From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... out."
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
"Sought through prayer and meditation to
improve our conscious
contact with God as we understood Him, praying
only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."
2.
... out."
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
And we think that the whole
range of our needs is well defined by that part of Step Eleven which says: "...knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that
out."
3.
... out.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
We ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of
His will that we can have for that day, and that we be given the grace by which we may carry it
out.
4.
... out?
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
How do they come out?
5.
... out.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
6.
... out.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
7.
... out.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
8.
... out.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
9.
... out.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
So beggars, tramps, asylum inmates, prisoners, queers, plain crackpots, and fallen women were definitely out.
10.
... out."
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
11.
... out.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
12.
... out.
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.
13.
... out.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
14.
... out.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Volunteer committeemen and assistants could be of great help, but they could not
be expected to carry this
load day in and day out.
15.
... out."
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Groups have tried to expel members, but the banished have come back to sit in the meeting place, saying, "This is life for us;
you can't keep us out."
16.
... out.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
17.
... out.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
I have seen hundreds of families set their feet in the path that really goes somewhere; have seen the
most impossible domestic situations righted; feuds and bitterness of all sorts wiped out.
18.
... out.
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.
19.
... out.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
20.
... out.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
21.
... out.
BB p.59,
How It Works
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve
our conscious contact
with God as we understood
Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that
out.
22.
... out.
BB p.72,
Into Action
23.
... out.
BB p.120,
To Wives
You, as well as your husband, ought to think of what you can put into life instead of how much you can take out.
24.
... out.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
25.
... out.
BB p.137,
To Employers
26.
... out.
BB p.147,
To Employers
27.
... out.(*)
BB p.150,
To Employers
28.
... out.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
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.
29.
... out.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
The two friends spoke of their spiritual experience and told him
about the course of action
they carried out.
30.
... out!
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This worked nicely until my wife and I went to see Wallace Beery in "Tugboat Annie," after which the pant-leg and stocking racket were out!
31.
... out.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It was the day before Mother's Day and I had come home plastered, carrying a big potted plant which I set down on the table and forthwith went upstairs and passed out.
32.
... out.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
33.
... out.
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
34.
... out.
BB xii,
Preface
Six of the stories in Part II have been carried over, eleven new ones have been added, and eleven taken out.
35.
... out a
dime, which clinked thinly as ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
36.
... out a
little more insurance for myself ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.
37.
... out about
alcoholism.
BB p.112,
To Wives
38.
... out about
his alcoholism.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
39.
... out against
the idea of personal powerlessness.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
40.
... out all
else:
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
41.
... out all
you can about him.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
42.
... out and
built anew on bedrock.
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure
at life; that unless he is
now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst
of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the
faulty foundation of
his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
43.
... out and
couldn't be relighted.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
44.
... out and
urge more attention for yourself.
BB p.119,
To Wives
45.
... out, and
who wish to share our ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
We have been talking about problems because we are problem people who have found a way up and out, and who wish to share our knowledge of that way with
all who can use it.
46.
... out another
alcoholic and try again.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
47.
... out any
punishment.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Neither its General Service Conference, its Foundation Board,(*) nor the humblest group committee can issue a single directive to an A.A. member and make it stick, let alone mete out any punishment.
48.
... out as
an evangelist or reformer.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
49.
... out, as
it certainly will, "Yes, respecting ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
But suppose that instinct still cries out, as it certainly will, "Yes, respecting alcohol, I guess I have to be
dependent upon A.A., but in all other matters I must still maintain my independence.
50.
... out as
they witness so much domestic ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
At first many of these feel lonely, hurt, and left out as they witness so much domestic happiness about them.
51.
... out because
God deserted us.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
More often, though, we had met up with some major calamity, and to our way of thinking lost out because God deserted us.
52.
... out because
I would surely get tight, ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
We could not be invited out
because I would surely get tight, and my wife dared not invite people in for the same reason.
53.
... out by
forgiving them, 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?
54.
... out by
worldly clamors, mostly those within ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
But soon the sense of His presence had been blotted
out by worldly clamors, mostly those within myself.
55.
Out came
his carpet slippers and a ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
56.
