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1.
... said.   12&12 p.31, Step Two
'Damn this faith business!' we said.

2.
... said.   12&12 p.142, Tradition Three
Not another word was said.

3.
... said?   12&12 p.142, Tradition Three
What more indeed could be said?

4.
... said.   12&12 p.151, Tradition Five
'Nothing too promising,' the little doc said.

5.
... said.   12&12 p.152, Tradition Five
"'Yes,' I said.

6.
... said.   12&12 p.153, Tradition Five
'Oh!' he said.

7.
... said.   12&12 p.153, Tradition Five
'You have faith,' I said.

8.
... said.   12&12 p.153, Tradition Five
"'Okay,' he said.

9.
... said.   12&12 p.158, Tradition Six
"Great guns!" he said.

10.
... said.   12&12 p.159, Tradition Six
"I know that," he said.


11.
... said.   BB p.14, Bill's Story   Go to page 14 in the Big Book
Faith without works was dead, he said.


12.
... said.   BB p.54, We Agnostics   Go to page 54 in the Big Book
At least, so the chemist said.


13.
... said.   BB p.106, To Wives   Go to page 106 in the Big Book
"Joykiller, nag, wet blanket" -- that's what they said.


14.
... said.   BB p.158, A Vision For You   Go to page 158 in the Big Book
"Maybe you're right," he said.


15.
... said?"   BB p.180, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 180 in the Big Book
The question which might naturally come into your mind would be: "what did the man do or say that was different from what others had done or said?"


16.
... said about alcoholism, and I frankly did ...   BB p.40, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 40 in the Big Book
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.


17.
... said about receiving strength, inspiration, and direction ...   BB p.85, Into Action   Go to page 85 in the Big Book
Much has already been said about receiving strength, inspiration, and direction from Him who has all knowledge and power.


18.
... said and did.   BB p.41, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 41 in the Big Book
I know little of where I went or what I said and did.


19.
... said applies quite as much to women.   BB p.104, To Wives   Go to page 104 in the Big Book
But what we have said applies quite as much to women.


20.
... said, but that.   BB p.155, A Vision For You   Go to page 155 in the Big Book
He would do anything, he said, but that.

21.
... said firmly, "You can't talk like this ...   12&12 p.143, Tradition Three
They said firmly, "You can't talk like this around here.


22.
... said God had reserved this privilege to ...   BB p.51, We Agnostics   Go to page 51 in the Big Book
Had not people said God had reserved this privilege to the birds?


23.
... said God made these things possible, and ...   BB p.55, We Agnostics   Go to page 55 in the Big Book
They said God made these things possible, and we only smiled.

24.
... said, "Grant me my wishes" instead of ...   12&12 p.32, Step Two
We had always said, "Grant me my wishes" instead of "Thy will be done."

25.
... said, "Have you fellows had your morning ...   12&12 p.144, Tradition Three
A quizzical smile on his lips, he said, "Have you fellows had your morning meditation?"


26.
... said he was perfectly willing to do ...   BB p.158, A Vision For You   Go to page 158 in the Big Book
On the third day the lawyer gave his life to the care and direction of his Creator, and said he was perfectly willing to do anything necessary.


27.
... said he was perfectly willing to go ...   BB p.79, Into Action   Go to page 79 in the Big Book
He said he was perfectly willing to go to jail if she insisted.

28.
Said he, "Well, what about it?   12&12 p.142, Tradition Three
Said he, "Well, what about it?

29.
... said he wished he'd paid some attention ...   12&12 p.149, Tradition Four
He said he wished he'd paid some attention to A.A. experience.


30.
... said, "Here I am."   BB p.79, Into Action   Go to page 79 in the Big Book
It would have been impressive heroics if he had walked up to the Judge and said, "Here I am."

31.
... said I, 'I think you're just a ...   12&12 p.153, Tradition Five
"'Well,' said I, 'I think you're just a conceited Irishman who thinks he can run the whole show.'

32.
... said, 'I think it's a shame that ...   12&12 p.136, Tradition Two
'Bill,' he said, 'I think it's a shame that you are financially so hard up.


33.
... said, in part: "Alcoholics Anonymous are no ...   BB p.570(572), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Dr. W. W. Bauer, broadcasting under the auspices of The American Medical Association in 1946, over the NBC network, said, in part: "Alcoholics Anonymous are no crusaders; not a temperance society.

