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1.
... less accept a spiritual remedy for his ...   BB p.39, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 39 in the Big Book
Fred would not believe himself an alcoholic, much less accept a spiritual remedy for his problem.

2.
... less, and desire humility more than ever.   12&12 p.75, Step Seven
We began to fear pain less, and desire humility more than ever.


3.
... less and less interested in ourselves, our ...   BB p.63, How It Works   Go to page 63 in the Big Book
Established on such a footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs.

4.
... less brotherhood than before.   12&12 p.37, Step Three
The sum of all this mighty effort is less peace and less brotherhood than before.


5.
... less communicative.   BB p.126, The Family Afterward   Go to page 126 in the Big Book
He becomes still less communicative.


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... less control, which led in time to ...   BB p.30, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 30 in the Big Book
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.


7.
... less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, ...   BB p.88, Into Action   Go to page 88 in the Big Book
We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions.

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... less degree, everybody is infected with it.   12&12 p.67, Step Six
To a greater or less degree, everybody is infected with it.

9.
... less desperate alcoholics tried A.A., but did ...   12&12 p.23, Step One
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 p.59, Step Five
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 p.172, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 172 in the Big Book
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.

12.
... less fortunate, don't even know how to ...   12&12 p.99, Step Eleven
But what about the rest of us who, less fortunate, don't even know how to begin?


13.
... less, had been drinking only a few ...   BB p.33, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 33 in the Big Book
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.


14.
... less insanely drunk.   BB p.21, There Is A Solution   Go to page 21 in the Big Book
He is always more or less insanely drunk.


15.
... less interested in ourselves, our little plans ...   BB p.63, How It Works   Go to page 63 in the Big Book
Established on such a footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs.

16.
... less into both classifications.   12&12 p.48, Step Four
But just as often some of us will fit more or less into both classifications.


17.
... less likely to drink again, and anything ...   BB p.130, The Family Afterward   Go to page 130 in the Big Book
He will be less likely to drink again, and anything is preferable to that.


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... less ostracized by our friends.   BB p.177, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 177 in the Big Book
During all this time we became more or less ostracized by our friends.

19.
... less peace and less brotherhood than before.   12&12 p.37, Step Three
The sum of all this mighty effort is less peace and less brotherhood than before.


20.
... less people tolerated us, the more we ...   BB p.151, A Vision For You   Go to page 151 in the Big Book
The less people tolerated us, the more we withdrew from society, from life itself.


21.
... less than 30 years of age -- among ...   BB xxii, Foreword to Third Edition   Display entire Foreword to Third Edition
Seven percent of the A.A.'s surveyed are less than 30 years of age -- among them, many in their teens.


22.
... less than a medical saint by A.A. ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
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.


23.
... less than average.   BB p.58, How It Works   Go to page 58 in the Big Book
Their chances are less than average.

24.
... less than ruinous, we have a milder ...   12&12 p.67, Step Six
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 p.25, There Is A Solution   Go to page 25 in the Big Book
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.

26.
... less violent aspects of these very same ...   12&12 p.66, Step Six
But when we face up to the less violent aspects of these very same defects, then where do we stand?


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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