From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... little.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
2.
... little.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
3.
... little.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
Little by little, mother and children will see they ask too much, and father will see he gives too little.
4.
... little.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
5.
... little.
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
If we do not do so, we shall stand convicted of emotional sterility and
of having lost the faith that
moves mountains, without which medicine can
do little.
6.
... little.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
7.
... little at
a time.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
The idea that we can be possessively loving of
a few, can ignore the many, and can continue to fear or hate anybody, has to be abandoned, if only a little
at a time.
8.
... little by
little.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
9.
... little by
little I became interested in ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
10.
Little by
little, mother and children will ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
Little by little, mother and children will see they ask too much, and father will see he gives too little.
11.
Little by
little the family may see ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
12.
... little can
be done for him.
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
13.
... little card
about golf-score size.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
14.
... little chance
he can recover by himself.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
15.
... little charity,
in the ordinary sense of ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
For the type of alcoholic
who is able and willing to
get well, little charity, in the ordinary sense of the word, is needed or wanted.
16.
... little children;
let the solving of these ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for
alcoholics we appear
somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the
little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the
most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged
this movement.
17.
Little clusters
of twos and threes and ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Little clusters of twos and threes and fives of us have sprung up in other communities, through contact with our two larger centers.
18.
... little company.
BB p.149,
To Employers
19.
... little complaint,
and often in good cheer.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
We have seen A.A.'s suffer lingering and fatal illness with little complaint, and often in good cheer.
20.
... little control
over the amount you take, ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
If, when you honestly want
to, you find you cannot quit
entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic.
21.
... little cracked
about religion.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
So that was it -- last summer an alcoholic crackpot; now, I suspected, a little cracked about religion.
22.
... little difference.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
23.
... little doc
said.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
24.
... little doubt
that a mighty purpose and ...
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
25.
... little doubt
that much good will result, ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
If we keep on the way we are going there is little doubt that much good will result, but the surface of
the problem would hardly
be scratched.
26.
... little effect
however for I kept on ...
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This had little effect
however for I kept on drinking and used a great deal more hard liquor than in former years.
27.
... little else.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
28.
... little else.
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
29.
... little else.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
He may either plunge into
a frantic attempt to get on his feet in business, or he may be so enthralled by his new life that he talks or thinks of little else.
30.
... little financial
assistance.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
31.
... little further.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Some who feel they have done
well may dispute this, so
let's try to think it through a little further.
32.
... little gathering
of men and women, happy ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
Seeing much of each other, scarce an evening passed that someone's home did not shelter a little gathering of men and women, happy in their release, and
constantly thinking
how they might present their discovery to some newcomer.
33.
... little good
can come to any alcoholic ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
We know that little good can come to any alcoholic who joins A.A. unless he has first accepted his devastating weakness
and all its consequences.
34.
... little good
if you point that out ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
35.
... little headway
in this new adventure of ...
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.
36.
... little hope
of his recovery.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
This is repeated over and
over, and unless this person can experience an
entire psychic change there is very little hope of his recovery.
37.
... little I
became interested in the market.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
38.
... little idea
how prevalent this problem is.
BB p.149,
To Employers
39.
... little impression
upon the problem as a ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
Though the aggregate of
recoveries resulting from psychiatric effort is considerable, we physicians must admit we have made little impression upon the problem as a whole.
40.
... little in
glory.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
41.
... little jokes
about an alcoholic's drinking exploits.
BB p.145,
To Employers
One instance comes to mind in which a malicious individual
was always making friendly little jokes about an alcoholic's
drinking exploits.
42.
... little money.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
43.
... little money,
but we once worked on ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
I had had some success at speculation, so we had a little money, but we once worked on a farm for a month to avoid drawing on our small capital.
44.
... little more
closely.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
45.
... little more
discretion than we did with ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
46.
... little more
insurance for myself against a ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.
47.
... little, mother
and children will see they ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
Little by little, mother and children will see they ask too much, and father will see he gives too little.
48.
... little mottoes
which are apropos.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
49.
... little need
to criticize each other.
BB p.118,
To Wives
If you both show a willingness to remedy
your own defects, there will be little need to criticize each other.
50.
... little New
York office which meanwhile had ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
This brought a rush of 800 frantic inquiries into the little New York office which meanwhile had
been established.
51.
... little now
and then, began to evaporate.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
The notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then, began to evaporate.
52.
... little of
where I went or what ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
53.
... little or
not at all aware of ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
As soon as we begin to feel confident in our new way of life and have begun, by our behavior and example, to
convince those about us
that we are indeed changing for the better, it
is usually safe to talk in complete frankness with those who
have been seriously affected, even those who may be only a little
or not at all aware of what we have done to them.
54.
... little or
nothing can be accomplished.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
55.
Little or
nothing, we saw at last.
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
56.
... little or
nothing when drinking, and I ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
57.
... little permanent
effect unless at once followed ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
Though our decision was
a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous
effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us.
58.
... little plans
and designs.
BB p.63,
How It Works
Established on such a
footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs.
59.
... little ruefully,
how much store we used ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
When such thoughts break in, we might recall, a
little ruefully, how much store we used to set by imagination as it tried
to create reality out of bottles.
60.
... little serious
or effective thought during the ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
We now see that when we began to drink deliberately, instead
of casually, there was little serious or effective thought during the period of premeditation of what the terrific consequences
might be.
61.
... little sobriety
or contentment for us.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Without a willing and persistent effort to do
this, there can be little sobriety or contentment for us.
62.
... little studies
of A.A.'s Twelve Steps now ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
63.
... little superior
to the next fellow, or ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Who, for example, doesn't like to feel just a little superior to the next fellow, or even quite a lot superior?
64.
... little the
family may see their own ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
65.
... little time
to consider it, my own ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
66.
... little to
laugh about that I can ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
67.
... little trouble
in giving up liquor entirely ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
68.
... little use
if our attitude is one ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
Some day we hope that Alcoholics Anonymous
will help the public to a better realization of the gravity of the alcoholic
problem, but we shall be
of little use if our attitude is one of bitterness or hostility.
69.
... little use
to argue and only makes ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
70.
... little vicarious
pleasure from the atmosphere of ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
71.
... little whether
it was repaid or not?
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
72.
... little whether
our resentments were justified or ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
73.
... little whether
we had sat on the ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
It mattered little whether we had sat on the shore of life drinking ourselves into
forgetfulness or had plunged in recklessly
and willfully beyond
our depth and ability.
74.
... little while
hoping, always hoping.
BB p.105,
To Wives
Our friends have counseled chucking the
men and we have done so with finality, only to be back in
a little while hoping, always hoping.
75.
... little work.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
It was fortunate, for my old business associates remained skeptical for a year and a
half, during which I found little work.
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