From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... one.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
2.
... one.
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma, sometimes a serious one.
3.
... one.
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
4.
... one.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
And so it is: the beginning of the end of his old life, and the beginning of
his emergence into a new
one.
5.
... one.
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
He is the bewildered one.
6.
... one.
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
7.
... one.
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.
8.
... one.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
And this they did find, in measure to transcend all
the defects of their frail
craft, every test of uncertainty, pain, fear, and despair, and even the death of one.
9.
... One.
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
10.
... one.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
11.
... one?
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
Straightway he appeared at New York's A.A. headquarters, asking,
"Is there anything in our tradition that suggests
I shouldn't take a job like this one?
12.
... one!
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
What a debate we had on that one!
13.
... one.
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.
14.
... one.
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
15.
... one.
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Ten (Long)
16.
... one.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
Here is one.
17.
... one.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
When I returned to the hotel it struck me a highball would be fine before going to bed, so I stepped into the bar and had one.
18.
... one.
BB p.67,
How It Works
We cannot be helpful to all people, but at least God will show us how to take a kindly and tolerant view of each and every one.
19.
... one?
BB p.76,
Into Action
20.
... one.
BB p.79,
Into Action
21.
... one.
BB p.110,
To Wives
22.
... one!
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
The alcoholic's past thus becomes the principal asset of the family and frequently it
is almost the only one!
23.
... one.
BB p.147,
To Employers
24.
... one.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
25.
... one.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
26.
... one.
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
27.
One A.A.
group was given five thousand ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
28.
... one aim
that today animates A.A.'s all ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
This is our gift from God, and
its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe.
29.
... one alcoholic
could affect another as no ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
30.
... one alcoholic
had planted in the mind ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
It was then discovered that when one alcoholic had planted in the mind of another the true nature of his malady, that person could never be the same again.
31.
... one alcoholic
talks with another alcoholic, sharing ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength,
and hope.
32.
... one alcoholic
with another, was vital to ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
33.
... one among
us has been able to ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
34.
... one and
all?
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
If we are now about to ask forgiveness for ourselves, why shouldn't we
start out by forgiving them, one and all?
35.
... one, and
brash as any salesman could ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
36.
... one another.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
37.
... one another,
anyway?
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
38.
... one another
as you find among our ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
There are the same fast friendships, there is the same helpfulness to one another as you find among our western friends.
39.
... one another,
for they knew he had ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
40.
... one another
off in the name of ...
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
How we loved to shout the damaging fact that millions of the 'good men of religion' were still killing one another off in the name of God.
41.
... one another
or anybody else is not ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Let us reemphasize that
this reluctance to fight one another or anybody else is not counted as some special virtue which makes us feel superior to other people.
42.
... one another,
"Perhaps it would be a ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
They say to one another, "Perhaps it would
be a good idea if we continue to keep a firm hand on A.A. in this town.
43.
... one another,
there would be 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.
44.
... one another;
they sought to find whatever ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
The doctors weren't trying to find how different we were from one
another; they sought to
find whatever personality traits, if
any, this group of alcoholics had in common.
45.
... one another,
"will that guy get drunk?"
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
46.
... one arm
around the shoulder of religion ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
With one arm around the shoulder of religion and the other around the shoulder of medicine, we'd resolve
their differences.
47.
... one awakens
to Eternal Life.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
48.
... one bottle
of beer the next morning.
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
He came and got me home and to bed, gave me a few drinks that night, and one bottle of beer the next morning.
49.
... one, but
I would not exchange its ...
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.
50.
... one by
first showing him that his ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
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.
51.
... one can
make much of his life ...
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.
52.
... one can
take in order to make ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
So Step Six -- "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character" --
is A.A.'s way of stating the best possible attitude one can take in order to make a beginning on this lifetime job.
53.
... one careless,
inconsiderate remark has been known ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
Members of a family
should watch such matters carefully, for
one careless, inconsiderate remark
has been known to raise the
very devil.
54.
... one chap
on the third floor who ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
55.
... one's conduct,
issues no orders.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
56.
... one consideration
which should qualify our desire ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
There can only be one consideration which should qualify our desire for a complete disclosure of
the damage we have done.
57.
... one could
guess that I was to ...
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.
58.
... one could
wish to meet.
BB xxxii(xxx),
The Doctor's Opinion
59.
