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... period.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
2.
... period.
BB
To Employers, p.137
Because of the employee's
special ability, or of his
own strong personal attachment to
him, the employer has sometimes kept such a man at work long beyond a reasonable period.
3.
... period because
of an overpowering desire to ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
We have heard of a few instances where people, who
showed definite signs of alcoholism, were able to stop for a long period because of an overpowering desire to do
so.
4.
... period ended
and a prodigious chain reaction ...
12&12
Foreword, p.17
With the publication of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" in 1939, the pioneering period ended and a prodigious chain reaction set in as the recovered alcoholics carried their
message to still others.
5.
... period ended
and A.A. entered a new ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
6.
... period of
drinking, I made up my ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
This went from bad to worse until sophomore spring when, after a prolonged period of drinking, I made up my mind that I could not complete
my course, so I packed my grip and went South to spend a month on a large farm owned by a friend of mine.
7.
... period of
growth.
BB
Working With Others, p.100
8.
... period of
meditation with a prayer that ...
BB
Into Action, p.87
We usually conclude the
period of meditation with
a prayer that we be shown all
through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems.
9.
... period of
months on some problem or ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
I have had many men who had, for
example, worked a period of months on some problem or business deal which was to be settled on
a certain date, favorably to them.
10.
... period of
patient striving may be necessary.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.118
11.
... period of
premeditation of what the terrific ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.37
We now see that when we began to drink deliberately, instead of
casually, there was little
serious or effective thought during the period of premeditation of
what the terrific consequences might be.
12.
... period of
reconstruction ahead.
BB
Into Action, p.83
13.
... period of
sobriety and self-discipline had qualified ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
Then he fell victim to a belief which practically
every alcoholic has --
that his long period of sobriety and self-discipline had qualified
him to drink as other men.
14.
... period of
sobriety, we are in a ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.33
15.
... period of
time.
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
Most of our experiences are what the psychologist William James calls the "educational variety" because they develop slowly over a period of time.
16.
... period of
time he can take a ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxx
There is the type who always
believes that after being entirely free from alcohol for a period of time he can take a drink without danger.
17.
... period of
time will be helpful, but ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.34
The experiment of quitting for a period of time will be helpful, but we think we can render an even greater service to alcoholic sufferers and
perhaps to the medical fraternity.
18.
... period, the
status of these faithful servants ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.168
19.
... period we
get worse, never better.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.30
20.
... period were
being ironed out, public acceptance ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, pp.xix-xx
While the internal difficulties of our adolescent period were being ironed out, public acceptance of A.A. grew by leaps and bounds.
21.
... period when
you couldn't mix money and ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.163
22.
... period, you
may yet be a potential ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.34
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