From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Once we have placed the key of willingness in the
lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more.
2.
... more.
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
And if these are facts of life for the many alcoholics who have recovered in A.A., they can become the facts of life for many more.
3.
... more.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Through it we begin to learn right relations with people who
understand us; we don't have to be alone any more.
4.
... more.'
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
But I think I speak for everyone here when I say that what you now propose bothers us an awful lot more.'
5.
... more.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
6.
... more.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
Nothing more.
7.
... more.
BB p.61,
How It Works
8.
... more.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
9.
... more.
BB p.105,
To Wives
Some of us veered from extreme to extreme, ever hoping that one day our loved ones would be themselves once more.
10.
... more.
BB p.107,
To Wives
For a while they would be their old sweet selves, only to dash the new structure of affection to pieces once more.
11.
... more.
BB p.111,
To Wives
12.
... more.
BB p.113,
To Wives
13.
... more.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
14.
... more.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
15.
... more!
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
16.
... more.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
17.
... more about
alcoholism.
BB p.141,
To Employers
18.
... more about
humility, the most profound result ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
During this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was
the change in our attitude toward God.
19.
... more about
it than you do, but ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Admit that he probably knows more about it than you do,
but call to his attention
the fact that however deep his
faith and knowledge, he
could not have applied it or he would not drink.
20.
... more accurately,
and thereby to reach more ...
BB xii,
Preface
All changes made over the years in the Big Book (A.A. members' fond nickname for this volume) have had the same purpose: to represent the
current membership of
Alcoholics Anonymous more accurately, and thereby
to reach more alcoholics.
21.
... more action.
BB p.85,
Into Action
22.
... more action.
BB p.88,
Into Action
23.
... more action,
without which we find that ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
24.
... more acute
because he cannot use alcohol ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
He relies upon the assurance that his many troubles, now made more acute because he cannot use alcohol to kill the pain, can be solved, too.
25.
... more afraid
of what people might say ...
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
We are much more afraid of what people might
say than the trouble this strange alcoholic might
bring.
26.
... more alcoholics.
BB xii,
Preface
All changes made over the years in the Big Book (A.A. members' fond nickname for this volume) have had the same purpose: to represent the
current membership of
Alcoholics Anonymous more accurately, and thereby
to reach more alcoholics.
27.
... more alcoholics
per square mile than any ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
He had lived there but a few
weeks when he found that the
place probably contained more alcoholics per square mile than any city in the country.
28.
... more alcoholics
than anything else.
BB p.64,
How It Works
29.
... more, and
had lots of fun without ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
30.
... more and
more, and had lots of ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
31.
... more and
more evident as we go ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
It will become more and more evident as we go forward that it is pointless to become angry, or to get hurt by people who, like us, are suffering from
the pains of growing up.
32.
... more and
more into yourself and you ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
You draw more and more into yourself and you think everyone is talking about conditions
at your home.
33.
... more and
more on the plane of ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
Nevertheless, we find
that our thinking will, as
time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration.
34.
... more and
more people, but to a ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
Surveys of groups in the
United States and Canada indicate that A.A. is reaching out, not only to more and more people, but to a wider and wider range.
35.
... more and
more predominant as the years ...
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.
36.
... more and
more to the entire Twelve ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
But in the longer run we clearly realize that these
are only the pains of growing up, and nothing but good can come from them if we turn more and more to the entire Twelve Steps for the answers.
37.
More and
more we became interested in ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
38.
... more and
then returned to resume my ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
39.
... more annoyed
with an alcoholic than a ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
40.
... more at
ease.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
Before long, your listener may well tell a story or two about himself which will place you even more at ease.
41.
... more attempt
-- and one more failure.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
42.
... more attention
for yourself.
BB p.119,
To Wives
43.
More baffling
still, he could give himself ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
44.
... more balanced
people, could keep us on ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
Anger, that occasional
luxury of more balanced people, could keep us on an emotional jag indefinitely.
