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1.
... mean a
great deal.
BB p.113,
To Wives
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
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
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
On the other
hand, he may be
mean,
egotistical,
selfish and
dishonest.
7.
... mean heartache.
BB p.70,
How It Works
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
25.
... mean the
nourishing ingredient which can give ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
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
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
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
When, therefore, we
speak to you of
God, we
mean your
own conception of
God.
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