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... knowledge.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
2.
... knowledge.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
3.
... knowledge.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
But the actual or potential alcoholic,
with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge.
4.
... knowledge.
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
What with our ultra-modern
standards, our scientific approach to
everything, we are perhaps not well equipped to apply the powers of good that lie outside our synthetic knowledge.
5.
... knowledge about
himself as an alcoholic.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
6.
... knowledge and
experience.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
7.
... 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.
8.
... knowledge and
experience were being sold for ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
In all these instances, and more, it was claimed that A.A. knowledge and experience were being sold for money, hence these people, too, were
professionals.
9.
... knowledge and
humble example that resolve a ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
10.
... knowledge and
power.
BB p.85,
Into Action
Much has already been said about receiving strength, inspiration,
and direction from Him who has all knowledge and power.
11.
... knowledge as
to what part employers might ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
To me, this incident illustrates lack of understanding as to what really ails the alcoholic, and lack of knowledge as to what part employers might profitably take in salvaging their sick employees.
12.
... knowledge, he
could not have applied it ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Admit that he probably knows more about it than you do,
but call to his attention
the fact that however deep his
faith and knowledge, he could
not have applied it or he would not drink.
13.
... knowledge he
had acquired, would keep him ...
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.
14.
... knowledge into
other fields, we were taking ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had declared that our Fellowship couldn't hire service workers nor could any A.A. member carry our knowledge into other fields, we were taking the counsel of fear, fear which today has been largely dispelled in the light of
experience.
15.
... knowledge of
alcoholism.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
Of course, there couldn't be the slightest objection if
such an association hired an A.A. member solely because of his public relations ability and his
knowledge of alcoholism.
16.
... knowledge of
his own personality flaws and ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Psychiatrists and psychologists point out the deep need every human being has for practical insight and
knowledge of his own personality flaws and for
a discussion of them with an understanding and trustworthy person.
17.
... knowledge of
His will for us and ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
"Sought through prayer and meditation to
improve our conscious
contact with God as we understood Him, praying
only for knowledge of His will
for us and the power to carry that out."
18.
... "...knowledge of
His will for us and ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
And we think that the whole
range of our needs is well defined by that part of Step Eleven which says: "...knowledge of His will for us and the
power to carry that out."
19.
... knowledge of
His will for us and ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve
our conscious contact
with God as we understood
Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the
power to carry that out.
20.
... knowledge of
ourselves, we may develop the ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have
been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop
the best possible relations with every human being we know.
21.
... knowledge of
that way with all who ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
We have been talking about problems because we are problem people who have found a way up and out, and who wish to share our knowledge of that way with all who
can use it.
22.
... knowledge of
the bootlegger who soon appeared ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
At that time I was not aware
of the almost unlimited
supply the government
made it possible for us doctors to obtain, neither had I any knowledge of the bootlegger
who soon appeared on the
horizon.
23.
... knowledge of
the inner workings of his ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
Above all, he believed he
had acquired such a profound knowledge of the inner workings of his mind and its hidden springs that relapse was unthinkable.
24.
... knowledge of
your condition.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
25.
... knowledge that
at home or in the ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in the world outside we are partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
26.
Knowledge was
all-powerful.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
Knowledge was all-powerful.
27.
... knowledge would
fix it.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
28.
... knowledge would
not help in those strange ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
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