From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... many?
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Have we alcoholics in A.A.
got, or can we get, the resources to meet these calamities which come to so
many?
2.
... many?"
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
3.
... many.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
There are many.
4.
... many a
day.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
5.
Many a
distracted wife has visited this ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Many a distracted wife has visited this house to find loving and understanding companionship among women who knew her problem, to hear from the lips of their husbands what
had happened to them, to be advised how her own wayward mate might be hospitalized and approached when next he stumbled.
6.
... many a
fine chance to right a ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
Or we may just procrastinate, telling ourselves the time is not yet, when in reality we have already passed up many a fine chance to right a serious wrong.
7.
... many a
heartbreak if you can succeed ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
We know these suggestions are sometimes difficult to
follow, but you will save many a heartbreak if you can succeed in observing
them.
8.
Many a
man like you has begun ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
9.
Many a
man, yet dazed from his ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Many a man, yet dazed from his hospital experience,
has stepped over the threshold of that home into
freedom.
10.
Many a
new man and woman came ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
11.
... many a
priest, minister, or rabbi, who ...
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
He may bring new hope and new courage to many a priest, minister, or rabbi, who gives his all to minister to our troubled
world.
12.
Many a
razor-edged question can arise in ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Many a razor-edged question can arise in other departments of life where
this same principle is involved.
13.
... many a
rebellious alcoholic to conclude that ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
This very form of faulty dependence has caused many a rebellious alcoholic
to conclude that dependence of any sort must be intolerably damaging.
14.
... many A.A.'s
at first try to bypass ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
So intense, though, is
our fear and reluctance
to do this, that many A.A.'s at
first try to bypass Step Five.
15.
... many A.A.'s
can say, "Yes, we were ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
16.
... many A.A.
friends, these so-called loners tell ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
17.
Many A.A.'s
go in for annual or ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
18.
... many A.A.
members who, for a variety ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
19.
... many actual
or potential alcoholics.
BB p.149,
To Employers
20.
... many alcoholic
men and women, desperately in ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this thing."
21.
... many, alcoholic
or not.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
22.
Many alcoholics
are enthusiasts.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
23.
... many alcoholics,
being warped and drugged, do ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
24.
... many alcoholics
have nevertheless concluded that in ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Though it was not our intention to create such an impression, many alcoholics have nevertheless concluded that in order to
recover they must acquire an immediate and
overwhelming "God-consciousness" followed at once by a vast change in feeling and outlook.
25.
... many alcoholics
on the theory that only ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Prior to his journey to Akron, the broker had worked hard with many alcoholics on the theory that only an alcoholic could help an alcoholic, but he had succeeded only in keeping
sober himself.
26.
... many alcoholics
that they place us in ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
By a great deal of ardent Twelfth Step work we sometimes carry the message to so many alcoholics that they place
us in a position of trust.
27.
... many alcoholics
who have recovered in A.A., ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
And if these are facts of life for the many alcoholics who have recovered in A.A., they can become the facts of life for many more.
28.
Many an
A.A., once agnostic or atheistic, ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
Many an A.A., once agnostic or atheistic, tells us that it
was during this stage of Step Five that he first actually felt the presence of God.
29.
... many an
A.A. to stop working on ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Committees have instructed many an A.A. to stop working on a chronic backslider, only to be told: "How I do my Twelfth Step work is my business.
30.
... many an
alcoholic.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
"As psychiatrists have often observed, defiance is the outstanding characteristic of many
an alcoholic.
31.
Many an
alcoholic who entered there came ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
32.
... many an
evening.
BB p.105,
To Wives
33.
... many, and
can continue to fear or ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
The idea that we can be possessively loving of
a few, can ignore the many, and can continue to fear or hate anybody, has to be abandoned, if only a little at a time.
34.
... many another
pleasant rationalization.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
35.
... many are
doomed who never realize their ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
36.
... many articles
of faith which are so ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
37.
... many avenues
of escape.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
He had a desperate desire to stop, but saw no way out, for he had earnestly tried many avenues of escape.
38.
... many badly.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
39.
... many 'believers'
even in their Sunday best.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
We gloated over the hypocrisy, bigotry, and
crushing self-righteousness that clung to so many 'believers' even in their Sunday best.
40.
... many busybody
cooks spoil the broth.
