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... possible.
BB
How It Works, p.62
2.
... possible.
BB
Working With Others, p.91
3.
... possible.
12&12
Foreword, p.16
The second section of this
volume, though designed for A.A.'s membership, will give such inquirers an inside view of A.A. never before possible.
4.
... possible.
12&12
Foreword, p.17
This established identification with alcoholic readers and proved to them that the virtually impossible had
now become possible.
5.
... possible.
12&12
Step Four, p.44
We have drunk to escape the
guilt of passions, and then
have drunk again to make more passions possible.
6.
... possible.
12&12
Step Twelve, pp.108-109
In Step Eleven we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to
live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better, by as direct contact as possible.
7.
... possible."
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
8.
... possible.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.168
9.
... possible.
12&12
Tradition Eight, pp.168-169
10.
... possible, and
we only smiled.
BB
We Agnostics, p.55
11.
... possible answer.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.187
At this altitude (press, radio, films, and television), anonymity
-- 100 percent anonymity -- was the only possible answer.
12.
... possible as
a solution.
12&12
Step Four, p.45
As we morbidly pursue this
melancholy activity,
we may sink to such a point of despair that nothing but oblivion looks possible as a solution.
13.
... possible attitude
one can take in order ...
12&12
Step Six, p.65
So Step Six -- "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character" -- is
A.A.'s way of stating the best possible attitude one can take in order to make a beginning on this lifetime
job.
14.
... possible, avoid
meeting a man through his ...
BB
Working With Others, p.91
15.
... possible, by
substantial unanimity; that its actions ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
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.
16.
... possible committees,
corporate service directors, executives, staffs, ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XI. The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives,
staffs, and consultants. Composition, qualifications, induction procedures,
and rights and duties will always be matters of serious concern.
17.
... possible, except
when to do so would ...
BB
How It Works, p.59
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would
injure them or others.
18.
... possible, except
when to do so would ...
12&12
Contents (Step Nine), p.7
Step Nine -- "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would
injure them or others."
19.
... possible, except
when to do so would ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.83
"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would
injure them or others."
20.
... possible existence
of a Creative Intelligence, a ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.46
As soon as we admitted the
possible existence of a Creative Intelligence,
a Spirit of the Universe
underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.
21.
... possible express
a lack of hard feeling ...
BB
To Employers, p.142
22.
... possible for
him to be insincere.
BB
Working With Others, p.96
23.
... possible for
me to drink again.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.40
Let him tell you about it: "I was
much impressed with what
you fellows said about alcoholism, and I frankly
did not believe it would be possible for me to drink again.
24.
... possible for
me to earn more money, ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
It was really a horrible
nightmare, this earning
money, getting liquor, smuggling it home, getting drunk, morning jitters, taking large doses of sedatives to make it possible for me to earn more money, and so on ad nauseam.
25.
... possible for
the rest to earn their ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.155
We'd gather up derelicts from skid rows, sort out those who could get well, and make it possible for the rest to earn their livelihood in a kind of quarantined confinement.
26.
... possible for
us doctors to obtain, neither ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
At that time I was not aware of
the almost unlimited supply the government made it possible for us doctors to obtain, neither had I any knowledge of the bootlegger who soon appeared on the horizon.
27.
... possible for
us to receive God's help.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.98
It is a step in the development of that kind of
humility that makes it
possible for us to receive God's help.
28.
... possible for
you to become quite sure ...
BB
To Employers, p.139
Drinking occasionally, and understanding your own reactions, it is possible for
you to become quite sure of many things which, so far as the alcoholic is concerned,
are not always so.
29.
... possible historic
value, it is also reproduced.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
30.
... possible in
a given set of conditions.
12&12
Step Nine, p.87
But all of them do require a complete willingness to
make amends as fast and as far as may be possible in a given set of conditions.
31.
... possible is
the purpose of A.A.'s Twelve ...
12&12
Step Three, p.40
To make this increasingly possible is
the purpose of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, and Step Three opens the door.
32.
... possible, let
your husband explain.
BB
To Wives, p.115
33.
... possible means
of recovery.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxv
In the course of his third treatment he acquired certain ideas concerning a possible means of recovery.
34.
... possible medical
attention, he should understand that ...
BB
To Employers, p.143
Though you are providing
him with the best possible medical attention, he
should understand that he must undergo a change of heart.
35.
... possible or
due us, that is the ...
12&12
Step Six, p.65
When they drive us blindly,
or we willfully demand
that they supply us with more
satisfactions or pleasures than are possible or
due us, that is the point at
which we depart from the degree of perfection that
God wishes for us here on earth.
36.
... possible organization.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
37.
... possible organization."
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.172
When Tradition Nine was first written, it said that "Alcoholics Anonymous needs the least possible organization."
38.
... possible organization.
12&12
Tradition Nine (Long), p.191
39.
... possible organization,
even in our service centers.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
40.
... possible, perhaps
arranging for the coffee and ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.110
We can be the ones who take on
the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the
coffee and cake after the meetings, where so
many skeptical, suspicious newcomers
have found confidence and
comfort in the laughter
and talk.
41.
... possible public
relations policy for Alcoholics Anonymous.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.180
Therefore, a great responsibility fell upon us to develop the best possible public relations policy for Alcoholics Anonymous.
42.
... possible relations
with every human being we ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.77
First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have
been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop
the best possible relations with every human being we know.
43.
... possible slip.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.
44.
... possible source
of emotional stability to be ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.116
When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself.
45.
... possible that
all the religious people I ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.56
But later, alone in his room, he asked himself this question: "Is
it possible that all the religious people I have known are wrong?"
46.
... possible that
no deep-lying emotional handicap in ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.119
They need to be as sure as possible that no deep-lying emotional handicap in either will be likely to rise up under later pressures to cripple them.
47.
... possible to
anyone.
12&12
Step Three, p.34
We saw that we were powerless over alcohol, but we also perceived that faith of some
kind, if only in A.A. itself, is possible to anyone.
48.
... possible to
dig up past misdeeds so ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.124
49.
... possible to
have a full and useful ...
BB
To Wives, p.111
50.
... possible, to
stick to our own stories.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.125
51.
... possible, to
times deliberately set aside for ...
12&12
Step Ten, pp.90-91
The consideration of long-standing difficulties had better
be postponed, when possible, to times deliberately set aside for that purpose.
52.
... possible union
can be made -- spiritual, mental, ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.117
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at some
time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.
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