From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... meanwhile.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
Some day this bunch of ex-drunks of yours will fill Madison Square Garden, and I don't see why you should starve meanwhile.
2.
... meanwhile forgiving
the wrongs done us, real ...
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
We shall want to hold ourselves to the course of admitting the things we have done, meanwhile forgiving the wrongs done us, real or fancied.
3.
... meanwhile had
been established.
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
This brought a rush of 800 frantic inquiries into the little
New York office which meanwhile had been
established.
4.
... meanwhile resolving
to do the right thing ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance -- meanwhile resolving to do the right
thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may?
5.
... meanwhile the
alcoholic alternately loves and hates ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
The wife usually goes on doing the best she knows how, but meanwhile the alcoholic alternately loves and hates her maternal care.
6.
Meanwhile, we
are sure a great deal ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
7.
... meanwhile what
we have told you about ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Why don't you try some more controlled drinking, bearing in mind meanwhile what we have told you about alcoholism?"
8.
Meanwhile you
might try to help the ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
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