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1.
... perhaps.
BB
How It Works, p.68
2.
... perhaps after
we have finished reading the ...
12&12
Step Nine, pp.83-84
3.
... perhaps arranging
for the coffee and cake ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.110
4.
Perhaps at
this point we got a ...
BB
To Wives, p.106
Perhaps at this
point we
got a
divorce and
took the
children home to
father and
mother.
5.
... perhaps be
dead.
BB
Into Action, p.82
Had this not been so,
many of us would have
no homes today, would
perhaps be
dead.
6.
... perhaps blessed)
with a great deal of ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
7.
... perhaps, but
I can stop crying out ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.108
We
said to
ourselves, "This
I cannot do
today,
perhaps, but
I can
stop crying out '
No,
never!'"
8.
... perhaps desert
us entirely.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.115
This
often caused the
people we had
loved most to
push us
aside or
perhaps desert us
entirely.
9.
... perhaps difficult
-- especially discussing our defects with ...
BB
Into Action, p.72
10.
... perhaps engendered
the selfishness which played such ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
11.
'Perhaps far
deeper faith than mine.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.153
'
Perhaps far deeper faith than
mine.
12.
... perhaps fatally
ill, does he want to ...
BB
To Employers, p.142
13.
... perhaps few
can.
BB
To Wives, p.104
As
wives of
Alcoholics Anonymous, we would
like you
to
feel that we
understand
as
perhaps few can.
14.
... perhaps forgotten,
and some still painfully festering, ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.77
15.
... perhaps going
out of our way to ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.93
16.
... perhaps he
came to scoff, he may ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxii
17.
Perhaps he
can still tend to business ...
BB
To Wives, p.109
18.
Perhaps he
could handle, say, three drinks ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.154
Perhaps he could
handle,
say,
three drinks --
no more!
19.
... perhaps he
could not do so, in ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.39
It
never occurred to him
that
perhaps he could not do so, in
spite of his
character and
standing.
20.
... perhaps he
doesn't think at all.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
Or
perhaps he doesn't
think at
all.
21.
Perhaps he
goes to a doctor who ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.22
Perhaps he
goes to a
doctor who
gives him
morphine or some
sedative
with which to
taper off.
22.
Perhaps he
has had delirium tremens.
BB
To Wives, p.110
Perhaps he has had
delirium
tremens.
23.
Perhaps he
is having a secret and ...
BB
Into Action, p.81
Perhaps he is having a
secret
and
exciting affair with
"the
girl who
understands."
24.
Perhaps he
spends too much money for ...
BB
To Wives, p.109
Perhaps he
spends too
much money for
liquor.
25.
... perhaps he
will be interested enough to ...
BB
To Wives, p.113
26.
Perhaps he
will never have much money ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.123
27.
Perhaps I
can best answer this by ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
Perhaps I can
best answer this by
relating one of my
experiences.
28.
Perhaps I
could help some of them.
BB
Bill's Story, p.14
Perhaps I could
help some of
them.
29.
Perhaps it
is going to be that ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.44
Perhaps it is
going to be that
way with you.
30.
... "Perhaps it
would be a good idea ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.133
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.
31.
... perhaps just
before going to sleep, many ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.93
32.
... perhaps life,
as it has a way ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.113
Then
perhaps life, as it has a
way of
doing,
suddenly hands us a
great big lump that we can't
begin to
swallow,
let alone digest.
33.
... perhaps, like
our own.
12&12
Step Five, p.61
34.
... perhaps made
a friend.
BB
Working With Others, p.94
If your
talk has been
sane,
quiet and
full of
human understanding, you
have
perhaps made a
friend.
35.
... perhaps needlessly.
BB
To Wives, p.112
Tell him you have been
worried,
though perhaps needlessly.
36.
... perhaps never
get up, but if our ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.163
37.
... perhaps not
well equipped to apply the ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
38.
... perhaps one
might procure a pint if ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
39.
Perhaps one
of the greatest rewards of ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.105
40.
Perhaps our
doctor or psychologist will be ...
BB
Into Action, p.74
41.
Perhaps our
trouble was not that we ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.100
Perhaps our
trouble was not
that we
used our
imagination.
42.
... perhaps our
very first attempt at a ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.101
This
much could be a
fragment of what is
called meditation,
perhaps our
very first attempt at a
mood, a
flier into the
realm of
spirit, if you
like.
43.
... perhaps prejudices.
BB
To Employers, p.139
44.
... perhaps pretty
messy ones.
BB
To Employers, p.140
45.
... perhaps spiritually
sick.
BB
How It Works, p.66
This was our
course: We
realized that the
people who
wronged us were
perhaps spiritually sick.
46.
