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... place.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
2.
... place.
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
3.
... place.
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
4.
... place.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
5.
... place?
BB p.75,
Into Action
6.
... place?
BB p.101,
Working With Others
Therefore, ask yourself on each occasion, "Have I any good social, business, or personal reason for going to this place?
7.
... place.
BB p.111,
To Wives
8.
... place.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
9.
... place.
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
10.
... place a
new man in the hospital ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
11.
... place, conspired
to let him know that ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
The expression on the faces of the women, that indefinable something
in the eyes of the men, the stimulating and electric atmosphere of
the place, conspired to
let him know that here was haven at last.
12.
... place dependence
upon other people ahead of ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job
-- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.
13.
... place, discredited
and almost broke.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
14.
... place explain
to all your friends why ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
15.
... place, flaws
which must be dealt with ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Still goaded by sheer necessity, we reluctantly come to grips with those serious character flaws that made problem drinkers of us in
the first place, flaws which must be dealt with to prevent a retreat into alcoholism
once again.
16.
... place full
time.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
17.
... place God
first, we had deprived ourselves ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
18.
... place hat
for group purposes.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
It was soon apparent that
while alcoholics would
spend lavishly on Twelfth Step cases, they had a terrific
aversion to dropping
money into a meeting-place hat for group purposes.
19.
... place himself
under lock and key or ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
In the doctor's judgment
he was utterly hopeless; he could never regain his position in society and he would have to place himself under lock and key or hire a bodyguard if he expected
to live long.
20.
... place in
a few months could seldom ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
What often takes place in a few months could seldom have been
accomplished by years
of self-discipline.
21.
... place in
A.A.
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
22.
... place in
A.A. where spirituality and money ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
23.
... place in
many eastern cities.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
24.
... place in
society often tyrannize us.
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
Our desires for sex, for material and emotional
security, and for an important place in society often tyrannize us.
25.
... place in
the lives of their families ...
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.
26.
... place in
us the best understanding of ...
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.
27.
... place instincts
first, we have got the ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we shall be pulled backward into disillusionment.
28.
... place like
the Greenland Ice Cap, and ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
His only chance for sobriety would be some place
like the Greenland Ice Cap, and even there an Eskimo might turn up with a bottle of scotch and ruin everything!
29.
... place me
at the head of vast ...
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
My talent for leadership, I imagined,
would place me at the head of
vast enterprises which
I would manage with the utmost assurance.
30.
... place money
first.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
31.
... place none
of its members in a ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of
unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by
discussion, vote, and,
whenever possible, by
substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and
that, like the Society it
serves, it will always remain democratic in thought
and action.
32.
... place, of
course."
12&12 p.154,
Tradition Five
33.
... place principles
before personalities."
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation
of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."
34.
... place principles
before personalities.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Twelve -- Anonymity is
the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
35.
... place principles
before personalities; that we are ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Twelve (Long)
It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities;
that we are actually to practice a genuine humility.
36.
... place principles
before personalities; that we are ...
BB p.566(568),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities;
that we are actually to practice a genuine humility.
37.
... place probably
contained more alcoholics per square ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
He had lived there but a few
weeks when he found that the
place probably contained more alcoholics per square mile than any city in the country.
38.
... place recovery
above everything, for without recovery ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
We all had to place recovery above everything, for without
recovery we would have lost both home and business.
39.
... place, saying,
"This is life for us; ...
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."
40.
... place spiritual
growth first -- then and only ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
But when we are willing to place spiritual growth first -- then and only
then do we have a real chance.
41.
... place supplied
me with a dozen glasses ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
42.
... place the
outcome in God's hands or ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
He saw that he had to place the
outcome in God's hands or he would soon start drinking again, and all would be lost anyhow.
43.
... place the
problem, along with everything else, ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
44.
... place the
welfare of other people ahead ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
45.
... place their
common welfare first?
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
46.
... place their
message and unique experience before ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
It was now time, the struggling groups thought, to place their message and unique experience before the world.
47.
... place themselves
before microphones and cameras.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
48.
... place, then
He must know in every ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
If the Creator gave us our
lives in the first place, then He must know in every detail where we have since gone
wrong.
49.
... place, there
are hundreds.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
50.
... place, thing
or situation as being exactly ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some
fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
51.
... place, thing
or situation -- some fact of ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some
fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
52.
... place this
book where he can see ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
53.
... place to
remember that inventory-taking is not ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
54.
... place, to
see how you would like ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
You need this information to put yourself in his place, to see how you would like him to approach you if the tables
were turned.
55.
... place us
in a position of trust.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
By a great deal of ardent Twelfth Step work we sometimes carry the message to so many alcoholics that they place
us in a position of trust.
56.
... place, we
think that some day its ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
57.
... place what
we have at his disposal.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
When we see a man sinking into the mire that is
alcoholism, we give him
first aid and place what we have at his disposal.
58.
... place whatever
for them to go.
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
Since both ways have proved bitterly disappointing, they have concluded there is no place whatever for them to go.
59.
... place where
new people might bring their ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Aside from fellowship
and sociability, the prime object was to provide a time and place where new people might bring their problems.
60.
... place where
there is drinking, if we ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
So our rule is not to avoid a
place where there is drinking, if we have a legitimate reason for being there.
61.
... place where
they have a bar.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
62.
... place where
we can be quiet for ...
BB p.75,
Into Action
Returning home we find a place where we can be quiet for an hour, carefully reviewing
what we have done.
63.
... place where
we may prepare ourselves for ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
This feeling of being at
one with God and man, this emerging from isolation through the open and honest sharing of our terrible burden of guilt, brings us to a resting place where we may prepare ourselves for the following Steps toward a full and meaningful sobriety.
64.
... place where
you may be of maximum ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
Your job now is to be at the
place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to
others, so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful.
65.
... place, which
was familiar for I had ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
I also had the notion that I
might find a customer for
a car at this place, which was
familiar for I had been going to it for years.
66.
... place with
my alcoholism.
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
Change of scene, the best efforts of family, friends, doctors, and clergymen got no place
with my alcoholism.
67.
... place would
come -- I would drink again.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I now remembered what my
alcoholic friends had
told me, how they prophesied that if I had an alcoholic mind, the time and place would come -- I would drink again.
68.
... place you
even more at ease.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
Before long, your listener may well tell a story or two about himself which will place you even more at ease.
69.
... place you
may require all you've got.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
No one ought to say the A.A. program requires no willpower; here is one place you may require all you've got.
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