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
Whereupon we tried A.A. hospitals -- they all bogged down because you cannot put an A.A. group into business; too many busybody cooks spoil the broth.
41.
... many cases
where this difficulty lasted long.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
42.
... many cities
and hamlets, we reenacted the ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
Countless times, in as
many cities and hamlets, we reenacted the
story of Eddie Rickenbacker and his courageous company when
their plane crashed in the
Pacific.
43.
Many could
recover if they had the ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
44.
... many definitions
of spiritual awakening as there ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
45.
... many despairing
alcoholics as they could.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
46.
... many different
forms.
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening"
are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about
recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms.
47.
... many different
lifestyles, just as the program ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
The basic principles of
the A.A. program, it appears, hold good for individuals with
many different lifestyles, just as the program has brought recovery to those of many different nationalities.
48.
... many different
nationalities.
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
The basic principles of
the A.A. program, it appears, hold good for individuals with
many different lifestyles, just as the program has brought recovery to those of many different nationalities.
49.
... many do,
and the phenomenon of craving ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again.
50.
Many do
not comprehend that the alcoholic ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
51.
Many doctors
and psychiatrists agree with our ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
52.
... many doctors
who had the opportunity of ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
One of the many doctors who had the opportunity of reading
this book in manuscript
form told us that the use of sweets was often helpful, of course depending upon a doctor's advice.
53.
... many drinks
that they spoiled the occasion.
BB p.105,
To Wives
54.
... many eastern
cities.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
55.
... many employers
nowadays, we think of one ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
Among many employers nowadays, we
think of one member who has spent much of his life in the world of big business.
56.
... many failures,
but there was an occasional ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
57.
... many fast
friends and a fellowship has ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
We commenced to make
many fast friends and a fellowship
has grown up among us of which it is a wonderful thing to feel a part.
58.
... many friends.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
59.
... many groups
began to hold meetings which ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Consequently, many groups began to hold meetings which were open to interested friends and the public, so
that the average citizen
could see for himself just what A.A. was all about.
60.
... many have
come to believe that a ...
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.
61.
... many helpful
books also.
BB p.87,
Into Action
62.
... many homes
this is a difficult thing ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
In many homes this is a difficult thing to do, but
it must be done if any results are to be expected.
63.
... many hundreds.(*)
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
64.
... many hundreds
of people are able to ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.
65.
... many, if
not all, of the traits ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
66.
... many in
A.A. who once thought as ...
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
67.
... many in
the medical profession have a ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
Small wonder many in the medical profession have a low opinion of alcoholics
and their chance for recovery!
68.
... many in
their teens.
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
Seven percent of the A.A.'s surveyed are less than 30 years of age -- among them, many in their teens.
69.
... many individuals
the methods which I employed ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
With many individuals
the methods which I employed are successful, but I have never been successful with
an alcoholic of your description."(*)
70.
... many individuals
who claimed to be godly.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
71.
... many instances
we are really dealing with ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
72.
... many instances
we shall find that though ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has.
73.
... many, it
is still Twelfth Step work.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
74.
... many knew
of his drinking.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
75.
... many languages
and dialects.
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Literature has played
a major role in A.A.'s growth, and a striking phenomenon of
the past quarter-century has been the explosion of translations of our basic literature into
many languages and dialects.
76.
Many less
desperate alcoholics tried A.A., but ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Many less desperate alcoholics
tried A.A., but did not succeed because they could
not make the admission of
hopelessness.
77.
... many liabilities,
great and small, we never ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Possibly, too, we were still handicapped by
many liabilities, great and small, we never knew we had.
78.
... many matters.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
Being possessed of a spiritual experience,
the alcoholic will find he has much in common with these people, though he may differ with
them on many matters.
79.
... many members
who have crossed the threshold ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
80.
... many membership
rules.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
81.
... many men
and women speak love with ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
But how many men and women speak love with their lips, and believe what they say, so that
they can hide lust in a dark corner of their minds?
82.
... many men
who had, for example, worked ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
I have had many men who had,
for example, worked a period of months on some problem or business deal which was to be settled
on a certain date, favorably to them.
83.
... many men
who have such experiences.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
84.
... many men
who want to stop, and ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
85.
... many minds
all this liberty for the ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
86.
... many more.
