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... made.
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
Of course the sponsor points out that our friend's life is still unmanageable even though he is sober, that after all, only a
bare start on A.A.'s program has been made.
2.
... made.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
3.
... made.
BB p.104,
To Wives
4.
... made a
beginning.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
He made a beginning.
5.
... made a
beginning on Step Three.
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three.
6.
... made a
beginning, we have seen, when ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
He made a beginning, we
have seen, when he commenced to rely upon A.A. for the solution of his alcohol problem.
7.
... made a
decision, and an inventory of ...
BB p.71,
How It Works
If you have already made a
decision, and an inventory of your grosser
handicaps, you have made
a good beginning.
8.
"Made a
decision to turn our will ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
9.
... Made a
decision to turn our will ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
10.
... made a
far better job of living ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
11.
... made a
favorite.
BB p.149,
To Employers
He should not be made a favorite.
12.
... made a
friend.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
13.
... made a
good beginning.
BB p.71,
How It Works
If you have already made a
decision, and an inventory of your grosser
handicaps, you have made
a good beginning.
14.
... made a
host of fair-weather friends.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
15.
... made a
journey to a certain western ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
16.
"Made a
list of all persons we ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
17.
... Made a
list of all persons we ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
18.
... made a
list of people I had ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
19.
... made a
little money.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
20.
... made a
long journey in the vain ...
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.
21.
"Made a
searching and fearless moral inventory ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
22.
... made a
searching and fearless moral inventory.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
23.
... Made a
searching and fearless moral inventory ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
24.
... made a
self-appraisal, how you straightened out ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Outline the program of
action, explaining how
you made a self-appraisal, how you straightened out your past and why you are now endeavoring to be helpful to him.
25.
... made a
true catalog of our defects ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
How could we be certain that we had made a true catalog of our defects and
had really admitted
them, even to ourselves?
26.
... made a
wise remark to the effect ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
Henry Ford once made a wise remark to the effect that experience is
the thing of supreme value in life.
27.
... made a
worse mess of trying to ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
But we are sure that no class of people in the world ever made a worse mess of trying to live by this formula than alcoholics.
28.
... made A.A.
a national institution.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
29.
... made Alcoholics
Anonymous what it is.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
It is hoped that this volume will afford all who read it a close-up view of the principles and
forces which have made Alcoholics Anonymous
what it is.
30.
... made all
the plans and gave the ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
31.
... made all
this?"
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
Yet, in other moments, we found ourselves thinking, when
enchanted by a starlit
night, "Who, then, made all
this?"
32.
... made amends
to those we had harmed, ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.
33.
... made, an
effect, sometimes a very great ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
This was only a beginning, though if honestly and humbly made, an effect, sometimes a very great one, was felt at once.
34.
... made an
effort to bring the man's ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
They experienced a few
distressing failures, but in those cases they made an effort to bring the man's family into a spiritual way of living, thus relieving much worry and suffering.
35.
... made an
exhaustive study of a good-sized ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
When A.A. was quite young, a number of eminent psychologists
and doctors made an exhaustive study of a good-sized group of so-called problem drinkers.
36.
... made an
explanation.
BB p.80,
Into Action
37.
... made an
important qualification.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
38.
... made, and
renew the simple request: "Thy ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
As the day goes on, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request: "Thy will, not mine, be done."
39.
... made and
thoughtful considerations given their needs.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
New acquaintances who
know nothing of alcoholism might be made
and thoughtful considerations given
their needs.
40.
... made clear.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
In it alcoholism was described from the alcoholic's point of view, the spiritual ideas of the Society were codified for the first time in the Twelve Steps, and the application of these Steps to the alcoholic's dilemma was made clear.
41.
... made clear
the distinction between the alcoholic ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
42.
... made conscious
contact with God, it is ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that
we are going to be inspired at all times.
43.
... made decisions
based on self which later ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
Sometimes they hurt us,
seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at
some time in the past we have
made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt.
44.
"Made direct
amends to such people wherever ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do
so would injure them or others."
45.
... Made direct
amends to such people wherever ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do
so would injure them or others.
46.
... made for
the second, third, and fourth ...
