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1.
... means.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
Quite
characteristically, we had
gone all out in
confusing
the
ends with the
means.
2.
... means.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
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 p.43,
More About Alcoholism
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 p.120,
To Wives
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 p.22,
There Is A Solution
6.
... means a
full catalogue of the harms ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Such
gross misbehavior
is not by any
means a
full catalogue of the
harms we
do.
7.
... means a
great deal to his community, ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
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 p.99,
Working With Others
This
means a new
attitude
and
spirit all around.
9.
... means a
perfect release from every other ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
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 p.22,
There Is A Solution
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 p.28,
There Is A Solution
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 p.56,
Step Five
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 p.88,
Step Ten
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 p.10,
Bill's Story
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 p.161,
A Vision For You
No one is too
discredited or has
sunk too
low to be
welcomed cordially -- if
he
means business.
16.
... means business,
give him a chance to ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
17.
... means by
which A.A. maintains its unity ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
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 p.57,
Step Five
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 p.98,
Step Eleven
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 p.71,
Step Seven
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 p.114,
Step Twelve
Only by this
means can we
improve our
chances for
really
happy and
useful living.
22.
... means conviviality,
companionship and colorful imagination.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
23.
... means courage.
BB p.68,
How It Works
The
verdict of the
ages is
that
faith means courage.
24.
... means disaster,
especially if he is an ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
25.
... means do
so, for you ought to ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
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 p.144,
To Employers
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 p.153,
Tradition Five
I
belong to a
great church that
means everything to me.
28.
... means go
along.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
If you are with a
person who
wants to
eat in a
bar, by all
means go along.
29.
... means infallible,
it is likely to be ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
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.
30.
... means more
action.
BB p.85,
Into Action
But we
must go
further and
that
means more
action.
31.
... means nothing,
and proceeds nowhere.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
32.
... means of
a rocket and he will ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
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."
33.
... means of
bringing alcoholics into our Fellowship.
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
34.
... means of
conscious contact with God.
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
35.
... means, of
course, that we are going ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
And it
means, of
course,
that we are
going to
talk
about
God.
36.
... means of
destroying the reputation of another.
BB p.80,
Into Action
He thus used his
own wrong-doing as a
means of
destroying the
reputation of another.
37.
... means of
exchanging love and service with ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
It
became a
means of
exchanging love and
service with those about us.
38.
... means of
gaining true independence of the ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
Therefore
dependence, as
A.A. practices it, is really a
means of
gaining true independence of the
spirit.
39.
... means of
getting money rather than an ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
40.
... means of
livelihood.
BB p.80,
Into Action
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.
41.
... means of
moderating or staying dry.
BB p.109,
To Wives
He has
begun to
try, with or
without your
cooperation,
various means of
moderating or
staying dry.
42.
... means of
recovery.
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
43.
... means of
reducing these demands.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
Therefore, no
peace was to be had
unless we could find a
means of
reducing these
demands.
44.
... means of
solving his problem which money ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
Every
means of
solving his
problem which
money could
buy was at his
disposal.
45.
... means of
survival.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Since
recovery from
alcoholism is
life itself
to us, it is
imperative that we
preserve in
full strength our
means of
survival.
46.
... means release
from care, boredom and worry.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
It
means release from
care,
boredom and
worry.
47.
... means ruined
everything.
BB p.109,
To Wives
He has by no
means ruined everything.
48.
... means shall
we be able to let ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Therefore our
problem now
becomes just how and by what
specific means shall we be
able to let Him in?
49.
... means sure
that such great numbers of ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
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.
50.
... means that
all of us, whatever our ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
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.
51.
... means that
side by side with an ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
This
means that
side by
side with an
earnest prayer there can be a
certain amount of
presumption and
conceit
in us.
52.
... means the
adoption of attitudes and actions ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
53.
... means the
loss of his job.
BB p.146,
To Employers
If he is, and is still
trying to
recover, he will tell you about it even if it
means the
loss of his
job.
54.
... means the
opposite.
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
55.
... means the
rule.
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
56.
... means the
sole advocate of this saving ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
57.
... means to
get the jay-walking idea out ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
He
tries every
known means to get the
jay-
walking idea out of his
head.
58.
... means to
give of yourself that others ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Then you will
know what it
means to
give of
yourself that others may
survive and
rediscover
life.
59.
... means to
resolve his alcoholic dilemma but ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
60.
... means to
right his past wrongs, why ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
If he
means to
right his
past wrongs, why all this
concern for
everyone in
the
world but his
family?
61.
... means trouble,
unless the family watches for ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
This
means trouble,
unless the
family watches for these
tendencies in each other and
comes to a
friendly agreement about them.
62.
... means very
simply that every A.A. group ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
63.
... means we
have written a book which ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
That
means we have
written
a book which we
believe to be
spiritual as well as
moral.
64.
... means well
and tries hard is a ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
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