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
And if these are facts of life for the many alcoholics who have recovered in A.A., they can become the facts of life for many more.
87.
... many more
reasons later on.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
88.
Many mornings
I have gone to classes, ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Many mornings I have gone to classes, and even though fully prepared, would turn and walk back to the fraternity house because of my jitters, not daring to enter the classroom for fear of making a scene should I be called on
for recitation.
89.
... many nights'
sleep, great interference with your ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
It may mean the loss of many nights' sleep, great interference with your pleasures, interruptions to your business.
90.
... many of
A.A.'s friends that these pieces ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
Though the essays which follow were written mainly for members, it is thought by many of A.A.'s friends that these pieces might arouse interest and find application outside A.A. itself.
91.
Many of
Alcoholics Anonymous were like that.
BB p.113,
To Wives
92.
... many of
his friends to which he ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
In the spring of 1940, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. gave a dinner for many of his friends to which he invited
A.A. members to tell their stories.
93.
... many of
its occupations are represented, as ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
All sections of this country and many of its occupations are represented, as well as
many political, economic, social, and religious backgrounds.
94.
Many of
our friends encourage us by ...
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
Many of our friends encourage us by saying
that this is but a beginning, only the augury of a much larger future ahead.
95.
Many of
our husbands were just as ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
96.
... many of
our men, it is by ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
Though it is infinitely better that he
have no relapse at all, as
has been true with many of our
men, it is by no means a bad thing in some cases.
97.
... many of
the old pangs of anxious ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
But we soon discovered
that while we weren't alone any more in a social sense, we still suffered many of the old pangs of anxious apartness.
98.
Many of
the old problems will still ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
99.
... many of
the questions posed, because they ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
Some will object to many of the questions posed, because they think their own character defects have
not been so glaring.
100.
... many of
the suggestions given here may ...
BB p.104,
To Wives (Note)
But many of the suggestions given here may be adapted to help the person who lives with a woman alcoholic -- whether she
is still drinking or is
recovering in A.A.
101.
... many of
them.
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
We have experienced many of them.
102.
... many of
them are amazing.
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
103.
... many of
them can do it, because ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
We doubt if many of them can
do it, because none will really want to stop, and hardly one of them, because of the peculiar mental twist already acquired, will find he can win out.
104.
... many of
them do recover if they ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them
do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.
105.
... many of
them well-intentioned, our crippling handicap ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
In all these strivings, so many of them well-intentioned, our crippling handicap had
been our lack of humility.
106.
... many of
these defects, even though such ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these
defects, even though such disclosures were painful and humiliating.
107.
... many of
these feel lonely, hurt, and ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
At first many of these feel lonely, hurt, and left out as they witness so much domestic happiness about them.
108.
... many of
these questions apply to them, ...
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
109.
... many of
us.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us.
110.
... many of
us.
BB p.142,
To Employers
111.
Many of
us also like the experience ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Many of us also like the experience of an
occasional retreat
from the outside world
where we can quiet down for
an undisturbed day or so
of self-overhaul and meditation.
112.
... many of
us an inner strength and ...
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.
113.
... many of
us are apt to regard ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
To be sure, we feel it is something that might help us
to meet an occasional emergency, but at first
many of us are apt to regard it as a somewhat mysterious skill of clergymen, from which we may hope to get a secondhand benefit.
114.
... many of
us balked -- for the practical ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
At Step Six, many of us balked -- for the practical reason that we
did not wish to have all our defects of character removed, because we still loved some of them too much.
115.
... many of
us came to shipwreck during ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
116.
... many of
us can be leaders of ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
117.
... many of
us draw up a balance ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
When evening comes, perhaps just before going to sleep, many of us draw up a balance sheet for the day.
118.
Many of
us exclaimed, "What an order!
BB p.60,
How It Works
119.
Many of
us felt that we had ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
120.
Many of
us, former patients, go there ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
121.
Many of
us had moral and philosophical ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
Many of us had moral and philosophical convictions galore, but
we could not live up to them even though we would have liked to.
122.
... many of
us had never attempted.
BB p.64,
How It Works
Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted.
123.
Many of
us had strong logic, too, ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
124.
Many of
us have been so touchy ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
Many of us have been so touchy that even casual reference to spiritual things made us bristle with antagonism.
125.
