From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... hold a
mortgage on dad, so big ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
The family may feel they
hold a mortgage on dad, so big that no equity should be left for outsiders.
2.
... hold a
pencil.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
3.
... hold a
position.
BB p.110,
To Wives
4.
... hold back
nothing, your sense of relief ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
5.
... hold good
for individuals with many different ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
The basic principles of
the A.A. program, it appears, hold good for individuals with
many different lifestyles, just as the program has brought recovery to those of many different nationalities.
6.
... hold his
nervousness in check.
BB p.109,
To Wives
7.
... hold meetings
which were open to interested ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Consequently, many groups began to hold meetings which were open to interested friends and the public, so
that the average citizen
could see for himself just what A.A. was all about.
8.
... hold my
position, I could not possibly ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
I know, in my own particular case, that nothing my company could
have done would have stopped me for, so long as I
was able to hold my position, I could not possibly realize how serious my situation was.
9.
... hold of
a source of strength which, ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
In a very real sense he has been transformed, because he
has laid hold of a source of strength which,
in one way or another, he had hitherto
denied himself.
10.
... hold of
A.A. principles with all the ...
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.
11.
... hold on
father.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
12.
... hold on
to our old ideas and ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
Some of us have tried to hold
on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.
13.
... hold ourselves
in complete readiness to go ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
If that is so, this step may be postponed, only, however, if we hold ourselves in complete readiness to go through with it at the first opportunity.
14.
... hold ourselves
to the course of admitting ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
We shall want to hold ourselves to the course of admitting the things we have done, meanwhile forgiving the
wrongs done us, real or fancied.
15.
... hold the
Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous in ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
How can a set of traditional principles, having no legal force at all, hold the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous
in unity and effectiveness?
16.
... hold the
love of our children for ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
17.
... hold their
faces up to the light.
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
In that time nothing could
be seen but two struggling, nameless groups of alcoholics trying to hold their faces up to the light.
18.
... hold these
alcoholic people must have depth ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
19.
... hold, they
are a baffled lot.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
20.
... hold true
throughout the material world.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
These tiny bodies are governed by precise laws, and these laws hold true throughout the material
world.
21.
... hold up
their heads and be like ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
Our loyalty and the desire that our husbands
hold up their heads and be like other men have begotten all sorts of predicaments.
22.
... hold us
in check.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
23.
... hold with
those who believe that alcoholism ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
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