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... give."
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
2.
... give.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
3.
... give?
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
4.
... give a
fair cross section of our ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
These give a fair cross section of our membership and a clear-cut idea of what has actually happened in
their lives.
5.
... give-and-take basis;
we would have to develop ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
It became clear that if we
ever were to feel emotionally secure among grown-up people, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop the sense of being in partnership or
brotherhood with all those around us.
6.
... give another
a directive and enforce obedience, ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our Society
has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no
board of directors who
can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and enforce obedience, our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be. There must be
an angle somewhere."
7.
... give anything
to take half a dozen ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
8.
... give at
all.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Perhaps we try to give them advice about their affairs which we aren't really competent to give or ought not give at all.
9.
... give authority
to some of its members ...
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
Doesn't nearly every society on earth give authority to some of its members to impose obedience upon the rest and to punish or expel offenders?
10.
... give comfort
than to receive it; better ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
He thought it better to
give comfort than to receive it; better to understand than to be understood; better to forgive than to be forgiven.
11.
... give constantly
of ourselves without demands for ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
12.
... give endorsements,
make alliances, or enter public ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
13.
... give freely
of himself.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
14.
... give freely
of themselves, that their fellows ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
15.
Give freely
of what you find and ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
16.
Give him
a chance to think it ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
17.
... give him
a chance to try our ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
If he is already committed to an institution, but can convince you and your doctor that he means business, give him a chance to try our method, unless the doctor thinks his mental condition too abnormal or dangerous.
18.
... give him
a little financial assistance.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
19.
... give him
a sketch of your drinking ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
20.
Give him
an account of the struggles ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
21.
... give him
another chance.
BB p.147,
To Employers
22.
... give him
first aid and place what ...
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
When we see a man sinking into the mire that is
alcoholism, we give him
first aid and place what we have at his disposal.
23.
... give him
mastery.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
24.
... give him
much practical advice.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
25.
... give himself
no satisfactory explanation for his ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
26.
... give..." is
the core of this part ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
27.
... give it
away.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
It is the great paradox of
A.A. that we know we can seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety unless we give it away.
28.
... give it
to us on order and ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We discover that we do receive guidance for our
lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our
terms.
29.
... give it,
too.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Our moral inventory had
persuaded us that all-round forgiveness was desirable, but it was only when we resolutely tackled Step Five that we inwardly knew we'd be able to receive forgiveness and give it,
too.
30.
... give man
instincts to help him to ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
He did not design man to destroy himself by alcohol, but He did give man instincts to help him to stay alive.
31.
... give me
a letter-perfect definition of humility.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
32.
... give me
a message.
BB p.136,
To Employers
My secretary returned
to say that is was not Mr. B___
on the phone; it was Mr. B___'s
brother, and he wished to
give me a message.
33.
... give me
over to the undertaker or ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
34.
... give me
release, my obsession to drink ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
But when I became willing
to clean house and then asked a Higher Power, God as I understood Him, to give me
release, my obsession
to drink vanished.
35.
'Give me
the business.'
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
'Give me the business.'
36.
... give money
to alcoholics trying to stay ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
When you add to this the habitual supposition
that people ought to give money to alcoholics trying to stay sober, it can be understood why we thought we deserved a pile of folding money.
37.
... give nearly
all their time to the ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
38.
... give of
yourself that others may survive ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
39.
... give or
ought not give at all.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Perhaps we try to give them advice about their affairs which we aren't really competent to give or ought not give at all.
40.
... give reasons
why he need not follow ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
41.
... give such
inquirers an inside view of ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The second section of
this volume, though designed for A.A.'s membership, will give such inquirers an inside view of A.A. never before possible.
42.
... give the
location of the nearest family ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
This headquarters will
give the location of the
nearest family group and will, if you wish, correspond with you
about your special problems.
43.
... give the
man coming in the door ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
44.
... give the
reassurance and support which our ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We sit in A.A. meetings and listen, not
only to receive something ourselves,
but to give the reassurance and support
which our presence can bring.
45.
... give them
advice about their affairs which ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Perhaps we try to give them advice about their affairs which we aren't really competent to give or ought not give at all.
46.
... give them
new life.
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.
47.
... give them
the nice times they used ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
They expect him to give them
the nice times they used to have before he drank so much, and to show his contrition for
what they suffered.
48.
... give themselves
to this simple program, usually ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
Those who do not recover
are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.
49.
... give this
up yet."
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Even then the best of us will discover to our dismay that there is always a
sticking point, a point at which we say, "No, I can't give this up yet."
50.
... give to
make amends.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
51.
... give to
others what they had found, ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
So, you see, there were three
alcoholics in that town,
who now felt they had to give to others what they had found, or be sunk.
52.
... give up!"
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
53.
... give up!"
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
Perhaps we shall be obliged in some cases still to say, "This I cannot
give up yet...," but we should not say to
ourselves, "This I will
never give up!"
54.
... give up
our natural desires for personal ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
Moved by the spirit of anonymity, we try to give up our natural desires for personal distinction
as A.A. members both among fellow alcoholics and before the general public.
55.
... give up
personal desires for the common ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the
common good, we realize that the sacrificial spirit -- well symbolized by anonymity -- is the foundation of them all.
56.
... give up,
we ought to erase the ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Looking again at those defects we are still unwilling to give up, we ought to erase the hard-and-fast lines that we have drawn.
57.
... give up
yet...," but we should not ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
Perhaps we shall be obliged in some cases still to say, "This I cannot
give up yet...," but we should not say to
ourselves, "This I will
never give up!"
58.
... give us
serenity.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie, it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give
us serenity.
59.
... give way
before some trivial reason for ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
They had said that though I
did raise a defense, it
would one day give way before some trivial reason for having a drink.
60.
... give you
an office, a decent drawing ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
61.
... give your
worthwhile man a chance.
BB p.148,
To Employers
We think we are sensible
when we urge that you stop
this waste and give your worthwhile man a chance.
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