Many of
us have experienced dad's elation.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
126.
Many of
us have felt, for the ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
127.
... many of
us have never really acquired ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
The emphasis on inventory is heavy only because a great many of us have never really acquired the habit of accurate self-appraisal.
128.
Many of
us have noticed a tendency ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
129.
... many of
us have suffered the most.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most.
130.
... many of
us have this degree of ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
131.
Many of
us have wasted a lot ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
132.
Many of
us keep liquor in our ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
133.
Many of
us needed an overhauling there.
BB p.68,
How It Works
134.
Many of
us said to our Maker, ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
Many of us said to our Maker, as we understood
Him: "God, I offer myself to Thee -- to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt.
135.
... many of
us still hung back.
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
136.
Many of
us thought it necessary to ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
137.
... many of
us, we found we could ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
138.
Many of
us who had thought ourselves ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
139.
... many of
us who have been just ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
140.
... many of
us would have no homes ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
141.
... many of
us would have recovered long ...
BB p.44,
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.
142.
... many opportunities
even for those of us ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
There are many opportunities even for
those of us who feel unable to speak at meetings or who are so situated that we cannot do much face-to-face Twelfth Step work.
143.
... many other
items of heavy hardware.
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
The next three years I spent in Boston, Chicago, and Montreal in the employ of a
large manufacturing
concern, selling railway supplies, gas engines of all sorts, and many other items of heavy hardware.
144.
... many others,
have one symptom in common: ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
All these, and many others,
have one symptom in common: they cannot start drinking without developing the phenomenon of craving.
145.
... many others,
who have since recovered, of ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
He often says that if he had
continued to work on
them, he might have deprived many others, who have since recovered, of their chance.
146.
... many painful
discussions, they finally gave me ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
After many painful discussions,
they finally gave me my credits and I migrated to
another of the leading
universities of the country and entered as a Junior that Fall.
147.
... many painful
experiences, we think we have ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
148.
... many people
annoy us, for it brings ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
In a perverse way we can actually take satisfaction from the fact that many people annoy us, for it brings a comfortable feeling of superiority.
149.
... many people
can truthfully assert that they ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
150.
... many people
have to admit that their ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
And even while staying within conventional bounds,
many people have to admit that their imaginary
sex excursions are apt to be all dressed up as dreams of romance.
151.
Many people
haven't even a nodding acquaintance ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
152.
... many people
he has hurt, and in ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways.
153.
Many people
lost money -- but some became ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
154.
Many people,
nonalcoholics, report that as a ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
Many people, nonalcoholics, report
that as a result of the practice of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, they have been
able to meet other difficulties of life.
155.
... many people
went to the bookstores to ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
News of this got on the world wires; inquiries poured in again and many people went to the bookstores to get the book "Alcoholics Anonymous."
156.
... many persons
of local, national, or international ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
157.
... many political,
economic, social, and religious backgrounds.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
All sections of this country and many of its occupations are represented, as well as
many political, economic, social, and religious backgrounds.
158.
... many problems
besides alcohol will not yield ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
They have become persuaded, and rightly
so, that many problems besides alcohol will not yield to a headlong assault powered by the individual alone.
159.
... many problems
he despaired of ever solving ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other hand -- and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand -- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so
many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.
160.
... many problems
that it may appear that ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
We have been considering so many problems that it may appear that A.A. consists mainly of racking dilemmas and troubleshooting.
161.
... many protests,
these things were accomplished.
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
162.
... many psychiatrists
and psychologists as it is ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
We realize that the word
"dependence" is as distasteful to many psychiatrists and psychologists as it is to alcoholics.
163.
Many pursue
it into the gates of ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
164.
... many readers
the impression that these personality ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Yet it is true that our first printing gave many readers the impression
that these personality changes, or religious experiences, must be in
the nature of sudden and
spectacular upheavals.
165.
... many resolutions,
but never a decision.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
166.
... many respects,
he should not be concerned ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
167.
... many respects,
the Washingtonians were akin to ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
168.
... many seasons
of hard work to be ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Father knows he is to blame; it may take him many seasons of hard work to be restored financially,
but he shouldn't be reproached.
169.
... many single
alcoholics who wish to marry ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
170.
... many situations
which arise out of the ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There are many situations which arise out of the phenomenon of craving which cause men to make the supreme sacrifice rather than continue to fight.
