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1.
... its actions
never be personally punitive nor ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
2.
... its actual
operation it discloses a society ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
3.
... its advantages
for all.
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
And besides, we are
sure that our way of
living has
its advantages for all.
4.
... its advantages
when reasonably used.
BB p.110,
To Wives
Some, but not all of us,
think it has
its advantages when
reasonably used.
5.
... its advertising;
he was to be described ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
6.
... its affairs
exactly as it pleases, except ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
7.
... its application
presented difficulties beyond our conception.
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
8.
... its ashes
about.
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
Then, under one
provocation or another, the
aggrieved one would
unearth the
old affair and
angrily cast its ashes about.
9.
... its attendant
suffering and humiliation, why is ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If
hundreds of
experiences have
shown
him that one
drink means
another
debacle with all
its attendant suffering and
humiliation, why is it he
takes that one
drink?
10.
Its author
was a man who for ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
Its author was a
man who for several
hundred years now has been
rated as a
saint.
11.
... its authority.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
In either
case, the
group now
has a so-called
rotating committee, very
sharply
limited in
its authority.
12.
... its best
moments for the worst I ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
My
old manner of
life was by no
means a
bad one, but I would not
exchange its best moments for the
worst I have now.
13.
... its bestowal
upon others like us is ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
This is our
gift from
God, and
its bestowal upon others
like us is the one
aim that
today animates A.A.'s all around the
globe.
14.
... its bills,
that's really news.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
When a
society composed
entirely of
alcoholics says it's
going
to
pay its bills, that's really
news.
15.
... its business?
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Who is more
unpopular than the
oldtime A.A.,
full of
wisdom, who
moves to another
area and
tries to tell the
group there
how to
run its business?
16.
... its chief
application to situations which arise ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
17.
... its commitment
to health resorts, sanitariums, hospitals, ...
BB p.107,
To Wives
18.
... its common
manifestations.
BB p.64,
How It Works
19.
... its consequences.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
20.
... its core
it remains simple and personal.
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
21.
... its course
or be hopelessly lost.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
The
A.A. group would have to
stick to
its course or be
hopelessly
lost.
22.
... its demands.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
23.
... its direction?
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
Where does
A.A. get
its direction?
24.
... its director
of publicity and as a ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
25.
... its effectiveness
would be increased if we ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
None of us makes a
sole vocation of this
work, nor do
we
think its effectiveness would be
increased if we did.
26.
... its elders,
will be in the long ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
This is the
experience which has
led us to the
conclusion
that our
group conscience, well-
advised
by
its elders, will be in
the
long run wiser than any
single leader.
27.
... its elements
are simple.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
28.
... its environs
there are one thousand of ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
In one
western city and
its environs there are one
thousand of us and our
families.
29.
... its era
had almost forgotten.
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
30.
... its experience
in a book which finally ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
Nevertheless, the
infant Society determined to
set down
its experience in a book which finally
reached the
public in
April 1939.
31.
... its Fellowship
will number many hundreds.(*)
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Being a
large place, we
think that some
day its Fellowship will
number many
hundreds.(*)
32.
... its first
fruits is emotional balance.
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
33.
... its first
major test.
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
34.
... its first
step in the formation of ...
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
35.
... its flight
like a boomerang and all ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
Out of this
alloy of
drink
and
speculation, I
commenced to
forge the
weapon that one
day would
turn in
its flight like a
boomerang
and all but
cut me to
ribbons.
36.
... its fold,
Alcoholics Anonymous has made the ...
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
To those now in
its fold,
Alcoholics Anonymous
has made the
difference between
misery and
sobriety, and
often the
difference between
life and
death.
37.
Its foreword
made this revealing statement: "It ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
38.
... its Foundation
Board,(*) nor the humblest group ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
39.
... its friends,
this is but the beginning ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
In the
view of
its friends, this is but the
beginning of
its unique and
valuable service.
40.
... its full
implication, it is really talking ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
When the
Twelfth Step is
seen in
its full implication, it is really
talking about the
kind of
love that has no
price tag on it.
41.
... its General
Service Conference, its Foundation Board,(*) ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
42.
... its "God
nonsense."
