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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
MEANWHILE occurs
8 times
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1.
... 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
Meanwhile, we are
sure a
great deal can be
accomplished by the use of the book alone.
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
Meanwhile you might
try to
help the
wife of another
serious drinker.
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