45.
... more bearable.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
46.
... more, becoming
serious drinkers again later.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
In the early days of our drinking we occasionally remained
sober for a year or more, becoming serious drinkers again later.
47.
... more beneficial
to us.
BB p.77,
Into Action
48.
... more buffeted
by such emotional gusts than ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
No individuals have been
more buffeted by such emotional gusts than those A.A.'s bold enough to accept employment with outside
agencies dealing with
the alcohol problem.
49.
... more, but
three would do for a ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
In imagination the gleaming center was to go up several stories more, but three would do for a start.
50.
... more chance.
BB p.136,
To Employers
51.
... more character
defects.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
52.
... more closely.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
53.
... more comfortable
and secure.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
54.
... more confident.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
55.
... more contention
within our Fellowship than professionalism.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Despite this certainty, it is nevertheless true that few subjects have been the cause of more contention within our Fellowship than professionalism.
56.
... more continuous
problems of life.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
But also like others, we often discover a greater challenge in the lesser
and more continuous problems of life.
57.
... more controlled
drinking, bearing in mind meanwhile ...
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?"
58.
... more convincing
demonstrations.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
59.
... more dangerous
ground when we cry, "This ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
60.
... more deeply
the inner meaning of A.A.'s ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more deeply the inner meaning of A.A.'s simple prayer:
61.
... more demanding
or gracious, as the case ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
62.
... more devastating
handicaps.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
By this time in all probability we have gained some measure of release from our more devastating handicaps.
63.
... more devoted
care upon its individual members; ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
We believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which
lavishes more devoted care upon its individual members; surely there is none which
more jealously guards the individual's
right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.
64.
... more difficult
and deeper revelations.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
It may turn out, however, that
you'll choose someone else for the more difficult and deeper revelations.
65.
... more discretion
than we did with the ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
66.
... more do
without it than we would ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
Those of us who have come to
make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine.
67.
... more drinking.
BB p.73,
Into Action
68.
... more durable,
satisfactions when the brighter, more ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
Can we steadfastly content ourselves with
the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied
us?
69.
... more effective,
how to do the most ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
Let it be noted, too, that
they were almost always concerned with ways to make A.A. more effective, how to do the
most good for the most alcoholics.
70.
... more efficient.
BB p.88,
Into Action
71.
... more enjoy
foolish dreams of pomp and ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
72.
... more evident
as we go forward that ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
It will become more and more evident as we go forward that it is pointless to become angry, or to get hurt by people who, like us, are suffering from
the pains of growing up.
73.
... more experienced
members, but he surely won't ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
This doesn't mean an A.A. won't
take advice or suggestions from more experienced members,
but he surely won't take orders.
74.
More experienced
people, of course, in all ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
More experienced people, of course, in all times and places have practiced unsparing self-survey and criticism.
75.
... more explicit
and of possible historic value, ...
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
76.
... more failure.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
77.
... more favorable
publicity of Alcoholics Anonymous than ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
It resulted in more favorable publicity of
Alcoholics Anonymous than could possibly have been obtained through all the
arts and abilities of A.A.'s best press agents.
78.
... more, for
what I had learned of ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
Well, just that did happen and more, for what I had
learned of alcoholism
did not occur to me at all.
79.
... more full-time
help, that was sure.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
80.
... more glaring
personality defects all of us ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
Now let's ponder the need for a list of the more glaring personality defects all of us have in varying degrees.
81.
... more glittering
achievements are denied us?
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
Can we steadfastly content ourselves with
the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied
us?
82.
... more happily
married by eliminating the severe ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Our main problem is not how
we are to stay married; it
is how to be more happily
married by eliminating the severe
emotional twists that
have so often stemmed from
alcoholism.
83.
... more hard
liquor than in former years.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This had little effect
however for I kept on drinking and used a great deal more hard liquor than in former years.
84.
