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1.
... learned.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Moreover, it had
performed a
great service for
Alcoholics Anonymous,
because it had been
humbly willing to
apply the
lessons it
learned.
2.
... learned.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
I rather
appreciated your
ideas about the
subtle insanity which
precedes
the
first drink, but I was
confident it could not
happen to me after what I had
learned.
3.
... learned and
felt and seen means anything ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
If what we have
learned and
felt and seen
means anything at
all, it
means that all of us, whatever our
race,
creed, or
color are the
children of a
living Creator with whom
we may
form a
relationship upon
simple and
understandable terms
as soon as we are
willing and
honest enough to
try.
4.
... learned better.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
But finally,
driven to
A.A.,
we
learned better.
5.
... learned enough
of humility, fearlessness and honesty, ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
But they had not
learned enough of
humility,
fearlessness and
honesty, in the
sense we find
it
necessary, until they told someone else all
their
life story.
6.
... learned from
the Washingtonians was not overlooked ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
7.
... learned in
A.A. carry them through?
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
Would the
kind of
dependence they had
learned
in
A.A. carry them through?
8.
... learned, new
resources of courage were uncovered, ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
He will also
report that out of every
season of
grief or
suffering, when the
hand of
God seemed heavy or even
unjust, new
lessons for
living were
learned, new
resources of
courage were
uncovered, and that finally,
inescapably, the
conviction came that
God does "
move in a
mysterious way His
wonders to
perform."
9.
... learned of
alcoholism did not occur to ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
Well, just that did
happen and more, for what I had
learned of
alcoholism
did not
occur to me at all.
10.
... learned our
lesson.
BB p.70,
How It Works
If we are
sorry for what we have done, and have the
honest desire to let
God take us to
better things, we
believe we will be
forgiven and will have
learned our
lesson.
11.
... learned, something
especially necessary to us alcoholics.
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
This new
outlook was, we
learned, something
especially
necessary to us
alcoholics.
12.
... learned something
of alcoholism.
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
In the
preceding chapters you have
learned
something of
alcoholism.
13.
... learned that
if we were seriously disturbed, ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
We
learned that if we were
seriously disturbed,
our
first need was to
quiet that
disturbance,
regardless of who or what we
thought caused it.
14.
... learned that
many knew of his drinking.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
He
found himself
surprisingly well
received, and
learned that
many
knew of his
drinking.
15.
... learned that
something had to be done ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
But in
A.A. we
slowly learned that something had to be done about our
vengeful resentments,
self-
pity, and
unwarranted pride.
16.
... learned that
the satisfaction of instincts cannot ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
We have
learned that the
satisfaction of
instincts cannot be the
sole
end and
aim of our
lives.
17.
... learned that
these troubles could be turned ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
If our
circumstances happened to be
good, we no
longer dreaded a
change for the
worse, for we
had
learned that these
troubles could be
turned
into
great values.
18.
... learned that
we had to fully concede ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
We
learned that we had to
fully concede to our
innermost selves that we
were
alcoholics.
19.
... learned that
whatever the human frailties of ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We have
learned that whatever the
human frailties of
various faiths may be, those
faiths have
given purpose and
direction to
millions.
20.
... learned that
you were sick.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Tell him how
baffled you were, how you finally
learned that you were
sick.
21.
... learned the
grave nature of alcoholism.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
From this
doctor, the
broker had
learned the
grave nature of
alcoholism.
22.
... learned this
the hard way.
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
We
alcoholics have
learned this the
hard way.
23.
... learned to
live so happily, we'd show ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
Having
learned to
live so
happily, we'd
show everybody else how.
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