From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... "No!"
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
2.
... no?"
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
3.
... "No.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
4.
... no A.A.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
5.
No A.A.
can compel another to do ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
6.
... no A.A.
can give another a directive ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our Society
has no president having
authority to govern it,
no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no board of directors who can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and
enforce obedience, our
friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't
be. There must be an angle somewhere."
7.
... No A.A.
group or member should ever, ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Ten (Long)
Ten -- No A.A. group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues
-- particularly those
of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.
8.
... No A.A.
group or member should ever, ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
10. No A.A.
group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial
issues -- particularly those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.
9.
... no A.A.
in our Fellowship breaks anonymity ...
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.
No adult
man or woman, for example, ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
11.
... no Al-Anon/Alateen
listing in your local telephone ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
If there is no Al-Anon/Alateen listing in
your local telephone book, you may obtain further information on
Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups by writing to its World Service Office, 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617.
12.
... no alcohol,
he may overdo.
BB p.146,
To Employers
Being somewhat weakened, and faced with physical and mental readjustment to a life
which knows no alcohol, he may overdo.
13.
... no alcoholic,
and surely no member of ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
14.
... no alcoholic
can stay sober at all.
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
15.
... no alcoholic
man or woman could be ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
It was thought that no alcoholic man or woman could be excluded from
our Society; that our leaders might serve but never govern; that each group was to be autonomous and there was to be no professional class of therapy.
16.
... no alcoholic
problem, it might pay to ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
Even if you feel your organization has no alcoholic problem, it
might pay to take another look down the line.
17.
... no alcoholic
say he cannot recover unless ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
18.
... no alcoholic,
soberly analyzing his destructive behavior, ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Yet no alcoholic, soberly analyzing his destructive behavior,
whether the destruction fell on the dining-room furniture or his own moral fiber, can claim "soundness of mind" for himself.
19.
... no alcoholic
who is still drinking can ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes
and actions that almost
no alcoholic who is still drinking can dream of taking.
20.
... no amount
of human willpower could break ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
Our sponsors declared
that we were the victims of a mental obsession so subtly powerful that no amount of human willpower could break it.
21.
... no amount
of patience will make any ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
We realize some men are thoroughly bad-intentioned, that no amount of patience will make any difference.
22.
... no amount
of pomp and circumstance, no ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are
partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
23.
... no amount
of will power he might ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
When our friend related
his experience, the man
agreed that no amount of will power he might muster could stop his drinking for long.
24.
... no angle.'
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
There's no angle.'
25.
... "no angle"
stuff?
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
26.
... no answer
may begin to find one ...
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Yet it is our great hope that all those who have as
yet found no answer may begin to find one in the pages of this book and will presently join us on the high road to a new freedom.
27.
... no apprehension.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
28.
... no attitude
of Holier Than Thou, nothing ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the man who is making
the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with
a real answer, that he has
no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that
there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured --
these are the conditions we have found most effective.
29.
... no avail.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
At a certain point in the
drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into
a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail.
30.
... no axes
to grind, no people to ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the man who is making
the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with
a real answer, that he has
no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that
there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured --
these are the conditions we have found most effective.
31.
... no basis
for contention or argument.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Nothing would please us
so much as to write a book which would contain no basis for contention or argument.
32.
No beer
or liquor was sold in ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
No beer or liquor was sold in the neighborhood, except at
the State liquor agency where perhaps one might procure a pint if he could convince the
agent that he really needed it.
33.
... no better
motive than to be secure ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
And how often we work hard with no better motive than to be secure and slothful later on -- only we call that
"retiring."
34.
... no board
of directors who can cast ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our Society
has no president having
authority to govern it,
no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no board of directors who can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and
enforce obedience, our
friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't
be. There must be an angle somewhere."
35.
... no bones
about our drinking; they usually ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
Telling them what we are trying to do, we make no bones about our drinking; they usually know it anyway, whether we think so or not.
36.
... no boundaries,
either of width or height.
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
37.
... no bounds.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
38.
... no capacity
for faith, or love, or ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
39.
