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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
HALF occurs
18 times
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1.
... half a
dozen bottles of beer would ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
2.
... half a
dozen drinks and get away ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
Inwardly he would
give
anything to take
half a
dozen
drinks and get away with them.
3.
... half a
dozen times in rapid succession.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
4.
... half a
million dollars set aside for ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
They
pointed out that the
Foundation board already
knew of a
total of
half a
million dollars set aside for
A.A. in the
wills of people still
alive.
5.
... half dozen
prospects.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
6.
... half, during
which I found little work.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
7.
... half its
membership might angrily rush off ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Disliking the
attempt
of some to
manage a
group,
half its membership might
angrily
rush off to
form another
group more to their
liking.
8.
Half measures
availed us nothing.
BB p.59,
How It Works
9.
... half of
A.A.'s membership has been led ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
It is no
exaggeration to say that
half of
A.A.'s
membership has been
led to
us through
channels like these.
10.
... half of
those approached will become fellows ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
Some of them may
sink and perhaps
never get up, but if our
experience is a
criterion, more than
half of
those
approached will
become fellows of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
11.
... half of
us thought we were atheists ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
But
cheer up, something like
half of us
thought we were
atheists or
agnostics.
12.
... half our
original fellowship were of exactly ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
About
half our
original fellowship were of
exactly that
type.
13.
... half steam.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
14.
... half the
letters they write: "Of course, ...
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.
15.
Half the
people in this country would ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
Half the people in this
country would
think we'd
signed up with the
drys, the
other
half would
think we'd
joined the
wets.
16.
... half-truth.
BB p.70,
How It Works
But this is only a
half-
truth.
17.
... half way
through.
BB p.83,
Into Action
If we are
painstaking about this
phase of our
development,
we will be
amazed before we are
half way through.
18.
... half would
think we'd joined the wets.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
Half the people in this
country would
think we'd
signed up with the
drys, the
other
half would
think we'd
joined the
wets.
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