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1.
... ones.    12&12 p.46,  Step Four
We aren't the guilty ones.

2.
... ones.    12&12 p.119,  Step Twelve
But those cases are the unusual ones.

3.
... ones.    12&12 p.119,  Step Twelve
On the whole these marriages are very good ones.


4.
... ones.    BB p.30,  More About Alcoholism   Go to page 30 in the Big Book
We are like men who have lost their legs; they never grow new ones.


5.
... ones.    BB p.118,  To Wives   Go to page 118 in the Big Book
You and your husband will find that you can dispose of serious problems easier than you can the trivial ones.


6.
... ones.    BB p.140,  To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
Your man has probably been trying to conceal a number of scrapes, perhaps pretty messy ones.


7.
... ones and fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous may ...    BB p.153,  A Vision For You   Go to page 153 in the Big Book
They will approach still other sick ones and fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous may spring up in each city and hamlet, havens for those who must find a way out.

8.
... ones at that.    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.

9.
... ones bedeviled by sick emotions.    12&12 p.78,  Step Eight
Let's remember that alcoholics are not the only ones bedeviled by sick emotions.


10.
... ones have been added, and eleven taken ...    BB xii,  Preface   Display entire Preface
Six of the stories in Part II have been carried over, eleven new ones have been added, and eleven taken out.

11.
... ones, or none at all.    12&12 p.31,  Step Two
We prayed for healthy children, and were presented with sick ones, or none at all.

12.
... ones shouldn't be hard to do.    12&12 p.81,  Step Eight
To put a finger on the nearby and most deeply damaged ones shouldn't be hard to do.

13.
... ones shrilled, "Professionalism!"    12&12 p.168,  Tradition Eight
But the minute we hired them, the ultraconservative and fearful ones shrilled, "Professionalism!"

14.
... ones that call for self-control.    12&12 p.91,  Step Ten
Disagreeable or unexpected problems are not the only ones that call for self-control.


15.
... ones, the new structures will take years ...    BB p.123,  The Family Afterward   Go to page 123 in the Big Book
Though old buildings will eventually be replaced by finer ones, the new structures will take years to complete.


16.
... ones -- these things terrified and distracted us.    BB p.106,  To Wives   Go to page 106 in the Big Book
The alarming physical and mental symptoms, the deepening pall of remorse, depression and inferiority that settled down on our loved ones -- these things terrified and distracted us.

17.
... ones, too.    12&12 p.36,  Step Three
Silently and surely, electricity, that strange energy so few people understand, meets our simplest daily needs, and our most desperate ones, too.

18.
... ones, upon whom we heartily depended, were ...    12&12 p.31,  Step Two
Loved ones, upon whom we heartily depended, were taken from us by so-called acts of God.


19.
... ones were added.    BB xii,  Preface   Display entire Preface
In Part III ("They Lost Nearly All"), eight stories were retained; five new ones were added.

20.
... ones, what would decent people say about ...    12&12 p.140,  Tradition Three
Besides, if we took in those odd ones, what would decent people say about us?

21.
... ones which can sometimes be quite as ...    12&12 p.81,  Step Eight
Let us think of some of the subtler ones which can sometimes be quite as damaging.

22.
... ones who take on the unspectacular but ...    12&12 p.110,  Step Twelve
We can be the ones who take on the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the coffee and cake after the meetings, where so many skeptical, suspicious newcomers have found confidence and comfort in the laughter and talk.


23.
... ones would be themselves once more.    BB p.105,  To Wives   Go to page 105 in the Big Book
Some of us veered from extreme to extreme, ever hoping that one day our loved ones would be themselves once more.


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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