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... reason.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
And for the same reason.
2.
... reason.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
3.
... Reason.
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
4.
... reason?
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
5.
... reason.
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
We could not be invited out
because I would surely get tight, and my wife dared not invite people in for the same reason.
6.
... reason, as
most of us use it, ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Neither is reason, as most
of us use it, entirely dependable, though it emanate from our best minds.
7.
... reason be
humanitarian or business or both, ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
If your decision is yes, whether the reason be humanitarian or business or both, then the following suggestions
may be helpful.
8.
... reason can
shine.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
The problem is to help them
discover a chink in the
walls their ego has built, through which the light of reason can shine.
9.
... reason first:
If we skip this vital ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
10.
... reason for
being there.
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.
11.
... reason for
covering up an alcoholic employee.
BB p.148,
To Employers
12.
... reason for
going to this 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?
13.
... reason for
having a drink.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
They had said that though I
did raise a defense, it
would one day give way before some trivial reason for having a drink.
14.
... reason for
it.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
15.
... reason for
our collective poverty.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
16.
... reason for
postponement in some cases.
BB p.83,
Into Action
17.
... reason for
promiscuity?
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
18.
... reason for
the wide acceptance of A.A. ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Another reason for the wide acceptance of A.A. was the ministration
of friends -- friends in
medicine, religion,
and the press, together
with innumerable others who became our able and persistent advocates.
19.
... reason for
this singleness of purpose.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
20.
... Reason had
brought us so far.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
21.
... reason --
ill health, falling in love, change ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
If a sufficiently strong reason -- ill health, falling in love, change of environment,
or the warning of a doctor -- becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate, although he may
find it difficult and troublesome and may even
need medical attention.
22.
... reason is
that they never completed their ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
23.
... reason is
understood, there may be an ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
24.
... reason isn't
everything.
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
25.
... reason, it
wouldn't be life.
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
26.
... reason or
another.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
27.
... reason or
another, they cover these men, ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
So, for one reason or another, they cover these men, hoping matters will take a turn for the better.
28.
... reason, some
very good causes and all ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
For this reason, some very good causes and all connected with them suffered unjust criticism from A.A. groups.
29.
... reason that
if alcoholism could be licked, ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
30.
... Reason that
last mile and we did ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
Perhaps we had been leaning too heavily on
Reason that last mile and we did not like to lose our support.
31.
... reason that
we did not wish to ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
At Step Six, many of us balked -- for the practical reason that we did
not wish to have all our defects of character removed, because we still loved some of them too much.
32.
... reason to
doubt it.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
33.
... reason, to
examine the evidence of our ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
It is not by chance we were given the power to reason, to examine the evidence of our senses, and
to draw conclusions.
34.
... Reason toward
the desired shore of faith.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
35.
... reason, we
alcoholics seem to have the ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
36.
... reason we
loved alcohol too well.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
37.
... reason why
one should have faith.
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.
38.
... reason why
you should neglect his family.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
39.
... reason you
are here is to try ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
"Still dubious, he demanded, 'Do you really mean the only reason you are here is to try and help me and to help yourself?'
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