BB xi,
Preface
Therefore, the first portion of this volume, describing the A.A. recovery program, has been
left untouched in the course of revisions made for the second, third, and fourth editions.
47.
... made friend
over to get me.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
48.
... made good
newspaper copy, but little else.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
49.
... made him
a free man.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
Here was the terrible dilemma in which our friend
found himself when he had
the extraordinary experience, which as we have already told you, made him a free man.
50.
... made him
skeptical, he finished his treatment ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
51.
... made him
that way.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
52.
... made him
willing to believe.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
53.
... made himself
ready to receive it.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
What he has received is a free gift, and yet usually, at least in some small part, he has made himself ready to receive it.
54.
... made his
livelihood?
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
Why, he argued, should he lose the remainder of his business, only to bring still more suffering to his family by
foolishly admitting
his plight to people from
whom he made his livelihood?
55.
... made his
own diagnosis, and deciding his ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
The patient had made his own diagnosis, and deciding his situation
hopeless, had hidden in
a deserted barn determined to die.
56.
... made in
it.
BB xi,
Preface
Because this book has become the basic text for our Society and has
helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists strong sentiment against any radical changes being made in it.
57.
... made in
some 50 foreign countries and ...
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
58.
... made in
this movement that cannot be ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
"I think that psychologically speaking there is a point of
advantage in the approach that is being made in this movement that
cannot be duplicated.
59.
... made it
plain that we couldn't be ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
Our growth made it plain that we couldn't be a secret society, but it was
equally plain that we
couldn't be a vaudeville circuit, either.
60.
... made it
possible for us doctors to ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
At that time I was not aware
of the almost unlimited
supply the government
made it possible for us doctors to obtain, neither had I any knowledge of the bootlegger who soon appeared on the horizon.
61.
... made it
seem unwise to absent myself.
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This resolution I kept
steadfastly for the next forty years, except when circumstances made it seem unwise to absent myself.
62.
... made it
when we took inventory.
BB p.76,
Into Action
63.
... made little
impression upon the problem as ...
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.
64.
... made me
sick.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
The wars which had been fought, the burnings and chicanery that religious dispute had facilitated, made me sick.
65.
... made me
swallow hard.
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
66.
... made millennium
lies just ahead.
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
The immense resources
now being harnessed promise such a quantity of material blessings that
many have come to believe that a man-made millennium lies just ahead.
67.
... made mistakes.
BB p.107,
To Wives
68.
... made more
acute because he cannot use ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
He relies upon the assurance that his many troubles, now made more acute because he cannot use alcohol to kill the pain, can be solved, too.
69.
... made more
material progress in the last ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
This world of ours has made more material progress in the
last century than in all
the millenniums which went before.
70.
... made much
progress had you not taken ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Tell him you once felt as he does, but you doubt
whether you would have made
much progress had you not
taken action.
71.
... made nine
out of ten men drink ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
I pointed out that I had had
nothing to drink whatever for three years, and this in the face of
difficulties that would have made nine out
of ten men drink their heads off.
72.
... made no
effort to harvest food or ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in their persons,
made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no survival.
73.
... made no
fight whatever against the first ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
74.
... made only
a scratch.
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
So far, upon the total problem of several million actual and potential alcoholics in the world,
we have made only a scratch.
75.
... made only
the slowest progress.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
76.
... made or
engagement kept.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He has a positive genius
for getting tight at exactly the wrong moment, particularly
when some important decision must be made or engagement kept.
77.
... made our
demonstration, done our part.
BB p.78,
Into Action
78.
... made our
own misery.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
79.
... made our
personal inventory, what shall we ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
80.
... made over
the years in the Big ...
BB xii,
Preface
All changes made over the years in the Big Book (A.A. members' fond nickname for this volume) have had the same purpose: to represent the
current membership of
Alcoholics Anonymous more accurately, and thereby
to reach more alcoholics.
81.
... made peace
with ourselves, the conviction follows ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
When our inventory is carefully taken, and we
have made peace with ourselves, the conviction follows that
tomorrow's challenges can be met as
they come.
82.
... made plain
that any expense will later ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
If you propose such a procedure to him, it may be necessary to advance the
cost of treatment, but we
believe it should be made
plain that any expense will later be deducted from his
pay.
