From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... more.
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Bill's Story, p.7
2.
... more.
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More About Alcoholism, p.41
Nothing more.
3.
... more.
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How It Works, p.61
4.
... more.
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Working With Others, p.95
5.
... more.
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To Wives, p.105
Some of us veered from extreme to extreme, ever hoping that one day our loved ones would be themselves once more.
6.
... more.
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To Wives, p.107
For a while they would be their old sweet selves, only to dash the new structure of affection to pieces once more.
7.
... more.
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To Wives, p.111
8.
... more.
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To Wives, p.113
9.
... more.
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The Family Afterward, p.127
10.
... more.
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A Vision For You, p.153
11.
... more!
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A Vision For You, p.154
12.
... more.
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A Vision For You, p.159
13.
... more.
12&12
Step Three, p.35
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.
14.
... more.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
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.
15.
... more.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.117
Through it we begin to learn right relations with people who understand us; we don't have to be alone any more.
16.
... more.'
12&12
Tradition Two, p.137
But I think I speak for everyone here when I say that what you now propose bothers us an awful lot more.'
17.
... more about
alcoholism.
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To Employers, p.141
18.
... more about
humility, the most profound result ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.75
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 ...
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Working With Others, p.93
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 ...
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Preface, p.xii
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.
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Into Action, p.85
22.
... more action.
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Into Action, p.88
23.
... more action,
without which we find that ...
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Into Action, p.76
24.
... more acute
because he cannot use alcohol ...
12&12
Step Three, p.39
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
Tradition Three, p.142
We are much more afraid of what people might say than the trouble this strange alcoholic might bring.
26.
... more alcoholics.
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Preface, p.xii
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 ...
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A Vision For You, p.163
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.
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How It Works, p.64
29.
... more, and
had lots of fun without ...
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Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
30.
... more and
more, and had lots of ...
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Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
31.
... more and
more evident as we go ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.92
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 ...
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To Wives, p.114
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 ...
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Into Action, p.87
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 ...
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Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii
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 ...
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Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
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
Step Twelve, p.111
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 ...
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How It Works, p.63
38.
... more and
then returned to resume my ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
39.
... more annoyed
with an alcoholic than a ...
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To Employers, p.139
40.
... more at
ease.
12&12
Step Five, p.62
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.
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A Vision For You, p.151
42.
... more attention
for yourself.
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To Wives, p.119
43.
More baffling
still, he could give himself ...
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There Is A Solution, p.26
44.
... more balanced
people, could keep us on ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.90
Anger, that occasional luxury of more balanced people, could keep us on an emotional jag indefinitely.
45.
... more bearable.
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Working With Others, p.97
46.
... more, becoming
serious drinkers again later.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.34
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.
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Into Action, p.77
48.
... more buffeted
by such emotional gusts than ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.169
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
Tradition Four, p.147
In imagination the gleaming center was to go up several
stories more, but three would do for a start.
50.
... more chance.
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To Employers, p.136
51.
... more character
defects.
12&12
Step Four, p.49
52.
... more closely.
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We Agnostics, p.53
53.
... more comfortable
and secure.
12&12
Step Three, p.36
54.
... more confident.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.137
55.
... more contemporary
image for the Fellowship.
12&12
Introduction, p.14
In recent years some members and friends of A.A. have asked if it would be wise to update the language, idioms, and historical references
in the book to present a
more contemporary image for the Fellowship.
56.
... more contention
within our Fellowship than professionalism.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.166
Despite this certainty,
it is nevertheless true
that few subjects have been
the cause of more contention within our Fellowship than professionalism.
57.
... more continuous
problems of life.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.114
But also like others, we often discover a greater challenge in the lesser and
more continuous problems of life.
58.
... more controlled
drinking, bearing in mind meanwhile ...
12&12
Step One, p.23
Why don't you try some more controlled drinking, bearing in mind meanwhile what we have told you about alcoholism?"
59.
... more convincing
demonstrations.
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There Is A Solution, p.25
60.
... more dangerous
ground when we cry, "This ...
12&12
Step Six, p.66
61.
... more deeply
the inner meaning of A.A.'s ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.125
With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more deeply the inner meaning of A.A.'s simple prayer:
62.
... more demanding
or gracious, as the case ...
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How It Works, p.61
63.
... more devastating
handicaps.
