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1.
... means.
12&12
Step Seven, p.71
2.
... means.
12&12
Step Ten, p.92
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
8.
... means a
new attitude and spirit all ...
BB
Working With Others, p.99
This
means a
new attitude and
spirit all
around.
9.
... means a
perfect release from every other ...
12&12
Step Six, p.64
10.
... means another
debacle with all its attendant ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.22
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
15.
... means business.
BB
A Vision For You, p.161
16.
... means business,
give him a chance to ...
BB
To Wives, p.114
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
21.
... means can
we improve our chances for ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.114
Only by this
means can we
improve our
chances for
really happy and
useful living.
22.
... means conviviality,
companionship and colorful imagination.
BB
A Vision For You, p.151
23.
... means courage.
BB
How It Works, p.68
The
verdict of the
ages is
that
faith means courage.
24.
... means disaster,
especially if he is an ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.44
25.
... means do
so, for you ought to ...
12&12
Step Five, p.61
If this is the
situation, by all
means do so, for you
ought to
make a
beginning as
soon as you can.
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
I
belong to a
great church that
means everything to me.
28.
... means go
along.
BB
Working With Others, p.102
If you are with a
person who
wants to
eat in a
bar, by all
means go along.
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
32.
... means more
action.
BB
Into Action, p.85
But we
must go further and that
means more action.
33.
... means nothing,
and proceeds nowhere.
BB
We Agnostics, p.49
34.
... means of
a rocket and he will ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.52
35.
... means of
bringing alcoholics into our Fellowship.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.180
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
And it
means, of
course, that
we are
going to
talk about
God.
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
It
became a
means of
exchanging love and
service with
those about us.
40.
... means of
gaining true independence of the ...
12&12
Step Three, p.36
41.
... means of
getting money rather than an ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.121
42.
... means of
livelihood.
BB
Into Action, p.80
43.
... means of
moderating or staying dry.
BB
To Wives, p.109
44.
... means of
recovery.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxv
45.
... means of
reducing these demands.
12&12
Step Seven, p.76
Therefore,
no peace was to be had
unless we
could
find a
means of
reducing these
demands.
46.
... means of
solving his problem which money ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
Every means of
solving his
problem which
money could
buy was at his
disposal.
47.
... means of
survival.
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.177
48.
... means release
from care, boredom and worry.
BB
A Vision For You, p.151
It
means release from
care,
boredom and
worry.
49.
... means ruined
everything.
BB
To Wives, p.109
He has by
no means ruined everything.
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
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
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
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
Then you
will know what it
means to
give of
yourself that
others may
survive and
rediscover life.
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
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
66.
... means very
simply that every A.A. group ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
67.
... means we
have written a book which ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
That
means we have
written a
book which we
believe to be
spiritual as
well as
moral.
68.
... means well
and tries hard is a ...
12&12
Step Two, p.32
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