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... means.
12&12
Step Seven, p.71
2.
... means.
12&12
Step Ten, p.92
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are
to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.
3.
... means a
bad one, but I would ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.43
My old manner of life was by no means a bad one,
but I would not exchange its
best moments for the worst I have now.
4.
... means a
bad thing in some cases.
BB
To Wives, p.120
Though it is infinitely
better that he have no relapse at all, as has been true
with many of our men, it is by no means a bad
thing in some cases.
5.
... means a
comprehensive picture of the true ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.22
6.
... means a
full catalogue of the harms ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.81
7.
... means a
great deal to his community, ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.156
As we shall see, he now means a great deal to his community, and the major liabilities of thirty years of hard drinking have been repaired
in four.
8.
... means a
new attitude and spirit all ...
BB
Working With Others, p.99
9.
... means a
perfect release from every other ...
12&12
Step Six, p.64
Having been granted a perfect release from alcoholism, why then shouldn't
we be able to achieve by the
same means a perfect release from every other difficulty or defect?
10.
... means another
debacle with all its attendant ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.22
If hundreds of experiences have shown him
that one drink means another debacle with all its attendant suffering and
humiliation, why is it he
takes that one drink?
11.
... means anything
at all, it means that ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.28
If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our
race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we
may form a relationship
upon simple and understandable terms as
soon as we are willing and honest enough to try.
12.
... means anything
at all, this is not ...
12&12
Step Five, p.56
Yet if A.A.'s experience means anything at all, this is not only unwise, but is actually a perilous resolve.
13.
... means, are
necessities for us.
12&12
Step Ten, p.88
A continuous look at our
assets and liabilities,
and a real desire to learn and grow by this means, are necessities for us.
14.
... means blind
faith in the strange proposition ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.10
Few people really are, for that means blind faith in the strange proposition that
this universe originated in a cipher and
aimlessly rushes nowhere.
15.
... means business.
BB
A Vision For You, p.161
16.
... means business,
give him a chance to ...
BB
To Wives, p.114
If he is already committed to an institution, but can convince you and your doctor
that he means business, give him a chance to try our method, unless the doctor thinks his mental condition too abnormal or
dangerous.
17.
... means by
which A.A. maintains its unity ...
12&12
Foreword, p.15
They outline the means by
which A.A. maintains its unity and relates itself to the world about it, the way it lives and grows.
18.
... means by
which we began to get ...
12&12
Step Five, p.57
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.
19.
... means by
which we bring new vision, ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.98
As we have seen, self-searching is the means by
which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures.
20.
... means by
which we could live and ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.71
Instead of regarding the
satisfaction of our material desires as the
means by which we could live and
function as human beings, we had taken these satisfactions to be the final end and aim of life.
21.
... means can
we improve our chances for ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.114
22.
... means conviviality,
companionship and colorful imagination.
BB
A Vision For You, p.151
23.
... means courage.
BB
How It Works, p.68
24.
... means disaster,
especially if he is an ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.44
To one who feels he is an atheist or agnostic such an experience seems impossible, but to continue as he is means disaster, especially if
he is an alcoholic of the hopeless variety.
25.
... means do
so, for you ought to ...
12&12
Step Five, p.61
26.
... means do
we offer it as the ...
BB
To Employers, p.144
By no means do we offer it as the last word on this subject, but so far as we are concerned, it has
worked with us.
27.
... means everything
to me.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.153
28.
... means go
along.
BB
Working With Others, p.102
29.
... means I
had been trying to employ, ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
But this was a man who had experienced many years of frightful drinking, who had had most all the drunkard's experiences
known to man, but who had been
cured by the very means I had been trying to employ, that is to say the spiritual approach.
30.
... means, I
knew that if I did ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, pp.175-176
Not being a man of means, I knew that if I did not stay sober enough to earn money, I would run out of liquor.
31.
... means infallible,
it is likely to be ...
12&12
Step Five, p.60
While the comment or advice of others may be by no means infallible, it is likely to
be far more specific than any direct guidance we may receive while we are still so inexperienced in
establishing contact
with a Power greater than ourselves.
32.
... means more
action.