... more harm
in so doing.
BB p.69,
How It Works
We must be willing to make amends where we have done harm, provided that we do not bring about still more harm in so doing.
85.
... more harm
than good.
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
There will be those to whom
we can make only partial restitution, lest complete disclosures
do them or others more harm than good.
86.
... more harm
than we have done him ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
It may be he has done us more
harm than we have done him
and, though we may have acquired a better attitude toward him, we are
still not too keen about admitting our faults.
87.
... more helpful.
BB p.120,
To Wives
88.
... more His
success than ours.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
As an insurance against "big-shot-ism" we can often check ourselves by remembering that we are today sober only by the grace of God and that any success we may be having is
far more His success than ours.
89.
... more honesty
about ourselves are the great ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
More realism and therefore more honesty about ourselves
are the great gains we make under the influence of Step Five.
90.
... more hopeless
he feels, the better.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
91.
... more how
he can drink moderately next ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
But when he gets over the spree, he begins to think once more how he can drink moderately next time.
92.
... more humble
than this.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
93.
... more humiliating
and dreaded meetings that still ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
94.
... more idea
why he took that first ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
And the truth, strange to
say, is usually that he has
no more idea why he took that first drink than you have.
95.
... more importance
was the fact that he ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Of far more importance was the fact
that he was the first living human with whom I had
ever talked, who knew what he was talking about
in regard to alcoholism from actual experience.
96.
... more important,
an empty club couldn't answer ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Even more important, an empty club couldn't answer its telephone, but it was an
open invitation to a drunk on a binge who possessed a spare key.
97.
... more important
demonstration of our principles lies ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs.
98.
... more important,
murmurs are heard in the ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
Still more important, murmurs are heard in the body politic, which swell into a
loud cry: "Do these oldtimers think they can run this group forever?
99.
... more important
than a right dependence upon ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for
financial independence looked
more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears.
100.
... more important
than freedom from want.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
101.
... more important
than whether we should see ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we
couldn't make a living, we
had a feeling of uselessness, we were full
of fear, we were unhappy,
we couldn't seem to be of real
help to other people -- was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we
should see newsreels of lunar flight?
102.
... more important,
"Yes, I've felt like that"; ...
BB xii,
Preface
If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may
pause in reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think: "Yes, that happened to me"; or,
more important, "Yes, I've felt like that"; or, most important, "Yes, I believe this program can work for me too."
103.
... more in
a social sense, we still ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
But we soon discovered
that while we weren't alone any more in a social sense, we still suffered many of the old pangs of anxious apartness.
104.
... more in
a spirit of love and ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
When by devoted service
to family, friends, business, or community
we attract widespread
affection and are sometimes singled out for posts of greater responsibility and trust, we try to be humbly grateful and exert ourselves the more in a spirit of love and service.
105.
... more in
the Power which pulls chronic ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
They believe in themselves, and still
more in the Power which pulls chronic alcoholics back from the gates of death.
106.
... more indeed
could be said?
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
107.
... more independent
personally.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
By so accepting our dependence upon this marvel of science, we find ourselves more independent personally.
108.
... more independent
we actually are.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
And the facts seem to be
these: The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.
109.
... more independent,
we are even more comfortable ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
110.
... more information.
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
111.
... more insurance
for myself against a possible ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.
112.
... more intelligent
than that.
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
113.
... more interested
in a demonstration of good ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
He is going to be more interested in a demonstration of good will than in our talk of spiritual discoveries.
114.
... more into
yourself and you think everyone ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
You draw more and more into yourself and you think everyone is talking about conditions
at your home.
115.
... more is
being asked of him than ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
So when A.A. suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can
do.
116.
... more, it
was claimed that A.A. knowledge ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
In all these instances, and more, it was claimed that A.A. knowledge and experience were being sold for money, hence these people, too, were
professionals.
117.
