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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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MATTER   occurs   66 times 37 in BB  •  29 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... matter.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
I had no trouble refusing drinks, and began to wonder if I had not been making too hard work of a simple matter.


2.
  ... matter.  BB How It Works, p.69
In meditation, we ask God what we should do about each specific matter.


3.
  ... matter.  BB Into Action, p.84
This is not an overnight matter.


4.
  ... matter.  BB Into Action, p.86
It would be easy to be vague about this matter.


5.
  ... matter?  12&12 Step Two, p.32
What, then, can be the matter?


6.
  ... matter.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.140
We were grim because we felt our lives and homes were threatened, and that was no laughing matter.


7.
  ... matter.  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.177
But when it comes to A.A. as a whole, that's quite a different matter.


8.
  ... matter any way you please.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.173
They even had to coin a couple of sentences which still go into half the letters they write: "Of course, you are at perfect liberty to handle this matter any way you please.


9.
  ... matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.86
Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance -- meanwhile resolving to do the right thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may?


10.
  ... matter for your discretion.  BB To Employers, p.142
Whether you mention this book is a matter for your discretion.


11.
  ... matter here, Ma. Ain't it grand the ...  BB Into Action, p.82
To his wife, he remarked, "Don't see anything the matter here, Ma. Ain't it grand the wind stopped blowin'?"


12.
  ... matter how bad, to the abnormal action ...  BB To Employers, p.140
But these scrapes can generally be charged, no matter how bad, to the abnormal action of alcohol on his mind.


13.
  ... matter how deeply we felt they had ...  12&12 Step Five, p.58
Often it was while working on this Step with our sponsors or spiritual advisers that we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt they had wronged us.


14.
  ... matter how far down the scale we ...  BB Into Action, p.84
No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.


15.
  ... matter how far we have progressed, desires ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
No matter how far we have progressed, desires will always be found which oppose the grace of God.


16.
  ... matter how far we have to go, ...  BB Into Action, p.78
We must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go, for we are liable to drink if we are afraid to face them.


17.
  ... matter how good.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Six), p.11
Experience proved that we could not endorse any related enterprise, no matter how good.


18.
  ... matter how good.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
These adventures implanted a deep-rooted conviction that in no circumstances could we endorse any related enterprise, no matter how good.


19.
  ... matter how grave your emotional complications -- even ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.139
No matter who you are, no matter how low you've gone, no matter how grave your emotional complications -- even your crimes -- we still can't deny you A.A.


20.
  ... matter how great the necessity or the ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it -- this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.


21.
  ... matter how grievous, out of their hiding ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.124
We think each family which has been relieved owes something to those who have not, and when the occasion requires, each member of it should be only too willing to bring former mistakes, no matter how grievous, out of their hiding places.


22.
  ... matter how haltingly we walk.  12&12 Step Six, p.68
It will seldom matter how haltingly we walk.


23.
  ... matter how hard you try.  BB To Wives, p.111
You may be unable to do so, no matter how hard you try.


24.
  ... matter how isolated you are.  BB Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
If there is none nearby, you will be invited to carry on a correspondence which will do much to insure your sobriety no matter how isolated you are.


25.
  ... matter how low you've gone, no matter ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.139
No matter who you are, no matter how low you've gone, no matter how grave your emotional complications -- even your crimes -- we still can't deny you A.A.


26.
  ... matter how much one wishes to try, ...  12&12 Step Three, p.35
No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can he turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is?


27.
  ... matter how much we tried.  BB We Agnostics, p.45
But we found that such codes and philosophies did not save us, no matter how much we tried.


28.
  ... matter how unpromising.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.144
In those days, we'd go anywhere on a Twelfth Step job, no matter how unpromising.


29.
  ... matter, however, if someone does throw us ...  BB Into Action, p.78
It should not matter, however, if someone does throw us out of his office.


30.
  ... matter, in its actual operation it discloses ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.175
Though Tradition Nine at first sight seems to deal with a purely practical matter, in its actual operation it discloses a society without organization, animated only by the spirit of service -- a true fellowship.


31.
  ... matter much time and study for the ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
I gave the matter much time and study for the next two and a half years, but I still got tight every night nevertheless.


32.
  ... matter must be discussed, let's try to ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.86
And even in those cases where such a matter must be discussed, let's try to avoid harming third parties, whoever they may be.


33.
  ... matter of being willing to believe in ...  BB Bill's Story, p.12
It was only a matter of being willing to believe in a Power greater than myself.


34.
  ... matter of course, the family may look ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.128
As soon as his sobriety begins to be taken as a matter of course, the family may look at their strange new dad with apprehension, then with irritation.


35.
  ... matter of exercising my will power and ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
I felt I had every right to be self-confident, that it would be only a matter of exercising my will power and keeping on guard.