... perhaps that
boy we thought God was ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.113
47.
Perhaps the
best way of treating you ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.153
Perhaps the
best way of
treating you to a
glimpse of your
future will be to
describe the
growth of the
fellowship among us.
48.
Perhaps the
fear will always lurk in ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.169
49.
... perhaps, the
least understood by his friends, ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxx
There is the
manic-
depressive type, who is,
perhaps, the
least understood by his
friends,
and about whom a
whole chapter could be
written.
50.
Perhaps the
real trouble was our almost ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.100
51.
Perhaps there
are some cases where the ...
BB
Into Action, p.82
Perhaps there are some
cases
where the
utmost frankness is
demanded.
52.
Perhaps there
is a better way -- we ...
BB
How It Works, p.68
Perhaps there is a
better way -- we
think so.
53.
Perhaps there
never will be a full ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.22
Perhaps there
never will be a
full answer to these
questions.
54.
Perhaps they
created the impression that he ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.122
Perhaps they
created the
impression that he is to be
wrapped in
cotton wool and
placed on a
pedestal.
55.
Perhaps they
were right.
BB
Bill's Story, p.3
56.
Perhaps this
is a typical attitude.
BB
To Employers, p.149
Perhaps this is a
typical attitude.
57.
Perhaps this
will happen in a succession ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.111
58.
Perhaps, though,
your relation to him is ...
12&12
Step Five, p.61
Perhaps,
though, your
relation to him is
such that
you would
care to
reveal only
a
part of your
story.
59.
... perhaps to
the medical fraternity.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.34
60.
... perhaps tragic,
blunders in this fashion.
12&12
Step Five, p.60
61.
... perhaps want
to go along.
BB
Working With Others, p.99
62.
Perhaps we
are mixed up with women ...
BB
Into Action, p.80
Perhaps we are
mixed up with
women in a
fashion we wouldn't
care to have
advertised.
63.
... perhaps we
don't believe in these things ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.96
Or
perhaps we don't
believe
in these
things at all.
64.
Perhaps we
had been leaning too heavily ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.53
Perhaps we had been
leaning
too
heavily on
Reason that
last mile and we did not
like to
lose our
support.
65.
Perhaps we
have committed a criminal offense ...
BB
Into Action, p.78
Perhaps we have
committed a
criminal offense which
might
land us in
jail if it were
known to the
authorities.
66.
Perhaps we
rejected this particular conception because ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
67.
Perhaps we
shall be obliged in some ...
12&12
Step Six, p.69
Perhaps we
shall be
obliged in some
cases still to
say, "This I cannot
give up yet...," but we should not
say to
ourselves, "This I
will never give up!"
68.
Perhaps we
shall need to share with ...
12&12
Step Five, p.61
69.
Perhaps we
think of our day's work ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.102
Perhaps we
think of our
day's
work and the
chances it may
afford us to be
useful and
helpful, or of
some
special problem that
it may
bring.
70.
Perhaps we
try to give them advice ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.111
Perhaps we
try to
give them
advice about their
affairs which we
aren't really competent to
give or
ought not
give at all.
71.
... perhaps within
a year.
BB
Bill's Story, p.7
72.
Perhaps you
are not acquainted with any ...
BB
Working With Others, p.89
Perhaps you are not
acquainted with
any drinkers who
want to
recover.
73.
Perhaps you
are not quite in sympathy ...
BB
To Employers, p.144
Perhaps you are not
quite in
sympathy with the
approach
we
suggest.
74.
Perhaps you
both like parties which would ...
BB
To Wives, p.110
Perhaps you
both like parties which would be
dull without liquor.
75.
Perhaps you
enjoy drinking with him yourself ...
BB
To Wives, p.110
Perhaps you
enjoy drinking with him
yourself
when he doesn't
go too
far.
76.
Perhaps you
have a husband who is ...
BB
To Wives, p.114
Perhaps you have a
husband
who is at
large, but who should be
committed.
77.
Perhaps you
have such a man in ...
BB
To Employers, p.141
Perhaps you have
such a
man in
mind.
78.
Perhaps you
will want to take the ...
BB
Working With Others, p.96
Perhaps you
will want to
take the
man into your
home for a
few days.
79.
Perhaps your
husband has been living in ...
BB
To Wives, p.108
80.
Perhaps your
husband will make a fair ...
BB
To Wives, p.120
81.
Perhaps your
story will help him see ...
BB
Working With Others, p.93
Perhaps your
story will help him
see where he has
failed to
practice the
very precepts he
knows so
well.
82.
... "Perhaps you're
not an alcoholic after all.
12&12
Step One, p.23
To the
doubters we could
say,
"
Perhaps you're not an
alcoholic after all.
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