... more jealously
guards the individual's right to ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
We believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which
lavishes more devoted care upon its individual members; surely there is none which
more jealously guards the individual's
right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.
118.
... more journey
to the asylum for Jim.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
119.
... more just
what our deeper objectives are.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
As we approach the actual taking of Step Seven, it might be well if we A.A.'s inquire once more just what our deeper objectives are.
120.
... more left
alone and afraid.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
121.
... more like
one prodigious squabble than anything ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Before we leveled off a
bit, A.A. looked more like one prodigious squabble
than anything else, at least on the surface.
122.
... more likely
to follow your suggestions.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
123.
... more likely
to have varied traits.
BB p.61,
How It Works
124.
... more liquor.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
125.
... more liquor
for the next night, I ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My phobia for sleeplessness demanded that I get drunk every night, but in order to get more liquor for the next night, I had to stay sober during the day, at least up to four o'clock.
126.
... more liquor
on the way to the ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
127.
... more material
progress in the last century ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
This world of ours has made more material progress in the
last century than in all
the millenniums which went before.
128.
... more milk.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
129.
... more money,
and so on ad nauseam.
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It was really a horrible
nightmare, this earning money, getting liquor, smuggling it home, getting drunk, morning jitters, taking large doses of sedatives to make it possible for me to earn more money, and so on ad nauseam.
130.
... more money,
leaving us with a profit ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
The exercise of an option brought in more money, leaving us with a profit of
several thousand dollars for that year.
131.
... more necessary
to longtime sobriety and peace ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
132.
... more numerous
or worse than those of ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
They comfort the melancholy one by first showing him that his case is not strange or different, that his character defects are probably not more numerous or worse than those of anyone else in A.A.
133.
... more objective,
the newcomer can fearlessly, rather ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
As soon as he begins to be
more objective, the newcomer can fearlessly, rather than
fearfully, look at his own defects.
134.
... more of
everything than we need, fearing ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
135.
... more of
Fred for a while.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
136.
... more of
how to proceed from that ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
137.
... more of
the same.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
This atmosphere of approval and praise is apt to be so exhilarating
as to put us off balance by
creating an insatiable appetite for
more of the same.
138.
... more of
this precious quality than may ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Nearly all A.A.'s have found, too, that unless they
develop much more of this precious quality than may be required just for sobriety, they still haven't
much chance of becoming truly happy.
139.
... more of
what he saw and felt ...
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
140.
... more of
which will come to mind ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Questions like these,
more of which will come to mind easily in each individual case, will help turn up the root causes.
141.
... more often
at this stage they are ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
142.
More often
than not, it is imperative ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
More often than not, it is imperative that a man's brain be cleared before he is approached,
as he has then a better chance of understanding and accepting what we have to offer.
143.
More often
than not, these onslaughts were ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
144.
More often,
though, we had met up ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
More often, though, we had met up with some major calamity, and to our way of thinking lost out because God deserted us.
145.
... more on
the plane of inspiration.
BB p.87,
Into Action
Nevertheless, we find
that our thinking will, as
time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration.
146.
... more one
member of the family demands ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
We find the more one member of the family demands that the others concede to him, the
more resentful they become.
147.
... more or
less fooled ourselves, how could ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
If all our lives we had more
or less fooled ourselves, how could we now
be so sure that we weren't
still self-deceived?
148.
... more or
less forced to go to ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
From childhood through
high school I was more or less forced to go to church, Sunday School and evening service, Monday night Christian Endeavor and sometimes
to Wednesday evening
prayer meeting.
149.
... more or
less insanely drunk.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
150.
... more or
less into both classifications.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
151.
... more or
less ostracized by our friends.
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
152.
... more passions
possible.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
We have drunk to escape the
guilt of passions, and
then have drunk again to make more passions possible.
153.
... more people,
but to a wider and ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
Surveys of groups in the
United States and Canada indicate that A.A. is reaching out, not only to more and more people, but to a wider and wider range.
