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LESS occurs 26 times [16 in BB ... 10 in 12&12] Definition in Merriam-Webster Online

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... less accept a spiritual remedy for his ... BB More About Alcoholism, p.39

Fred would not believe himself an alcoholic, much less accept a spiritual remedy for his problem.

... less, and desire humility more than ever. 12&12 Step Seven, p.75

We began to fear pain less, and desire humility more than ever.

... less and less interested in ourselves, our ... BB How It Works, p.63

Established on such a footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs.

... less brotherhood than before. 12&12 Step Three, p.37

The sum of all this mighty effort is less peace and less brotherhood than before.

... less communicative. BB The Family Afterward, p.126

He becomes still less communicative.

... less control, which led in time to ... BB More About Alcoholism, p.30

All of us felt at times that we were regaining control, but such intervals -- usually brief -- were inevitably followed by still less control, which led in time to pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization.

... less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, ... BB Into Action, p.88

We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions.

... less degree, everybody is infected with it. 12&12 Step Six, p.67

To a greater or less degree, everybody is infected with it.

... less desperate alcoholics tried A.A., but did ... 12&12 Step One, p.23

Many less desperate alcoholics tried A.A., but did not succeed because they could not make the admission of hopelessness.

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... less fooled ourselves, how could we now ... 12&12 Step Five, p.59

If all our lives we had more or less fooled ourselves, how could we now be so sure that we weren't still self-deceived?

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... less forced to go to church, Sunday ... BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172

From childhood through high school I was more or less forced to go to church, Sunday School and evening service, Monday night Christian Endeavor and sometimes to Wednesday evening prayer meeting.

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... less fortunate, don't even know how to ... 12&12 Step Eleven, pp.98-99

But what about the rest of us who, less fortunate, don't even know how to begin?

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... less, had been drinking only a few ... BB More About Alcoholism, p.33

Several of our crowd, men of thirty or less, had been drinking only a few years, but they found themselves as helpless as those who had been drinking twenty years.

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... less insanely drunk. BB There Is A Solution, p.21

He is always more or less insanely drunk.

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... less interested in ourselves, our little plans ... BB How It Works, p.63

Established on such a footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs.

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... less into both classifications. 12&12 Step Four, p.48

But just as often some of us will fit more or less into both classifications.

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... less likely to drink again, and anything ... BB The Family Afterward, p.130

He will be less likely to drink again, and anything is preferable to that.

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... less ostracized by our friends. BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177

During all this time we became more or less ostracized by our friends.

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... less peace and less brotherhood than before. 12&12 Step Three, p.37

The sum of all this mighty effort is less peace and less brotherhood than before.

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... less people tolerated us, the more we ... BB A Vision For You, p.151

The less people tolerated us, the more we withdrew from society, from life itself.

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... less than 30 years of age -- among ... BB Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii

Seven percent of the A.A.'s surveyed are less than 30 years of age -- among them, many in their teens.

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... less than a medical saint by A.A. ... BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi

He had also been greatly helped by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, a New York specialist in alcoholism who is now accounted no less than a medical saint by A.A. members, and whose story of the early days of our Society appears in the next pages.

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... less than average. BB How It Works, p.58

Their chances are less than average.

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... less than ruinous, we have a milder ... 12&12 Step Six, p.67

When gluttony is less than ruinous, we have a milder word for that, too; we call it "taking our comfort."

25.

... less: That we have had deep and ... BB There Is A Solution, p.25

The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.

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... less violent aspects of these very same ... 12&12 Step Six, p.66

But when we face up to the less violent aspects of these very same defects, then where do we stand?

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