83.
... made problem
drinkers of us in the ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Still goaded by sheer necessity, we reluctantly come to grips with those serious character flaws that made problem drinkers of us in
the first place, flaws which must be dealt with to prevent a retreat into alcoholism
once again.
84.
... made progress
in A.A., it amounts to ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
To those who have made progress in A.A., it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a
sincere attempt to become what we could be.
85.
... made something
like this:
BB p.141,
To Employers
86.
... made --
spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at
some time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.
87.
... made spiritual
progress, we saw through these ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
88.
... made such
reparation as he can to ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
When your prospect has made such reparation as he can to his family, and has thoroughly explained
to them the new principles by which he is living, he should proceed to
put those principles into action at
home.
89.
... made --
that most individuals cannot recover unless ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
The moment this Twelfth
Step work forms a group, another discovery is
made -- that most individuals cannot recover unless there is a group.
90.
... made the
100 percent admission we were ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were
powerless over alcohol, can be practiced
with absolute perfection.
91.
... made the
difference between misery and sobriety, ...
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
To those now in its fold, Alcoholics Anonymous
has made the difference
between misery and sobriety, and often the difference between life and death.
92.
... made the
invention of alibis a fine ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
93.
... made the
list of people we have ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflected carefully upon each instance, and have tried to possess ourselves of the right attitude in which to proceed, we will see that the making of direct amends divides those we should approach into several classes.
94.
... made the
point-blank declaration that God had ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
But my friend sat before me, and he made the point-blank declaration that God had done for him what he could not do for himself.
95.
... made the
rounds of people he had ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
96.
... made their
impressions everywhere.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
97.
... made them.
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to promise my wife, my friends, and my children that I would drink
no more -- promises which seldom kept me sober even through the day, though I was very sincere when I made them.
98.
... made them
killjoys.
BB p.105,
To Wives
99.
... made, then
the great advantages of doing ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
But if a willing start is
made, then the great advantages of doing this
will so quickly reveal themselves that
the pain will be lessened as one obstacle after another melts away.
100.
... made these
things possible, and we only ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
101.
... made this
revealing statement: "It is important ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
Its foreword made this revealing statement: "It is important that we remain
anonymous because we
are too few, at present, to
handle the overwhelming number of
personal appeals which
may result from this publication.
102.
... made this
statement to some of us: ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
One of these men, staff member of a world-renowned hospital, recently made this statement to some of
us: "What you say about the general hopelessness
of the average alcoholic's plight is, in
my opinion, correct.
103.
... made "to
practice these principles in all ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Our basic troubles are
the same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made "to practice these principles in all our affairs," well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by
God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.
104.
... made to
stop.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
105.
... made to
the vice president of a ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
106.
... made up.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
107.
... made up.
BB p.105,
To Wives
108.
... made up
his mind that until he ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
He made up his mind that until he had been successful in business
and had retired, he would not touch another drop.
109.
... made up
his mind to quit drinking ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
110.
... made up
my mind that I could ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This went from bad to worse until sophomore spring when, after a prolonged period of drinking, I made up my mind
that I could not complete my course, so I packed my grip and went South to spend a month on a large farm owned by a friend of mine.
111.
... made up
my mind to go through ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
But the moment I made up my mind to go through with the process, I had the curious
feeling that my alcoholic condition was
relieved, as in fact it proved to be.
112.
... made upon
other people for too much ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
Demands made upon other people for too much attention, protection,
and love can only invite domination or revulsion in the protectors themselves
-- two emotions quite as unhealthy as the
demands which evoked
them.
113.
... made us
bristle with antagonism.
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
Many of us have been so touchy that even casual reference to spiritual things made us bristle with antagonism.
114.
... made us
cocky, it was worse.
BB p.68,
How It Works
115.
... made us
happy.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
116.
... made us
hard to live with.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
117.
... made us
misers and penny pinchers all ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
118.
... made us
slow to pay.
BB p.78,
Into Action
119.
... made use
of old trunks and chests, ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
120.
... made with
the chief psychiatrist of a ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
Arrangements were also
made with the chief psychiatrist of a large
public hospital to select still others from the stream of misery which flows through that institution.
121.
... made worse
by the things he does ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
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