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... probably alcoholic.
BB
We Agnostics, p.44
If, when you honestly want
to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic.
2.
... probably arrived
at the following conclusions: that ...
12&12
Step Four, p.50
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions:
that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary
cause of his drinking and
his failure at life; that unless he is now willing to work hard at the elimination of
the worst of these defects,
both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the faulty
foundation of his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
3.
... probably be
insulted if he were called ...
BB
To Wives, p.109
4.
... probably be
off to a fast start.
BB
To Employers, pp.144-145
If he feels free to discuss his problems with
you, if he knows you understand and will not be upset by anything he wishes to say, he will probably be off to a fast start.
5.
... probably been
trying to conceal a number ...
BB
To Employers, p.140
6.
... probably both,
so that I did not ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
I think I must have been thoroughly scared by what
had happened, or by the doctor, or probably both, so that I did not touch a drink again until the country went dry.
7.
... probably contained
more alcoholics per square mile ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.163
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.
8.
... probably did
come before the egg.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.97
9.
... probably has
several alcoholics among his own ...
BB
To Wives, p.112
10.
... probably know
about anyhow.
12&12
Step Five, p.55
Then, for good measure, we add dramatic descriptions of that part
of our drinking behavior
which our friends probably know about anyhow.
11.
... probably knows
more about it than you ...
BB
Working With Others, p.93
Admit that he probably knows more about it than you do,
but call to his attention
the fact that however deep his
faith and knowledge, he
could not have applied it or he would not drink.
12.
... probably need
fresh interests and a great ...
BB
To Wives, p.119
13.
Probably no
A.A. Tradition had the labor ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.160
14.
... probably no
human power could have relieved ...
BB
How It Works, p.60
15.
... probably not
have long to wait.
BB
To Wives, p.113
16.
... probably not
more numerous or worse than ...
12&12
Step Four, p.46
They comfort the melancholy one by first showing him that his case is not strange or different, that his character defects are probably not more numerous or worse than those of anyone else in A.A.
17.
... probably placed
himself beyond human aid, and ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
When this sort of thinking
is fully established in
an individual with alcoholic tendencies, he
has probably placed himself beyond human aid, and unless locked up, may die or go
permanently insane.
18.
... probably points
out that the newcomer has ...
12&12
Step Four, p.46
The sponsor probably points out that the newcomer has some assets
which can be noted along with
his liabilities.
19.
... probably says,
"Take it easy.
12&12
Step Two, p.26
20.
... probably should
not emphasize the spiritual feature ...
BB
Into Action, p.76
To some people we need not,
and probably should not emphasize the spiritual
feature on our first approach.
21.
Probably there
are still some misgivings.
BB
Into Action, p.76
22.
... probably true
that you and your husband ...
BB
To Wives, p.119
It is probably true that you and
your husband have been living too much alone, for drinking many times isolates the wife of an alcoholic.
23.
... probably worry
over what other people are ...
BB
To Wives, p.114
If your husband is a drinker, you probably worry over what other people are thinking and you hate to meet your friends.
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