... out deliberately
to get drunk, feeling ourselves ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
In some circumstances we have gone out deliberately to get drunk, feeling ourselves justified by
nervousness, anger, worry, depression, jealousy or the like.
57.
... out door
panels, smashed treasured crockery, and ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
They struck the children, kicked out door panels, smashed treasured crockery, and
ripped the keys out of pianos.
58.
... out for
blasphemy?
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
Nowadays, when oldtimers who know Ed foregather, they exclaim, "What if we had actually succeeded in throwing Ed out for blasphemy?
59.
... out, for
he had earnestly tried many ...
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.
60.
... out for
our arrest.
BB p.79,
Into Action
61.
... out for
posts of greater responsibility and ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
When by devoted service
to family, friends, business, or community
we attract widespread
affection and are sometimes singled out for posts of greater responsibility and trust, we try to be humbly grateful and exert ourselves the more in a spirit of love and service.
62.
... out from
here, to do your bidding.
BB p.76,
Into Action
63.
... out from
my home town who managed ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Finally my father had to
send a doctor out from my home town who managed to get me back there in some way, and I was in bed about two months before I could venture out of the house.
64.
... out from
ourselves toward others and toward ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
The Seventh Step is where
we make the change in our attitude which permits us,
with humility as our guide, to move out from ourselves toward others and toward God.
65.
... out from
under.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
66.
... "Out he
goes!"
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
A great wave of outraged resentment engulfed the meeting, sweeping every member to a single resolve: "Out he goes!"
67.
... out he
races in front of a ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
68.
... out ...
Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics ...
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."
69.
... out how
he is falling down on ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
70.
... out, however,
that you'll choose someone else ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
It may turn out, however, that
you'll choose someone else for the more difficult and deeper revelations.
71.
... out: "If
there is a God, He ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
Our friend's gorge rose as he bitterly cried out: "If there is a God, He certainly hasn't done anything for me!"
72.
... out if
we didn't pay up.
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
73.
... out in
confusing the ends with the ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
74.
... out in
his own way.
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.
75.
... out in
one of the clubs of ...
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.
76.
... out in
the afternoon, I would get ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
If my wife was planning to
go out in the afternoon, I would get a large supply of liquor and smuggle it home and hide it in the coal bin, the clothes chute, over door jambs, over beams in the cellar, and in cracks in the cellar tile.
77.
... out in
welcome.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
78.
... out, included
many persons of local, national, ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
79.
... out into
the sun.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
80.
... out later
that my wife inspected it ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
81.
... out, "Look
what you people have done ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
82.
... out looking
over factories and managements, but ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
I failed to persuade my
broker friends to send me out looking over factories and managements, but my wife
and I decided to go anyway.
83.
... out mentally
and physically.
BB p.64,
How It Works
84.
... out 'No,
never!'"
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
85.
... out, not
only to more and more ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
Surveys of groups in the
United States and Canada indicate that A.A. is reaching out, not only to more and more people, but to a wider and wider range.
86.
... out notices
of meetings.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
The secretary sees that
literature is on the table, looks after the phone-answering service, answers the mail, and sends out notices of meetings.
87.
... out of
A.A."
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Caretakers who swept floors, cooks who fried hamburgers, secretaries in offices,
authors writing books -- all these we have seen
hotly assailed because they were, as their critics angrily remarked, "making money out of A.A."
88.
... out of
A.A."
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
89.
... out of
A.A.!"
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
90.
... out of
an alcoholic.
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.
91.
... out of
anyone.
BB p.83,
Into Action
92.
... out of
asylums and resume a vital ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
I have seen men come out of asylums and resume a vital place in the lives of their families and
communities.
93.
... out of
bed to his knees.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
94.
... out of
bitter experience.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it
has been revealed to us out of bitter experience.
95.
... out of
bottles.
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
When such thoughts break in, we might recall, a
little ruefully, how much store we used to set by imagination as it tried
to create reality out of bottles.
96.
... out of
control, that our drinking even ...
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.
97.
... out of
countenance.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
98.
... out of
every season of grief or ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when
the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered,
and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."
99.
... out of
existing groups, were referred to ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
100.