... no case
does He render us white ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
40.
... no charter,
and that ventures which mixed ...
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
By his eloquence he allayed all fears, despite advice from the Foundation that it could issue no charter, and that ventures
which mixed an A.A. group with medication and
education had come to sticky ends elsewhere.
41.
... no circumstances
could we endorse any related ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
These adventures implanted a deep-rooted conviction that in
no circumstances
could we endorse any related enterprise,
no matter how good.
42.
... no circumstances
should we give endorsements, make ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
43.
... no class
of people in the world ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
But we are sure that no class of people in the world ever made a worse mess of trying to live by this formula than alcoholics.
44.
... no concern
of ours what religious bodies ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
We think it no concern of ours what religious bodies our members identify themselves with as individuals.
45.
... no condition
do we criticize such a ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
46.
... no control
whatever.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
47.
... no control
whatever over alcohol.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
48.
... no counterpart
among the job categories of ...
12&12 p.169,
Tradition Eight (Note)
(*) The work of present-day staff members has no counterpart among the job categories of commercial organizations.
49.
... no crusaders;
not a temperance society.
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Dr. W. W. Bauer, broadcasting under the
auspices of The American Medical Association in 1946, over the NBC network, said, in part: "Alcoholics Anonymous are no crusaders; not a temperance society.
50.
... no deep-lying
emotional handicap in either will ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
They need to be as sure as possible that no deep-lying emotional handicap in either will be likely to rise up under later pressures to cripple them.
51.
... no deep
or meaningful sense had we ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.
52.
No defect
can be corrected unless we ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
53.
... no desire
to convince anyone that there ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
54.
... no doubt
a fact that A.A. is ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
55.
... no doubt
he over-indulged.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
56.
... no doubt
in my mind that you ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
As to two of you men, whose stories I have heard, there is no doubt in my mind that you were
100% hopeless, apart from divine help.
57.
... no doubt
in our minds what that ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
The benefit of talking
to another person is that
we can get his direct comment and counsel on our
situation, and there can be no doubt in our minds what that advice is.
58.
No doubt
the universe had a "first ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
No doubt the universe had a "first cause" of some sort, the God of the Atom, maybe, hot and cold by turns.
59.
No doubt
we shall point with pride ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
No doubt we shall point with pride to the good lives we thought we led before the bottle cut us down.
60.
... no doubt
you should discharge him.
BB p.147,
To Employers
61.
No doubt
you're better taught in religious ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
62.
... no drinking
until he was thirty-five.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
63.
... no dues
or fees for AA membership; ...
Grapevine,
Preamble
64.
... no earned
virtue.
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
65.
... no effective
mental defense against the first ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
66.
... no effort
to harvest food or construct ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no survival.
67.
... "no endorsement"
was put to a vital ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
68.
... no enduring
strength until we first admit ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered.
69.
... no equity
should be left for outsiders.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
The family may feel they hold a mortgage on dad, so big that no equity should be left for outsiders.
70.
... no exaggeration
to say that half of ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
It is no exaggeration
to say that half of A.A.'s membership has been led to us through channels like these.
71.
... no exception?"
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
72.
... no exceptions
to this rule?
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
73.
... no excuse
for drinking, who exhibited splendid ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
The story he told is most instructive, for here was
a chap absolutely convinced he had to stop drinking, who had no excuse for drinking, who exhibited splendid judgment and determination in all his other concerns, yet was flat on his back nevertheless.
74.
... no faith.
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
75.
... no faith
whatever He will perform this ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
Some of us won't believe in God, others can't, and still others who do believe that God exists have no faith whatever He will perform this miracle.
76.
... no fault
of her own, became accustomed ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
77.
... no fees
or dues; our expenses were ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
78.
... no fees
or dues whatsoever.
BB xiv,
Foreword to First Edition
79.
... no fees
to pay, no axes to ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the man who is making
the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with
a real answer, that he has
no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that
there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured --
these are the conditions we have found most effective.
80.
... no field
of investigation could yield more ...
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.
81.
... no fight.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
There had been no fight.
82.
... no fight
whatever against the first drink.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
83.
