From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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12&12 p.28,
Step Two
Since both ways have proved bitterly disappointing, they have concluded there is no place whatever for them to
go.
2.
... go.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
3.
... go.
BB p.147,
To Employers
4.
... go about.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Some of us are salesmen and go about.
5.
... go about
it?
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
How may we go about it?
6.
... go about
it with one half the ...
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.
... go about
this?
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
8.
... go absolutely.
BB p.58,
How It Works
Some of us have tried to hold
on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.
9.
... go along.
BB p.84,
Into Action
This thought brings us to
Step Ten, which suggests we continue to
take personal inventory and continue
to set right any new mistakes as we go along.
10.
... go along.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
11.
... go along.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
12.
Go along
with your husband if you ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
13.
... go and
attend to your business enthusiastically.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
If it is a happy occasion, try to increase the pleasure of
those there; if a business occasion, go and attend to your business enthusiastically.
14.
... go anyway.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
I failed to persuade my
broker friends to send me out looking over factories and managements, but my wife
and I decided to go anyway.
15.
... go anywhere
if you can be helpful.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to
others, so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful.
16.
... go anywhere
on a Twelfth Step job, ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
17.
... go anywhere
on this earth where other ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
He can go anywhere on this
earth where other free men may go without disaster, provided he remains willing to maintain a certain simple attitude.
18.
... go anywhere
your business may call him.
BB p.147,
To Employers
If he is conscientiously following the program of
recovery he can go anywhere your business
may call him.
19.
... go as
far as he likes in ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Even if he displays a certain amount of neglect and irresponsibility towards the family, it is well to let him go as far as he likes in helping other alcoholics.
20.
... go as
he likes.
BB p.120,
To Wives
21.
... go at
it?'
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
22.
... go at
that.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Let it go at that.
23.
... go back
for two more quarters and ...
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I was, of course, soon on
the carpet and the upshot
was that I had to go back for
two more quarters and remain absolutely dry, if I wished to graduate.
24.
... go back
to husband number one.
BB p.110,
To Wives
25.
... go back
to it even if I ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
26.
... go contrary
to our natural desires . . . they ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
All of A.A.'s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires . . . they
all deflate our egos.
27.
... go disappointingly
dull.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
28.
... go even
further.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
29.
... go even
further than this.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
30.
... go far.
BB p.141,
To Employers
31.
... go far
beyond those things which were ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
We can go far beyond those things which were superficially wrong
with us, to see those flaws which were basic, flaws which sometimes were
responsible for the whole pattern of our lives.
32.
... go far
enough.
BB p.68,
How It Works
33.
... go faster
and farther if it availed ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
They were sure that A.A. could
go faster and farther if it availed itself of modern publicity methods.
34.
... go for
all three floors.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
35.
... go for
such conceptions as Creative Intelligence, ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
I could go for such conceptions as Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind or Spirit of Nature but I resisted the thought of a
Czar of the Heavens,
however loving His sway
might be.
36.
... go for
the program at once.
BB p.113,
To Wives
He may not share your enthusiasm, but he is practically sure to read the book and he may go for the program at once.
37.
... go for
this remedy.
BB p.144,
To Employers
38.
... go, for
we are liable to drink ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
We must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go, for we are liable to drink if we are afraid to face them.
39.
... go forward.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
40.
... go forward
that it is pointless to ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
It will become more and more evident as we go forward that it is pointless to become angry, or to get hurt by people who, like us, are suffering from
the pains of growing up.
41.
... go from
here?"
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
42.
... go further.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
43.
... go further.
BB p.81,
Into Action
44.
... go further
and admit other defects that ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
45.
... go further
and that means more action.
BB p.85,
Into Action
46.
... go heavier
on the hat tonight, will ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
47.
... go home
if they promised that I ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
48.
... go in
for annual or semiannual housecleanings.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
49.
... go into
bars; our friends must hide ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
People have said we must not go where liquor is served; we must not have it in our homes;
we must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn't think or be reminded about alcohol at
all.
50.
... go into
business.
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
51.
... go into
business.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
52.
... go into
business, might finance any enterprise ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
The A.A. groups, many thought, could go into business, might finance any enterprise whatever in
the total field of alcoholism.
53.
... go into
half the letters they write: ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
They even had to coin a couple of sentences which
still go into half the letters they write: "Of course, you are at
perfect liberty to handle this matter any way you please.
54.
... go into
the field of alcohol education.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
55.
... go much
further.
BB p.72,
Into Action
56.
... go on.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
57.
... go on
a bigger bust than ever.
BB p.138,
To Employers
The only answer I could make
was that if the man followed the usual pattern, he would go on a bigger bust than ever.
58.
... go on
a mild bender, get up ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
Of an evening, you can go
on a mild bender, get up in the morning, shake your head and go to business.
59.
... go on
drinking, and then by an ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
The tyrant alcohol wielded a double-edged sword over us: first we were smitten by an insane urge that condemned us to
go on drinking, and then
by an allergy of the body
that insured we would ultimately destroy ourselves in the process.
60.
... go on
for years.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
And it can go on for years.
61.
... go on
growing, our attitudes and actions ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
After we come into A.A., if we go on growing, our attitudes
and actions toward security -- emotional security and financial
security -- commence
to change profoundly.
62.
... go on
like this!
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
63.
... go on
the defensive.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
The moment we ponder a twisted or broken relationship with another person, our emotions go on the defensive.
64.
... go on
to the bitter end, blotting ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from
which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to
go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of
our intolerable situation as best we could;
and the other, to accept spiritual help.
65.
Go or
stay away, whichever seems best.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
66.