... one country,
les Douze Etapes in another, ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
The Twelve Steps that summarize the program may
be called los Doce Pasos in one country, les Douze Etapes in another, but they
trace exactly the same path to recovery that was blazed by
the earliest members of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
60.
... one day
accomplish this, but it hasn't ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
61.
... one day
become rich.
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
If outside donations
weren't declined, absolutely cut off, then the
Foundation would one day become rich.
62.
... one day
give way before some trivial ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
They had said that though I
did raise a defense, it
would one day give way before some trivial reason for having a drink.
63.
One day
he told me about an ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
One day he told me about an executive
of the same bank who, from his
description, was undoubtedly alcoholic.
64.
... one day,
I felt I'd better do ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
65.
One day
I walked into a cafe ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
66.
"One day
I was doing a Twelfth ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
67.
One day
I went to Washington to ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
68.
One day
my secretary came in saying ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
69.
... one day
our loved ones would be ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
Some of us veered from extreme to extreme, ever hoping that one day our loved ones would be themselves once more.
70.
... one day
our name will be exploited ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Perhaps the fear will always lurk in every A.A. heart that one day our name will be exploited by somebody
for real cash.
71.
... one day
recognize Alcoholics Anonymous to have ...
BB p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to
that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma associated with
this condition is being
blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous
to have been a great venture in social pioneering which forged a
new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad
other ills of mankind."
72.
One day
they called up the head ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
73.
One day
we were told that he ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
74.
... one day
would turn in its flight ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
Out of this alloy of drink and speculation, I
commenced to forge the
weapon that one day would turn in its flight like a boomerang and all but
cut me to ribbons.
75.
... one decides
for himself in the light ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
This should be an entirely personal affair which each one decides for himself in the
light of past associations, or his present choice.
76.
... one's defects
to another person is, of ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
77.
... one devoted
secretary and myself.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
78.
... one did.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
79.
One dismal
afternoon he paced a hotel ...
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
80.
... one does
not necessarily have to drink ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
To be gravely affected,
one does not necessarily have to drink
a long time nor take the quantities some of us have.
81.
... one does
not needlessly name a person ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
82.
One dramatic
experience after another clinched this ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
One dramatic experience after another clinched this determination until it
became our universal tradition.
83.
... one drink.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
84.
... one drink?
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If hundreds of experiences have shown
him that one drink means another debacle with all its attendant suffering and
humiliation, why is it
he takes that one drink?
85.
... one drink
means another debacle with all ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If hundreds of experiences have shown
him that one drink means another debacle with all its attendant suffering and
humiliation, why is it
he takes that one drink?
86.
... one drinker
in a thousand likes to ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
We would not even do the cause of temperate drinking any good, for not one drinker in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by
one who hates it.
87.
One --
Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition One (Long)
88.
... one element
in the powerful cement which ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
The feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us.
89.
... one else.
BB p.73,
Into Action
90.
... one else
can.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
91.
... one else
could or would.
BB p.105,
To Wives
92.
... 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.
93.
... one else
will be prejudiced for as ...
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.
94.
... one end
of the room stood a ...
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
95.
... one ever
had, that in the future ...
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.
96.
... one, failing
to meet life's responsibilities with ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
97.
... one's family
expresses a desire to live ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
Unless one's family expresses a desire to live upon spiritual principles we think we ought not to urge them.
98.
One feels
that something more than human ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
99.
... one's fellows
... the 'herd instinct.'
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Dr. Foster Kennedy, neurologist:
"This organization of Alcoholics Anonymous
calls on two of the greatest reservoirs of
power known to man, religion and that instinct for association with one's fellows ... the 'herd instinct.'
100.
... one finds.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
101.
... one for
the sake of the many?"
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
102.
... one form
or another we had been ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
103.
... one-fourth of
the membership; among newer members, ...
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.
104.
... one from
another.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
105.
... one from
putting his hand on a ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
There is a complete failure of the kind of defense that keeps one from putting his hand on a hot stove.
106.
... one gets
his entire supply away from ...
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.
107.
... one goal,
they might have found the ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
Had they been left to themselves, and had they stuck to their one goal, they might have found the
rest of the answer.
108.
... one God,
with hearts and minds attuned ...
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.
109.
One good
look in the mirror ought ...
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
110.
