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1.
... instead?
BB
How It Works, p.69
Where were we at
fault, what should we have
done instead?
2.
... instead!
BB
Working With Others, p.102
But if you are
shaky, you had
better work with
another alcoholic instead!
3.
... instead as
"a member of Alcoholics Anonymous."
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
4.
... instead of
adjusting to the fact, and ...
12&12
Step Six, p.67
5.
... instead of
attempting to bring it into ...
12&12
Step Three, p.40
We had
tried to
bombard our
problems with it
instead of
attempting to
bring it
into
agreement with
God's
intention for us.
6.
... instead of
casually, there was little serious ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.37
7.
Instead of
developing new channels of activity ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.131
8.
... instead of
how much you can take ...
BB
To Wives, p.120
You, as
well as your
husband,
ought to
think of what you can
put into
life instead of how
much you can
take out.
9.
... instead of
like a bad boy.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.119
10.
... instead of
my wife.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.41
11.
Instead of
regarding ourselves as intelligent agents, ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.49
12.
Instead of
regarding the satisfaction of our ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.71
Instead of
regarding the
satisfaction of our
material desires as the
means by which we could
live and
function as
human beings, we had
taken these
satisfactions to be the
final end and
aim of
life.
13.
... instead of
"Thy will be done."
12&12
Step Two, p.32
We had
always said, "
Grant me my
wishes"
instead of "
Thy will be
done."
14.
Instead of
treating the family as he ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.129
Instead of
treating the
family as he should, he may
retreat further into
himself and
feel he has
spiritual justification for so
doing.
15.
Instead, the
problem has been removed.
BB
Into Action, p.85
Instead, the
problem has been
removed.
16.
Instead, the
Washingtonians permitted politicians and reformers, ...
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.178
17.
... instead, to
put yourself in his place.
BB
To Wives, p.111
Attempt instead, to
put yourself in his
place.
18.
... instead we
had been telling Him what ...
12&12
Step Two, p.31
At
no time had we
asked what
God's
will was for us;
instead we had
been
telling Him what it
ought to be.
19.
Instead we
let Him demonstrate, through us, ...
BB
How It Works, p.68
Instead we
let Him
demonstrate,
through us,
what He can do.
20.
Instead, we
looked at the human defects ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.50
21.
... instead would
fill up on large doses ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
Most of the
time,
therefore, I did not
take the
morning drink which I
craved so
badly, but
instead would
fill up on
large doses of
sedatives to
quiet the
jitters, which
distressed me
terribly.
22.
Instead, you
will capitalize them.
BB
To Wives, p.117
Instead, you
will capitalize them.
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