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
His
pet obsession was that
A.A. could get along
better
without
its "
God nonsense."
43.
... its grip.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
44.
Its headquarters
address is 1600 Corporate Landing ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve (Note)
45.
... its hidden
springs that relapse was unthinkable.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
46.
... its hopelessness,
the physician began to pursue ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
47.
... its individual
members.
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
Here was something
rare in the
world -- a
society which said
it
wished to
publicize
its principles and
its work, but not
its individual members.
48.
... its individual
members; surely there is none ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
49.
... its individual
members waxed prosperous.
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
50.
... its infancy
into adolescence, we swung from ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
As
A.A. emerged from
its infancy into
adolescence, we
swung
from the
idea that we
needed
vast sums of
money to the
notion that
A.A. shouldn't have any.
51.
... its inner
essence is.
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
Once more we
read our
prayer, and again
try to see
what
its inner essence is.
52.
... its interior.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
53.
... its international
service center.
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
54.
... its key
word.
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
55.
... its leaders
shall serve.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
56.
... its leadership
to draw votes.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
57.
... its legions
of well-wishers, A.A. could never ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
Without
its legions of
well-
wishers,
A.A. could
never have
grown as it has.
58.
... its letterhead
shows the name of every ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
59.
... its list
of 'protective' regulations.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
60.
Its main
object is to enable you ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
Its main object is to
enable you to
find a
Power greater than
yourself which will
solve
your
problem.
61.
... its members
and enforce obedience to necessary ...
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
62.
... its members
govern or direct the group.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
In no
sense whatever can
its
members govern or
direct the
group.
63.
... its members
in a position of unqualified ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
64.
... its members
to impose obedience upon the ...
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
65.
... its membership
a salesman we shall call ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
Not
long after the
man with the
double stigma knocked for
admission,
A.A.'s other
group received into
its membership a
salesman
we shall call
Ed.
66.
... its membership
might angrily rush off to ...
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.
67.
... its membership
regulations?
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
68.
... its message
to the alcoholic who still ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
"Each
group has but one
primary purpose -- to
carry its message to the
alcoholic
who still
suffers."
69.
... its message
to the alcoholic who still ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Five (Long)
70.
... its message
to the alcoholic who still ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Five -- Each
group has but
one
primary purpose --
to
carry its message to the
alcoholic
who still
suffers.
71.
... its message
to the alcoholic who still ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
72.
... its morality
was impossibly good; in others ...
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
73.
... its mystery
is; and let us lift ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
Let us
look now upon the
sea
and
ponder what
its mystery is; and let us
lift
our
eyes to the far
horizon,
beyond which we
shall
seek all those
wonders still
unseen.
74.
... its name.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
The book was called "
Alcoholics Anonymous," and from it the
Fellowship took
its name.
75.
... its object
is always the same: to ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
But
its object is always the
same: to
improve our
conscious contact with
God, with His
grace,
wisdom, and
love.
76.
... its object
is to thoroughly clear mind ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
77.
... its occupations
are represented, as well as ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
78.
... its own
affairs, each A.A. group should ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
79.
... its own
affairs, each A.A. group should ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
4. With
respect to
its own affairs, each
A.A. group should be
responsible to no other
authority than
its own conscience.
80.
... its own
book.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
The
fledgling society,
which had been
nameless, now
began to be called
Alcoholics Anonymous,
from the
title of
its own book.
81.
... its own
conscience.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
82.
... its own
conscience.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
4. With
respect to
its own affairs, each
A.A. group should be
responsible to no other
authority than
its own conscience.
83.
... its own
conscience as a guide to ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
84.
... its own
right.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
85.
... its paralyzing
grip.
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
86.
... its people
really dominated us.
BB p.66,
How It Works
We
began to see that the
world and
its people really
dominated us.
87.
... its people
were often quite wrong.
BB p.66,
How It Works
The
first thing
apparent
was that this
world and
its
people were often quite
wrong.
88.
... its pioneering
time.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
89.
... its place.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
90.
... its plans
concern the welfare of neighboring ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
But when
its plans concern the
welfare of
neighboring groups also,
those
groups ought to be
consulted.
91.
