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... keep a
confidence; that he fully understand ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
It is important that he be able to keep a confidence; that he fully
understand and approve what we are driving
at; that he will not try to change our plan.
2.
... keep a
firm hand on A.A. in ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
They say to one another, "Perhaps it would
be a good idea if we continue to keep a firm hand on A.A. in this town.
3.
... keep a
man in everlasting ignorance -- that ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance -- that principle is contempt prior to investigation." -- Herbert Spencer
4.
... keep chasing
a man who cannot or ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
5.
... keep few
skeletons in the closet.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
6.
... keep God
out of our lives.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
7.
... keep him,
but cannot if he continues ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
You might say you appreciate his abilities, would like to
keep him, but cannot if he continues to drink.
8.
... keep him
on, for your obligation has ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
But you should feel under no obligation to keep him on, for your obligation has been well discharged already.
9.
... keep him
sober the rest of his ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
He was positive that this humiliating experience, plus the knowledge he had acquired, would keep him sober the rest of his life.
10.
Keep his
attention focussed mainly on your ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
11.
... keep in
emotional balance, and live to ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions?
12.
... keep in
fit spiritual condition.
BB p.85,
Into Action
13.
Keep it
always in sight that we ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
14.
... keep liquor
in our homes.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
15.
... keep off
the streets altogether.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
On through the years this
conduct continues, accompanied by his continual promises to be
careful or to keep off the
streets altogether.
16.
... keep on,
a good number will become ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
17.
Keep on
the firing line of life ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
18.
... keep on
the way we are going ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
If we keep on the way we are going there is little doubt that much good will result, but the surface of
the problem would hardly
be scratched.
19.
... keep on
trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
We know this because we see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.
20.
... keep on
turning my life and my ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
If I keep on turning my life and my will over to the care of Something or Somebody else, what will become of me?
21.
... keep our
balance.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Although these attitudes are common enough, we A.A.'s find we need something much better in order to keep our balance.
22.
... keep our
balance, provided we remember, and ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
If at these points our emotional disturbance
happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to
us in our reading or meditation.
23.
... keep our
heads in the clouds with ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
We have come to believe He
would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him,
but that our feet ought to be
firmly planted on earth.
24.
... keep our
knowledge and experience top secret.
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
We cannot declare A.A. such a closed corporation that we keep
our knowledge and experience top secret.
25.
... keep our
Society out of public controversy.
12&12 p.179,
Tradition Ten
As we surveyed the wreck
of that movement, early
A.A. members resolved to keep our Society out of public controversy.
26.
... keep sober.
BB p.82,
Into Action
27.
... keep sober,
for there will be no ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
28.
... keep spiritually
active.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
29.
... keep the
breath of life in him.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
Ask the polio sufferer confined to an
iron lung who depends with complete trust upon a motor to keep the breath of life in him.
30.
... keep the
precious gift of sobriety unless ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
It is the great paradox of
A.A. that we know we can seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety unless we give it away.
31.
... keep this
priceless gift unless he gives ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
32.
... keep to
themselves certain facts about their ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
33.
... keep trying.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
34.
... keep up
his spirits.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
35.
... keep us
on an emotional jag indefinitely.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
Anger, that occasional
luxury of more balanced people, could
keep us on an emotional
jag indefinitely.
36.
... keep us
out."
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Groups have tried to expel members, but the banished have come back to sit in the meeting place, saying, "This is life for us;
you can't keep us out."
37.
... keep us
that way without our cooperation.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
38.
... keep you
out.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
39.
... keep you
out.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
40.
... keep you
unharmed.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
41.
... keep you
-- until then.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
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