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... long.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.26
In the doctor's judgment
he was utterly hopeless; he could never regain his position in society and he would have to place himself under lock and key or hire a bodyguard if he expected
to live long.
2.
... long.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.134
3.
... long.
BB
A Vision For You, p.155
When our friend related
his experience, the man
agreed that no amount of will power he might muster could stop his drinking for long.
4.
... long.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.140
5.
... long absent.
BB
A Vision For You, p.158
6.
... long after
the man with the double ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
Not long after the man with the double stigma knocked for admission, A.A.'s other group received into its membership a salesman
we shall call Ed.
7.
... long after
their mother has accepted dad's ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.134
This may hang on for months,
long after their mother has accepted dad's new way
of living and thinking.
8.
... long afterward
he had called me from ...
BB
To Employers, p.136
Not long afterward he had
called me from Hartford
on two successive days, so drunk he could hardly speak.
9.
... long ago.
BB
We Agnostics, pp.44-45
If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were sufficient to overcome
alcoholism, many of us
would have recovered long
ago.
10.
... long ago.
BB
To Wives, p.119
11.
... long ago,
or else given an opportunity ...
BB
To Employers, p.147
They often jeopardize
their own positions by trying to help serious drinkers who
should have been fired long
ago, or else given an opportunity to
get well.
12.
... long ago,
trustees and staff members alike ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
But long ago, trustees and staff members alike found they could do no more than make suggestions, and very mild ones at that.
13.
... long and
rocky.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.170
14.
... long and
wearily in this alcoholic field.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
The unselfishness of these men as we have come to know them, the entire absence of profit motive, and their community spirit, is indeed inspiring to one who has labored long and wearily in this alcoholic field.
15.
... long as
he does not bear business ...
BB
To Employers, p.145
Can he talk frankly with
you so long as he does not bear business tales or criticize his associates?
16.
... long as
He may need us.
12&12
Tradition One, p.131
They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous,
which -- God willing -- shall sustain us in unity for so long as He may need us.
17.
... long as
he plays well whatever cards ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.122
18.
... long as
I was able to hold ...
BB
To Employers, p.141
I know, in my own particular case, that nothing my company could
have done would have stopped me for, so long as I
was able to hold my position, I could not possibly realize how serious my situation was.
19.
... long as
none of them gave us ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.92
Most of us must admit that we
have loved but a few; that we
have been quite indifferent to the many so
long as none of them gave us trouble; and as for
the remainder -- well, we
have really disliked or
hated them.
20.
... long as
some of us were.
BB
We Agnostics, p.48
Sometimes this was a tedious process; we hope no one
else will be prejudiced for as long as
some of us were.
21.
... long as
we don't argue these matters ...
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.176
22.
... long as
we expressed the idea, voicing ...
BB
How It Works, p.63
The wording was, of course, quite optional so long as we expressed the idea, voicing it without reservation.
23.
... long as
we keep in fit spiritual ...
BB
Into Action, p.85
24.
... long as
we place dependence upon other ...
BB
Working With Others, p.98
Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job
-- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.
25.
... long as
we placed self-reliance first, a ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.72
As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question.
26.
... long as
we try, however falteringly, to ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.98
And we will be comforted
and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and
do the will of our own Creator.
27.
... long as
we were convinced that we ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.72
For just so long as we were convinced that we could live
exclusively by our own
individual strength
and intelligence, for just that long was a working faith in a Higher Power impossible.
28.
... long at
a time.
BB
Working With Others, p.97
29.
... long before,
and if they have not ...
12&12
Step Three, p.38
They should have been weaned long before, and if they have not
been, they should wake up to the
fact.
30.
... long before
he is himself.
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
31.
... long before
I was drinking at least ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
32.
... long before
it is suspected.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
33.
... long beyond
a reasonable period.
BB
To Employers, p.137
Because of the employee's special ability, or of his own strong personal attachment to him, the employer has sometimes
kept such a man at work long beyond a reasonable period.
34.
... long chat
with him on his return.
BB
To Employers, p.143
35.
... long distance
from Virginia.
BB
To Employers, p.137
36.
... long distances
to be present.
BB
A Vision For You, p.161
37.
... long either."
BB
We Agnostics, p.52
Show any longshoreman a Sunday
supplement describing a proposal
to explore the moon by means of a rocket and he will say, "I bet they do it -- maybe not so
long either."
38.
... long enough
acquainted to know that their ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.119
The prospective partners need to be solid A.A.'s and long enough acquainted to know that
their compatibility at spiritual, mental, and emotional levels is a fact and not wishful thinking.
39.
... long enough
to drink like other people!
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.31
40.
Long experience
with alcoholic excuses naturally arouses ...
