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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

nonalcoholics
nonchalant
noncontroversial
NONE   occurs   23 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
nonentity
nonexistence
nonexistent

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1.
... none.   12&12 p.93, Step Ten
We can show kindness where we had shown none.


2.
... none.   BB p.107, To Wives   Go to page 107 in the Big Book
Asked why they commenced to drink again, they would reply with some silly excuse, or none.

3.
... none at all.   12&12 p.21, Step One
Of real happiness he will find none at all.

4.
... none at all.   12&12 p.31, Step Two
We prayed for healthy children, and were presented with sick ones, or none at all.

5.
... none at all.   12&12 p.47, Step Four
We had to drink because at home we were smothered with love or got none at all.


6.
... none at all.   BB p.11, Bill's Story   Go to page 11 in the Big Book
There had been no more power in him than there was in me at that minute; and this was none at all.

7.
... none but a Higher Power can remove ...   12&12 p.25, Step Two
Having reduced us to a state of absolute helplessness, you now declare that none but a Higher Power can remove our obsession.

8.
... none but the most desperate cases could ...   12&12 p.22, Step One
In A.A.'s pioneering time, none but the most desperate cases could swallow and digest this unpalatable truth.

9.
... none came.   12&12 p.31, Step Two
We prayed for promotions at business, and none came.

10.
None might become selfish of water or ...   12&12 p.131, Tradition One
None might become selfish of water or bread.


11.
... none nearby, you will be invited to ...   BB p.573(575), Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.   Display entire Appendix VI
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.


12.
... none of its members in a position ...   BB p.575, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion, vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that it never perform acts of government, and that, like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and action.

13.
... none of the alcoholics we boarded seemed ...   12&12 p.137, Tradition Two
Although none of the alcoholics we boarded seemed to get sober, some others had.

14.
... none of them gave us trouble; and ...   12&12 p.92, Step Ten
Most of us must admit that we have loved but a few; that we have been quite indifferent to the many so long as none of them gave us trouble; and as for the remainder -- well, we have really disliked or hated them.


15.
... none of them really makes sense in ...   BB p.23, There Is A Solution   Go to page 23 in the Big Book
Sometimes these excuses have a certain plausibility, but none of them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic's drinking bout creates.


16.
... none of these principles had the force ...   BB xix, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Though none of these principles had the force of rules or laws, they had become so widely accepted by 1950 that they were confirmed by our first International Conference held at Cleveland.


17.
... none of us liked the self-searching, the ...   BB p.25, There Is A Solution   Go to page 25 in the Big Book
Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation.


18.
None of us makes a sole vocation ...   BB p.19, There Is A Solution   Go to page 19 in the Big Book
None of us makes a sole vocation of this work, nor do we think its effectiveness would be increased if we did.


19.
... none too promising.   BB p.156, A Vision For You   Go to page 156 in the Big Book
Here was a prospect all right but, by the description, none too promising.

20.
... none which more jealously guards the individual's ...   12&12 p.129, Tradition One
We believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which lavishes more devoted care upon its individual members; surely there is none which more jealously guards the individual's right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.

21.
... none who wish to recover.   12&12 p.189, Tradition Three (Long)
Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover.


22.
... none who wish to recover.   BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover.


23.
... none will really want to stop, and ...   BB p.33, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 33 in the Big Book
We doubt if many of them can do it, because none will really want to stop, and hardly one of them, because of the peculiar mental twist already acquired, will find he can win out.


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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