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... great.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
2.
... great.
BB p.61,
How It Works
If his arrangements would only stay put, if only people would do as he wished,
the show would be great.
3.
... great.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
4.
... great a
penalty, although I was beginning ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
During these years, I drank as much as my purse permitted, still without paying too great a penalty, although I was beginning to have morning
"jitters" at times.
5.
... great advantages
of doing this will so ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
But if a willing start is
made, then the great advantages of doing this
will so quickly reveal themselves that
the pain will be lessened as one obstacle after another melts away.
6.
... great amounts
of time wishing for what ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Else why would we consume such great amounts of time wishing for what we have
not, rather than working
for it, or angrily looking for attributes
we shall never have, instead of adjusting to
the fact, and accepting
it?
7.
... great and
small, we never knew we ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Possibly, too, we were still handicapped by many liabilities, great and small, we never knew we had.
8.
... great big
alcoholic center, a kind of ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
They figured the town needed a great big alcoholic center, a kind of pilot plant A.A. groups could duplicate everywhere.
9.
... great big
happy family.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Maybe this sounds as though the alcoholics in
A.A. had suddenly gone peaceable, and become one great big happy family.
10.
... great big
lump that we can't begin ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Then perhaps life, as it
has a way of doing, suddenly hands us a great big lump
that we can't begin to swallow, let alone digest.
11.
... great blessings
may never spoil us; that ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Twelve (Long)
This to the end that our great
blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all.
12.
... great blessings
may never spoil us; that ...
BB p.566(568),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
This to the end that our great
blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all.
13.
... great boom
of the late twenties was ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
14.
... great cause
to live for as much ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
15.
... great chance
for sobriety that we've had.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
16.
... great church
that means everything to me.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
17.
... great clean
wind of a mountain top ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
18.
... great corporations
have set their approval upon ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
Employers learn that
great corporations
have set their approval upon us, and wish to discover what can be done
about alcoholism in their own firms.
19.
... great deal.
BB p.113,
To Wives
20.
... great deal.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
21.
... great deal
about the relationship of my ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist:
"As a psychiatrist, I have thought a great deal about the relationship of my specialty to A.A. and I have
come to the conclusion
that our particular function can very often lie in preparing the way for the patient to accept any sort of treatment or outside help.
22.
... great deal
and talked to everyone who ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It must be remembered
that I had read a great deal and talked to everyone who knew, or thought they knew anything about the subject
of alcoholism.
23.
... great deal
began to happen.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
24.
... great deal,
but we almost invariably temper ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
We do talk about each other a great deal, but we almost invariably temper such talk by a spirit of love and tolerance.
25.
... great deal
can be accomplished by the ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
26.
... great deal
more hard liquor than in ...
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This had little effect
however for I kept on drinking and used a great deal more hard liquor than in former years.
27.
... great deal
of ardent Twelfth Step work ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
By a great deal of ardent Twelfth Step work we sometimes carry the message to so many alcoholics that they place
us in a position of trust.
28.
... great deal
of business life, at least ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
We, who have collectively seen a great deal of business life, at least from the alcoholic angle, had to smile at this gentleman's
sincere opinion.
29.
... great deal
of morning-after nausea.
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I seemed to be able to snap back the next morning better than most of my fellow
drinkers, who were cursed (or perhaps blessed) with a great deal of morning-after nausea.
30.
... great deal
of spree drinking.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
31.
... great deal
of time passing on what ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
32.
... great deal
of what we read, highlights ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Much of the everyday talk we hear, and a great deal of what we read, highlights man's pride in his own achievements.
33.
... great deal
to his community, and the ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
As we shall see, he now means a great deal to his community, and the major liabilities of thirty years of hard drinking have been repaired in four.
34.
... great deeds,
and embody great ideals.
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
35.
... great difference,
even if I should do ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
36.
... great difficulty
in casting aside such feelings.
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
37.
... great distilling
companies proposed to go into ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
38.
... great distrust
and disfavor by most of ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Men who had liquor shipped in from Boston or New York by express were looked upon with great distrust and disfavor by
most of the good townspeople.
39.
... great dividend
we may expect from confiding ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Another great dividend we may expect from
confiding our defects
to another human being is humility -- a word often misunderstood.
40.
... great events
will come to pass for ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others.