... no flavor
for his fare and the ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
One school would allow man no flavor for his fare and the other would have us
all on a straight pepper
diet.
84.
... no friction
among us over such matters.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
85.
... no further
authentication will be necessary.
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
For them, we hope these pages
will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be
necessary.
86.
... no further
for Utopia.
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
87.
... no further
reason for covering up an ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
88.
... no God?"
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
89.
... no God
at all.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
90.
... no God
to explain it.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We read wordy books and indulge in windy arguments, thinking we believe this
universe needs no God to explain it.
91.
... no God
whatever.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
92.
... no good
whatever; in fact, it was ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
Then we had been told that so far as alcohol is concerned, self-confidence was no good whatever; in fact, it was a total liability.
93.
... no great
difference, even if I should ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
94.
... no great
difficulty in casting aside such ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
95.
... no great
obstacle to a spiritual experience.
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
96.
... no group,
regional committee, or individual should ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
And no group, regional committee, or
individual should ever
take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.
97.
... no group,
regional committee, or individual should ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
And no group, regional committee, or
individual should ever
take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.
98.
... no harm.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I learned that it was something of a spiritual nature, which
did not appeal to me very much, but I thought it could
do no harm.
99.
... no harm,
that drinking is necessary in ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
He is positive he can handle his liquor, that it
does him no harm, that drinking is necessary in
his business.
100.
... no heap
of material possessions, could possibly ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are
partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
101.
... no hesitancy
in consulting a doctor or ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
102.
... no home
if he doesn't.
BB p.82,
Into Action
103.
... no homes
today, would perhaps be dead.
BB p.82,
Into Action
104.
... no hope.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
105.
... no human
being could seem to do ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
106.
No human
being, however good, is exempt ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
107.
... no human
power could have relieved our ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
108.
... "No, I
can't give this up yet."
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Even then the best of us will discover to our dismay that there is always a
sticking point, a point at which we say, "No, I can't give this up yet."
109.
... no immediate
interest in A.A., it is ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
Should you be the relative or friend of an alcoholic who
shows no immediate interest in A.A., it is suggested that you
write the Al-Anon Family Groups, Inc., 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23456, USA.
110.
No individuals
have been more buffeted by ...
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.
111.
... no intelligence?
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
112.
... no intention
of drinking.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
113.
... no inventory
are confronted with quite another ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
114.
... no job
-- wife or no wife -- we ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job -- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.
115.
... no joy
greater than in a Twelfth ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
Practically every A.A. member declares that no satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well done.
116.
... no joy
or fun in our existence, ...
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
117.
... no justice
in this scheme of things, ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
118.
No later
vicissitude has shaken it.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
119.
... no laughing
matter.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
120.
... no lectures
to be endured -- these are ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the man who is making
the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with
a real answer, that he has
no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that
there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured --
these are the conditions we have found most effective.
121.
... no legal
force at all, hold the ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
How can a set of traditional principles, having no legal force at all, hold the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous
in unity and effectiveness?
122.
... no less
than a medical saint by ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
He had also been greatly helped by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, a New York specialist in alcoholism who is now accounted no less than a medical saint by A.A. members, and whose story of the early days of our Society appears in the next pages.
123.
... no longer
a problem and you and ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
After all, your family is
reunited, alcohol is
no longer a problem and you and your husband are working together toward an undreamed-of future.
124.
... no longer
be misled by ordinary promises.
BB p.148,
To Employers
125.
... no longer
be self-conscious or feel that ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
You will no longer be self-conscious or feel that you
must apologize as though your husband were a
weak character.
126.
... no longer
be square pegs in round ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are
partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
127.
... no longer
carry the life-giving grace of ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; our world arteries would no longer carry the life-giving grace of God; His gift to us would be spent aimlessly.
128.
... no longer
craves liquor.
BB p.143,
To Employers
Your man will fare better if placed in such physical condition that
he can think straight and
no longer craves liquor.
129.
... no longer
deeply disturbed by all the ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all
the seeming evidence to
the contrary that surrounds us in purely human affairs.
130.
