoholism must remember he did much to make them so.
21.
... getting results
from this book, particularly from ...
BB xiv,
Foreword to First Edition
We shall be interested
to hear from those who are
getting results from this
book, particularly
from those who have commenced work with other alcoholics.
22.
... getting rid
of self without His aid.
BB p.62,
How It Works
23.
... getting serious.
BB p.118,
To Wives
Next time you and he have a heated discussion, no matter what the subject, it should be the privilege of either to smile and say, "This is getting serious.
24.
... getting tangled
up.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
There's the spot-check inventory, taken at any time of the day, whenever we find ourselves getting tangled up.
25.
... getting them
straightened out.(*)
BB p.150,
To Employers
26.
... getting things
done?
BB p.140,
To Employers
27.
... getting tight
at exactly the wrong moment, ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He has a positive genius
for getting tight at exactly the wrong moment, particularly
when some important decision must be made or engagement kept.
28.
... getting well
and making money.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
29.
... getting well
organized by noon.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
30.
... getting what
we really wanted.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
With a proper display of
honesty and morality,
we'd stand a better chance of getting what we really wanted.
31.
... getting, will
become the guiding principle.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
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