36.
  ... matter of fact he was tight.  BB To Wives, p.115
Frequently, you have felt obliged to tell your husband's employer and his friends that he was sick, when as a matter of fact he was tight.


37.
  ... matter of fact, I still do -- all ...  12&12 Step Two, p.26
As a matter of fact, I still do -- all except the worship part.


38.
  ... matter of fact, the waking hours are ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
As a matter of fact, the waking hours are usually well filled with things that are constructive.


39.
  ... matter of fact way he told how ...  BB Bill's Story, p.9
In a matter of fact way he told how two men had appeared in court, persuading the judge to suspend his commitment.


40.
  ... matter of giving that is in question, ...  BB Working With Others, p.98
It is not the matter of giving that is in question, but when and how to give.


41.
  ... matter of good business.  BB To Employers, p.141
He wants to quit drinking and you want to help him, even if it be only a matter of good business.


42.
  ... matter of life and death, Bill, and ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.138
This is a matter of life and death, Bill, and nothing but the very best will do!'


43.
  ... matter of months, A.A. booms in Middletown.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.133
In a matter of months, A.A. booms in Middletown.


44.
  ... matter of necessity.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Seven), p.11
Collective poverty initially a matter of necessity.


45.
  ... matter of physical treatment should, of course, ...  BB To Employers, p.143
The matter of physical treatment should, of course, be referred to your own doctor.


46.
  ... matter of prayer.  BB Into Action, p.85
We shouldn't be shy on this matter of prayer.


47.
  ... matter of this book: It contains full ...  BB To Employers, p.143
To return to the subject matter of this book: It contains full suggestions by which the employee may solve his problem.


48.
  ... matter of willingness, patience and labor.  BB A Vision For You, p.163
To duplicate, with such backing, what we have accomplished is only a matter of willingness, patience and labor.


49.
  ... matter so much to some people no ...  BB A Vision For You, p.161
Being wrecked in the same vessel, being restored and united under one God, with hearts and minds attuned to the welfare of others, the things which matter so much to some people no longer signify much to them.


50.
  ... matter, that his alcoholic derelictions, the treatment ...  BB To Employers, p.143
While on the subject of confidence, can you adopt the attitude that so far as you are concerned this will be a strictly personal matter, that his alcoholic derelictions, the treatment about to be undertaken, will never be discussed without his consent?


51.
  ... matter, the board of directors told him ...  BB To Employers, p.138
He has just returned from a three-months leave of absence, has taken a cure, looks fine, and to clinch the matter, the board of directors told him this was his last chance."


52.
  ... matter too much what our material condition ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
It did not matter too much what our material condition was, but it did matter what our spiritual condition was.


53.
  ... matter what he says or does.  BB To Wives, p.108
Try not to condemn your alcoholic husband no matter what he says or does.


54.
  ... matter what our material prospects were.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
But as time passed we found that with the help of A.A.'s Twelve Steps we could lose those fears, no matter what our material prospects were.


55.
  ... matter what our spiritual condition was.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
It did not matter too much what our material condition was, but it did matter what our spiritual condition was.


56.
  ... matter what the cause, there is something ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.90
It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us.


57.
  ... matter what the personal consequences may be.  BB Into Action, p.79
Reminding ourselves that we have decided to go to any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we be given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be.


58.
  ... matter what the provocation, publicly take sides ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
As by some deep instinct, we A.A.'s have known from the very beginning that we must never, no matter what the provocation, publicly take sides in any fight, even a worthy one.


59.
  ... matter what the subject, it should be ...  BB To Wives, p.118
Next time you and he have a heated discussion, no matter what the subject, it should be the privilege of either to smile and say, "This is getting serious.


60.
  ... matter what we had thought or done.  12&12 Step Five, pp.57-58
This vital Step was also the means by which we began to get the feeling that we could be forgiven, no matter what we had thought or done.


61.
  ... matter what your own convictions are.  BB Working With Others, p.93
Don't raise such issues, no matter what your own convictions are.


62.
  ... matter what your present circumstances!  BB Working With Others, p.100
Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!


63.
  ... matter when his more serious ailments were ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.135
She sees she was wrong to make a burning issue out of such a matter when his more serious ailments were being rapidly cured.


64.
  ... matter who you are, no matter how ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.139
No matter who you are, no matter how low you've gone, no matter how grave your emotional complications -- even your crimes -- we still can't deny you A.A.


65.
  ... matter with constructive imagination; all sound achievement ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.100
There's nothing the matter with constructive imagination; all sound achievement rests upon it.


66.
  ... matter with his spiritual status.  BB Working With Others, p.101
An alcoholic who cannot meet them, still has an alcoholic mind; there is something the matter with his spiritual status.


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