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... nearly 100,800 groups meeting in approximately 150 ...   BB xxiii, Foreword to Fourth Edition   Display entire 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.


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... nearly 6,000 groups whose membership is far ...   BB xv, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
In that brief space, Alcoholics Anonymous has mushroomed into nearly 6,000 groups whose membership is far above 150,000 recovered alcoholics.

3.
Nearly all A.A.'s have found, too, that ...   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.


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... nearly all cases, their ideals must be ...   BB xxviii(xxvi), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
In nearly all cases, their ideals must be grounded in a power greater than themselves, if they are to re-create their lives.


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... Nearly All"), eight stories were retained; five ...   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
In Part III ("They Lost Nearly All"), eight stories were retained; five new ones were added.


6.
Nearly all have recovered.   BB p.17, There Is A Solution   Go to page 17 in the Big Book
Nearly all have recovered.

7.
... nearly all of us suffered the feeling ...   12&12 p.57, Step Five
Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong.


8.
... nearly all their time to the work.   BB p.19, There Is A Solution   Go to page 19 in the Big Book
A few are fortunate enough to be so situated that they can give nearly all their time to the work.

9.
... nearly all these fears have subsided.   12&12 p.171, Tradition Eight
It is significant, now that almost no A.A. in our Fellowship breaks anonymity at the public level, that nearly all these fears have subsided.

10.
... nearly always been the immediate cause of ...   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.

11.
... nearly always takes up his marriage responsibilities ...   12&12 p.119, Step Twelve
The alcoholic, realizing what his wife has endured, and now fully understanding how much he himself did to damage her and his children, nearly always takes up his marriage responsibilities with a willingness to repair what he can and to accept what he can't.


12.
Nearly always, these antics indicate nothing more ...   BB p.141, To Employers   Go to page 141 in the Big Book
Nearly always, these antics indicate nothing more than temporary conditions.

13.
Nearly anyone could submit a good list ...   12&12 p.67, Step Six
Nearly anyone could submit a good list of such defects as these, and few of us would seriously think of giving them up, at least until they cause us excessive misery.


14.
... nearly drove me back to drink, but ...   BB p.15, Bill's Story   Go to page 15 in the Big Book
This sometimes nearly drove me back to drink, but I soon found that when all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic would save the day.

15.
... nearly enough.   12&12 p.59, Step Five
Hence it was most evident that a solitary self-appraisal, and the admission of our defects based upon that alone, wouldn't be nearly enough.


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... nearly every instance the alcoholic only seems ...   BB p.108, To Wives   Go to page 108 in the Big Book
Of course, there is such a thing as incompatibility, but in nearly every instance the alcoholic only seems to be unloving and inconsiderate; it is usually because he is warped and sickened that he says and does these appalling things.


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Nearly every modern employer feels a moral ...   BB p.137, To Employers   Go to page 137 in the Big Book
Nearly every modern employer feels a moral responsibility for the well-being of his help, and he tries to meet these responsibilities.

18.
Nearly every oldtimer in our Society has ...   12&12 p.135, Tradition Two
Nearly every oldtimer in our Society has gone through this process in some degree.

19.
... nearly every one of us had been ...   12&12 p.181, Tradition Eleven
By temperament, nearly every one of us had been an irrepressible promoter, and the prospect of a society composed almost entirely of promoters was frightening.

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Nearly every one of us had wished ...   12&12 p.156, Tradition Six
Nearly every one of us had wished to do great good, perform great deeds, and embody great ideals.


21.
... nearly every practical purpose, the active voice ...   BB p.574, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
II. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience of our whole Society in its world affairs.

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Nearly every serious emotional problem can be ...   12&12 p.42, Step Four
Nearly every serious emotional problem can be seen as a case of misdirected instinct.

23.
... nearly every society on earth give authority ...   12&12 p.172, Tradition Nine
Doesn't nearly every society on earth give authority to some of its members to impose obedience upon the rest and to punish or expel offenders?

24.
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at ...   12&12 p.117, Step Twelve
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at some time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.


25.
... nearly everyone bound by ties of blood ...   BB p.104, To Wives   Go to page 104 in the Big Book
What they say will apply to nearly everyone bound by ties of blood or affection to an alcoholic.


26.
... nearly failed my law course.   BB p.2, Bill's Story   Go to page 2 in the Big Book
Potential alcoholic that I was, I nearly failed my law course.


27.
... nearly one-third.   BB xxii, Foreword to Third Edition   Display entire Foreword to Third Edition
Women now make up more than one-fourth of the membership; among newer members, the proportion is nearly one-third.

28.
... nearly perished in a sea of alcohol.   12&12 p.124, Step Twelve
The result was the same -- all of us had nearly perished in a sea of alcohol.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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