154.
... more physical
exercise, reading inspirational books, going ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at
home, never having it in the
house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties,
switching from scotch
to brandy, drinking only
natural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off forever (with and without a
solemn oath), taking more physical exercise, reading inspirational
books, going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums --
we could increase the list
ad infinitum.
155.
... more pledges.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
156.
... more power
in him than there was ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
157.
... more predominant
as the years passed.
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.
158.
... more problems
than alcohol, and that some ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
By now, though, the chances are that he has become convinced that he
has more problems than alcohol, and that some of these refuse to be solved by all
the sheer personal determination and courage he can muster.
159.
... more --
promises which seldom kept me sober ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to promise my wife, my friends, and my children that I would drink
no more -- promises which seldom kept me sober even through the day, though I was very sincere when I made them.
160.
... more quarters
and remain absolutely dry, if ...
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I was, of course, soon on
the carpet and the upshot
was that I had to go back for two more quarters and remain absolutely dry, if I wished to graduate.
161.
More realism
and therefore more honesty about ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
More realism and therefore more honesty about ourselves
are the great gains we make under the influence of Step Five.
162.
... more reasons
later on.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
163.
... more receptive.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
164.
... more receptive
when depressed.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
165.
... more recognition.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
166.
... more reconciled
to discussing ourselves with another ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
We will be more reconciled to discussing ourselves
with another person when
we see good reasons why we should do so.
167.
... more religious
members call it "God-consciousness."
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
168.
... more resentful
they become.
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
We find the more one member of the family demands that the others concede to him, the
more resentful they become.
169.
... more sane
and logical to believe than ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
Hence we are at pains to tell why we think our present faith is reasonable, why we think it more sane and logical to believe than not
to believe, why we say our former thinking was soft and mushy when we threw up our hands in doubt and said, "We don't know."
170.
... more satisfactions
or pleasures than are possible ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
When they drive us blindly, or we willfully
demand that they supply us
with more satisfactions or pleasures than are possible or due us, that is
the point at which we depart from the degree of perfection that God wishes for us here on earth.
171.
... more satisfying
and, I hope, more useful ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
I have since been brought into a way of living infinitely more satisfying and, I hope,
more useful than the life I lived before.
172.
... more satisfying
and valuable rewards than this ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
Since defective relations with other human beings have nearly always been the immediate cause of our woes, including our alcoholism, no field of investigation
could yield more satisfying and valuable
rewards than this one.
173.
... more serious
ailments were being rapidly cured.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
She sees she was wrong to make a burning issue out of such a matter when his more serious ailments were being rapidly cured.
174.
... more serious
alcoholism, impending mental and physical ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
Post-war disillusionment, ever
more serious alcoholism, impending
mental and physical collapse, brought him to
the point of self-destruction.
175.
... more serious
proportions, continuing all day and ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
176.
... more sex;
who bewail the institution of ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
Then we have the voices who cry for sex and more sex; who bewail the institution
of marriage; who think
that most of the troubles of the race are traceable to sex causes.
177.
... more slowly.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
178.
More sobriety
brought about by the admission ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
More sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life.
179.
... more solid
and formidable for these people ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
The roadblocks of indifference, fancied
self-sufficiency, prejudice, and defiance
often prove more solid and formidable for these people than any erected by the unconvinced agnostic
or even the militant atheist.
180.
... more specific
than any direct guidance we ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
While the comment or advice of others may be by no means infallible, it is likely
to be far more specific than any direct guidance we may receive while we are still so inexperienced
in establishing contact with a Power greater than ourselves.
181.
... more spiritual
development.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
182.
... more sprees.
BB p.113,
To Wives
183.
... more strike
would put us out of ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
Finally, when all our score cards read 'zero,' and we saw that one more strike would put us out of the game forever, we had to look for our lost faith.
184.
... more successful
than anybody in the business.'
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
185.
