From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... particular approach
or conception seems to make ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
2.
... particular case,
that nothing my company could ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
I know, in my own particular case, that nothing my company could
have done would have stopped me for, so long as I
was able to hold my position, I could not possibly realize how serious my situation was.
3.
... particular conception
because it seemed inadequate.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
4.
... particular dry
spell, so there was nothing ...
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.
5.
... particular educational
project in the minds of ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
But that wasn't the whole story, for in this case not only
was an A.A. member to break his anonymity at a public level, he was to link the name Alcoholics Anonymous
to this particular educational project in
the minds of millions.
6.
... particular faith
or denomination.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
7.
... particular faith,
sect or denomination, nor do ...
BB xiv,
Foreword to First Edition
8.
... particular function
can very often lie in ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist:
"As a psychiatrist, I have thought a great deal about the relationship of my specialty to A.A. and I have
come to the conclusion
that our particular function can very often lie in preparing the way for the patient to accept any sort of treatment or outside help.
9.
... particular idea
of Him with which someone ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
To others, the word "God" brought up a particular idea of Him with which someone
had tried to impress them
during childhood.
10.
... particular medical
point of view, though we ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Neither does A.A. take any particular medical point of view, though we cooperate widely with the men of medicine as well as with the
men of religion.
11.
... particular person
sobered up, and after doing ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
For example, we may set our
hearts on getting a particular person sobered up, and after doing all we can for months, we see him relapse.
12.
... particular prayer
or phrase that has appealed ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
If at these points our emotional disturbance
happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to us in our reading or meditation.
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