... no longer
dreaded a change for the ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
If our circumstances happened to be good, we no longer dreaded a change for the worse, for we had learned
that these troubles could be turned into great values.
131.
... no longer
drink.
BB p.138,
To Employers
Here, for instance, is a
typical example: An officer of one of the largest banking institutions in America knows I no longer drink.
132.
... no longer
feel alone.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
133.
... no longer
isolated and alone in self-constructed ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are
partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
134.
... no longer
live in a completely hostile ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
135.
... no longer
lost and frightened and purposeless.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
136.
... no longer
our principal aim; we now ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
137.
... no longer
running the show, humbly saying ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
We constantly remind
ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done."
138.
... no longer
seek fame and honor in ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
139.
... no longer
signify much to them.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Being wrecked in the same vessel, being restored and united under one God, with hearts and minds attuned to the welfare of
others, the things which
matter so much to some people no longer signify much to them.
140.
... no longer
strive to dominate or rule ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
141.
... no longer
work, his wife gets a ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
142.
... no love
in such persons, we thought.
BB p.107,
To Wives
143.
... no man
can build a house until ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
144.
... No man
should be fired just because ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
145.
No man,
we saw, could believe in ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
146.
... no matter
how bad, to the abnormal ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
But these scrapes can generally be charged,
no matter how bad, to the abnormal action of alcohol on his mind.
147.
... no matter
how deeply we felt they ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Often it was while working on this Step with our
sponsors or spiritual
advisers that we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt they had wronged us.
148.
No matter
how far down the scale ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
149.
No matter
how far we have progressed, ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
150.
... no matter
how far we have to ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
We must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go, for we are liable to drink if we are afraid to face them.
151.
... no matter
how good.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
These adventures implanted a deep-rooted conviction that in
no circumstances
could we endorse any related enterprise,
no matter how good.
152.
... no matter
how grave your emotional complications ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
No matter who you are, no matter how low you've gone, no matter how grave your emotional complications -- even
your crimes -- we still
can't deny you A.A.
153.
... no matter
how great the necessity or ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as
we know it -- this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.
154.
... no matter
how grievous, out of their ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
We think each family which has been relieved owes something to those who have
not, and when the occasion requires, each member of it should be only too willing to bring former mistakes, no matter how grievous, out of their hiding places.
155.
... no matter
how hard you try.
BB p.111,
To Wives
156.
... no matter
how isolated you are.
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
If there is none nearby, you
will be invited to carry on a correspondence which will do much to insure your sobriety no matter how isolated you are.
157.
... no matter
how low you've gone, no ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
No matter who you are, no matter how low you've gone, no matter how grave your emotional complications -- even
your crimes -- we still
can't deny you A.A.
158.
No matter
how much one wishes to ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can he turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is?
159.
... no matter
how much we tried.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
160.
... no matter
how unpromising.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
161.
... no matter
what he says or does.
BB p.108,
To Wives
162.
... no matter
what our material prospects were.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
But as time passed we found that with the help of A.A.'s Twelve Steps we could lose those fears, no matter what our material prospects were.
163.
... no matter
what the cause, there is ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
It is a spiritual axiom
that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there
is something wrong with
us.
164.
... no matter
what the personal consequences may ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
Reminding ourselves
that we have decided to go to
any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we
be given strength and direction to do the right
thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be.
165.
... no matter
what the provocation, publicly take ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
As by some deep instinct,
we A.A.'s have known from the
very beginning that we must never, no matter what the provocation, publicly
take sides in any fight, even a worthy one.
166.
... no matter
what the subject, it should ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
Next time you and he have a heated discussion, no matter what the subject, it should be the privilege of either to smile and say, "This is getting serious.
167.
... no matter
what we had thought or ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
This vital Step was also the means by which we began to get the feeling that we could be forgiven, no matter what we had thought
or done.
168.
... no matter
what your own convictions are.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
169.
... no matter
what your present circumstances!
BB p.100,
Working With Others
Follow the dictates of a
Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!
170.
No matter
who you are, no matter ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
No matter who you are, no matter how low you've gone, no matter how grave your emotional complications -- even
your crimes -- we still
can't deny you A.A.