12&12
Step Seven, p.74
By this time in all probability we have gained
some measure of release
from our more devastating
handicaps.
64.
... more devoted
care upon its individual members; ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
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.
65.
... more difficult
and deeper revelations.
12&12
Step Five, p.61
It may turn out, however, that
you'll choose someone else for the more difficult and deeper revelations.
66.
... more discretion
than we did with the ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
67.
... more do
without it than we would ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.97
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.
68.
... more drinking.
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Into Action, p.73
69.
... more durable,
satisfactions when the brighter, more ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the
humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions
when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied
us?
70.
... more effective,
how to do the most ...
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.178
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.
71.
... more efficient.
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Into Action, p.88
72.
... more enjoy
foolish dreams of pomp and ...
12&12
Step Four, p.44
73.
... more evident
as we go forward that ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.92
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.
74.
... more experienced
members, but he surely won't ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
This doesn't mean an A.A. won't take advice or suggestions from more experienced members, but
he surely won't take orders.
75.
More experienced
people, of course, in all ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.88
More experienced people, of course, in all times and places have practiced unsparing self-survey and criticism.
76.
... more explicit
and of possible historic value, ...
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Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
77.
... more failure.
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A Vision For You, p.151
78.
... more favorable
publicity of Alcoholics Anonymous than ...
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.181
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.
79.
... more, for
what I had learned of ...
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More About Alcoholism, p.42
Well, just that did happen and more, for what I had
learned of alcoholism
did not occur to me at all.
80.
... more full-time
help, that was sure.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.162
81.
... more glaring
personality defects all of us ...
12&12
Step Four, p.48
Now let's ponder the need for a list of the more glaring personality defects all of us have in varying degrees.
82.
... more glittering
achievements are denied us?
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the
humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions
when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied
us?
83.
... more happily
married by eliminating the severe ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.117
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.
84.
... more hard
liquor than in former years.
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Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
This had little effect
however for I kept on drinking and used a great deal more hard liquor than in former years.
85.
... more harm
in so doing.
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How It Works, p.69
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.
86.
... more harm
than good.
12&12
Step Nine, p.83
There will be those to whom we
can make only partial restitution, lest complete disclosures do
them or others more harm than good.
87.
... more harm
than we have done him ...
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Into Action, p.77
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.
88.
... more helpful.
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To Wives, p.120
89.
... more His
success than ours.
12&12
Step Ten, p.92
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.
90.
... more honesty
about ourselves are the great ...
12&12
Step Five, p.58
More realism and therefore more honesty about ourselves are
the great gains we make under the influence of Step Five.
91.
... more hopeless
he feels, the better.
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Working With Others, p.94
92.
... more how
he can drink moderately next ...
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To Wives, p.109
But when he gets over the spree, he begins to think once more how he can drink moderately next time.
93.
... more humble
than this.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.133
94.
... more humiliating
and dreaded meetings that still ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.85
95.
... more idea
why he took that first ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.23
And the truth, strange to say, is usually that he has no more idea
why he took that first drink than you have.
96.
... more importance
was the fact that he ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
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.
97.
... more important,
an empty club couldn't answer ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.167
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.
98.
... more important
demonstration of our principles lies ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.19
A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective
homes, occupations and
affairs.
99.
... more important,
murmurs are heard in the ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.133
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?
100.
... more important
than a right dependence upon ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.121
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.
101.
... more important
than freedom from want.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.122
102.
... more important
than whether we should see ...
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We Agnostics, p.52
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?
103.
... more important,
"Yes, I've felt like that"; ...
BB
Preface, p.xii
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."
104.
... more in
a social sense, we still ...
12&12
Step Five, p.57
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.
105.
... more in
a spirit of love and ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.124
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.
106.
... more in
the Power which pulls chronic ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
They believe in themselves, and still more in the Power which pulls chronic alcoholics back from the gates of death.
107.
... more indeed
could be said?
12&12
Tradition Three, p.142
108.
... more independent
personally.
12&12
Step Three, p.36
By so accepting our dependence upon this marvel of science, we find ourselves more independent personally.
109.
... more independent
we actually are.
12&12
Step Three, p.36
And the facts seem to be these:
The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually
are.
110.
... more independent,
we are even more comfortable ...
12&12
Step Three, p.36
111.