... one great
big happy family.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Maybe this sounds as though the alcoholics in
A.A. had suddenly gone peaceable, and become one great big happy family.
111.
... one half
the zeal you have been ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It never fails, if you go about it with one half the zeal you have been in
the habit of showing when
you were getting another
drink.
112.
... one-half years
of abstinence.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Unlike most of our crowd, I
did not get over my craving for liquor much during the first two and one-half years of abstinence.
113.
... one's happiness
uppermost in mind.
BB p.82,
Into Action
114.
... one has
something in common with all ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
115.
... one having
a vast potential for the ...
BB p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to
that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma associated with
this condition is being
blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous
to have been a great venture in social pioneering which forged a
new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad
other ills of mankind."
116.
... one he
likes his fellows to see.
BB p.73,
Into Action
117.
... one high
mission -- to carry the A.A. ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
Under these compulsions of self-preservation, duty, and
love, it is not strange
that our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission -- to carry the A.A. message to those who don't know there's a
way out.
118.
... one hundred.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
119.
... one hundred
men and women who have ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than
one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.
120.
... one hundred
others appear to have recovered.
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
121.
... one hundred
thousand(*) alcoholic men and women ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
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.
122.
... one idea,
and that was sobriety.
12&12 p.154,
Tradition Five
Years later, this tough Irish customer liked to say, "My sponsor sold me one idea, and that was sobriety.
123.
... one idea
that wasn't so salable.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
124.
... one in
a family, to be a ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
We have not once sought to
be one in a family, to be a
friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society.
125.
... one in
the pages of this book ...
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.
126.
One instance
comes to mind in which ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
One instance comes to mind in which a malicious individual
was always making friendly little jokes about an alcoholic's
drinking exploits.
127.
... one institution
after another.
BB p.110,
To Wives
128.
... one is
angry or hurt.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
129.
... one is
forgiven.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
130.
... One is
God.
BB p.59,
How It Works
131.
... one is
likely to have fixed ideas ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
The alcoholic, his wife,
his children, his "in-laws", each one is likely to have fixed ideas about the family's attitude towards himself or herself.
132.
... one is
so situated that there is ...
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.
133.
... one is
too discredited or has sunk ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
134.
... one is
willing to turn the past ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
135.
... one I've
suggested, you'll be sure to ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
If you don't care for the one
I've suggested, you'll be sure to discover one that suits if only you look and listen.
136.
... one key,
and it is called willingness.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
137.
... one man.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
138.
One man
and his wife placed their ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
139.
... one man's
opinion based on his own ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
140.
... one man,
or even a first-rater in ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
In later life he finds that real happiness is not to be found in just trying to be a number one man, or even a first-rater in the heartbreaking struggle for money, romance, or self-importance.
141.
... one man
with this book in your ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
142.
... one may
often see from 50 to ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
143.
... one member
of the family and neglect ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
144.
... one member
of the family demands that ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
We find the more one member of the family demands that the others concede to him, the
more resentful they become.
145.
... one member
who has spent much of ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
Among many employers nowadays, we
think of one member who has spent much of his life in the world of big business.
146.
... one might
procure a pint if he ...
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.
147.
... one might
say, to drink.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
148.
... one more
attempt -- and one more failure.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
149.
... one more
chance.
BB p.136,
To Employers
150.
... one more
failure.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
151.
... one more
journey to the asylum for ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
152.
... one more
strike would put us out ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
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.
153.
One more
suggestion: Whether the family has ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
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.
154.
... one more
was added to the Fellowship.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
155.
... one morning
at the office, I paced ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
Looking at this avalanche of mail one morning at the office, I paced up and down ranting how irresponsible and tightwad my fellow members were.
156.
One morning
he took the bull by ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
One morning he took the bull by the horns and set out to tell those he feared what his trouble had been.
157.
... one much
better.
BB p.120,
To Wives
158.
... one need
have difficulty with the spirituality ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
159.
... one needed
to get on with the ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
True, most of us thought good character was desirable, but obviously good character was something
one needed to get on with the business of being self-satisfied.
160.
One new
story has been added to ...
BB xii,
Preface
One new story has been added to Part I, and two that originally appeared in
Part III have been repositioned there; six stories have been deleted.
161.
... one night
a week for a meeting ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
In addition to these casual get-togethers, it became customary to set apart one night a week for a meeting to be attended by
anyone or everyone interested in a spiritual way of life.