171.
... no means
a bad one, but I ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
My old manner of life was by no means a bad one, but I would not exchange
its best moments for the worst I have
now.
172.
... no means
a bad thing in some ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
Though it is infinitely better that he
have no relapse at all, as
has been true with many of our
men, it is by no means a bad thing in some cases.
173.
... no means
a comprehensive picture of the ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
174.
... no means
do we offer it as ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
By no means do we offer it as the last word on this subject, but so
far as we are concerned,
it has worked with us.
175.
... no means
infallible, it is likely to ...
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.
176.
... no means
ruined everything.
BB p.109,
To Wives
177.
... no means
sure that such great numbers ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
But it was by no means sure that such great numbers of yet erratic people could live and work together with harmony and good effect.
178.
... no means
the rule.
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Among our rapidly growing membership of thousands of alcoholics such transformations, though frequent, are by
no means the rule.
179.
... no means
the sole advocate of this ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
180.
... no member
can be set in personal ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
Why is it, they ask, that in A.A. no member can be set in personal authority over another, that nothing like a central government can
anywhere be seen?
181.
... no member
of A.A., wants to deprecate ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
182.
... no membership
rules?
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
Did anyone ever hear of a nation, a church, a political party, even a benevolent association that had no membership rules?
183.
... no mere
habit, that it was indeed ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
By going back in our own drinking histories, we could show
that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking
even then was no mere habit, that it was indeed the beginning of a
fatal progression.
184.
... no middle-of-the-road
solution.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
185.
... no mistake
about that.
BB p.104,
To Wives
186.
... no monopoly.
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
187.
... no monopoly
on God; we merely have ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
188.
... no more!
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
189.
... no more
do without it than we ...
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.
190.
... no more
idea why he took that ...
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.
191.
... no more
of Fred for a while.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
192.
... no more
power in him than there ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
193.
... no more
-- promises which seldom kept me ...
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.
194.
No more,
surely, than we could easily ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
195.
... no more
than make suggestions, and very ...
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.
196.
... no more
than these ordinary attributes began ...
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.
197.
... no more,
they may not like the ...
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.
198.
No more
would they be jailed; judges ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
199.
... no need
for all of A.A.'s Twelve ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
We temporarily cease
to grow because we feel satisfied that there is
no need for all of A.A.'s Twelve Steps for us.
200.
... 'No, never!'"
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
201.
... "No, never!"
our minds close against the ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
202.
... no nonalcoholic
could.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
203.
No --
not now.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
No -- not now.
204.
... no obligation
to keep him on, for ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
But you should feel under
no obligation to keep him on, for your obligation has been well discharged already.
205.
... no obligation
to you, that you hope ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Make it plain he is under no obligation to you, that you hope only that he will try to help other alcoholics when he
escapes his own difficulties.
206.
... no one.
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
207.
... no one.
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Ten (Long)
208.
... no one.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
209.
... no one.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
210.
No one
among us has been able ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
211.
... no one
can make much of his ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
212.
... no one's
conduct, issues no orders.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
213.
... no one
could guess that I was ...
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
Mercifully, no one could guess that I was to
have no real employment for five years, or hardly draw a sober breath.
214.
... no one
else.
BB p.73,
Into Action
215.
... no one
else can.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
216.
... no one
else could or would.
BB p.105,
To Wives
217.
... no one
else could or would do.
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Ignoring the fact that
these labors were not Twelfth Step jobs at all, the critics attacked as A.A. professionals these workers of ours who were often doing thankless tasks that no one else
could or would do.
218.
... no one
else will be prejudiced for ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
Sometimes this was a tedious process; we hope no one
else will be prejudiced for as long as
some of us were.
219.
... no one
ever had, that in the ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
Following his physical rehabilitation, he had a talk with me in which he frankly stated he thought the treatment a
waste of effort, unless I could assure him,
which no one ever had, that in the future he
would have the "will power"
to resist the impulse to
drink.
220.
