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... moment.
BB
Acceptance, p.417
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
2.
... moment after
rescue from shipwreck when camaraderie, ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.17
We are like the passengers
of a great liner the moment after rescue from shipwreck when
camaraderie, joyousness and democracy
pervade the vessel from steerage to Captain's table.
3.
... moment an
A.A. hired out to such ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.170
In former days, the moment an A.A. hired out to such enterprises, he was immediately tempted to use the name Alcoholics Anonymous for
publicity or money-raising purposes.
4.
... moment he
may take your dislike of ...
BB
To Wives, p.120
In a weak moment he may take your dislike of his high-stepping friends as one of those insanely trivial excuses to drink.
5.
... moment I
fully accepted them, the effect ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.14
These were revolutionary and drastic proposals, but the
moment I fully accepted them, the effect was
electric.
6.
... moment, I
had needed and wanted God.
BB
Bill's Story, p.12
7.
... moment I
made up my mind to ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.42
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.
8.
... moment I
was alarmed, and called my ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.14
9.
... moment is
apt to occur.
12&12
Step Five, p.62
10.
... moment it
determined to reform America's drinking ...
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.178
Maybe the society could have
survived the abolition
controversy, but it didn't have a chance from the moment it determined to reform America's drinking habits.
11.
... moment of
his death in 1950.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
12.
... moment, of
how that was accomplished.
BB
Working With Others, p.91
13.
... moment of
stress.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.103
Just saying it over and over will often enable us to clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or misunderstanding, and permit us to return to the surest help of all -- our search for God's will, not our own, in the moment of stress.
14.
... moment our
mental or emotional independence is ...
12&12
Step Three, p.36
15.
... moment, particularly
when some important decision must ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.21
He has a positive genius
for getting tight at exactly the wrong moment, particularly when some
important decision must be made or engagement kept.
16.
... moment says,
"I don't miss it at ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.151
Now and then a serious drinker, being dry at the moment says, "I don't miss it at all. Feel better. Work better. Having a better time."
17.
... moment spent
in getting them straightened out.(*)
BB
To Employers, p.150
18.
... moment that
happened, our Fellowship's confidence would ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.165
19.
... moment that
I had an alcoholic mind.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.42
20.
... moment, the
benign dictator becomes the chairman ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.133
21.
... moment the
patient is able, while acutely ...
BB
To Employers, p.144
If the book is read the moment the patient is able, while acutely depressed, realization of his condition may come to him.
22.
... moment they
read Step Two, most A.A. ...
12&12
Step Two, p.25
The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma,
sometimes a serious one.
23.
... moment this
idea of dependence at the ...
12&12
Step Three, p.36
24.
... moment this
Twelfth Step work forms a ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
The moment this Twelfth Step work forms a group, another discovery is made -- that most individuals cannot recover unless there is a group.
25.
... moment we
again pick up the key ...
12&12
Step Three, p.35
Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key
of willingness.
26.
... moment we
are trying to put our ...
BB
Into Action, p.77
27.
... moment we
begin to see truth, justice, ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.105
The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all the
seeming evidence to the
contrary that surrounds
us in purely human affairs.
28.
... moment, we
believe, the principle of corporate ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.165
At that moment, we believe,
the principle of corporate poverty was firmly and finally embedded in A.A. tradition.
29.
... moment we
catch even a glimpse of ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.105
The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all the
seeming evidence to the
contrary that surrounds
us in purely human affairs.
30.
... moment we
ponder a twisted or broken ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.78
The moment we ponder a twisted or broken relationship with another person, our emotions go on the defensive.
31.
... moment we
quit alcohol.
12&12
Step Four, p.45
32.
... moment we
saw that we had an ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.155
The moment we saw that we had an
answer for alcoholism,
it was reasonable (or so it seemed at the time) for us to feel that we might have the answer to a lot of other things.
33.
... moment we
say, "No, never!" our minds ...
12&12
Step Six, p.69
34.
... moment we
tell our families that we ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.83
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