162.
One night
in 1948, the trustees of ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
163.
One night,
when confined in a hospital, ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
One night, when confined in a hospital,
he was approached by an alcoholic who had known a
spiritual experience.
164.
One object
is to disclose damaged or ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
One object is to disclose damaged or unsalable goods, to get rid of them promptly and without regret.
165.
... one obstacle
after another melts away.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
But if a willing start is
made, then the great advantages of doing this
will so quickly reveal themselves that
the pain will be lessened as one obstacle after another melts away.
166.
... one of
a fellowship who, as part ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
You should be described to him as one of a fellowship who, as part of their own recovery, try to help others and who will be glad to talk to him if he cares to see you.
167.
... one of
a hundred alibis.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
If you ask him why he started on that last bender, the chances are he
will offer you any one of a hundred alibis.
168.
... one of
A.A.'s greatest friends.
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
169.
... one of
bitterness or hostility.
BB p.103,
Working With Others
Some day we hope that Alcoholics Anonymous
will help the public to a better realization of the gravity of the alcoholic
problem, but we shall be
of little use if our attitude is one of bitterness or hostility.
170.
... one, of
course.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
171.
... one of
enthusiasm.
BB p.114,
To Wives
172.
... one of
four categories:
BB p.108,
To Wives
173.
... one of
his patients.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
174.
One of
its first fruits is emotional ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
175.
... one of
man's magnificent attributes.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
176.
... one of
my experiences.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
177.
... one of
my friends began to speak.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
178.
... one of
my prospects for a car.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
179.
... one of
our crowd now shows any ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
180.
One of
our Fellowship failed entirely with ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
181.
... one of
our friends.
BB p.80,
Into Action
182.
... One of
our friends is a heavy ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
183.
... one of
our number made a journey ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
184.
... one of
our number was a patient ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
185.
... one of
our own family, but we ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
It may be one of our own family, but we cannot disclose anything to our
wives or our parents which
will hurt them and make them unhappy.
186.
... one of
resentment that love and loyalty ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
Another feeling we are
very likely to entertain is one of resentment that love and loyalty could not cure our husbands of alcoholism.
187.
... one of
the best colleges in the ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
After high school came four years in one of the best colleges in the country
where drinking seemed to
be a major extra-curricular activity.
188.
... one of
the best organizers I have ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
I had been obliged to discharge him for drinking, though he was brilliant, alert, and one of the best organizers I have ever known.
189.
... one of
the best salesmen I ever ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
190.
... one of
the clubs of which I ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I would sometimes hide out in one of the clubs of which I was a member,
and had the habit at times
of registering at a hotel under a fictitious name.
191.
... one of
the drinking societies, and soon ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
On account of my enormous capacity for beer, I was elected to membership in one of the drinking societies, and
soon became one of the leading spirits.
192.
... one of
the facts of A.A. life.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
193.
... one of
the finals I was too ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
194.
... one of
the finest fellows in the ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
195.
One of
the first members of A.A., ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
One of the first members of A.A., entirely contrary to his
own desires, was obliged to conform to group opinion.
196.
... one of
the forty-two personal stories and ...
BB xii,
Preface
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."
197.
... one of
the friends said, "Put him ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
198.
... one of
the greatest assets that our ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
199.
... one of
the greatest credits of all.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
Even when we have tried hard and failed, we may chalk that up as one of the greatest credits of all.
200.
... one of
the greatest friends our Fellowship ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
In this prodigy of service, he was well assisted by Sister Ignatia at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio, one of the greatest friends our Fellowship
will ever know.
201.
... one of
the greatest rewards of meditation ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is
the sense of belonging
that comes to us.
202.
... one of
the largest banking institutions in ...
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.
203.
... one of
the largest universities in the ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My next move was to take up the study of medicine, entering one of the largest universities
in the country.
204.
... one of
the leading contributors to this ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Many years ago one of the leading contributors
to this book came under our care in this hospital and while here he acquired some ideas which he put into practical application
at once.
205.
... one of
the leading spirits.
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
On account of my enormous capacity for beer, I was elected to membership in one of the drinking societies, and
soon became one of the leading spirits.
206.
... one of
the local sanitariums.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
By this time I was beginning to pay very dearly physically and, in hope of
relief, voluntarily
incarcerated myself
at least a dozen times in one of the local sanitariums.