... more suffering
to his family by foolishly ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
Why, he argued, should he lose the remainder of his business, only to bring still more suffering to his family by
foolishly admitting
his plight to people from
whom he made his livelihood?
186.
... more suggestion:
Whether the family has spiritual ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
One more suggestion: Whether the
family has spiritual convictions or not, they may do well to examine the principles by which the alcoholic member is trying to live.
187.
... more surely
keep our balance, provided we ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
If at these points our emotional disturbance
happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to
us in our reading or meditation.
188.
... more, surely,
than we could easily mend ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
189.
... more than
1,000,000, with almost 28,000 groups ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
By March 1976, when this edition went to the printer, the total worldwide membership
of Alcoholics Anonymous was conservatively estimated at more than 1,000,000, with almost 28,000 groups meeting in over 90 countries.
190.
... more than
1,150,500 copies.
BB xi,
Preface
191.
More than
15% of us are women.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
192.
... more than
300,000 copies went into circulation.
BB xi,
Preface
The first edition appeared in April 1939, and in the following
sixteen years, more than 300,000 copies went into circulation.
193.
... more than
5,000 alcoholic men and women, ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
To 1950, the year of his death, he carried the A.A. message to more than 5,000 alcoholic men and women, and to all these he gave
his medical services without thought of charge.
194.
... more than
a condition of groveling despair.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
It was only at the end of a long road, marked by successive defeats and humiliations, and the final crushing of our self-sufficiency, that we
began to feel humility as something
more than a condition of
groveling despair.
195.
... more than
a denial of self-seeking.
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
196.
... more than
a fair fraction of the ...
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
In all probability, we shall never be able to touch more than a fair fraction of the alcohol problem in all its ramifications.
197.
... more than
a sound public relations policy.
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
198.
... more than
alcohol.
BB p.66,
How It Works
199.
... more than
anything else, it is well ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
200.
... more than
attending gatherings and visiting hospitals.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
201.
... more than
ever.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
202.
... more than
ever I can't stop."
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
203.
... more than
half of those approached will ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
Some of them may sink and perhaps never get up, but if our experience is a criterion, more than half of those approached will become fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.
204.
... more than
halfway on the first trial.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
Even our severest and most
justified critics will frequently meet us more than halfway on the first trial.
205.
... more than
human power is needed to ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
206.
... more than
inwardly reorganized.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
207.
... more than
Jim did upon the consequences.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
208.
... more than
make suggestions, and very mild ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
But long ago, trustees and staff members alike found they could do no more than make suggestions, and very mild ones at that.
209.
More than
most people, the alcoholic leads ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
210.
... more than
once.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
211.
... more than
one-fourth of the membership; among ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
Women now make up more
than one-fourth of the membership; among newer members, the proportion is nearly one-third.
212.
... more than
one hundred men and women ...
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.
213.
... more than
one hundred thousand(*) alcoholic men ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
Alcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide fellowship
of more than one hundred thousand(*) alcoholic men and women who are banded together to solve their common problems and to help fellow sufferers in recovery
from that age-old, baffling malady, alcoholism.
214.
... more than
our share of security, prestige, ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
For thousands of years
we have been demanding more than our share of security, prestige, and
romance.
215.
... more than
our words.
BB p.83,
Into Action
216.
... more than
potential alcoholics.
12&12 p.23,
Step One
As this trend grew, they were
joined by young people who were scarcely
more than potential alcoholics.
217.
... more than
see.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
218.
... more than
sobriety.
BB p.118,
To Wives
219.
... more than
sobriety for problem drinkers.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
220.
... more than
temporary conditions.
BB p.141,
To Employers
221.
... more than
that.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
222.
More than
that we cannot do; we ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
223.
... more than
the men themselves.
BB p.114,
To Wives
224.
... more than
the source of good stories.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
225.
More than
these attributes, they seemed to ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
226.