... out of
eyes which were slits in ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
101.
... out of
hand and we became alcoholics.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
We thought "conditions" drove us to drink, and when we tried to correct these conditions
and found that we couldn't to our entire satisfaction,
our drinking went out of hand and we became alcoholics.
102.
... out of
hand when drinking.
BB p.109,
To Wives
103.
... out of
his cyclone cellar to find ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
104.
... out of
his head.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
105.
... out of
his office.
BB p.78,
Into Action
106.
... out of
his till with amused skepticism.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
107.
... out of
ignorance of alcoholism.
BB p.107,
To Wives
108.
... out of
it.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
109.
... out of
it?'
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
110.
... out of
jobs, family, and friends will ...
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
But all alcoholics who have drunk themselves out of jobs, family, and friends will need to cross-examine themselves ruthlessly
to determine how their own
personality defects
have thus demolished
their security.
111.
... out of
joint, man's natural desires cause ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
When thus out of joint, man's natural desires cause him great trouble, practically
all the trouble there is.
112.
... out of
liquor.
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
113.
... out of
liquor.
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Not being a man of means, I knew that if I did not
stay sober enough to earn money, I would run out of liquor.
114.
... out of
me."
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
115.
... out of
mind we've been dependent upon ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
116.
... out of
my brain, I decided that ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
When I got the fog out of my brain, I decided that quitting school was very foolish and that I had better return and continue my work.
117.
... out of
my friends.
12&12 p.138,
Tradition Two
118.
... out of
my mouth than he pounced.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
119.
... out of
nothing, meaning nothing, whirling on ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Could we still say the whole thing was nothing but a mass of electrons, created out of nothing, meaning nothing, whirling on to a destiny
of nothingness?
120.
... out of
nothing, means nothing, and proceeds ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
Were our contentions true, it would follow that life originated out of nothing, means nothing, and proceeds nowhere.
121.
... out of
our effort to live on ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves.
122.
... out of
our experience.
BB p.70,
How It Works
123.
... out of
our lives.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
124.
... out of
our minds the wrongs others ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
125.
... out of
our way to understand and ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
With those we dislike we
can begin to practice justice and courtesy, perhaps going out of our way to understand and help them.
126.
... out of
ourselves.
BB p.70,
How It Works
127.
... out of
ourselves, and the alcoholic is ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme
example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so.
128.
... out of
painful ego-puncturing.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
Our eyes begin to open to the immense values which have come straight out of painful ego-puncturing.
129.
... out of
pianos.
BB p.106,
To Wives
They struck the children, kicked out door panels, smashed treasured crockery, and
ripped the keys out of pianos.
130.
... out of
public controversy.
12&12 p.179,
Tradition Ten
As we surveyed the wreck
of that movement, early
A.A. members resolved to keep our Society out of public controversy.
131.
... out of
reach.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Without a searching
and fearless moral inventory, most of us have found that the faith which really works in daily living is still out of reach.
132.
... out of
reach.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
133.
... out of
skipping in front of fast-moving ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
134.
... out of
such a matter when his ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
She sees she was wrong to make a burning issue out of such a matter when his more serious ailments were being rapidly cured.
135.
... out of
such misery, bad repute and ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
136.
... out of
ten men drink their heads ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
I pointed out that I had
had nothing to drink whatever for three years, and this in the face of
difficulties that would have made nine out of ten men
drink their heads off.
137.
... out of
ten the unexpected happens.
BB p.78,
Into Action
138.
... out of
the Bible -- a voice kept ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
In fact, it came right out of the Bible -- a voice kept saying to me, 'The laborer is worthy of his hire.'
139.
... out of
the first discussion.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
140.
... out of
the game forever, we had ...
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.
141.
... out of
the house.
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Finally my father had to
send a doctor out from my home town who managed to get me back there in some way, and I was in bed about two months before I could venture out of the house.
142.
... out of
the occasion.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
143.
... out of
the past.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we
burst into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past.
144.
... out of
the phenomenon of craving which ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There are many situations which arise
out of the phenomenon of
craving which cause men to make the supreme sacrifice rather than continue to fight.
145.
... out of
the question.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question.
146.