... no one
gets his entire supply away ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If he can afford it, he may have liquor concealed all over his house to be certain no one gets his entire supply away from him to throw down the wastepipe.
221.
... no one
is angry or hurt.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
222.
No one
is too discredited or has ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
223.
... no one
need have difficulty with the ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
224.
... no one,
of course.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
225.
No one
ought to say the A.A. ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
No one ought to say the A.A. program requires no willpower; here is one place you may require all you've got.
226.
... no one
realized it at the time.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
When the broker returned
to New York in the fall of 1935, the first A.A. group had actually been formed, though no one realized it at the time.
227.
... no one
tell him he must abide ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
When the man is presented
with this volume it is best
that no one tell him he must abide by its suggestions.
228.
No one
wants to be agonized by ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
229.
No one
wants to be angry enough ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
No one wants to be angry enough to murder, lustful enough to rape, gluttonous enough to ruin his health.
230.
No one
wants to be so proud ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
No one wants to be so proud that he is
scorned as a braggart,
nor so greedy that he is labeled a thief.
231.
... no one
we can surely trust.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
232.
... no one
will consider these self-revealing accounts ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
233.
... no opinion
on outside issues; hence the ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
"Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."
234.
... no opinion
on outside issues; hence the ...
12&12 p.179,
Tradition Ten
Thus was laid the cornerstone for Tradition Ten: "Alcoholics Anonymous
has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."
235.
... no opinion
on outside issues; hence the ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Ten -- Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
236.
... no orders.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
237.
... no organization?"
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
238.
... no other
affiliation."
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
So confident of this had we become that the original statement of A.A. tradition carried this significant sentence:
"Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group provided that as a group they have no other affiliation."
239.
... no other
affiliation.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Three (Long)
Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a
group, they have no other affiliation.
240.
... no other
affiliation.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a
group, they have no other affiliation.
241.
... no other
authority than its own conscience.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
Four -- With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible to no other authority than its own conscience.
242.
... no other
authority than its own conscience.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
4. With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible to no other authority than its own conscience.
243.
... no other
complications.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
Except for their guzzling, and the unfortunate results thereof, they could have no other complications.
244.
... no other
human sickness can.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
An illness of this sort --
and we have come to believe
it an illness -- involves those about us in a
way no other human sickness can.
245.
No other
kind of bankruptcy is like ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
246.
... no other
solution."
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
247.
... no other
way.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
These are the growing group's hierarchy of service -- self-appointed, of course, because there is no other way.
248.
... no others.
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
249.
... no others
ought to know.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
Perhaps we shall need to share with this person facts about ourselves which no others ought to know.
250.
No outsider
can appraise such an intimate ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
251.
... no particular
faith or denomination.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
252.
... no pat
answer which can fit all ...
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
253.
... no peace.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
254.
... no peace
was to be had unless ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
255.
... no people
have ever loved personal triumphs ...
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.
256.
... no people
to please, no lectures to ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the man who is making
the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with
a real answer, that he has
no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that
there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured --
these are the conditions we have found most effective.
257.
... no perfect
visual proof.
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
Everybody nowadays,
believes in scores of assumptions for which there is good evidence, but no perfect visual proof.
258.
... no permanent
brain injury.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
259.
No person
likes to think he is ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
260.
... no personal
sacrifice is too great for ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
Realization dawns that
he is but a small part of a
great whole; that no personal sacrifice is too great for
preservation of the Fellowship.
261.
... no place.
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
262.
... no place
in A.A.
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
263.
No place,
of course."
12&12 p.154,
Tradition Five
264.
... no place
whatever for them to go.
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
Since both ways have proved bitterly disappointing, they have concluded there is no place whatever for them to
go.
265.
... no place
with my alcoholism.
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
Change of scene, the best efforts of family, friends, doctors, and clergymen got no place with my alcoholism.
266.
... no president
having authority to govern it, ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our Society
has no president having
authority to govern it,
no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no board of directors who can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and
enforce obedience, our
friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't
be. There must be an angle somewhere."
267.
... no pressure.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
268.
... no price
tag on it.
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
When the Twelfth Step is seen in its full implication, it is really talking about the kind of love that has no price tag
on it.