... more information.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.180
112.
... more insurance
for myself against a possible ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.
113.
... more intelligent
than that.
BB
We Agnostics, p.54
114.
... more interested
in a demonstration of good ...
BB
Into Action, p.77
He is going to be more interested in a demonstration of good will than in our talk of spiritual discoveries.
115.
... more into
yourself and you think everyone ...
BB
To Wives, p.114
You draw more and more into yourself and you think everyone is talking about conditions
at your home.
116.
... more is
being asked of him than ...
12&12
Step Four, p.49
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.
117.
... more, it
was claimed that A.A. knowledge ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.167
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.
118.
... more jealously
guards the individual's right to ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
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.
119.
... more journey
to the asylum for Jim.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.36
120.
... more just
what our deeper objectives are.
12&12
Step Seven, p.76
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.
121.
... more left
alone and afraid.
12&12
Step Four, p.43
122.
... more like
one prodigious squabble than anything ...
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.177
Before we leveled off a bit, A.A. looked more like one prodigious squabble than
anything else, at least on the surface.
123.
... more likely
to follow your suggestions.
BB
Working With Others, p.94
124.
... more likely
to have varied traits.
BB
How It Works, p.61
125.
... more liquor.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
126.
... more liquor
for the next night, I ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
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.
127.
... more liquor
on the way to the ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
128.
... more material
progress in the last century ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.51
This world of ours has made more material progress in the last century than in all the millenniums which went before.
129.
... more milk.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.36
130.
... more money,
and so on ad nauseam.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
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.
131.
... more money,
leaving us with a profit ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.3
The exercise of an option
brought in more money, leaving us with a profit of several thousand dollars for that year.
132.
... more necessary
to longtime sobriety and peace ...
12&12
Step Five, p.55
133.
... more numerous
or worse than those of ...
12&12
Step Four, p.46
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.
134.
... more objective,
the newcomer can fearlessly, rather ...
12&12
Step Four, p.46
As soon as he begins to be
more objective, the newcomer can fearlessly,
rather than fearfully, look at his own defects.
135.
... more of
everything than we need, fearing ...
12&12
Step Four, p.49
136.
... more of
Fred for a while.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.40
137.
... more of
how to proceed from that ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.153
138.
... more of
the same.
12&12
Step Nine, p.85
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.
139.
... more of
this precious quality than may ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.70
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.
140.
... more of
what he saw and felt ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.145
141.
... more of
which will come to mind ...
12&12
Step Four, p.52
Questions like these, more of which will come to mind easily in each individual case, will help turn up the root causes.
142.
... more often
at this stage they are ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.133
143.
More often
than not, it is imperative ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
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.
144.
More often
than not, these onslaughts were ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.170
More often than not, these onslaughts were spearheaded by the cry "Professionalism! That guy
is making money out of A.A.!"
145.
More often,
though, we had met up ...
12&12
Step Two, p.31
More often, though, we had met up with some major calamity, and to our way of thinking lost out because God deserted us.
146.
... more on
the plane of inspiration.
BB
Into Action, p.87
Nevertheless, we find
that our thinking will, as
time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration.
147.
... more one
member of the family demands ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.122
We find the more one member of the family demands that the others concede to him, the
more resentful they become.
148.
... more or
less fooled ourselves, how could ...
12&12
Step Five, p.59
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?
149.
... more or
less forced to go to ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
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.
150.
... more or
less insanely drunk.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.21
151.
... more or
less into both classifications.
12&12
Step Four, p.48
152.
... more or
less ostracized by our friends.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
153.
... more passions
possible.
12&12
Step Four, p.44
We have drunk to escape the
guilt of passions, and then
have drunk again to make more passions possible.
154.
... more people,
but to a wider and ...
BB
Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii
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.
155.
... more physical
exercise, reading inspirational books, going ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.31
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.
156.
... more pledges.
12&12
Step Two, p.32
157.
... more power
in him than there was ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.11
158.
... more predominant
as the years passed.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
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.
159.
... more problems
than alcohol, and that some ...
12&12
Step Three, p.39
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.
160.
... more --
promises which seldom kept me sober ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
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.
161.
... more quarters
and remain absolutely dry, if ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
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.
162.
More realism
and therefore more honesty about ...
