From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... present.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
This the sponsor promptly proves by talking freely and easily, and without exhibitionism, about his own defects, past and present.
2.
... present.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
3.
... present a
powerful reason why one should ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.
4.
... present anxieties
and troubles, we cry, are ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
Our present anxieties and
troubles, we cry, are caused by the behavior of
other people -- people who really need a moral inventory.
5.
... present at
the annual meeting (1944) of ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Following are excerpts from the comments of doctors present at the annual meeting (1944) of the Medical Society of the State of New York where a paper on A.A. was read:
6.
... present century,
American newspapers were afraid to ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
Even in the present century, American newspapers were afraid to
print an account of the Wright brothers' first successful flight at Kitty Hawk.
7.
... present choice.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
This should be an entirely personal affair which each one decides for himself in the
light of past associations, or his present choice.
8.
... present circumstances!
BB p.100,
Working With Others
Follow the dictates of a
Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!
9.
... present-day staff
members has no counterpart among ...
12&12 p.169,
Tradition Eight (Note)
(*) The work of present-day staff members has no counterpart among the job categories of commercial organizations.
10.
... present faith
is reasonable, why we think ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
Hence we are at pains to tell why we think our present faith is reasonable, why we think it more sane and logical to believe than not
to believe, why we say our former thinking was soft and mushy when we threw up our hands in doubt and said, "We don't know."
11.
... present form,
substance, and unity.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
The Tradition section
of this volume portrays
in some detail the experience which finally
produced the Twelve Traditions and so gave A.A. its present form, substance, and unity.
12.
... present his
conceptions to other alcoholics, impressing ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
As part of his rehabilitation he commenced to present his conceptions to other alcoholics, impressing upon them that
they must do likewise with
still others.
13.
... present, our
membership is pyramiding at the ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
14.
... present some
accounting evidence to a government ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
15.
... present state
of affairs, am I willing ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
If I am unable to change
the present state of affairs, am I willing to take the measures necessary to shape my life to conditions as they
are?
16.
... present that
which has been so freely ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
17.
... present the
book.
BB p.113,
To Wives
18.
... present their
discovery to some newcomer.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
Seeing much of each other, scarce an evening passed that someone's home did not shelter a little gathering of men and women, happy in their release, and
constantly thinking
how they might present their discovery to some newcomer.
19.
... present themselves
as messiahs representing A.A. before ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
We simply couldn't afford
to take the chance of letting self-appointed members present themselves as messiahs representing
A.A. before the whole public.
20.
... present time,
are able to stop or ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
That may be true of certain
nonalcoholic people
who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at
the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not
been damaged as ours were.
21.
... present, to
handle the overwhelming number of ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
Its foreword made this revealing statement: "It is important that we remain
anonymous because we
are too few, at present, to handle the overwhelming
number of personal appeals which may result
from this publication.
22.
... present to
handle the overwhelming number of ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
It is important that we remain anonymous because we are too few, at
present to handle the overwhelming number of
personal appeals which
may result from this publication.
23.
... present views
ought to prove exceptionally useful ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
24.
... present volume
proposes to broaden and deepen ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
This present volume proposes to broaden and deepen the understanding of the Twelve Steps as first written in the earlier work.
25.
... present, we
thought we were helping others ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
Or, the person concerned not being present, we thought we were helping others to understand him, when in actuality our true motive was to feel superior by pulling him down.
26.
... present were
cautioned against the use of ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Provided anonymity
was maintained on these platforms, and reporters present were cautioned against the use of names or pictures, the result was fine.
27.
... present, what
sex situations have caused me ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Questioning directed to this end might run like this: Looking at both past and present, what sex situations have caused me anxiety, bitterness, frustration, or depression?
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