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1.
... long.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.26
2.
... long.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.134
We do not
know of
many cases where this
difficulty
lasted long.
3.
... long.
BB
A Vision For You, p.155
4.
... long.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.140
The
total list was a
mile long.
5.
... long absent.
BB
A Vision For You, p.158
He has
helped other men recover, and is a
power in the
church from which
he was
long absent.
6.
... long after
the man with the double ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
7.
... long after
their mother has accepted dad's ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.134
8.
... long afterward
he had called me from ...
BB
To Employers, p.136
9.
... long ago.
BB
We Agnostics, pp.44-45
10.
... long ago.
BB
To Wives, p.119
Without you he would have
gone to
pieces long ago.
11.
... long ago,
or else given an opportunity ...
BB
To Employers, p.147
12.
... long ago,
trustees and staff members alike ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
13.
... long and
rocky.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.170
The
road to this
conclusion was
long and
rocky.
14.
... long and
wearily in this alcoholic field.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
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
17.
... long as
he plays well whatever cards ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.122
He
learns that he can be
content as
long as he
plays well whatever cards life deals him.
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
So
long as we don't
argue these
matters privately, it's
a
cinch we
never shall publicly."
22.
... long as
we expressed the idea, voicing ...
BB
How It Works, p.63
23.
... long as
we keep in fit spiritual ...
BB
Into Action, p.85
That is how we
react so
long as
we
keep in
fit spiritual condition.
24.
... long as
we place dependence upon other ...
BB
Working With Others, p.98
25.
... long as
we placed self-reliance first, a ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.72
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
28.
... long at
a time.
BB
Working With Others, p.97
We
seldom allow an
alcoholic to
live in our
homes for
long at a
time.
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
It was not
long before I was
drinking at
least a
case and a
half a
day.
32.
... long before
it is suspected.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
33.
... long beyond
a reasonable period.
BB
To Employers, p.137
34.
... long chat
with him on his return.
BB
To Employers, p.143
It might be
well to have a
long
chat with him on his
return.
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
38.
... long enough
acquainted to know that their ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.119
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
Why sit with a
long face in
places where there is
drinking,
sighing about the
good old days.
42.
... long for
you to decide, if you ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
It
will not
take long for you to
decide, if you are
honest with
yourself about
it.
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
46.
... long hours
helping other men and their ...
BB
To Wives, p.119
47.
... long in
darkening.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.148
But
alas, this
bright scene was not
long in
darkening.
48.
... long journey
in the vain endeavor to ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
49.
... long last
I saw, I felt, I ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.12
At
long last I
saw, I
felt, I
believed.
50.
... long list
of people who have, to ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.81
51.
... long, long
time.
12&12
Step Seven, p.73
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
56.
... long period
of patient striving may be ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.118
When the
distortion has been
great, however, a
long period of
patient striving may be
necessary.
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
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
61.
... long run
wiser than any single leader.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.135
62.
... long silence.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.137
There was a
long silence.
63.
... long since
been adjusted.
BB
Into Action, p.79
Of
course she did not, and the
whole situation has
long since been
adjusted.
64.
... long-standing difficulties
had better be postponed, when ...
12&12
Step Ten, pp.90-91
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
We have a
written inventory and we are
prepared for a
long talk.
67.
... long talks
when I would still her ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.2
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
71.
... long time.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.185
72.
... long time
ago.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
If she had not, I
know I would have been
dead a
long time ago.
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
76.
... long time
to outgrow that serious handicap.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.125
It
takes some of us a
long time to
outgrow that
serious handicap.
77.
... long to
repair.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.127
78.
... long to
wait.
BB
To Wives, p.113
If he does not, you
will probably not have
long to
wait.
79.
... long was
a working faith in a ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.72
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
83.
... long, your
listener may well tell a ...
12&12
Step Five, p.62
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