207.
One of
the many doctors who had ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
One of the many doctors who had the opportunity of reading
this book in manuscript
form told us that the use of sweets was often helpful, of course depending upon a doctor's advice.
208.
... one of
the most difficult, has to ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
209.
... one of
the most trusted citizens of ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
210.
... one of
the older members of Alcoholics ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
The American Psychiatric Association requested, in 1949, that a
paper be prepared by
one of the older members of Alcoholics Anonymous to be read at the
Association's annual
meeting of that year.
211.
... one of
the oldest hospitals in the ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
I say this after many years' experience as Medical Director of one of the oldest hospitals in the country treating alcoholic and drug addiction.
212.
... one of
the three spoke in a ...
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
213.
... one of
the visitors, "We're giving you ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
214.
... one of
their trade associations, the question ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
215.
... one of
them.
BB p.112,
To Wives
216.
... one of
them, because of the peculiar ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
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.
217.
... one of
them had been hired to ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
218.
... one of
them has gained access to, ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
219.
... one of
them may be promptly eliminated ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
220.
... one of
them this qualification: "...if it ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Even so, when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification: "...if it be Thy will."
221.
... one of
them too; I must have ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this thing."
222.
... one of
these groups, knocked on the ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
223.
One of
these men, staff member of ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
One of these men, staff member of a world-renowned hospital, recently made this statement to some
of us: "What you say about the general hopelessness
of the average alcoholic's plight is, in
my opinion, correct.
224.
... one of
these there is a well-known ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
225.
... one of
these was retitled; new versions ...
BB xi,
Preface
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with
new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.
226.
... one of
this type you may feel ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
227.
... one of
those about us.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
228.
... one of
those days of inferno, I ...
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
229.
... one of
those insanely trivial excuses to ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
In a weak moment he may take your dislike of his high-stepping friends as one of those insanely trivial excuses to drink.
230.
... one of
those persons who really feels ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
His wife is one of those persons who really feels there is something rather sinful about these commodities, so she nagged, and her intolerance finally threw him into a fit of anger.
231.
... one of
two directions.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
232.
... one of
us?
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
How then shall we help our readers determine, to
their own satisfaction,
whether they are one of us?
233.
... one of
us.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
To us it is not far-fetched,
for this kind of thinking
has been characteristic of every single one of us.
234.
... one of
us had been an irrepressible ...
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.
235.
... one of
us had wished to do ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
236.
... one of
us is that we have ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
237.
... one of
us sense more deeply the ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more deeply the inner meaning of A.A.'s simple prayer:
238.
... one of
us works out in his ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
Aided by such instruction and example
as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure,
something which each
one of us works out in his own way.
239.
... one" offender.
BB p.64,
How It Works
240.
... one oldtimer
recently declared, "Practically never have ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
It could almost be said that
we were born with it, for, as one oldtimer recently declared, "Practically never have I
heard a heated religious, political,
or reform argument among A.A. members.
241.
... one or
many, it is still Twelfth ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
242.
... one other
personal history from the first ...
BB xi,
Preface
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with
new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.
243.
... one ought
to be cured of his ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We say to ourselves, "This
one ought to be cured of his fatal malady," or "That one ought to be relieved of his
emotional pain," and we
pray for these specific things.
244.
... one ought
to be relieved of his ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We say to ourselves, "This
one ought to be cured of his fatal malady," or "That one ought to be relieved of his
emotional pain," and we
pray for these specific things.
245.
... one ought
to say the A.A. program ...
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.
246.
One --
Our common welfare should come first; ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
247.
... one's own
ideas about the alcohol problem ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Already a willingness has been achieved to cast out one's own will and one's own ideas about the alcohol problem in favor of those suggested by A.A.
248.
... one's own
will and one's own ideas ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Already a willingness has been achieved to cast out one's own will and one's own ideas about the alcohol problem in favor of those suggested by A.A.
249.
... one people
to cover up our deep-lying ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
250.
... one period,
the status of these faithful ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
251.
... one, permeates
human affairs from top to ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
This odd trait of mind and emotion, this perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one, permeates human affairs from top to bottom.
252.
... one place
you may require all you've ...
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.
253.
... one point,
about a hundred of our ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
254.
