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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... left.   12&12 p.69, Step Six
Let's dispose of what appears to be a hazardous open end we have left.

2.
... left."   12&12 p.145, Tradition Three
This is the end ... nothing is left."


3.
... left.   BB p.179, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 179 in the Big Book
We entered her house at exactly five o'clock and it was eleven fifteen when we left.

4.
... left Alcoholics Anonymous in trust with the ...   12&12 p.163, Tradition Seven
When her will was read, it was discovered she had left Alcoholics Anonymous in trust with the Alcoholic Foundation a sum of ten thousand dollars.

5.
... left alone and afraid.   12&12 p.43, Step Four
In time all his protectors either flee or die, and he is once more left alone and afraid.


6.
... left and thought I had better go ...   BB p.4, Bill's Story   Go to page 4 in the Big Book
He had plenty of money left and thought I had better go to Canada.


7.
... left but pure reason, it wouldn't be ...   BB p.54, We Agnostics   Go to page 54 in the Big Book
Were nothing left but pure reason, it wouldn't be life.


8.
... left for outsiders.   BB p.131, The Family Afterward   Go to page 131 in the Big Book
The family may feel they hold a mortgage on dad, so big that no equity should be left for outsiders.


9.
... left for us but to pick up ...   BB p.25, There Is A Solution   Go to page 25 in the Big Book
When, therefore, we were approached by those in whom the problem had been solved, there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet.

10.
... left in his wake.   12&12 p.77, Step Eight
Every A.A. has found that he can make little headway in this new adventure of living until he first backtracks and really makes an accurate and unsparing survey of the human wreckage he has left in his wake.

11.
... left in terrified loneliness.   12&12 p.57, Step Five
But even Bacchus boomeranged on us; we were finally struck down and left in terrified loneliness.


12.
... left me.   BB xxxi(xxix), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
To me he was a stranger, and so he left me.


13.
... left off at thirty.   BB p.33, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 33 in the Big Book
But here is a man who at fifty-five years found he was just where he had left off at thirty.

14.
... left out as they witness so much ...   12&12 p.120, Step Twelve
At first many of these feel lonely, hurt, and left out as they witness so much domestic happiness about them.

15.
... left over from yesterday.   12&12 p.102, Step Eleven
Possibly today will see a continuation of a serious and as yet unresolved problem left over from yesterday.


16.
... left the hospital at all.   BB p.174, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 174 in the Big Book
During these two years I was kept so busy that I hardly left the hospital at all.

17.
... left to quarrel about.   12&12 p.71, Step Seven
The theory seems to be that once everybody's primary instincts are satisfied, there won't be much left to quarrel about.

18.
... left to themselves, and had they stuck ...   12&12 p.178, Tradition Ten
Had they been left to themselves, and had they stuck to their one goal, they might have found the rest of the answer.

19.
... left to those better qualified to handle ...   12&12 p.90, Step Ten
We have found that justified anger ought to be left to those better qualified to handle it.


20.
... left unchanged.   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
In the third edition, Part I ("Pioneers of A.A.") was left unchanged.


21.
... left untouched in the course of revisions ...   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
Therefore, the first portion of this volume, describing the A.A. recovery program, has been left untouched in the course of revisions made for the second, third, and fourth editions.


22.
... left us a note saying you were ...   BB p.136, To Employers   Go to page 136 in the Big Book
He left us a note saying you were the best boss he ever had, and that you were not to blame in any way."

23.
... left us a wonderful supply.   12&12 p.99, Step Eleven
We won't have far to seek; the great men and women of all religions have left us a wonderful supply.

24.
... left who deliberately break anonymity at the ...   12&12 p.183, Tradition Eleven
Only a few A.A. members are left who deliberately break anonymity at the public level.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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