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... long.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
2.
... long.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
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.
3.
... long.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
4.
... long.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
When our friend related
his experience, the man
agreed that no amount of will power he might muster could stop his drinking for long.
5.
... long absent.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
6.
... long after
the man with the double ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
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 p.134,
The Family Afterward
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 p.136,
To Employers
Not long afterward he had
called me from Hartford
on two successive days, so drunk he could hardly speak.
9.
... long ago.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
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 p.119,
To Wives
11.
... long ago,
or else given an opportunity ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
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 p.173,
Tradition Nine
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 p.170,
Tradition Eight
14.
... long and
wearily in this alcoholic field.
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
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 p.145,
To Employers
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 p.131,
Tradition One
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 p.122,
Step Twelve
18.
... long as
I was able to hold ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
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 p.92,
Step Ten
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 p.48,
We Agnostics
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 p.176,
Tradition Ten
22.
... long as
we expressed the idea, voicing ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
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 p.85,
Into Action
24.
... long as
we place dependence upon other ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
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 p.72,
Step Seven
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 p.98,
Step Eleven
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 p.72,
Step Seven
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 p.97,
Working With Others
29.
... long before,
and if they have not ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
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 p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
31.
... long before
I was drinking at least ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
32.
... long before
it is suspected.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
33.
... long beyond
a reasonable period.
BB p.137,
To Employers
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 p.143,
To Employers
35.
... long distance
from Virginia.
BB p.137,
To Employers
36.
... long distances
to be present.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
37.
... long either."
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
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 p.119,
Step Twelve
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 p.31,
More About Alcoholism
40.
Long experience
with alcoholic excuses naturally arouses ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
41.
... long face
in places where there is ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
42.
... long for
you to decide, if you ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
43.
... "long form"
A.A. Traditions as first printed ...
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
44.
... "long form"
is more explicit and of ...
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
45.
... long hidden,
our willingness to clean house ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
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 p.119,
To Wives
You have been starving for his companionship, yet he spends long hours helping other men and their families.
47.
... long in
darkening.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
48.
... long journey
in the vain endeavor to ...
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
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 p.12,
Bill's Story
50.
... long list
of people who have, to ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
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 p.73,
Step Seven
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 p.143,
To Employers
53.
... long or
happily in this world.
BB p.74,
Into Action
54.
... long overdue
account.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
55.
... long period
because of an overpowering desire ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
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 p.118,
Step Twelve
57.
... long period
of reconstruction ahead.
BB p.83,
Into Action
58.
... long period
of sobriety and self-discipline had ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
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 p.104,
To Wives
60.
... long road,
marked by successive defeats and ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
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 p.135,
Tradition Two
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 p.137,
Tradition Two
There was a long silence.
63.
... long since
been adjusted.
BB p.79,
Into Action
64.
... long-standing difficulties
had better be postponed, when ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
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 p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Most of us have believed that if we remained sober for a long stretch, we could thereafter drink normally.
66.
... long talk.
BB p.75,
Into Action
67.
... long talks
when I would still her ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
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 p.69,
Step Six
69.
... long time.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
70.
... long time.
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
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 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
72.
... long time
ago.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
73.
... long time
has passed with no return ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
74.
... long time
nor take the quantities some ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
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 xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
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 p.125,
The Family Afterward
77.
... long to
repair.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
78.
... long to
wait.
BB p.113,
To Wives
79.
... long was
a working faith in a ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
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 p.40,
More About Alcoholism
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 p.82,
Into Action
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 p.63,
Step Six
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 p.62,
Step Five
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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