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1.
... mean a great deal.   BB p.113, To Wives   Go to page 113 in the Big Book
If he is enthusiastic your cooperation will mean a great deal.

2.
... 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.


3.
... mean business, there is no doubt you ...   BB p.147, To Employers   Go to page 147 in the Big Book
If you are sure he doesn't mean business, there is no doubt you should discharge him.

4.
... mean by "self-forgetting," and how did he ...   12&12 p.101, Step Eleven
What did he mean by "self-forgetting," and how did he propose to accomplish that?


5.
... mean by that, and just what do ...   BB p.60, How It Works   Go to page 60 in the Big Book
Just what do we mean by that, and just what do we do?


6.
... mean, egotistical, selfish and dishonest.   BB p.61, How It Works   Go to page 61 in the Big Book
On the other hand, he may be mean, egotistical, selfish and dishonest.


7.
... mean heartache.   BB p.70, How It Works   Go to page 70 in the Big Book
It quiets the imperious urge, when to yield would mean heartache.

8.
... mean it, or didn't you?"   12&12 p.144, Tradition Three
Relentlessly, Ed went on, "When you guys wrote that sentence, did you mean it, or didn't you?"


9.
... mean it, or down inside does he ...   BB p.142, To Employers   Go to page 142 in the Big Book
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?


10.
... mean just as much to uncounted alcoholics ...   BB p.561(563), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
A.A. can, of course, mean just as much to uncounted alcoholics not yet reached.


11.
... mean little.   BB xxvi(xxiv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
As laymen, our opinion as to its soundness may, of course, mean little.

12.
... mean more than sobriety for problem drinkers.   12&12 p.16, Foreword
They think that the Twelve Steps can mean more than sobriety for problem drinkers.

13.
... mean, no organization?"   12&12 p.172, Tradition Nine
Scanning this puzzler, people say, "What do they mean, no organization?"


14.
... mean ruin, particularly to a person in ...   BB p.156, A Vision For You   Go to page 156 in the Big Book
He trembled as he went about, for this might mean ruin, particularly to a person in his line of business.


15.
... mean sharing your money and your home, ...   BB p.97, Working With Others   Go to page 97 in the Big Book
It may mean sharing your money and your home, counseling frantic wives and relatives, innumerable trips to police courts, sanitariums, hospitals, jails and asylums.

16.
... mean," some will anxiously ask, "that in ...   12&12 p.129, Tradition One
"Does this mean," some will anxiously ask, "that in A.A. the individual doesn't count for much?


17.
... mean something at last.   BB p.152, A Vision For You   Go to page 152 in the Big Book
Life will mean something at last.

18.
... 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.


19.
... mean that we disregard human health measures.   BB p.133, The Family Afterward   Go to page 133 in the Big Book
But this does not mean that we disregard human health measures.

20.
... 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.

21.
... 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.


22.
... mean that we have admitted to God, ...   BB p.72, Into Action   Go to page 72 in the Big Book
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.


23.
... mean that you have to agree with ...   BB p.117, To Wives   Go to page 117 in the Big Book
We do not mean that you have to agree with your husband whenever there is an honest difference of opinion.


24.
... mean the loss of many nights' sleep, ...   BB p.97, Working With Others   Go to page 97 in the Big Book
It may mean the loss of many nights' sleep, great interference with your pleasures, interruptions to your business.

25.
... 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.

26.
... 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?'

27.
... 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.


28.
... mean to you.   BB p.47, We Agnostics   Go to page 47 in the Big Book
Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you.


29.
... mean we are going to get drunk?   BB p.70, How It Works   Go to page 70 in the Big Book
Does this mean we are going to get drunk?

30.
... mean we need to wander morbidly around ...   12&12 p.88, Step Ten
This doesn't mean we need to wander morbidly around in the past.

31.
... mean when we say that we have ...   12&12 p.80, Step Eight
We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have "harmed" other people.

32.
... mean when you talk about a 'spiritual ...   12&12 p.106, Step Twelve
"What do you mean when you talk about a 'spiritual awakening'?" they ask.


33.
... mean your own conception of God.   BB p.47, We Agnostics   Go to page 47 in the Big Book
When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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