269.
... no professional
class of therapy.
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
It was thought that no alcoholic man or woman could be excluded from
our Society; that our leaders might serve but never govern; that each group was to be autonomous and there was to be no professional class of therapy.
270.
... no quarrel
with the alcoholics of your ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
271.
... no question.
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
272.
... no ranting.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
But he did no ranting.
273.
... no real
account of the facts.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
274.
... no real
alcoholic ever recovers control.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
275.
... no real
authority from their titles; they ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Nine (Long)
276.
... no real
authority from their titles; they ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
277.
... no real
employment for five years, or ...
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
Mercifully, no one could guess that I was to
have no real employment for five years, or hardly draw a sober breath.
278.
... no real
infidelity, for loyalty to my ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
There had been no real infidelity, for loyalty
to my wife, helped at times by extreme drunkenness, kept me out of those scrapes.
279.
... no real
problem.
BB p.139,
To Employers
280.
... no reason
to doubt it.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
281.
... no reason
why you should neglect his ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
282.
... no reasonable
conception whatever.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
283.
... no receipt
for it.
BB p.80,
Into Action
While drinking, he accepted a sum of money from a bitterly-hated business rival, giving him no receipt for it.
284.
... no recovery
from alcoholism has ever been ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Almost no recovery from alcoholism has ever been brought about by the world's
best professionals,
whether medical or religious.
285.
... no regular
inventory usually goes broke.
BB p.64,
How It Works
286.
... no relapse
at all, as has been ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
Though it is infinitely better that he
have no relapse at all, as
has been true with many of our
men, it is by no means a bad thing in some cases.
287.
... no religious
connection, we may still do ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
Though we have no religious connection,
we may still do well to talk with someone ordained by an established religion.
288.
... no religious
connections, they may wish to ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Though the family has
no religious connections, they may wish
to make contact with or take membership in a religious body.
289.
... no reluctance
to rid yourself of those ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
290.
... no request
for ourselves only.
BB p.87,
Into Action
We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no request for ourselves
only.
291.
... no resentment
in connection with them.
BB p.68,
How It Works
292.
... no resentment
over his reduced status, whose ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
The elder statesman is
the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by
considerable experience, is sound, and
who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines
patiently awaiting developments.
293.
... no reservation
of any kind, nor any ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
If we are planning to stop
drinking, there must be
no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol.
294.
... no respecter
of persons, we are an ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Alcohol being no respecter of persons, we are an accurate cross section of America, and in
distant lands, the same democratic evening-up process is now going on.
295.
... no return
through human aid, we had ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from
which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to
go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of
our intolerable situation as best we could;
and the other, to accept spiritual help.
296.
... no return
to alcohol.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
297.
... no rewards.
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
298.
... no right
or need to discourage A.A.'s ...
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
We see that we have no right or need to discourage A.A.'s who wish to work as individuals in these wider fields.
299.
... no right
to go further.
BB p.81,
Into Action
300.
... no right
to involve another person.
BB p.81,
Into Action
301.
... no right
to save our own skin ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
302.
... no rule
can be laid down.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
303.
... no rule
of any sort, we have ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
Though there may be justifiable exceptions, and though we
wish to lay down no rule of any sort, we have often found this the best course to take.
304.
... no," said
my friend, "this chap is ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
305.
... no satisfaction
has been deeper and no ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
Practically every A.A. member declares that no satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well done.
306.
... no satisfactory
explanation for his fall.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
307.
... no sense
whatever can its members govern ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
308.
... no serenity
until I accept that person, ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some
fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
309.
... no situation
is too difficult and no ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
We want to leave you with the
feeling that no situation is too difficult and no unhappiness too great to
be overcome.
310.
... no social
instinct, if men cared nothing ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
If there were no social instinct, if men cared nothing for the society of one another, there would be no society.
311.
... no society.
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
If there were no social instinct, if men cared nothing for the society of one another, there would be no society.
312.
... no society
of men and women ever ...
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.
313.
... no sooner
got the word 'spiritual' out ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
314.
