From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... going.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
2.
... going back
in our own drinking histories, ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
By going back in our own drinking histories, we could show
that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking
even then was no mere habit, that it was indeed the beginning of a
fatal progression.
3.
... going beautifully
he dismays you by coming ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
Perhaps your husband will make a fair start on the new basis, but just as things are going beautifully he dismays you by coming home drunk.
4.
... going human
concerns is complete.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
5.
... going into
a detailed discussion, it may ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
6.
... going is
thoroughly good.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
But be sure you are on solid
spiritual ground before you start and that your
motive in going is thoroughly good.
7.
Going it
alone in spiritual matters is ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
8.
... going much
too far in the opposite ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
Upon entering A.A., these attitudes were sharply reversed, often going much too far in the opposite direction.
9.
... going of
life.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
Once confused and baffled by the seeming futility of existence,
they show the underlying
reasons why they were making heavy going of life.
10.
... going on.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Alcohol being no respecter of persons, we are an accurate cross section of America, and in
distant lands, the same democratic evening-up process is now going on.
11.
... "going on
the wagon for keeps."
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
12.
... going out
of our way to understand ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
With those we dislike we
can begin to practice justice and courtesy, perhaps going out of our way to understand and help them.
13.
... going somewhere,
that life is not a ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
He has been set on a path which
tells him he is really
going somewhere, that life is not a dead end, not something to be endured or mastered.
14.
... going there
is little doubt that much ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
If we keep on the way we are
going there is little doubt that much good will result, but the surface of
the problem would hardly
be scratched.
15.
... going to
back away from their individual ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Nor does it mean that the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, now restored as citizens of
the world, are going to back away from their individual responsibilities to act as they see the right upon issues of our time.
16.
... going to
be happy again.
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
17.
... going to
be inspired at all times.
BB p.87,
Into Action
Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that
we are going to be inspired at all times.
18.
... going to
be more interested in a ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
He is going to be more interested in a demonstration of good will than in our talk of spiritual discoveries.
19.
... going to
be our Director.
BB p.62,
How It Works
20.
... going to
be so rigidly righteous about ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Are we going to be so rigidly righteous about
making amends that we
don't care what happens to
the family and home?
21.
... going to
be that way with you.
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
22.
... going to
be very happy.
BB p.117,
To Wives
If you and your husband find a solution for the pressing problem of drink you are, of course,
going to be very happy.
23.
... going to
bed, so I stepped into ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
When I returned to the hotel it struck me a highball would be fine before going to bed, so I stepped into the bar and had one.
24.
... going to
believe they are in that ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going to
believe they are in that class.
25.
... going to
describe.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
26.
... going to
disappear over night.
BB p.100,
Working With Others
27.
... going to
do about a thing like ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
In fairness we must say that she may understand,
but what are we going to do about a thing like that?
28.
... going to
function, it has to be ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
29.
... going to
get drunk?
BB p.70,
How It Works
30.
... going to
health farms and sanitariums, accepting ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at
home, never having it in the
house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties,
switching from scotch
to brandy, drinking only
natural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off forever (with and without a
solemn oath), taking more physical exercise, reading inspirational
books, going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums --
we could increase the list
ad infinitum.
31.
... going to
hurry any.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
32.
... going to
it for years.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
I also had the notion that I
might find a customer for
a car at this place, which was
familiar for I had been going to it for years.
33.
... going to
know a new freedom and ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
34.
... going to
meddle with our personal independence ...
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
35.
... going to
meet these new friends in ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
36.
... going to
need them."
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
We're going to need them."
37.
... going to
pay its bills, that's really ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
When a society composed
entirely of alcoholics says it's going to pay its bills, that's really news.
38.
... going to
perform those services for which ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Eight (Long)
But we may employ alcoholics where they are going to perform those services for which we
might otherwise have to engage nonalcoholics.
39.
... going to
perform those services for which ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But we may employ alcoholics where they are going to perform those services for which we
might otherwise have to engage nonalcoholics.
40.
... going to
play an effective part in ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
At the very beginning,
the couple ought to frankly face the fact that each will have to yield here and there if the family is
going to play an effective part in the new life.
41.
... going to
sleep, many of us draw ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
When evening comes, perhaps just before going to sleep, many of us draw up a balance sheet for the day.
42.
... going to
some of them on a ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
As we look over the list of business acquaintances and friends we have hurt, we may
feel diffident about
going to some of them on a spiritual basis.
43.
... going to
spoil your relations with your ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
Be determined that your husband's drinking is not
going to spoil your relations with your children or your friends.
44.
... going to
talk about God.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
45.
Going to
the extreme, he can become ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Going to the extreme, he
can become a miser, or even a recluse who denies himself both family and friends.
46.
... going to
the other extreme, we had ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
Or, going to the other extreme, we had wallowed
in emotionalism and had mistaken it for true religious feeling.
47.
... going to
this place?
BB p.101,
Working With Others
Therefore, ask yourself on each occasion, "Have I any good social, business, or personal reason for going to this place?
48.
... going to
try the program, the process ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
49.
... going to
turn me into a nonentity.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
50.
... going to
wonder how you can add ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
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