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1.
... looked after and extricated from endless scrapes ...   12&12 p.118, Step Twelve
As matters get worse, the husband becomes a sick and irresponsible child who needs to be looked after and extricated from endless scrapes and impasses.

2.
... looked and listened.   12&12 p.75, Step Seven
Then, in A.A., we looked and listened.


3.
... looked askance at many individuals who claimed ...   BB p.46, We Agnostics   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
We looked askance at many individuals who claimed to be godly.

4.
... looked at A.A. my reaction was just ...   12&12 p.27, Step Two
When I first looked at A.A. my reaction was just like yours.


5.
... looked at it.   BB p.69, How It Works   Go to page 69 in the Big Book
We got this all down on paper and looked at it.

6.
... looked at me as their spokesman continued.   12&12 p.138, Tradition Two
Challengingly, my friends looked at me as their spokesman continued.

7.
... looked at one another, for they knew ...   12&12 p.144, Tradition Three
Dismayed, the elders looked at one another, for they knew he had them cold.


8.
... looked at the human defects of these ...   BB p.50, We Agnostics   Go to page 50 in the Big Book
Instead, we looked at the human defects of these people, and sometimes used their shortcomings as a basis of wholesale condemnation.


9.
... looked for our own mistakes.   BB p.67, How It Works   Go to page 67 in the Big Book
Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes.

10.
... looked hungrily on from the kitchen door.   12&12 p.137, Tradition Two
Arriving home, I found Lois cooking as usual, while three drunks looked hungrily on from the kitchen door.

11.
... looked interested, but not as excited as ...   12&12 p.137, Tradition Two
She looked interested, but not as excited as I thought she should be.

12.
... looked like a mere means of getting ...   12&12 p.121, Step Twelve
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears.

13.
... looked like a very big coin.   12&12 p.163, Tradition Seven
Somehow it looked like a very big coin.

14.
... looked more important than a right dependence ...   12&12 p.121, Step Twelve
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears.

15.
... looked more like one prodigious squabble than ...   12&12 p.177, Tradition Ten
Before we leveled off a bit, A.A. looked more like one prodigious squabble than anything else, at least on the surface.


16.
... looked straight at me.   BB p.9, Bill's Story   Go to page 9 in the Big Book
He looked straight at me.

17.
... looked too bad, we have frequently been ...   12&12 p.54, Step Four
Because our surface record hasn't looked too bad, we have frequently been abashed to find that this is so simply because we have buried these selfsame defects deep down in us under thick layers of self-justification.


18.
... looked upon this world of warring individuals, ...   BB p.46, We Agnostics   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
We looked upon this world of warring individuals, warring theological systems, and inexplicable calamity, with deep skepticism.


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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