41.
... great extremes
to provide each other with ...
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.
42.
... Great Fact
for us.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
This is the Great Fact for us.
43.
... great fact
is just this, and nothing ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and
effective spiritual
experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.
44.
... great for
preservation of the Fellowship.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
Realization dawns that
he is but a small part of a
great whole; that no personal sacrifice is too great for
preservation of the Fellowship.
45.
... great freedom
from embarrassment, which I could ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
They spoke with great freedom from embarrassment, which I could never do, and they seemed very much at ease on all occasions and appeared very healthy.
46.
... great gains
we make under the influence ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
More realism and therefore more honesty about ourselves
are the great gains we make under the influence of Step Five.
47.
... great good,
perform great deeds, and embody ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
48.
"Great guns!"
he said.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
49.
... great harm.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
As this tide offering top public approval swept in, we realized that it could do us incalculable good or
great harm.
50.
... great havoc
without in the least intending ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
51.
... great help,
but they could not be ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Volunteer committeemen and assistants could be of great help, but they could not be expected to carry this load day in and day out.
52.
... great help
in quieting stormy emotions.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
A spot-check inventory taken in the midst of such disturbances can be of very great help in quieting stormy emotions.
53.
... great hope
that all those who have ...
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Yet it is our great hope that all those who have as
yet found no answer may begin to find one in the pages of this book and will presently join us on the high road to a new freedom.
54.
... great, however,
a long period of patient ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
55.
... great human
accomplishments, a creative energy that ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
This mighty urge is the root of great human accomplishments, a creative energy that deeply influences our lives.
56.
... great ideals.
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
57.
... great increase
in the size and the ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
In spite of the great increase in the size and the
span of this Fellowship,
at its core it remains simple and personal.
58.
... great increase
in this helpful interchange.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
There is a good bit of travel between East and West and we foresee a great increase in this helpful
interchange.
59.
... great intelligence,
men of science have been ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
60.
... great interference
with your pleasures, interruptions to ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
It may mean the loss of many nights' sleep, great interference with your pleasures, interruptions to your business.
61.
... great joys
in return.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
62.
... great liner
the moment after rescue from ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
We are like the passengers of a great liner the moment after rescue from shipwreck when camaraderie, joyousness and democracy pervade the vessel from steerage to Captain's table.
63.
... great love
are A.A.'s disciplinarians; we need ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
64.
... great man,
not too closely followed by ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
To Christ I conceded the
certainty of a great man, not too closely followed by those who claimed Him.
65.
... great many
of us have never really ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
The emphasis on inventory is heavy only because a great many of us have never really acquired the habit of accurate self-appraisal.
66.
... great many
years.
BB xxxii(xxx),
The Doctor's Opinion
67.
... great measure.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
But that would be in great measure.
68.
... great medical
benefactor.
BB xi,
Preface
The section called "The
Doctor's Opinion" has
been kept intact, just as it was originally
written in 1939 by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, our
Society's great medical benefactor.
69.
... great men
and women of all religions ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
We won't have far to seek; the
great men and women of all religions have
left us a wonderful supply.
70.
... great moment
is apt to occur.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
71.
... great moments
of the past.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
72.
... great natural
assets, the instincts, have turned ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
When that happens, our great natural assets, the instincts,
have turned into physical and mental liabilities.
73.
... great necessity
for discussing ourselves with someone, ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
Notwithstanding the great necessity for discussing ourselves
with someone, it may be one
is so situated that there is no suitable person available.
74.
... great news
this book carries to those ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
75.
... great news
to us, for we had ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
That was great news to us, for
we had assumed we could not make use of spiritual principles
unless we accepted many things on faith which seemed difficult to believe.
76.
... great numbers
of such experiences, we could ...
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.
77.
... great numbers
of these -- about two out ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
78.
... great numbers
of yet erratic people could ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
But it was by no means sure that such great numbers of yet erratic people could live and work together with harmony and good effect.
79.
... great obsession
of every abnormal drinker.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker.
80.
... great obstacle
to a spiritual experience.
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
81.
... great one,
was felt at once.
BB p.63,
How It Works
This was only a beginning, though if honestly and humbly made, an effect, sometimes a very great one, was felt at once.
82.
... great or
small.
