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1.
... making.   12&12 p.116, Step Twelve
These were the new attitudes that finally brought many of us an inner strength and peace that could not be deeply shaken by the shortcomings of others or by any calamity not of our own making.


2.
... making.   BB p.62, How It Works   Go to page 62 in the Big Book
So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making.


3.
... making.   BB p.103, Working With Others   Go to page 103 in the Big Book
After all, our problems were of our own making.


4.
... making a better practical use of it.   BB p.130, The Family Afterward   Go to page 130 in the Big Book
Nothing will help the man who is off on a spiritual tangent so much as the wife who adopts a sane spiritual program, making a better practical use of it.

5.
... making a five-dollar investment to fix a ...   12&12 p.163, Tradition Seven
I felt especially virtuous as I thought of all the ex-drunks who wouldn't even send the Foundation a dollar apiece, and here I was gladly making a five-dollar investment to fix a hangover.

6.
... making a life business of winning fame, ...   12&12 p.123, Step Twelve
We have seen that we were prodded by unreasonable fears or anxieties into making a life business of winning fame, money, and what we thought was leadership.

7.
... making a list of all the people ...   12&12 p.79, Step Eight
These were some of the ways in which fear conspired with pride to hinder our making a list of all the people we had harmed.


8.
... making a normal drinker out of an ...   BB p.31, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 31 in the Big Book
Physicians who are familiar with alcoholism agree there is no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic.

9.
... making amends.   12&12 p.86, Step Nine
That will arise in the occasional situation where to make a full revelation would seriously harm the one to whom we are making amends.

10.
... making amends that we don't care what ...   12&12 p.86, Step Nine
Are we going to be so rigidly righteous about making amends that we don't care what happens to the family and home?

11.
... making amends, we may enjoy such a ...   12&12 p.85, Step Nine
After taking this preliminary trial at making amends, we may enjoy such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished.

12.
... making an inventory, will need to determine ...   12&12 p.48, Step Four
Human beings are never quite alike, so each of us, when making an inventory, will need to determine what his individual character defects are.

13.
... making as much money as ever.   12&12 p.136, Tradition Two
I thought of a few of my alcoholic friends, who were making as much money as ever.

14.
... making certain kinds of direct amends from ...   12&12 p.83, Step Nine
Most of us begin making certain kinds of direct amends from the day we join Alcoholics Anonymous.

15.
... making demands upon God to give it ...   12&12 p.104, Step Eleven
We discover that we do receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms.

16.
... making demands upon ourselves or upon others ...   12&12 p.49, Step Four
Pride lures us into making demands upon ourselves or upon others which cannot be met without perverting or misusing our God-given instincts.

17.
... making direct amends to those concerned, except ...   12&12 p.108, Step Twelve
We followed this up in Step Nine by making direct amends to those concerned, except when it would injure them or other people.

18.
... making disobedience a virtue!"   12&12 p.174, Tradition Nine
At this juncture, we can hear a churchman exclaim, "They are making disobedience a virtue!"

19.
... making financial independence part of its tradition, ...   12&12 p.165, Tradition Seven
They pointed out that the irresponsible had become responsible, and that by making financial independence part of its tradition, Alcoholics Anonymous had revived an ideal that its era had almost forgotten.

20.
... making foolish, perhaps tragic, blunders in this ...   12&12 p.60, Step Five
Surely, then, a novice ought not lay himself open to the chance of making foolish, perhaps tragic, blunders in this fashion.


21.
... making friendly little jokes about an alcoholic's ...   BB p.145, To Employers   Go to page 145 in the Big Book
One instance comes to mind in which a malicious individual was always making friendly little jokes about an alcoholic's drinking exploits.


22.
... making good to the wife or parents ...   BB p.82, Into Action   Go to page 82 in the Big Book
But he is yet a long way from making good to the wife or parents whom for years he has so shockingly treated.