171.
... many skeptical,
suspicious newcomers have found confidence ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We can be the ones who take on
the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the
coffee and cake after the meetings, where so
many skeptical, suspicious newcomers
have found confidence
and comfort in the laughter and talk.
172.
... many so
long as none of them ...
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.
173.
... many spiritually-minded
persons of all races, colors, ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We used to amuse ourselves by cynically
dissecting spiritual beliefs and practices when we might have observed that many spiritually-minded persons of all races, colors, and creeds were demonstrating a degree
of stability, happiness and usefulness which we should have sought ourselves.
174.
... many such
in this town.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
175.
... many take
up their beds and walk ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
176.
... many things
for which we cannot otherwise ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
177.
... many things
on faith which seemed difficult ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
That was great news to us,
for we had assumed we could not make use of spiritual principles
unless we accepted many things on faith which seemed difficult to believe.
178.
... many things
which, so far as the ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
Drinking occasionally, and understanding your own reactions, it is possible for you to become
quite sure of many things which, so far as the alcoholic is concerned, are not always
so.
179.
... many things
which then seemed entirely out ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
180.
... many thought,
could go into business, might ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
The A.A. groups, many thought, could go into business, might finance any enterprise whatever in
the total field of alcoholism.
181.
... many times.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
182.
... many times
during the months I was ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
183.
... many times
each day "Thy will be ...
BB p.88,
Into Action
We constantly remind
ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done."
184.
... many times
have we heard well-intentioned people ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
How many times have we heard well-intentioned people claim the guidance of God when it was all too plain
that they were sorely mistaken.
185.
Many times
I have gone to my ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
186.
... many times
illuminating.
BB p.139,
To Employers
187.
... many times
in this book which, upon ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening"
are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about
recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms.
188.
... many times
isolates the wife of an ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
It is probably true that
you and your husband have been living too much alone, for drinking many times isolates the wife of an alcoholic.
189.
... many times
people have said to us: ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
190.
... many times
protect the victim from this ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
191.
... many times
subtly, they drive us, dominate ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
Powerfully, blindly,
many times subtly, they drive us, dominate us, and insist upon ruling our lives.
192.
Many times
we talk to a new ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
Many times we talk to a new man and watch his hope rise as we discuss his alcoholic problems and explain our
fellowship.
193.
... many to
the tune of paper millions.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
194.
... many troubles,
now made more acute because ...
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.
195.
Many types
do not respond to the ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
196.
... many unhappy
scenes in our sumptuous apartment.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
197.
... many want
to stop but cannot.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
198.
... many ways
of usual promotional practice.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
199.
Many, we
are sure, will rise to ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
200.
... many were
-- why shouldn't their membership be ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
Provided they were willing -- and many were -- why shouldn't their membership be publicized, thereby encouraging others to join us?
201.
... many who
are real alcoholics are not ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Despite all we can say,
many who are real alcoholics are not going
to believe they are in that class.
202.
Many who
once were in this class ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
203.
... many who
still so passionately cling to ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
Nor do we enter into debate with the many who still so passionately cling to the belief that to satisfy our basic natural desires is the main object of life.
204.
Many will
at once ask, "How can ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
205.
... many years.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
206.
... many years.
BB p.80,
Into Action
207.
... many years.
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
208.
... many years.
BB xxxii(xxx),
The Doctor's Opinion
209.
Many years
ago one of the leading ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Many years ago one of the leading contributors
to this book came under our care in this hospital and while here he acquired some ideas which he put into practical application
at once.
210.
... many years
beyond the point where we ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
As we look back, we feel we had gone on drinking many years beyond the point where we could quit on our
will power.
211.
... many years'
experience as Medical Director of ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
I say this after many years' experience as Medical Director of one of the oldest hospitals in the country treating alcoholic and drug addiction.
212.
... many years
of experience, that we have ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
We feel, after many years of experience, that we have found nothing which has contributed more to the rehabilitation of these men than the altruistic movement now growing up among them.
213.
... many years
of frightful drinking, who had ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
But this was a man who had experienced many years of frightful drinking, who had had most all the drunkard's experiences
known to man, but who had been
cured by the very means I had been trying to employ, that is to say the spiritual approach.
214.
... many years
that mother became head of ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
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