... more than
these ordinary attributes began to ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
"As material success founded upon no more than these ordinary attributes began to come to us, we felt we were winning at the game of life.
227.
... more than
they are getting.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
Having been neglected and misused in the past, they think father owes them more than they are getting.
228.
... more than
we expected.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
229.
... more than
we have loved them; we ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
For no people have ever loved personal triumphs more than we have loved them; we drank of success as of a wine which could never fail to make us feel elated.
230.
... more than
when he drank.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Her husband may become so
wrapped up in A.A. and his new friends that he is inconsiderately away
from home more than when he drank.
231.
... more than
you are helping him.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
232.
... more than
you have helped him.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
You should not be offended if he wants to call it off, for he has
helped you more than you
have helped him.
233.
... more that
night and plenty next morning.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
234.
... more: The
alcoholic at certain times has ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
235.
... more, they
may not like the idea ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
While grateful that he drinks no more, they may not like the idea that God has accomplished the miracle where they failed.
236.
... more to
blame.
BB p.61,
How It Works
237.
... more to
insure his sobriety than anything ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
During those first days of convalescence, this will
do more to insure his sobriety than anything else.
238.
... more to
the entire Twelve Steps for ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
But in the longer run we clearly realize that these
are only the pains of growing up, and nothing but good can come from them if we turn more and more to the entire Twelve Steps for the answers.
239.
... more to
the rehabilitation of these men ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
We feel, after many years of experience, that we have found nothing which has contributed more to the rehabilitation of these men than the altruistic movement now growing up among them.
240.
... more to
their liking.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Disliking the attempt
of some to manage a group,
half its membership might angrily
rush off to form another group more to their liking.
241.
... more to
you and to us.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
242.
... more trouble.
BB p.68,
How It Works
243.
... more trouble
than holding back on Step ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
244.
... more unapproachable
than do the psychiatrist and ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
Strangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.
245.
... more unpopular
than the oldtime A.A., full ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Who is more unpopular
than the oldtime A.A., full of wisdom, who moves to another area and tries to tell the group there how to run its business?
246.
... more urgent
need for continuous effectiveness and ...
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Therefore, no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity.
247.
... more urgent
than ever.
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
If we have swept the searchlight of Step Four back and forth over our careers, and it has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather
not remember, if we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others, then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever.
248.
... more useful
than the life I lived ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
I have since been brought into a way of living infinitely more satisfying and, I hope,
more useful than the life I lived before.
249.
... more useful
to others.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings
and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions
are attitudes which make
us more useful to others.
250.
... more victimized
by resentments than have we ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
251.
... more visionary
than the founding members could ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Like so much of A.A.'s basic text, those words have proved to be far more visionary than the founding members could ever have imagined.
252.
... more was
added to the Fellowship.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
253.
... more was
required of me to make ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
254.
... more we
became interested in seeing what ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
255.
... more we
become willing to depend upon ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
And the facts seem to be
these: The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.
256.
... more, we
discovered the best possible source ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
When we developed still
more, we discovered the
best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself.
257.
... more we
fought and tried to have ...
BB p.66,
How It Works
258.
... more we
read our prayer, and again ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
259.
... more we
withdrew from society, from life ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
260.
... more, with
nearly 100,800 groups meeting in ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Since the third edition
was published in 1976, worldwide membership
of A.A. has just about doubled, to an estimated
two million or more, with nearly 100,800 groups meeting in approximately 150 countries around the world.
261.
... more wonderful
as time passes.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
I was to know happiness,
peace, and usefulness,
in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.
262.
... more wonderful
is the feeling that we ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Still more wonderful is the feeling
that we do not have to be specially distinguished among our
fellows in order to be useful and profoundly happy.
263.
... more would
they be jailed; judges would ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
264.
... more years.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
265.
... more you
hurry him the longer his ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
Wait until repeated stumbling convinces him he must act, for the more you hurry him the longer his recovery may be delayed.
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