From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... matter?
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
What, then, can be the matter?
2.
... matter.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
3.
... matter.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
4.
... matter.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
I had no trouble refusing drinks, and began to wonder if I had not
been making too hard work of a simple matter.
5.
... matter.
BB p.69,
How It Works
6.
... matter.
BB p.84,
Into Action
This is not an overnight matter.
7.
... matter.
BB p.86,
Into Action
8.
... matter any
way you please.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
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 p.86,
Step Nine
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 p.142,
To Employers
11.
... matter here,
Ma.
BB p.82,
Into Action
12.
... matter how
bad, to the abnormal action ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
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 p.58,
Step Five
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 p.84,
Into Action
15.
... matter how
far we have progressed, desires ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
16.
... matter how
far we have to go, ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
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 p.157,
Tradition Six
These adventures implanted a deep-rooted conviction that in
no circumstances could
we endorse any related enterprise, no matter how good.
18.
... matter how
grave your emotional complications -- even ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
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.
19.
... matter how
great the necessity or the ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
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.
20.
... matter how
grievous, out of their hiding ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
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.
21.
... matter how
haltingly we walk.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
22.
... matter how
hard you try.
BB p.111,
To Wives
23.
... matter how
isolated you are.
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
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.
24.
... matter how
low you've gone, no matter ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
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.
25.
... matter how
much one wishes to try, ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
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?
26.
... matter how
much we tried.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
27.
... matter how
unpromising.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
28.
... matter, however,
if someone does throw us ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
29.
... matter, in
its actual operation it discloses ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
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.
30.
... matter much
time and study for the ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I gave the matter much time and study for the next two and a half years, but I still got tight every night nevertheless.
31.
... matter must
be discussed, let's try to ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
And even in those cases where such a matter must be discussed, let's try to avoid harming third parties, whoever they may
be.
32.
... matter of
being willing to believe in ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
33.
... matter of
course, the family may look ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
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.
34.
... matter of
exercising my will power and ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
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.
35.
... matter of
fact he was tight.
BB p.115,
To Wives
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.
36.
... matter of
fact, I still do -- all ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
37.
... matter of
fact, the waking hours are ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
38.
... matter of
fact way he told how ...
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
In a matter of fact way he told how two men had appeared in court, persuading the judge to suspend his commitment.
39.
... matter of
giving that is in question, ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
40.
... matter of
good business.
BB p.141,
To Employers
41.
... matter of
life and death, Bill, and ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
42.
... matter of
months, A.A. booms in Middletown.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
43.
... matter of
physical treatment should, of course, ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
44.
... matter of
prayer.
BB p.85,
Into Action
45.
... matter of
this book: It contains full ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
To return to the subject
matter of this book: It contains full suggestions by which the employee may solve his problem.
46.
... matter of
willingness, patience and labor.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
To duplicate, with such
backing, what we have accomplished is only a matter of willingness, patience and labor.
47.
... matter so
much to some people no ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
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.
48.
... matter, that
his alcoholic derelictions, the treatment ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
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?
49.
... matter, the
board of directors told him ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
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."
50.
... matter too
much what our material condition ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
It did not matter too much
what our material condition was, but it did matter what our spiritual condition was.
51.
... matter what
he says or does.
BB p.108,
To Wives
52.
... matter what
our material prospects were.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
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.
53.
... matter what
our spiritual condition was.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
It did not matter too much
what our material condition was, but it did matter what our spiritual condition was.
54.
... matter what
the cause, there is something ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
It is a spiritual axiom
that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us.
55.
... matter what
the personal consequences may be.
BB p.79,
Into Action
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.
56.
... matter what
the provocation, publicly take sides ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
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.
57.
... matter what
the subject, it should be ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
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.
58.
... matter what
we had thought or done.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
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.
59.
... matter what
your own convictions are.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
60.
... matter what
your present circumstances!
BB p.100,
Working With Others
Follow the dictates of a
Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!
61.
... matter when
his more serious ailments were ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
She sees she was wrong to make a burning issue out of such a matter when his more serious ailments were being rapidly cured.
62.
... matter who
you are, no matter how ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
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.
63.
... matter with
constructive imagination; all sound achievement ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
64.
... matter with
his spiritual status.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
An alcoholic who cannot meet them, still has an alcoholic mind; there is something the matter with
his spiritual status.
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