From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... remained barren
because we were still trying ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
We could actually have earnest religious beliefs which remained barren because we were still trying to play God ourselves.
2.
... remained bone
dry for twenty-five years and ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
An exceptional man, he
remained bone dry for twenty-five years and retired at the age of fifty-five, after a successful and happy business career.
3.
... remained in
me the vestiges of my ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
4.
... remained in
that town.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
5.
... remained self-deceived,
and so incapable of receiving ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
Therefore we remained self-deceived, and so incapable of receiving
enough grace to restore us to sanity.
6.
... remained skeptical
for a year and a ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
It was fortunate, for my old business associates remained skeptical for a year and a
half, during which I found little work.
7.
... remained sober
for a long stretch, we ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Most of us have believed that if we remained sober for a long stretch, we could thereafter drink normally.
8.
... remained sober
for a year or more, ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
In the early days of our drinking we occasionally remained sober for a year or more, becoming serious drinkers again later.
9.
... remained that
way; 25% sobered up after ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Of alcoholics who came
to A.A. and really tried, 50% got sober at once and remained that way; 25% sobered up after some relapses, and among the remainder, those who stayed on with A.A. showed improvement.
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