From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... half a
day.
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
2.
... half a
dozen bottles of beer would ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
A tumbler full of gin followed by half a dozen bottles of beer would be required if I were to eat any breakfast.
3.
... half a
dozen drinks and get away ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
4.
... half a
dozen times in rapid succession.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
5.
... 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.
6.
... half day's
work during these three years.
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
7.
... half dozen
prospects.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
8.
... half, during
which I found little work.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
It was fortunate, for my old business associates remained skeptical for a year and a
half, during which I found little work.
9.
... 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.
10.
Half measures
availed us nothing.
BB p.59,
How It Works
11.
... 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.
12.
... 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.
13.
... half of
us thought we were atheists ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
14.
... half our
original fellowship were of exactly ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
15.
... half steam.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
16.
... 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.
17.
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.
18.
... half the
zeal you have been in ...
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.
19.
... half-truth.
BB p.70,
How It Works
But this is only a half-truth.
20.
... 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.
21.
... 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.
22.
... half years,
but I still got tight ...
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.
23.
... half years
of abstinence.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Unlike most of our crowd, I
did not get over my craving for liquor much during the first two and one-half years of abstinence.
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