12&12
Step Five, p.58
More realism and therefore more honesty about ourselves are
the great gains we make under the influence of Step Five.
163.
... more reasons
later on.
BB
Bill's Story, p.2
164.
... more receptive.
BB
A Vision For You, p.158
165.
... more receptive
when depressed.
BB
Working With Others, p.91
166.
... more recognition.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.187
167.
... more reconciled
to discussing ourselves with another ...
BB
Into Action, p.72
We will be more reconciled to discussing ourselves
with another person when we
see good reasons why we should do so.
168.
... more religious
members call it "God-consciousness."
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.568
169.
... more resentful
they become.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.122
We find the more one member of the family demands that the others concede to him, the
more resentful they become.
170.
... more sane
and logical to believe than ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.53
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."
171.
... more satisfactions
or pleasures than are possible ...
12&12
Step Six, p.65
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.
172.
... more satisfying
and, I hope, more useful ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, pp.42-43
I have since been brought into a way of living infinitely more satisfying and, I hope, more useful than the life I lived before.
173.
... more satisfying
and valuable rewards than this ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.80
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.
174.
... more serious
ailments were being rapidly cured.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.135
She sees she was wrong to make a burning issue out of such a matter when his more serious ailments were being rapidly cured.
175.
... more serious
alcoholism, impending mental and physical ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.56
Post-war disillusionment, ever
more serious alcoholism, impending mental and physical collapse, brought him to the
point of self-destruction.
176.
... more serious
proportions, continuing all day and ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.3
177.
... more sex;
who bewail the institution of ...
BB
How It Works, p.69
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.
178.
... more slowly.
BB
We Agnostics, p.57
179.
More sobriety
brought about by the admission ...
12&12
Step Three, p.39
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.
180.
... more solid
and formidable for these people ...
12&12
Step Two, p.28
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.
181.
... more specific
than any direct guidance we ...
12&12
Step Five, p.60
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.
182.
... more spiritual
development.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.114
183.
... more sprees.
BB
To Wives, p.113
184.
... more strike
would put us out of ...
12&12
Step Two, p.29
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.
185.
... more successful
than anybody in the business.'
12&12
Tradition Two, p.136
186.
... more suffering
to his family by foolishly ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.155
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?
187.
... more suggestion:
Whether the family has spiritual ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.130
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.
188.
... more surely
keep our balance, provided we ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.103
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.
189.
... more, surely,
than we could easily mend ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.79
190.
... more than
1,000,000, with almost 28,000 groups ...
BB
Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii
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.
191.
... more than
1,150,500 copies.
BB
Preface, p.xi
192.
More than
15% of us are women.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
193.
... more than
300,000 copies went into circulation.
BB
Preface, p.xi
The first edition appeared in April 1939, and in the following sixteen years, more than 300,000 copies went into circulation.
194.
... more than
5,000 alcoholic men and women, ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
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.
195.
... more than
a condition of groveling despair.
12&12
Step Seven, p.72
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.
196.
... more than
a denial of self-seeking.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.183
197.
... more than
a fair fraction of the ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xxi
In all probability, we shall never be able to touch more than a fair fraction of the alcohol problem in all its ramifications.
198.
... more than
a sound public relations policy.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.183
199.
... more than
alcohol.
BB
How It Works, p.66
200.
... more than
anything else, it is well ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.127
201.
... more than
attending gatherings and visiting hospitals.
BB
A Vision For You, p.161
202.
... more than
ever.
12&12
Step Seven, p.75
203.
... more than
ever I can't stop."
BB
A Vision For You, p.157
204.
... more than
half of those approached will ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.163
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.
205.
... more than
halfway on the first trial.
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
Even our severest and most
justified critics will frequently meet us more than halfway on the first trial.
206.
... more than
human power is needed to ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
207.
... more than
inwardly reorganized.
BB
Bill's Story, p.11
208.
... more than
Jim did upon the consequences.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.37
209.
... more than
make suggestions, and very mild ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
But long ago, trustees and staff members alike found they could do no more than make suggestions, and very mild ones at that.
210.
More than
most people, the alcoholic leads ...
BB
Into Action, p.73
211.
... more than
once.
BB
More About Alcoholism, pp.31-32
212.
... more than
one-fourth of the membership; among ...
BB
Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii
Women now make up more
than one-fourth of the membership; among newer members, the proportion is nearly one-third.