... one point:
that there is plenty wrong ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
But all who are in the least reasonable will agree upon one point: that there is plenty wrong with us alcoholics about which plenty will have to be done if we are to expect sobriety, progress, and
any real ability to cope with life.
255.
One poor
chap committed suicide in my ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
256.
... one's priest,
minister, or rabbi.
BB p.87,
Into Action
257.
... one primary
purpose -- that of carrying its ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Five (Long)
Five -- Each Alcoholics Anonymous
group ought to be a spiritual entity having
but one primary purpose -- that of carrying its message to the alcoholic
who still suffers.
258.
... one primary
purpose -- that of carrying its ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
5. Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose -- that of
carrying its message to the alcoholic
who still suffers.
259.
... one primary
purpose -- to carry its message ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
"Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers."
260.
... one primary
purpose -- to carry its message ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Five -- Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic
who still suffers.
261.
... one prodigious
squabble than anything else, at ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Before we leveled off a
bit, A.A. looked more like one prodigious squabble
than anything else, at least on the surface.
262.
... one proposition,
however, these men and women ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
263.
... one provocation
or another, the aggrieved one ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
Then, under one provocation or another,
the aggrieved one would
unearth the old affair and angrily cast its ashes about.
264.
... one publicly
got drunk, or was lured ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
If even one publicly got drunk, or was lured into using A.A.'s name for his own purposes, the damage might
be irreparable.
265.
... 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.
266.
... one reason
or another.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
267.
... one reason
or another, they cover these ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
So, for one reason or another, they cover these men, hoping matters will take a turn for the better.
268.
... one reason
we loved alcohol too well.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
269.
... one, recovered
immediately and became A.A. number ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
270.
... One requires
an admission that our lives ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Since Step One requires an admission
that our lives have become
unmanageable, how could people such as these take this Step?
271.
... one rules
and regulations were adopted.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
272.
... one sanitarium
to another.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
273.
... one Saturday
afternoon saying she wanted me ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
About this time a lady called up my wife one Saturday afternoon saying she wanted me to come over that evening to meet a friend of hers who might help me.
274.
One school
would allow man no flavor ...
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.
275.
... one sees
upon the well-to-do.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
276.
One set
of voices cry that sex ...
BB p.68,
How It Works
277.
... one short
question.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
278.
... one should
be practiced.
BB p.112,
To Wives
279.
... one should
have faith.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.
280.
... One showed
us an amazing paradox: We ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
Step One showed us an amazing paradox: We found that we
were totally unable to be
rid of the alcohol obsession until we first admitted that we were
powerless over it.
281.
... one side,
and a completely new set ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Ideas, emotions, and attitudes which were once
the guiding forces of the
lives of these men are suddenly cast to one side, and a completely new set of conceptions and motives begin to dominate them.
282.
... one single
case recover, where that state ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
I have never seen one single case recover, where that state of mind existed to the extent that
it does in you."
283.
... one situation
is to deny some other ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
To spend too much time on any one situation is to deny some other alcoholic an opportunity to live and be
happy.
284.
... one's sponsor,
but not necessarily so.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
285.
... one symptom
in common: they cannot start ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
All these, and many others,
have one symptom in common: they cannot start drinking without developing the phenomenon of craving.
286.
... one tell
him he must abide by ...
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.
287.
... one-tenth of
A.A.'s were thirty and under.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism (Note)
288.
... one that
is a classic.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
289.
... one that
suits if only you look ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
If you don't care for the one
I've suggested, you'll be sure to discover one that suits if only you look and listen.
290.
... one thing
supremely well than many badly.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
291.
... one thing,
we shall get rid of ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
292.
... 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.
293.
... one thousand
of us and our families.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
294.
... one-time agnostics
who still cling to the ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
To certain newcomers
and to those one-time agnostics who still cling to the A.A. group as their higher power, claims for the power of prayer may, despite all the
logic and experience in
proof of it, still be unconvincing or quite objectionable.
295.
... one time
assistant manager of a corporation ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
296.
... one-time good
characters will be revived the ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
297.
... one time,"
he says, "every A.A. group ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
298.
... one-time vice-president
of the American Atheist Society, ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
So did a friend of mine who
was a one-time vice-president of the American Atheist Society, but he got through with room to spare."
299.
... one to
the other.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
300.
... one to
whom we are making amends.