... its plans
concern the welfare of neighboring ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But when
its plans concern the
welfare of
neighboring groups also,
those
groups ought to be
consulted.
92.
... its power
and simplicity.
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
93.
... its present
form, substance, and unity.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
94.
... its primary
purpose.
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
95.
... its principal
patient and would-be manager.
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
96.
... its principles
and its work, but not ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
Here was something
rare in the
world -- a
society which said
it
wished to
publicize
its principles and
its work, but not
its individual members.
97.
... its prudent
financial principle; that it place ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
98.
... its purpose
for lack of nourishment, so ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
As the
body can
fail its purpose for
lack of
nourishment, so
can the
soul.
99.
... its quantity.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
This
answer has to do with the
quality of
faith rather than
its quantity.
100.
... its quick
energy value at times of ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
101.
... its ramifications.
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
In all
probability, we shall
never be able to
touch more
than a
fair fraction of
the
alcohol problem in
all
its ramifications.
102.
... its real
merit is.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Therefore, we ought to
consider each
request carefully to see
what
its real merit is.
103.
... its right
to be wrong.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Thus it was that under
Tradition Four an
A.A. group had
exercised its right to be
wrong.
104.
... its rotating
committee, and the groups of ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
105.
... its rotating
committee, and the groups of ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
106.
... its satisfactions
for us, too.
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
107.
... its secretary,
the large group its rotating ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
108.
... its secretary,
the large group its rotating ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
109.
... its service
corporations, staffs, committees, and executives ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
110.
... its significance
everywhere.
BB p.69,
How It Works
111.
... its sole
objective.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
112.
... its soundness
may, of course, mean little.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
113.
... its spirit.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Though not in the
strict letter of
anonymity, such
communications were well
within its spirit.
114.
... its successful
consummation.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
115.
... its suggestions.
BB p.144,
To Employers
When the
man is
presented
with this
volume it is
best
that no one tell him he
must abide by
its suggestions.
116.
... its suggestions.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Our
hope is that when this
chip of a book is
launched on
the
world tide of
alcoholism,
defeated drinkers will
seize upon it,
to
follow its suggestions.
117.
... its telephone,
but it was an open ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
118.
... its tradition,
Alcoholics Anonymous had revived an ...
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
119.
... its trees.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
We
missed the
reality and
the
beauty of the
forest
because we were
diverted by the
ugliness of some of
its trees.
120.
Its trustees
are the caretakers and expediters ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
121.
... its trustees
might be tempted to run ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
122.
... its Twelve
Steps are but suggestions.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
All of
its Twelve Steps are but
suggestions.
123.
... its unique
and highly successful approach to ...
BB p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
124.
... its unique
and valuable service.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
In the
view of
its friends, this is but the
beginning of
its unique and
valuable service.
125.
... its unique
but effective therapy."
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
126.
... its unity
and relates itself to the ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
They
outline the
means by
which
A.A. maintains its unity and
relates itself to the
world
about it, the way it
lives and
grows.
127.
... its walls.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Many of us have
felt, for the
first time, the
Presence and
Power of
God within its walls.
128.
... its waste
of time, men and reputation.
BB p.148,
To Employers
129.
... its way
with us.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
But then
alcohol began to
have
its way with us.
130.
... its weekly
visitors, for they number sixty ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
131.
... its weight
to be willing to look ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
Each of us has had his
own near-
fatal encounter with the
juggernaut of
self-will,
and has
suffered enough
under
its weight to be
willing to
look for something
better.
132.
... its will
upon the rest.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
133.
... its work.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
Before we
ask what a
spot-
check inventory is, let's
look at the
kind of
setting in which such an
inventory can do
its work.
134.
... its work,
but not its individual members.
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
Here was something
rare in the
world -- a
society which said
it
wished to
publicize
its principles and
its work, but not
its individual members.
135.
... its works.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
Another
crowd of
A.A.'s says:
"We were
plumb disgusted
with
religion and all
its
works.
136.
... its world
affairs.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
137.
... its World
Service Office, 1600 Corporate Landing ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
138.
... its worst
aspect.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
We have been
dealing with
alcohol in
its worst aspect.
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