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1.
... mean a
great deal.
BB
To Wives, p.113
2.
... mean a
night of futile tossing around ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
3.
... mean an
A.A. won't take advice or ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
4.
... mean business,
there is no doubt you ...
BB
To Employers, p.147
If you are
sure he doesn't
mean
business, there is
no doubt you should
discharge
him.
5.
... mean by
"self-forgetting," and how did he ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.101
What did he
mean by "
self-
forgetting," and how did he
propose to
accomplish
that?
6.
... mean by
that, and just what do ...
BB
How It Works, p.60
Just what do we
mean by that,
and
just what do we do?
7.
... mean, egotistical,
selfish and dishonest.
BB
How It Works, p.61
8.
... mean heartache.
BB
How It Works, p.70
9.
... mean it,
or didn't you?"
12&12
Tradition Three, p.144
Relentlessly,
Ed went on, "When you
guys wrote that
sentence, did you
mean it, or didn't you?"
10.
... mean it,
or down inside does he ...
BB
To Employers, p.142
If he
says yes, does he
really mean it, or
down inside does he
think he is
fooling you, and
that
after rest and
treatment he
will be
able to
get away with a
few drinks now and then?
11.
... mean just
as much to uncounted alcoholics ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
12.
... mean little.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
13.
... mean more
than sobriety for problem drinkers.
12&12
Foreword, p.16
14.
... mean, no
organization?"
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.172
15.
... mean ruin,
particularly to a person in ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.156
He
trembled as he
went
about, for this might
mean ruin,
particularly to a
person in his
line of
business.
16.
... mean sharing
your money and your home, ...
BB
Working With Others, p.97
17.
... mean," some
will anxiously ask, "that in ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
"Does this
mean," some
will anxiously ask, "that in
A.A. the
individual doesn't
count for
much? Is he to be
dominated by his
group and
swallowed up in it?"
18.
... mean something
at last.
BB
A Vision For You, p.152
19.
... mean that
the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, ...
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.177
20.
... mean that
we disregard human health measures.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.133
But this does not
mean that we
disregard human health measures.
21.
... mean that
we expect all our character ...
12&12
Step Six, p.65
This does not
mean that we
expect all our
character defects to be
lifted out of us as the
drive to
drink was.
22.
... mean that
we had yet acquired much ...
12&12
Step Five, p.58
23.
... mean that
we have admitted to God, ...
BB
Into Action, p.72
24.
... mean that
you have to agree with ...
BB
To Wives, p.117
We do not
mean that you have to
agree with your
husband whenever there is an
honest
difference of
opinion.
25.
... mean the
loss of many nights' sleep, ...
BB
Working With Others, p.97
26.
... mean the
nourishing ingredient which can give ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.74
27.
... mean the
only reason you are here ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.152
"
Still dubious, he
demanded, 'Do you
really
mean the only
reason you are
here is to
try and
help me and to
help yourself?'
28.
... mean to
us?
12&12
Contents (Step Seven), p.7
What can it mean to us?
29.
... mean to
us.
12&12
Step Seven, p.70
Since this
Step so
specifically concerns
itself with
humility, we
should
pause here to
consider what
humility is
and what the
practice of it can
mean to us.
30.
... mean to
you.
BB
We Agnostics, p.47
31.
... mean we
are going to get drunk?
BB
How It Works, p.70
Does this
mean we are
going to
get drunk?
32.
... mean we
need to wander morbidly around ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.88
This doesn't
mean we
need to
wander morbidly around in the
past.
33.
... mean when
we say that we have ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.80
We might
next ask ourselves what we
mean when we
say that we have "
harmed"
other people.
34.
... mean when
you talk about a 'spiritual ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.106
"What do you
mean when you
talk
about a '
spiritual awakening'?" they
ask.
35.
... mean your
own conception of God.
BB
We Agnostics, p.47
When,
therefore, we
speak
to you of
God, we
mean your
own conception of
God.
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