... no specific
rule can be given.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
315.
... no spiritual
advice, judges no one's conduct, ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
316.
No St.
Helena for me!
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
317.
... no stated
A.A. purpose.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Seven (Long)
Then, too, we view with much
concern those A.A. treasuries which continue, beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for no stated A.A. purpose.
318.
... no stated
A.A. purpose.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Then too, we view with much concern those A.A. treasuries which continue, beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for no stated A.A. purpose.
319.
... no stopping
until everyone in that town ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity to recover
-- if he can and will.
320.
... no such
complication, there is plenty we ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
321.
... no such
opportunity presents itself, at some ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
But if no such opportunity presents
itself, at some point we will want to summon all our courage, head straight for the person concerned, and lay our cards on the table.
322.
... no such
thing as making a normal ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Physicians who are familiar with alcoholism agree there is
no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic.
323.
... no such
thing as the personal conquest ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
There was, they said, no such thing as the personal conquest of this
compulsion by the unaided will.
324.
... no suitable
person available.
BB p.74,
Into Action
Notwithstanding the great necessity for discussing ourselves
with someone, it may be one
is so situated that there is no suitable person available.
325.
... no survival.
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no survival.
326.
No, the
average alcoholic, self-centered in the ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme,
doesn't care for this prospect -- unless he has
to do these things in order
to stay alive himself.
327.
... no theory
at all; it will be ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
To him, this proposition will be no theory at all; it will be just about the largest fact in his life.
328.
... no thought
of drinking.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
329.
... no time.
BB p.75,
Into Action
330.
... no time
for legalities.
12&12 p.159,
Tradition Six
331.
... no time
had we asked what God's ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
At no time had we asked what God's will was for us; instead we
had been telling Him what it ought to be.
332.
... no time
have I been anywhere near ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
333.
... no time
I was beating on the ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
334.
... no time
sensed that it might be ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My wife became deeply interested, and it
was her interest that sustained mine, though I at no time sensed that it might be an
answer to my liquor problem.
335.
... no treasurer
who can compel the payment ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our Society
has no president having
authority to govern it,
no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no board of directors who can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and
enforce obedience, our
friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't
be. There must be an angle somewhere."
336.
... no trouble
refusing drinks, and began to ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
I had no trouble refusing drinks, and began to wonder if I had not
been making too hard work of a simple matter.
337.
... no troubles
money can't cure.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
338.
... no undue
haste for the couple to ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
339.
... no unhappiness
too great to be overcome.
BB p.104,
To Wives
We want to leave you with the
feeling that no situation is too difficult and no unhappiness too great to
be overcome.
340.
... no use.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
341.
... no use
arousing any prejudice he may ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
There is no use arousing any prejudice he may have against certain theological terms and conceptions about which he may already be confused.
342.
... no use,
the revolution is on.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
They rush from crisis to crisis and from member to member, pleading; but it's
no use, the revolution is on.
343.
... no value
whatever.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
This statement may surprise newcomers who
have experienced nothing but constant deflation and a growing
conviction that human
will is of no value whatever.
344.
... no very
high opinion of humility as ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
We may still have no very high opinion of humility as a
desirable personal virtue, but we do recognize it as a necessary aid to our survival.
345.
... no views
whatever.
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Ten (Long)
346.
... no views
whatever.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
347.
... no way
depends upon his learning, eloquence, ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and
bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends upon his learning, eloquence, or on any special individual skills.
348.
... no way
of entirely getting rid of ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
349.
... no way
of proving it, we believe ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
Though there is no way of proving it, we believe that early in our drinking careers most of
us could have stopped drinking.
350.
... no way
out, for he had earnestly ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
He had a desperate desire to stop, but saw no way
out, for he had earnestly
tried many avenues of escape.
351.
... no wife
-- we simply do not stop ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job -- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.
352.
... no willpower;
here is one place you ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
No one ought to say the A.A. program requires no willpower; here is one place you may require all you've got.
353.
No wonder
an alcoholic is strangely irrational.
BB p.140,
To Employers
354.
No words
can tell of the loneliness ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
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