... out of
the show?
BB p.61,
How It Works
And do not his actions make
each of them wish to retaliate, snatching
all they can get out of the show?
147.
... out of
the window.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
148.
... out of
their A.A. connections, and we ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
We took this violent new tack because here and there members had tried to make money out of their A.A. connections, and we feared we'd be exploited.
149.
... out of
their confinement, and miraculously vanish ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
The dammed-up emotions of years break out of their confinement, and miraculously vanish as
soon as they are exposed.
150.
... out of
their hiding places.
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.
151.
... out of
their own experience by the ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
152.
Out of
them we receive the stimulation ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
153.
... out of
these, a certain amount of ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
Wherever men are gathered together in business there will be rivalries and, arising
out of these, a certain amount of office politics.
154.
Out of
this alloy of drink and ...
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.
155.
... out of
this controversy.
BB p.69,
How It Works
156.
... out of
this frightening and at first ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
But out of this frightening and at first
disrupting experience the conviction grew that A.A.'s had to hang together or die separately.
157.
... out of
this vast welter of explosive ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
It was out of this vast welter of explosive experience that A.A.'s Twelve Traditions took form and were first published in 1946 and later confirmed at A.A.'s First International Convention, held at Cleveland in 1950.
158.
... out of
this world if he only ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
Is he not a victim of the delusion that he can wrest
satisfaction and happiness out of this world if he only manages well?
159.
... out of
those scrapes.
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.
160.
... out of
three -- began to return as ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
161.
... out of
town.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
162.
... out of
town before during this particular ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I had been out of town before during this particular dry spell, so there was nothing
new about that.
163.
... out of
us as the drive to ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
This does not mean that we expect all our character
defects to be lifted
out of us as the drive to drink was.
164.
... out of
weakness.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
165.
... out of
which our lives were constructed?
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
166.
... out on
a course of vigorous action, ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted.
167.
... out on
other people?
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
168.
... out on
which we can absolutely agree, ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
We have a way out on which we
can absolutely agree,
and upon which we can join in
brotherly and harmonious action.
169.
... out one's
own will and one's own ...
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.
170.
... out, our
husbands sneaked so many drinks ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
171.
... out our
increasing sensitivity to alcohol -- an ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
Relentlessly deepening our dilemma,
our sponsors pointed
out our increasing sensitivity to alcohol
-- an allergy, they called it.
172.
... out our
questions and answers.
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
173.
... out our
solution on the spiritual as ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Though we work out our solution on the spiritual as well as an altruistic plane, we favor hospitalization
for the alcoholic who is very jittery or befogged.
174.
... out, public
acceptance of A.A. grew by ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
While the internal difficulties of our adolescent period were being ironed out, public acceptance of A.A. grew by leaps and bounds.
175.
... out, resentful
and uncommunicative.
BB p.81,
Into Action
176.
... out right
away.
BB p.120,
To Wives
177.
... out some
insurance against a slip.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
178.
... out sordid
places, hoping to find understanding ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
179.
... out that
awful jam that cost him ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
And how shall he ever straighten out that awful jam that cost him the affection of
his family and separated him from them?
180.
... out that
his defects of character are ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
181.
... out that
I had had nothing to ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
I pointed out that I had
had nothing to drink whatever for three years, and this in the face of
difficulties that would have made nine out of ten men
drink their heads off.
182.
... out that
our friend's life is still ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
Of course the sponsor points out that our friend's life is still unmanageable even though he is sober, that after all, only a
bare start on A.A.'s program has been made.
183.
... out that
physical treatment is but a ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
If your man accepts your offer, it should be pointed
out that physical treatment is but a small part of the picture.
184.
... out that
the Foundation board already knew ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
They pointed out that the
Foundation board already knew of a total of half a million dollars set aside for A.A. in the wills of people still alive.
185.
... out that
the irresponsible had become responsible, ...
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
They pointed out that the
irresponsible had become responsible, and
that by making financial independence part of its tradition, Alcoholics Anonymous
had revived an ideal that
its era had almost forgotten.
186.
... out that
the newcomer has some assets ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
The sponsor probably points out that the newcomer has some assets
which can be noted along
with his liabilities.
