From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... period.
BB p.137,
To Employers
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.
2.
... period.
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
3.
... period because
of an overpowering desire to ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
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 p.17,
Foreword
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 xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
6.
... period of
drinking, I made up my ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
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 p.100,
Working With Others
8.
... period of
meditation with a prayer that ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
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 xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
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 p.118,
Step Twelve
11.
... period of
premeditation of what the terrific ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
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 p.83,
Into Action
13.
... period of
sobriety and self-discipline had qualified ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
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 p.33,
More About Alcoholism
15.
... period of
time.
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
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 xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
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 p.34,
More About Alcoholism
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 p.168,
Tradition Eight
19.
... period we
get worse, never better.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
20.
... period were
being ironed out, public acceptance ...
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.
21.
... period when
you couldn't mix money and ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
22.
... period, you
may yet be a potential ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
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