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
That will arise in the occasional situation
where to make a full revelation would seriously harm the one to whom we are making amends.
301.
... one ultimate
authority -- a loving God as ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
"For our group purpose
there is but one ultimate
authority -- a loving
God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
302.
... one ultimate
authority -- a loving God as ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Two (Long)
Two -- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a
loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
303.
... one ultimate
authority -- a loving God as ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Two -- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a
loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
304.
... one ultimate
authority -- a loving God as ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
2. For our group purpose
there is but one ultimate
authority -- a loving
God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
305.
One unkind
tirade or one willful snap ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
One unkind tirade or one willful snap judgment can ruin our relation with another person for a whole day, or maybe a whole year.
306.
One voice
says, "I read a piece ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
One voice says, "I read a piece in the newspapers..."; another,
"We heard a radio program..."; and still another, "We saw a moving picture..." or "We saw something about A.A. on television...."
307.
... one wants
to be agonized by the ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
308.
... one wants
to be angry enough to ...
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.
309.
... one wants
to be so proud that ...
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.
310.
... one was
all smelled up with beer ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It then occurred to me that after one was all smelled up with beer nobody could tell what had been drunk, so I
began to fortify my beer with straight alcohol.
311.
... one, was
felt at once.
BB p.63,
How It Works
This was only a beginning, though if honestly and humbly made, an effect, sometimes a very great one, was felt at once.
312.
One was
the fear of not sleeping, ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
313.
... one was
to come to them.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
314.
... One was
to go on to the ...
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.
315.
... one way
by which faith can be ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
316.
... one way
or another, he had hitherto ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
In a very real sense he has been transformed, because he
has laid hold of a source of strength which,
in one way or another, he had hitherto
denied himself.
317.
... one way
or another, we discovered that ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
318.
... one-way street.
BB p.81,
Into Action
319.
... one we
can surely trust.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
320.
... one we
take at day's end, when ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
321.
... one western
city and its environs there ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
322.
... One, where
we made the 100 percent ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were
powerless over alcohol, can be practiced
with absolute perfection.
323.
... one who
can make the decision to ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
324.
... one who
feels he is an atheist ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
To one who feels he is an atheist or agnostic such an experience seems impossible, but to
continue as he is means
disaster, especially
if he is an alcoholic of the hopeless variety.
325.
... One who
has all power -- that One ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
326.
... one who
has labored long and wearily ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The unselfishness of these men as we have come to know them, the entire absence of profit motive, and their community spirit, is indeed inspiring to one who has labored long and wearily in this alcoholic field.
327.
... one who
hates it.
BB p.103,
Working With Others
We would not even do the cause of temperate drinking any good, for not one drinker in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by
one who hates it.
328.
... one who
is even blinder than he.
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
Even the newest of newcomers finds undreamed rewards as he
tries to help his brother alcoholic, the
one who is even blinder than he.
329.
... one who
is just as surely convinced ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
The bleeding deacon is
one who is just as surely convinced that the
group cannot get along without him, who constantly connives for
reelection to office,
and who continues to be consumed with self-pity.
330.
... one who
might misunderstand.
BB p.63,
How It Works
331.
... one who
says he won't believe -- the ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
332.
... one who
sees the wisdom of the ...
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.
333.
... one's will
and life over to a ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
334.
... one will
consider these self-revealing accounts in ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
335.
... one willful
snap judgment can ruin our ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
One unkind tirade or one willful snap judgment can ruin our relation with another person for a whole day, or maybe a whole year.
336.
... one wishes
to try, exactly how can ...
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?
337.
... one with
God and man, this emerging ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
This feeling of being at
one with God and man, this emerging from isolation through the open and honest sharing of our terrible burden of guilt, brings us to a resting place where we may prepare ourselves for the following Steps toward a full and meaningful sobriety.
338.
... one with
whom you share your first ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to confide
and your full confidence
in the one with whom you share your first accurate self-survey.
339.
... one would
unearth the old affair and ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
Then, under one provocation or another,
the aggrieved one would
unearth the old affair and angrily cast its ashes about.
340.
... one year.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
If anyone questions whether he has entered this
dangerous area, let him try leaving liquor alone for one year.
341.
One year
later he called to see ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
342.
... one year
prior to this experience a ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
343.
One: Your
husband may be only a ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
344.
... one, your
junior executives might be provided ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
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