23.
... making heavy going of life.   BB p.51, We Agnostics   Go to page 50 in the Big Book
Once confused and baffled by the seeming futility of existence, they show the underlying reasons why they were making heavy going of life.

24.
... making honesty, tolerance, and true love of ...   12&12 p.72, Step Seven
We never thought of making honesty, tolerance, and true love of man and God the daily basis of living.

25.
... making it possible.   12&12 p.168, Tradition Eight
She was not professionalizing the Twelfth Step; she was just making it possible.


26.
... making it possible for him to be ...   BB p.96, Working With Others   Go to page 96 in the Big Book
You will be making it possible for him to be insincere.

27.
... making money.   12&12 p.136, Tradition Two
All around you these drunks are getting well and making money.

28.
... "making money out of A.A."   12&12 p.167, Tradition Eight
Caretakers who swept floors, cooks who fried hamburgers, secretaries in offices, authors writing books -- all these we have seen hotly assailed because they were, as their critics angrily remarked, "making money out of A.A."

29.
... "making money out of A.A."   12&12 p.168, Tradition Eight
They weren't asked to speak at A.A. meetings because they were "making money out of A.A."

30.
... making money out of A.A.!"   12&12 p.170, Tradition Eight
That guy is making money out of A.A.!"

31.
... making, of course, any amends still neglected.   12&12 p.94, Step Ten
Here we need only recognize that we did act or think badly, try to visualize how we might have done better, and resolve with God's help to carry these lessons over into tomorrow, making, of course, any amends still neglected.

32.
... making of direct amends divides those we ...   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.


33.
... making our review we ask God's forgiveness ...   BB p.86, Into Action   Go to page 86 in the Big Book
After making our review we ask God's forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken.

34.
... making ready to receive this gift lies ...   12&12 p.107, Step Twelve
A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program.

35.
... making restitution to others is paramount, it ...   12&12 p.80, Step Eight
While the purpose of making restitution to others is paramount, it is equally necessary that we extricate from an examination of our personal relations every bit of information about ourselves and our fundamental difficulties that we can.


36.
... making several trips to the hospital meantime.   BB p.32, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 32 in the Big Book
He tried to regulate his drinking for a while, making several trips to the hospital meantime.

37.
... making specific requests, it will be well ...   12&12 p.102, Step Eleven
Even so, when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification: "...if it be Thy will."


38.
... making speeches, frequenting men's gathering places of ...   BB p.158, A Vision For You   Go to page 158 in the Big Book
He entered a political campaign, making speeches, frequenting men's gathering places of all sorts, often staying up all night.


39.
... making sure we were ready; that we ...   BB p.63, How It Works   Go to page 63 in the Big Book
We thought well before taking this step making sure we were ready; that we could at last abandon ourselves utterly to Him.


40.
... making the approach has had the same ...   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
That the man who is making the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured -- these are the conditions we have found most effective.


41.
... making their resolutions; most of them within ...   BB p.34, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 34 in the Big Book
Some will be drunk the day after making their resolutions; most of them within a few weeks.


42.
... making too hard work of a simple ...   BB p.40, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 40 in the Big Book
I had no trouble refusing drinks, and began to wonder if I had not been making too hard work of a simple matter.

43.
... making unreasonable demands upon ourselves, upon others, ...   12&12 p.76, Step Seven
We now clearly see that we have been making unreasonable demands upon ourselves, upon others, and upon God.

44.
... making unreasonable demands upon those we love.   12&12 p.93, Step Ten
We can try to stop making unreasonable demands upon those we love.


45.
... making us feel heroic.   BB p.1, Bill's Story   Go to page 1 in the Big Book
War fever ran high in the New England town to which we new, young officers from Plattsburg were assigned, and we were flattered when the first citizens took us to their homes, making us feel heroic.


46.
... making your second visit to a man.   BB p.96, Working With Others   Go to page 96 in the Big Book
Suppose now you are making your second visit to a man.


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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