BB
To Employers, p.146
41.
... long face
in places where there is ...
BB
Working With Others, p.102
42.
... long for
you to decide, if you ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
43.
... "long form"
A.A. Traditions as first printed ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
44.
... "long form"
is more explicit and of ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
45.
... long hidden,
our willingness to clean house ...
12&12
Step Five, p.60
Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so
long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical.
46.
... long hours
helping other men and their ...
BB
To Wives, p.119
You have been starving for his companionship, yet he spends long hours helping other men and their families.
47.
... long in
darkening.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.148
48.
... long journey
in the vain endeavor to ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
There my drinking became
so much worse that the boys in the fraternity house where I lived felt forced to send for my father, who made a long journey in the vain endeavor to get me straightened around.
49.
... long last
I saw, I felt, I ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.12
50.
... long list
of people who have, to ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.81
Then, as year by year we walk back through our lives as far as memory will reach, we shall be bound to construct a long list of people who have, to
some extent or other, been
affected.
51.
... long, long
time.
12&12
Step Seven, p.73
To get completely away from our aversion to the
idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the
avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired
for itself, takes most of
us a long, long time.
52.
... long nor
is it very expensive.
BB
To Employers, p.143
53.
... long or
happily in this world.
BB
Into Action, pp.73-74
54.
... long overdue
account.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.123
55.
... long period
because of an overpowering desire ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
We have heard of a few instances where people,
who showed definite signs of alcoholism, were
able to stop for a long period because of an overpowering desire to
do so.
56.
... long period
of patient striving may be ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.118
57.
... long period
of reconstruction ahead.
BB
Into Action, p.83
58.
... long period
of sobriety and self-discipline had ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
Then he fell victim to a belief which practically
every alcoholic has --
that his long period of sobriety and self-discipline had qualified him to drink as
other men.
59.
... long rendezvous
with hurt pride, frustration, self-pity, ...
BB
To Wives, p.104
60.
... long road,
marked by successive defeats and ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.72
It was only at the end of a long road, marked by successive defeats and humiliations, and the final crushing of our self-sufficiency, that we
began to feel humility as something more than a condition of groveling despair.
61.
... long run
wiser than any single leader.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.135
This is the experience which has led us to the conclusion
that our group conscience, well-advised by its elders, will be in the long run wiser than any single leader.
62.
... long silence.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.137
There was a long silence.
63.
... long since
been adjusted.
BB
Into Action, p.79
64.
... long-standing difficulties
had better be postponed, when ...
12&12
Step Ten, pp.90-91
The consideration of long-standing difficulties had better
be postponed, when possible, to times deliberately set aside for that purpose.
65.
... long stretch,
we could thereafter drink normally.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.33
Most of us have believed that if we remained sober for a long stretch, we could thereafter drink normally.
66.
... long talk.
BB
Into Action, p.75
67.
... long talks
when I would still her ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.2
We had long talks when I
would still her forebodings by telling
her that men of genius conceived their best projects when drunk; that
the most majestic constructions of philosophic thought
were so derived.
68.
... long-term meaning.
12&12
Step Six, p.69
69.
... long time.
12&12
Step Four, p.47
70.
... long time.
12&12
Step Seven, p.73
To get completely away from our aversion to the
idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the
avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired
for itself, takes most of
us a long, long time.
71.
... long time.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.185
72.
... long time
ago.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
73.
... long time
has passed with no return ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
74.
... long time
nor take the quantities some ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.33
To be gravely affected,
one does not necessarily
have to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of
us have.
75.
... long time
that some form of moral ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
We doctors have realized for a long time that some form of moral psychology was of urgent importance to alcoholics, but its application presented
difficulties beyond
our conception.
76.
... long time
to outgrow that serious handicap.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.125
77.
... long to
repair.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.127
78.
... long to
wait.
BB
To Wives, p.113
79.
... long was
a working faith in a ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.72
For just so long as we were convinced that we could live
exclusively by our own
individual strength
and intelligence, for just that long was a working faith in a Higher Power impossible.
80.
... long way
from admitting that he could ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.40
He was interested and conceded that he had some of the symptoms, but he was a long
way from admitting that he
could do nothing about it himself.
81.
... long way
from making good to the ...
BB
Into Action, p.82
But he is yet a long way from making good to the wife or parents whom for years he has
so shockingly treated.
82.
... long way
spiritually, and is therefore entitled ...
12&12
Step Six, p.63
He goes on to explain that
any person capable of enough willingness and honesty
to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be
called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.
83.
... long, your
listener may well tell a ...
12&12
Step Five, p.62
Before long, your listener may well tell a story or two about himself which will place you even more at ease.
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