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... mean a
great deal.
BB p.113,
To Wives
2.
... mean a
night of futile tossing around ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This would lessen my chances of smuggling some
home that evening, which in
turn would mean a night of futile tossing around in bed followed by a morning of unbearable jitters.
3.
... mean an
A.A. won't take advice or ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
This doesn't mean an A.A. won't
take advice or suggestions from more experienced members,
but he surely won't take orders.
4.
... mean business,
there is no doubt you ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
5.
... mean by
"self-forgetting," and how did he ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
6.
... mean by
that, and just what do ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
7.
... mean, egotistical,
selfish and dishonest.
BB p.61,
How It Works
8.
... mean heartache.
BB p.70,
How It Works
9.
... mean it,
or didn't you?"
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
10.
... mean it,
or down inside does he ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
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 p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
12.
... mean little.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
13.
... mean more
than sobriety for problem drinkers.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
14.
... mean, no
organization?"
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
15.
... mean ruin,
particularly to a person in ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
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 p.97,
Working With Others
It may mean sharing your money and your home, counseling frantic wives and relatives, innumerable trips to police courts, sanitariums, hospitals, jails and asylums.
17.
... mean," some
will anxiously ask, "that in ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
18.
... mean something
at last.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
19.
... mean that
the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Nor does it mean that the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, now restored as citizens of
the world, are going to back away from their individual responsibilities to act as they see the right upon issues of our time.
20.
... mean that
we disregard human health measures.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
21.
... mean that
we expect all our character ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
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 p.58,
Step Five
But while this was a humiliating experience, it didn't necessarily mean that we
had yet acquired much actual humility.
23.
... mean that
we have admitted to God, ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
This requires action on
our part, which, when completed, will mean that we have admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our defects.
24.
... mean that
you have to agree with ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
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 p.97,
Working With Others
It may mean the loss of many nights' sleep, great interference with your pleasures, interruptions to your business.
26.
... mean the
nourishing ingredient which can give ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie, it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give
us serenity.
27.
... mean the
only reason you are here ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
"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 p.70,
Step Seven
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.
29.
... mean to
you.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to
you.
30.
... mean we
are going to get drunk?
BB p.70,
How It Works
31.
... mean we
need to wander morbidly around ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
32.
... mean when
we say that we have ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
33.
... mean when
you talk about a 'spiritual ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
34.
... mean your
own conception of God.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
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