BB
Into Action, p.85
33.
... means nothing,
and proceeds nowhere.
BB
We Agnostics, p.49
Were our contentions true, it would follow that life originated out of nothing, means nothing, and proceeds nowhere.
34.
... means of
a rocket and he will ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.52
Show any longshoreman a Sunday supplement describing a
proposal to explore the
moon by means of a rocket and he will say, "I bet they do it -- maybe not so long either."
35.
... means of
bringing alcoholics into our Fellowship.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.180
Throughout the world, immense and favorable publicity of every description has been the principal means of bringing alcoholics into
our Fellowship.
36.
... means of
conscious contact with God.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.96
37.
... means, of
course, that we are going ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
38.
... means of
destroying the reputation of another.
BB
Into Action, p.80
39.
... means of
exchanging love and service with ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.122
40.
... means of
gaining true independence of the ...
12&12
Step Three, p.36
Therefore dependence,
as A.A. practices it, is really a means of gaining true independence of the spirit.
41.
... means of
getting money rather than an ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.121
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity
for service, when the acquisition of money for financial independence
looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable
fears.
42.
... means of
livelihood.
BB
Into Action, p.80
If he opened that old affair, he was afraid it would
destroy the reputation
of his partner, disgrace
his family and take away his means of livelihood.
43.
... means of
moderating or staying dry.
BB
To Wives, p.109
44.
... means of
recovery.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxv
In the course of his third treatment he acquired certain ideas concerning a possible
means of recovery.
45.
... means of
reducing these demands.
12&12
Step Seven, p.76
46.
... means of
solving his problem which money ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
47.
... means of
survival.
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.177
Since recovery from alcoholism is life itself to us, it is imperative that we preserve in full strength our means of survival.
48.
... means release
from care, boredom and worry.
BB
A Vision For You, p.151
49.
... means ruined
everything.
BB
To Wives, p.109
50.
... means shall
we be able to let ...
12&12
Step Three, p.34
Therefore our problem now becomes just how and by what specific
means shall we be able to let Him in?
51.
... means sure
that such great numbers of ...
12&12
Foreword, p.18
But it was by no means sure that such great numbers of yet erratic people could live and work together with harmony and good effect.
52.
... means taking
calculated chances.
12&12
Contents (Step Nine), p.7
53.
... means that
all of us, whatever our ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.28
If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our
race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we
may form a relationship
upon simple and understandable terms as
soon as we are willing and honest enough to try.
54.
... means that
side by side with an ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.104
This means that side by side with an earnest prayer there can be a certain
amount of presumption
and conceit in us.
55.
... means the
adoption of attitudes and actions ...
12&12
Step One, p.24
For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and
actions that almost no alcoholic who is still drinking can dream of taking.
56.
... means the
loss of his job.
BB
To Employers, p.146
If he is, and is still trying
to recover, he will tell you about it even if it means the loss of his job.
57.
... means the
opposite.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.122
58.
... means the
rule.
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
Among our rapidly growing membership of thousands of alcoholics
such transformations,
though frequent, are by no means the rule.
59.
... means the
sole advocate of this saving ...
12&12
Step Five, p.56
60.
... means to
get the jay-walking idea out ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.38
61.
... means to
give of yourself that others ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.153
62.
... means to
independence.
12&12
Contents (Step Three), p.5
63.
... means to
resolve his alcoholic dilemma but ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
This physician had repeatedly tried spiritual means to resolve his alcoholic dilemma but had failed.
64.
... means to
right his past wrongs, why ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.128
If he means to right his past wrongs, why all this concern for everyone in the world but his
family?
65.
... means trouble,
unless the family watches for ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.131
This means trouble, unless the family watches for these tendencies in each other and comes to a friendly agreement about
them.
66.
... means very
simply that every A.A. group ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
But in relation to us, it means very simply that every A.A. group can manage its affairs exactly as it pleases, except when A.A. as a whole is threatened.
67.
... means we
have written a book which ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
68.
... means well
and tries hard is a ...
12&12
Step Two, p.32
To clergymen, doctors,
friends, and families,
the alcoholic who means well and tries hard is a heartbreaking riddle.
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