213.
... more than
one hundred men and women ...
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.
214.
... more than
one hundred thousand(*) alcoholic men ...
12&12
Foreword, p.15
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.
215.
... more than
our share of security, prestige, ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.71
For thousands of years we
have been demanding more
than our share of security,
prestige, and romance.
216.
... more than
our words.
BB
Into Action, p.83
217.
... more than
potential alcoholics.
12&12
Step One, p.23
As this trend grew, they were
joined by young people who were scarcely
more than potential alcoholics.
218.
... more than
see.
12&12
Step Five, p.58
219.
... more than
sobriety.
BB
To Wives, p.118
220.
... more than
sobriety for problem drinkers.
12&12
Foreword, p.16
221.
... more than
temporary conditions.
BB
To Employers, p.141
222.
... more than
that.
BB
A Vision For You, p.152
223.
More than
that we cannot do; we ...
BB
Into Action, p.81
224.
... more than
the men themselves.
BB
To Wives, p.114
225.
... more than
the source of good stories.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.181
226.
More than
these attributes, they seemed to ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
227.
... more than
these ordinary attributes began to ...
12&12
Step Two, p.29
"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.
228.
... more than
they are getting.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.126
Having been neglected and misused in the past, they think father owes them more than they are getting.
229.
... more than
we expected.
12&12
Step Seven, p.75
230.
... more than
we have loved them; we ...
12&12
Step Ten, pp.91-92
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.
231.
... more than
when he drank.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.118
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.
232.
... more than
you are helping him.
BB
Working With Others, p.94
233.
... more than
you have helped him.
BB
Working With Others, p.94
You should not be offended if he wants to call it off, for he has
helped you more than you have
helped him.
234.
... more that
night and plenty next morning.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.41
235.
... more: The
alcoholic at certain times has ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.43
236.
... more, they
may not like the idea ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.128
While grateful that he drinks no more, they may not like the idea that God has accomplished the miracle
where they failed.
237.
... more to
blame.
BB
How It Works, p.61
238.
... more to
insure his sobriety than anything ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.129
During those first days of convalescence, this will
do more to insure his sobriety than anything else.
239.
... more to
the entire Twelve Steps for ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.111
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.
240.
... more to
the rehabilitation of these men ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
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.
241.
... more to
their liking.
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.177
Disliking the attempt of
some to manage a group, half its membership might angrily
rush off to form another group more to their liking.
242.
... more to
you and to us.
BB
A Vision For You, p.164
243.
... more trouble.
BB
How It Works, p.68
244.
... more trouble
than holding back on Step ...
12&12
Step Five, p.56
245.
... more unapproachable
than do the psychiatrist and ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.18
Strangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.
246.
... more unpopular
than the oldtime A.A., full ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
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?
247.
... more urgent
need for continuous effectiveness and ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
Therefore, no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity.
248.
... more urgent
than ever.
12&12
Step Five, p.55
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.
249.
... more useful
than the life I lived ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, pp.42-43
I have since been brought into a way of living infinitely more satisfying and, I hope, more useful than the life I lived before.
250.
... more useful
to others.
BB
There Is A Solution, pp.19-20
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.
251.
... more victimized
by resentments than have we ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.90
252.
... more visionary
than the founding members could ...
BB
Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiii
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.
253.
... more was
added to the Fellowship.
BB
A Vision For You, p.159
254.
... more was
required of me to make ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.12
255.
... more we
became interested in seeing what ...
BB
How It Works, p.63
256.
... more we
become willing to depend upon ...
12&12
Step Three, p.36
And the facts seem to be these:
The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually
are.
257.
... more, we
discovered the best possible source ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.116
When we developed still
more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself.
258.
... more we
fought and tried to have ...
BB
How It Works, p.66
259.
... more we
read our prayer, and again ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.101
260.
... more we
withdrew from society, from life ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.151
261.
... more, with
nearly 100,800 groups meeting in ...
BB
Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiii
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.
262.
... more wonderful
as time passes.
BB
Bill's Story, p.8
I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a
way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.
263.
... more wonderful
is the feeling that we ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.124
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.
264.
... more would
they be jailed; judges would ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.155
265.
... more years.
BB
Bill's Story, p.6
266.
... more you
hurry him the longer his ...
BB
To Wives, p.113
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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