... go our
individual ways.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
Unlike the feelings of
the ship's passengers,
however, our joy in escape
from disaster does not subside as we go our individual ways.
67.
... go out
from here, to do your ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
68.
... go out
in the afternoon, I would ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
If my wife was planning to
go out in the afternoon, I would get a large supply of liquor and smuggle it home and hide it in the coal bin, the clothes chute, over door jambs, over beams in the cellar, and in cracks in the cellar tile.
69.
... go out
the door.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
70.
... go out
to our fellows and repair ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
71.
... go permanently
insane.
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.
72.
... go power-mad,
who devote themselves to attempting ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
We have also seen men and women who go power-mad,
who devote themselves
to attempting to rule
their fellows.
73.
... go so
far as affiliation or endorsement, ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
While an A.A. group may cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ought never to go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or
implied.
74.
... go so
far as affiliation or endorsement, ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
While an A.A. group may cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ought never go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or
implied.
75.
... go the
way of many another pleasant ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
76.
... go there
to help.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
77.
... go through
that again!"
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
78.
... go through
the day we pause, when ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and
ask for the right thought or action.
79.
... go through
the emotional wringer.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
We won't be biased or scared off by that fact, because although he was
not an alcoholic he did, like us, go through the emotional wringer.
80.
... go through
with it."
BB p.60,
How It Works
I can't go through with
it."
81.
... go through
with it at the first ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
If that is so, this step may be postponed, only, however, if we hold ourselves in complete readiness to
go through with it at the
first opportunity.
82.
... go through
with the process, I had ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
But the moment I made up my mind to go through with the process, I had the curious
feeling that my alcoholic condition was
relieved, as in fact it proved to be.
83.
... go through
with the Twelve Steps of ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
He has read this volume and
says he is prepared to
go through with the Twelve Steps of the program of recovery.
84.
... go to
an enemy than to a ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
85.
... go to
any extreme to do so.
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.
86.
... go to
any extreme to do so, ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
After satisfying yourself that your man wants to recover and that he
will go to any extreme to do so, you may
suggest a definite course of action.
87.
... go to
any length to get it ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it -- then you are ready to
take certain steps.
88.
... go to
any lengths for victory over ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
89.
... go to
any lengths to find a ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
Reminding ourselves
that we have decided to go
to any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we
be given strength and direction to do the right
thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be.
90.
... go to
business.
BB p.139,
To Employers
Of an evening, you can go
on a mild bender, get up in the morning, shake your head and go to business.
91.
... go to
Canada.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
92.
... go to
church, Sunday School and evening ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
From childhood through
high school I was more or less forced to go to church, Sunday School and evening service, Monday night Christian Endeavor and sometimes
to Wednesday evening
prayer meeting.
93.
... go to
great extremes to provide each ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Yet we do go to great extremes to provide each other with these very things, when such action is warranted.
94.
... go to
him in a helpful and ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
We go to him in a helpful
and forgiving spirit,
confessing our former
ill feeling and expressing our regret.
95.
... go to
him with this volume as ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
Being certain he wants to stop, you can go to him with this volume as joyfully as though you had
struck oil.
96.
... go to
it, illuminating every twist of ...
BB p.75,
Into Action
We pocket our pride and
go to it, illuminating
every twist of character, every dark cranny of the past.
97.
... go to
jail if she insisted.
BB p.79,
Into Action
98.
... go to
make up the self-centered person; ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
We wives found that, like everybody else, we were afflicted with
pride, self-pity, vanity and all the things which go to make up the self-centered person; and we were not above
selfishness or dishonesty.
99.
... go to
such a man and say ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
After reading this book, a junior executive can go to such a man and say approximately this,
"Look here, Ed.
100.
... go to
the bottom of the Potomac ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
101.
... go to
the grave with us.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
102.
... go to
the hospital if I had ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
During the subsequent
fifteen years I had sense enough never to go to the hospital if I had been drinking, and very seldom did I receive patients.
103.
... go to
the hospital, where he occupied ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
He consented, however, to go to the hospital, where he occupied the very room recently vacated by the lawyer.
104.
... go to
the other extreme and become ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
In our drinking time, we
acted as if the money supply was inexhaustible, though
between binges we'd sometimes go to the other extreme and become almost miserly.
105.
... go to
the properly appointed authority whose ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
Those of us belonging to
a religious denomination which requires confession must, and of course, will want to go to the properly appointed authority whose duty it is to receive it.
106.
... go to
their houses; we mustn't think ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
People have said we must not go where liquor is served; we must not have it in our homes;
we must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn't think or be reminded about alcohol at
all.
107.
... go to
these people, to tell them ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
108.
... go to
work.
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
As matters grow worse, he begins to use a combination of high-powered sedative and liquor to quiet his nerves so he can
go to work.
109.
... go too
far.
BB p.110,
To Wives
110.
... go unanswered.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
111.
... go undetected,
if we say nothing.
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
112.
... go up
from the dry camp.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
113.
... go up
several stories more, but three ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
In imagination the gleaming center was to
go up several stories more, but three would do for a
start.
114.
... go, we
ask God to help us ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
115.
... go well
at home and office.
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
116.
... go where
liquor is served; we must ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
People have said we must not go where liquor is served; we must not have it in our homes;
we must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn't think or be reminded about alcohol at
all.
117.
... go with
us constantly.
BB p.85,
Into Action
118.
... go without
disaster, provided he remains willing ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
He can go anywhere on this
earth where other free men may go without disaster, provided he remains willing to maintain a certain simple attitude.
119.
... go without
rancor.
BB p.111,
To Wives
Even though your husband becomes unbearable and you have to leave him temporarily,
you should, if you can, go without rancor.
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