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1.
... minds?
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
But how many
men and
women speak love with their
lips, and
believe what they
say, so that they can
hide lust in a
dark corner of their
minds?
2.
... minds.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
Neither is
reason, as most of us use it,
entirely dependable,
though it
emanate from our
best minds.
3.
... minds.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
Even so has
God restored us
all to our
right minds.
4.
... minds about
that.
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
In
years since then, we have
changed our
minds about that.
5.
... minds all
this liberty for the individual ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
To many
minds all this
liberty for the
individual spells sheer anarchy.
6.
... minds and
bodies.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
Most of them
give freely of
themselves, that their
fellows may
enjoy sound minds and
bodies.
7.
... minds attuned
to the welfare of others, ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Being
wrecked in the same
vessel, being
restored and
united under one
God, with
hearts and
minds attuned to the
welfare of
others, the things which
matter so much to some
people no
longer signify
much to them.
8.
... minds close
against the grace of God.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
The
moment we say, "No,
never!" our
minds close against the
grace of
God.
9.
... minds for
them.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
As
non-
denominational
people, we cannot make up others'
minds for them.
10.
... minds had
proved man could never fly?
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
Was it not
true that the
best
mathematical minds had
proved man could
never fly?
11.
... minds into
such an obsession for destructive ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
It is
truly awful to
admit that,
glass in
hand, we have
warped our
minds into such an
obsession
for
destructive drinking that only an
act of
Providence can
remove
it from us.
12.
... minds of
millions.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
But that wasn't the
whole story, for in this
case not only
was an
A.A. member to
break his
anonymity at a
public level, he was to
link the
name Alcoholics Anonymous
to this
particular educational project in
the
minds of
millions.
13.
... minds, our
emotions, and our intuitions of ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
14.
... minds the
wrongs others had done, we ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
Putting out of our
minds
the
wrongs others had done, we
resolutely looked for our
own mistakes.
15.
... minds were
fettered by superstition, tradition, and ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
16.
... minds were
impressionable while he was drinking.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
Their
young minds were
impressionable while he was
drinking.
17.
... minds what
that advice is.
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
The
benefit of
talking
to another
person is that we can get his
direct comment and
counsel on our
situation,
and there can be no
doubt in our
minds what that
advice is.
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