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... mind.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
2.
... mind."
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
3.
... mind.
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
Time after time, my instructors held up to me the basic principle of all scientific progress: search and research, again and again, always with the open mind.
4.
... mind."
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
5.
... mind.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
6.
... mind.
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
If we lie or cheat, we deprive others not only of
their worldly goods, but
of their emotional security and peace of mind.
7.
... mind.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
Three years ago, when my head doctor, Silkworth, began to tell me of the idea of helping drunks by spirituality,
I thought it was crackpot stuff, but I've changed my mind.
8.
... mind.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
9.
... mind.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
10.
... mind.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
11.
... mind.
BB p.82,
Into Action
12.
... mind.
BB p.87,
Into Action
What used to be the hunch or
the occasional inspiration gradually
becomes a working part of the mind.
13.
... mind.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
If he is not interested in your solution, if he expects
you to act only as a banker
for his financial difficulties or a nurse
for his sprees, you may have to drop him until he changes his mind.
14.
... mind.
BB p.113,
To Wives
15.
... mind.
BB p.140,
To Employers
But these scrapes can generally be charged, no matter how bad, to the abnormal action of alcohol on his
mind.
16.
... mind.
BB p.141,
To Employers
17.
... mind.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
The man in the bed was told of the acute poisoning from which he suffered, how it deteriorates the body of
an alcoholic and warps
his mind.
18.
... mind.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
In this statement he confirms what we who have suffered alcoholic torture must believe -- that the body of
the alcoholic is quite
as abnormal as his mind.
19.
... mind a
story about one of our ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
20.
... mind and
body.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Doubtless you are curious to discover how
and why, in the face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of
mind and body.
21.
... mind and
body.
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.
22.
... mind and
body are marvelous mechanisms, for ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
23.
... mind and
body of the effects of ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
24.
... mind and
emotion, this perverse wish to ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
This odd trait of mind and emotion, this perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one, permeates human affairs from top to bottom.
25.
... mind and
its hidden springs that relapse ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
Above all, he believed he
had acquired such a profound knowledge of
the inner workings of his
mind and its hidden springs that relapse was unthinkable.
26.
... mind, and
love of which he had ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
He finds himself in possession of a degree of
honesty, tolerance, unselfishness, peace of
mind, and love of which he had
thought himself quite incapable.
27.
... mind, as
we discovered we could face ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we
could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter.
28.
... mind at
the expense of others.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
While we may be quite willing to reveal the very worst, we must be sure to remember that we cannot buy
our own peace of mind at the expense of others.
29.
... mind, but
she didn't.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
The girl we wanted to marry had other notions; we prayed God that she'd change her mind, but she didn't.
30.
... mind can
lead us to faith, and ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance
that God will restore us to sanity if we
rightly relate ourselves to Him.
31.
... mind easily
in each individual case, will ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
Questions like these, more of which will come to mind easily in each individual case, will help turn up the root causes.
32.
... mind existed
to the extent that it ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
I have never seen one single case recover, where that state of mind existed to the extent that
it does in you."
33.
... mind" for
himself.
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Yet no alcoholic, soberly analyzing his destructive behavior,
whether the destruction fell on the dining-room furniture or his own moral fiber, can claim "soundness of mind" for himself.
34.
... mind how
twisted or violent you may ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
35.
... mind, I
went about my business and ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
36.
... mind in
a sorely troubled world, then ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
In Step Eleven we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to
live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better, by as direct contact as possible.
37.
... mind in
which a malicious individual was ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
One instance comes to mind in which a malicious individual
was always making friendly little jokes about an alcoholic's
drinking exploits.
38.
... mind, it
was me.
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
39.
... mind meanwhile
what we have told you ...
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?"
40.
... mind of
a chronic alcoholic.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
41.
... mind of
a rationalizing alcoholic, could certainly ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
42.
... mind of
another the true nature of ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
It was then discovered that when one alcoholic had planted in the mind of another the true nature of his malady, that person could never be the same again.
43.
... mind of
every woman who has an ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
These are some of the questions which race through the mind of every woman who has an alcoholic
husband.
44.
... mind of
God.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
45.
... Mind or
Spirit of Nature but I ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
I could go for such conceptions as Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind or Spirit of Nature but I resisted the thought of a
Czar of the Heavens,
however loving His sway
might be.
46.
... mind, rather
than in his body.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
47.
... mind snapped
shut against such a theory.
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
When they talked of a God personal to me, who was love,
superhuman strength
and direction, I became
irritated and my mind snapped shut against such a theory.
48.
... mind than
this one.
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
49.
... mind that
I could not complete my ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This went from bad to worse until sophomore spring when, after a prolonged period of drinking, I made up my mind that I could not complete
my course, so I packed my
grip and went South to spend a month on a large farm owned by a friend of mine.
50.
... mind that
if I were to put ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
"Suddenly the thought
crossed my mind that if I
were to put an ounce of whiskey in my milk it couldn't
hurt me on a full stomach.
51.
... mind that
it would be nice to ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
As I crossed the threshold of the dining room, the thought came to mind that it would be nice to have a couple of cocktails with dinner.
52.
... mind that
until he had been successful ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
He made up his mind that until he had been successful in business
and had retired, he would not touch another drop.
53.
... mind that
you were 100% hopeless, apart ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
As to two of you men, whose stories I have heard, there is no doubt in my mind that you were
100% hopeless, apart from divine help.
54.
... mind the
musty past; here sat a ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
55.
... mind, the
time and place would come ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I now remembered what my
alcoholic friends had
told me, how they prophesied that if I had an alcoholic mind, the time and place would come -- I would drink again.
56.
... mind; there
is something the matter with ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
An alcoholic who cannot meet them, still has an alcoholic mind; there is something the matter with
his spiritual status.
57.
... mind: "They
have deserted me.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
After all his pleas for help had been rebuffed, these
words rang in his fevered mind: "They have deserted me.
58.
... mind to
all spiritual concepts.
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problems in the
light of our experience
can recover, provided
he does not close his mind to
all spiritual concepts.
59.
... mind to
deter us.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
The almost certain consequences that follow taking even a glass of beer do not crowd into the mind to deter us.
60.
... mind to
go through with the process, ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
But the moment I made up my mind to go through with the process, I had the curious
feeling that my alcoholic condition was
relieved, as in fact it proved to be.
61.
... mind to
God -- and in this sense ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
62.
... mind to
quit drinking altogether.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
63.
... mind was
about made up.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
64.
... mind was
the habitual or whoopee drinker.
BB p.149,
To Employers
65.
... mind we've
been dependent upon somebody, usually ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
66.
... mind which
accompany it.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
67.
... mind which
became more and more predominant ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My whole life seemed to be centered around doing what I wanted to do, without regard for the rights, wishes, or privileges of
anyone else; a state of mind which became more and more predominant as the years passed.
68.
... mind which
can be described only as ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
69.
... mind which
can stand firm in the ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances.
70.
... mind will
still elude him; that all ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure
at life; that unless he is
now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst
of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the
faulty foundation of
his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
71.
... mind would
be: "what did the man ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
The question which might naturally come into your
mind would be: "what did the man do or say that was different from what others
had done or said?"
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