187.
... out that
they agreed, and then got ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
Why was it, when these dangers were pointed out that they agreed, and then got drunk again immediately?
188.
... out that
we alcoholics have much in ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
But point out that we alcoholics have much in common and that you would like,
in any case, to be friendly.
189.
... out the
consciousness of our intolerable situation ...
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.
190.
... out the
deep need every human being ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Psychiatrists and psychologists point
out the deep need every human being has for practical insight and knowledge of his own personality flaws and for
a discussion of them with an understanding and trustworthy person.
191.
... out the
door.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
192.
... out the
flaws in our make-up which ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
193.
... out the
kit of spiritual tools for ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection.
194.
... out the
last flicker of conviction that ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
195.
... out the
other side of that painful ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
And as he came out the other side of that painful experience, this
prayer was his expression of what he could then see, feel, and wish to become:
196.
... out the
past.
BB p.77,
Into Action
Simply we tell him that we
will never get over drinking until we have done our utmost to straighten out the past.
197.
... out the
past if we can.
BB p.70,
How It Works
We have listed the people
we have hurt by our conduct, and are willing to
straighten out the past if we can.
198.
... out the
things in ourselves which had ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
Beginning with Step Four, we commenced to search out the things in ourselves which
had brought us to physical, moral, and spiritual bankruptcy.
199.
... out the
very worst in those who ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
We've repeatedly strained the patience of
our best friends to a snapping point, and have brought out the very worst in those who didn't think much of us to begin with.
200.
... out the
world's finest women.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
201.
... out there
who may soon be with ...
BB p.121,
To Wives
202.
... out this
physical factor is incomplete.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
203.
... out, this
spiritual principle had its first ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
204.
... out those
who could get well, and ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
We'd gather up derelicts from skid rows, sort out those who could get well, and make it possible for the rest to earn their livelihood in a kind of quarantined confinement.
205.
... out threatening
to live with the other ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
In the midst of such pandemonium they may have rushed out threatening to live with
the other woman forever.
206.
... out to
be bogeymen, nothing else.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
But the testimony of A.A.'s
who have really tried a moral inventory is that pride and fear of this sort turn out to be bogeymen, nothing else.
207.
... out to
be firm bedrock upon which ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally
turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built.
208.
... out to
be one's sponsor, but not ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
209.
... out to
be the Akron physician.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
210.
... out to
be, we must be willing ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
211.
... out to
carry A.A.'s message.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
212.
... out to
convince ourselves it isn't so.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
When, however, the perfectly logical assumption is suggested that underneath the material
world and life as we see it, there is an All Powerful, Guiding, Creative Intelligence, right
there our perverse streak comes to the surface and we laboriously set out to convince ourselves it isn't so.
213.
... out to
corporations as personnel men in ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Even greater furors were provoked when
A.A. members began to run rest homes and farms for alcoholics, when
some hired out to corporations as personnel men in charge of the alcoholic problem in industry, when
some became nurses on alcoholic wards, when others entered the field of alcohol education.
214.
... out to
me in sincere and despairing ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
215.
... out to
our fellows and repair the ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
216.
... out to
overtake Walter Hagen.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
217.
... out to
such enterprises, he was immediately ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
In former days, the moment an A.A. hired out to such enterprises, he was
immediately tempted
to use the name Alcoholics Anonymous
for publicity or money-raising purposes.
218.
... out to
tell those he feared what ...
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.
219.
... out viciously.
BB p.105,
To Wives
220.
... out whether
he wanted to stop drinking ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
He proved to be a devil-may-care young fellow whose parents could not make out whether he wanted to stop drinking or not.
221.
... out with
lanterns looking for an honest ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
222.
... out without
its unique but effective therapy."
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
This self-insurance has
resulted in the restoration of physical, mental and spiritual health and self-respect to hundreds of men and women who would be hopelessly down and out without its unique but effective therapy."
223.
... out, "you
still have a legal right ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
224.
... out your
past and why you are ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Outline the program of
action, explaining how
you made a self-appraisal, how you straightened out your past and why you are now endeavoring to be helpful to him.
225.
... out your
welcome.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
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