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... knew.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
2.
... knew about
alcoholism.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
3.
... knew all
the answers, and certainly not ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
4.
... knew, and
almost welcomed the idea.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
5.
... knew anything
about it.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
6.
... knew anything
about the subject of alcoholism.
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It must be remembered
that I had read a great deal and talked to everyone who knew, or thought they knew anything about the subject
of alcoholism.
7.
... knew different;
and so we were sold ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
Of course we finally did
experiment, and when unexpected results followed, we felt different; in fact we knew different; and so we were
sold on meditation and
prayer.
8.
... knew everyone
would buy a few bottles, ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I knew everyone would buy a few bottles, or cases, of liquor as their exchequers permitted,
and that it would soon be gone.
9.
... knew from
that moment that I had ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
10.
... knew he
faced another trip to the ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
11.
... knew he
had them cold.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
12.
... knew her
problem, to hear from the ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Many a distracted wife has visited this house to find loving and understanding companionship among women who knew her problem, to hear from the lips of their husbands what
had happened to them, to be advised how her own wayward mate might be hospitalized and approached when next he stumbled.
13.
... knew how
much alcoholism is costing his ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
14.
... knew how
much there was we hadn't ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
15.
... knew I
could not, but I schooled ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to get terribly upset when I saw my friends drink and knew I could not, but
I schooled myself to believe that though I once had the same privilege, I had abused it
so frightfully that it was withdrawn.
16.
... knew my
partners would be too.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
17.
... knew neither
time nor limitation.
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
18.
... knew no
bounds.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
19.
... knew of
a total of half a ...
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.
20.
... knew of
alcoholism and the answer we ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
21.
... knew of
his drinking.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
22.
... knew of
his drinking.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
23.
... knew of
it at first but, within ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
Only a few knew of it at first but, within a short time, it was billboarded throughout the entire company.
24.
... knew of
our drinking.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
25.
... knew or
cared about human beings.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
26.
... knew, or
thought they knew anything about ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It must be remembered
that I had read a great deal and talked to everyone who knew, or thought they knew anything about the subject
of alcoholism.
27.
... knew that
if I did not stay ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Not being a man of means, I knew that if I did not
stay sober enough to earn money, I would run out of liquor.
28.
... knew the
A.A. pitch.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
At the Foundation(*) and intergroup offices, we
couldn't employ nonalcoholics as secretaries; we had to have people who knew the A.A. pitch.
29.
... knew the
law was not for me.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
30.
... knew the
man by name, and partly ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
31.
... knew then.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
I knew then.
32.
... knew they
had a host of new ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
33.
... knew they
must find their real strength.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
Each needed to consider the others, and in
abiding faith they knew they must find their real strength.
34.
... knew they
must help other alcoholics if ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they
would remain sober, that motive became secondary.
35.
... knew we
had.
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Possibly, too, we were still handicapped by many liabilities, great and small, we never knew we had.
36.
... knew we
had to exercise self-restraint.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
37.
... knew we
had to make a settlement ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
38.
... knew we
would have to quit the ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
We knew we would have to quit
the deadly business of
living alone with our conflicts, and in honesty
confide these to God and another human being.
39.
... knew we'd
be able to receive forgiveness ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Our moral inventory had
persuaded us that all-round forgiveness was desirable, but it was only when we resolutely tackled Step Five that we inwardly knew we'd be able to receive forgiveness and give it,
too.
40.
... knew what
he was talking about in ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Of far more importance was the fact
that he was the first living human with whom I had
ever talked, who knew what he was talking about in
regard to alcoholism
from actual experience.
41.
... knew what
he was talking about once ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
Someone who knew what he
was talking about once remarked that pain was the touchstone of all spiritual progress.
42.
... knew what
that meant!
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
43.
... knew what
was coming.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
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