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... got.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
No one ought to say the A.A. program requires no willpower; here is one place you may require all you've got.
2.
... got.
BB p.66,
How It Works
3.
... got.
BB p.66,
How It Works
4.
... got.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
5.
... got a
corker.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
6.
... got a
divorce and took the children ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
7.
... got a
nerve to come in here ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
8.
... got a
pretty severe shock when we ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
We got a pretty severe shock when we realized that we were preparing to make a face-to-face admission of our wretched conduct to those we had hurt.
9.
... got a
promising business opportunity.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
10.
... got a
sales job which took him ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
11.
... got along
fine.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
12.
... got an
order for his arrest.
BB p.79,
Into Action
13.
... got bad
and people began to cut ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered
the feeling that we didn't quite belong.
14.
... got closer
together.
BB p.106,
To Wives
15.
... got dark
enough.
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to put eight or twelve ounce bottles of alcohol in a fur lined glove and toss it onto the back airing porch when winter days got dark enough.
16.
... got distressingly
drunk and let their groups ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
17.
... got disturbed.
BB p.118,
To Wives
18.
... got drunk.
BB p.73,
Into Action
19.
... got drunk.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
He got drunk.
20.
... got drunk
again.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
21.
... got drunk
again immediately?
BB p.108,
To Wives
Why was it, when these dangers were pointed out that they agreed, and then
got drunk again immediately?
22.
... got drunk
on beer.
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
23.
... got drunk
on the way home from ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
24.
... got drunk,
or was lured into using ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
If even one publicly got drunk, or was lured into using A.A.'s name for his own purposes, the damage might
be irreparable.
25.
... got folding
money in those days.
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
26.
... got him
strapped down tight.(*)
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
Understand he was once a
well-known lawyer in town, but just now we've got him strapped down tight.(*)
27.
... got in
touch with a prominent psychiatrist ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
He got in touch with a prominent psychiatrist who had undertaken certain responsibilities for the mental health of the community.
28.
... got into
circulation outside of A.A., the ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
When such stories got into circulation outside of A.A., the loss of confidence in our
anonymity promise was
severe.
29.
... got into
the fellow.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
30.
... got it.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
31.
... got me
home and to bed, gave ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
He came and got me home and to bed, gave me a few drinks that night, and one bottle of beer the next morning.
32.
... got mighty
sore about it.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
33.
... got no
place with my alcoholism.
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
Change of scene, the best efforts of family, friends, doctors, and clergymen
got no place with my alcoholism.
34.
... got none
at all.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
35.
... got on
the phone.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
Then he got on the phone.
36.
... got on
the world wires; inquiries poured ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
News of this got on the world wires; inquiries poured in again and many people went to the bookstores to get the book "Alcoholics Anonymous."
37.
... got, or
can we get, the resources ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Have we alcoholics in A.A.
got, or can we get, the resources to meet these calamities which come to so
many?
38.
... got out
from under.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
39.
... got over
your drinking.
BB p.148,
To Employers
40.
... got rapidly
worse.
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
After three years of this, I wound up in the local hospital where they attempted to help me, but I
would get my friends to smuggle me a quart, or I
would steal the alcohol
about the building, so that I got rapidly worse.
41.
... got religion."
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
42.
... got sober
at once and remained that ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Of alcoholics who came
to A.A. and really tried, 50% got sober at once and remained that way; 25% sobered up after some relapses, and among the remainder, those who stayed on with A.A. showed improvement.
43.
... got sponsorship
for ten newcomers, and was ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary
answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got sponsorship for ten newcomers, and was gently diplomatic with
the irate drunk who complained about the job she
was doing and how she was overpaid, then such a person could surely not be called a professional
A.A.
44.
... got the
cart before the horse; we ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we shall be pulled backward into disillusionment.
45.
... got the
fog out of my brain, ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
When I got the fog out of my brain, I decided that quitting school was very foolish and that I had better return and continue my work.
46.
... got the
point.
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
Then they got the point.
47.
... got the
"spiritual angle," and who still ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
From great numbers of such experiences, we could
predict that the doubter
who still claimed that he
hadn't got the "spiritual
angle," and who still considered his well-loved A.A. group the higher power, would presently love God and call Him by name.
48.
... got the
word 'spiritual' out of my ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
49.
... got this
all down on paper and ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
50.
... got through
with room to spare."
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
So did a friend of mine who
was a one-time vice-president of the American Atheist Society, but he got through with room to spare."
51.
... got tight
every night nevertheless.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I gave the matter much time and study for the next two and a half years, but I still got tight every night nevertheless.
52.
... got tight
ourselves -- the drunk to end ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
53.
... got tight
that night, stayed sober Monday ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I got tight that night, stayed sober Monday till after the dinner, and then proceeded
to get tight again.
54.
... got to
be routine.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
55.
... got up
and made an explanation.
BB p.80,
Into Action
56.
... got us
down.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
57.
... got us
over the barrel, all right ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
58.
... got well.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
But a few did, and when these laid hold of A.A. principles with all the
fervor with which the drowning seize life preservers, they almost invariably got well.
59.
... got well.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Even though your protégé may not have entirely admitted his condition, he has become
very curious to know how you got well.
60.
... got well.
BB p.110,
To Wives
61.
... got won't
run on ethics only; it ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
62.
... got worse.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
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