From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... nearly 100,800
groups meeting in approximately 150 ...
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.
2.
... nearly 6,000
groups whose membership is far ...
BB xv,
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.
4.
... nearly all
cases, their ideals must be ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The 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.
5.
... Nearly All"),
eight stories were retained; five ...
BB xii,
Preface
6.
Nearly all
have recovered.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
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
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
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
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.
16.
... nearly every
instance the alcoholic only seems ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
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.
17.
Nearly every
modern employer feels a moral ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
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
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.
20.
Nearly every
one of us had wished ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
21.
... nearly every
practical purpose, the active voice ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
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.
22.
Nearly every
serious emotional problem can be ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
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
26.
... nearly failed
my law course.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
27.
... nearly four
years have passed.
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
28.
... nearly one-third.
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.
29.
... nearly perished
in a sea of alcohol.
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
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