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
To any questioning or criticism of his actions
he instantly proffers
his reliance upon prayer for guidance in all
matters great or small.
83.
... great panacea
for all human ills.
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Without this proof the expectant purchaser
would be forced to depart
empty handed with none of what I later came to believe was the great panacea for all human ills.
84.
... great paradox
of A.A. that we know ...
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.
85.
... great persuader.
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
86.
... great physician's
opinion.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
87.
... Great Reality
deep down within us.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
88.
... Great Reality
-- their loving and All Powerful ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
89.
... great resolution
to approach him or her.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
90.
... great responsibility
fell upon us to develop ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
Therefore, a great responsibility fell upon us to develop the best possible public relations policy for Alcoholics Anonymous.
91.
... great revulsion
has risen up in him.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
Save for a few brief moments of temptation the thought
of drink has never returned; and at such times a great revulsion has risen up in him.
92.
... great rise.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
93.
... great sarcasm
Ed came back at them.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
94.
... great self-confidence,
but it didn't fully solve ...
BB p.68,
How It Works
Some of us once had great self-confidence, but it
didn't fully solve the fear problem, or any other.
95.
... great sense
of purpose, accompanied by a ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
This dream world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing consciousness
of the power of God in our lives.
96.
... great service
for Alcoholics Anonymous, because it ...
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Moreover, it had performed a great service for Alcoholics
Anonymous, because it
had been humbly willing
to apply the lessons it learned.
97.
... great sigh
of relief, saying, "Well, thank ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless over alcohol, we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, "Well, thank God that's over!
98.
... great solemn
oaths that they were through ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
99.
... great stuff.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
100.
... great successes
or dismal failures.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
101.
Great suffering
and great love are A.A.'s ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
102.
... great, that
we felt his only hope ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
His alcoholic problem
was so complex, and his depression so great, that
we felt his only hope would be
through what we then called "moral psychology," and we doubted if even that would
have any effect.
103.
... great, the
emotional harm we have done ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has.
104.
... great the
necessity or the wish.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as
we know it -- this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.
105.
... great therapeutic
weapon.
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
106.
... great thing
A.A. might have been!"
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
Back again in their caves, alcoholics would reproach us and say, "What a
great thing A.A. might have been!"
107.
... great things
A.A. would be able to ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
108.
... great thought
came.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
109.
... great thunderclouds
of dispute may gather.
BB p.117,
To Wives
110.
... great tide
at flood.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
111.
... great tidings.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
112.
... great to
be overcome.
BB p.104,
To Wives
We want to leave you with the
feeling that no situation is too difficult and no unhappiness too great to
be overcome.
113.
... great trouble,
practically all the trouble there ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
When thus out of joint, man's natural desires cause him great trouble, practically
all the trouble there is.
114.
... great turning
point in our lives came ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
A great turning point in our lives came when we sought for humility as something we
really wanted, rather than as something
we must have.
115.
... great values.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
If our circumstances happened to be good, we no longer dreaded a change for the worse, for we had learned
that these troubles could be turned into great values.
116.
... great venture
in social pioneering which forged ...
BB p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to
that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma associated with
this condition is being
blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous
to have been a great venture in social pioneering which forged a
new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad
other ills of mankind."
117.
... great wall
had been built around them.
BB p.107,
To Wives
Sometimes they were so inaccessible that it seemed as though a great wall had been built around them.
118.
... great was
the sum of our anxiety ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
If all those rules had been
in effect everywhere,
nobody could have possibly joined A.A. at all, so great was the sum of our anxiety and fear.
119.
... great wave
of outraged resentment engulfed the ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
A great wave of outraged resentment engulfed the meeting, sweeping every member to a single resolve: "Out he goes!"
120.
... great, we
will more surely keep our ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
If at these points our emotional disturbance
happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to
us in our reading or meditation.
121.
... great wealth,
prestige, and entrenched power which ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
A.A. has to function, but at
the same time it must avoid those dangers of great wealth, prestige, and entrenched power which necessarily tempt other societies.
122.
... great whole.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition One (Long)
123.
... great whole.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
124.
... great whole;
that no personal sacrifice is ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
Realization dawns that
he is but a small part of a
great whole; that no personal sacrifice is too great for
preservation of the Fellowship.
125.
... great willingness
even to begin.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
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