34.
... said, "is our reputation.   12&12 p.142, Tradition Three
"What we are really afraid of," he said, "is our reputation.

35.
... said it all.   12&12 p.159, Tradition Six
Concerning endorsements, our friend had said it all.

36.
... said it -- the landlord would put us ...   12&12 p.163, Tradition Seven
But finally he said it -- the landlord would put us out if we didn't pay up.

37.
... said it wished to publicize its principles ...   12&12 p.182, Tradition Eleven
Here was something rare in the world -- a society which said it wished to publicize its principles and its work, but not its individual members.


38.
... said, "I've got religion."   BB p.9, Bill's Story   Go to page 9 in the Big Book
Simply, but smilingly, he said, "I've got religion."


39.
... said, "Let's make the call," and extracted ...   BB p.179, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 179 in the Big Book
Wishing to be polite, though I felt very badly, I said, "Let's make the call," and extracted from my wife a promise that we would not stay over fifteen minutes.


40.
... said my friend, "this chap is either ...   BB p.138, To Employers   Go to page 138 in the Big Book
"Oh no," said my friend, "this chap is either through with liquor, or he is minus a job.

41.
... said, no such thing as the personal ...   12&12 p.22, Step One
There was, they said, no such thing as the personal conquest of this compulsion by the unaided will.

42.
... said of many A.A. members who, for ...   12&12 p.120, Step Twelve
And what can be said of many A.A. members who, for a variety of reasons, cannot have a family life?


43.
Said one of the visitors, "We're giving ...   BB p.157, A Vision For You   Go to page 157 in the Big Book
Said one of the visitors, "We're giving you a treatment for alcoholism."


44.
... said, "Put him in a private room. ...   BB p.157, A Vision For You   Go to page 157 in the Big Book
But one of the friends said, "Put him in a private room. We'll be down."

45.
... said right here in this meeting that ...   12&12 p.138, Tradition Two
'Bill, haven't you often said right here in this meeting that sometimes the good is the enemy of the best?


46.
... said that a problem had them hopelessly ...   BB p.42, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 42 in the Big Book
I had never been able to understand people who said that a problem had them hopelessly defeated.

47.
... said that "Alcoholics Anonymous needs the least ...   12&12 p.172, Tradition Nine
When Tradition Nine was first written, it said that "Alcoholics Anonymous needs the least possible organization."

48.
... said that "almost the only scoffers at ...   12&12 p.97, Step Eleven
It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at prayer are those who never tried it enough."


49.
... said that he was not ready to ...   BB p.135, The Family Afterward   Go to page 135 in the Big Book
He admitted he was overdoing these things, but frankly said that he was not ready to stop.


50.
... said that though I did raise a ...   BB p.42, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 42 in the Big Book
They had said that though I did raise a defense, it would one day give way before some trivial reason for having a drink.

51.
... said that we were born with it, ...   12&12 p.176, Tradition Ten
It could almost be said that we were born with it, for, as one oldtimer recently declared, "Practically never have I heard a heated religious, political, or reform argument among A.A. members.


52.
... said: "The alcoholics we get here at ...   BB p.570(572), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Dr. John F. Stouffer, Chief Psychiatrist, Philadelphia General Hospital, citing his experience with A.A., said: "The alcoholics we get here at Philadelphia General are mostly those who cannot afford private treatment, and A.A. is by far the greatest thing we have been able to offer them.


53.
Said the future Fellow Anonymous: "Damn little ...   BB p.157, A Vision For You   Go to page 157 in the Big Book
Said the future Fellow Anonymous: "Damn little to laugh about that I can see."

54.
... said, "the groups will never fully support ...   12&12 p.164, Tradition Seven
"Maybe," some said, "the groups will never fully support the office.


55.
... said the sick man, "the very image.   BB p.157, A Vision For You   Go to page 157 in the Big Book
"Yes, that's me," said the sick man, "the very image.


56.
... said, "The way you fellows put this ...   BB p.159, A Vision For You   Go to page 159 in the Big Book
After a bit, he said, "The way you fellows put this spiritual stuff makes sense.


57.
... said to our Maker, as we understood ...   BB p.63, How It Works   Go to page 63 in the Big Book
Many of us said to our Maker, as we understood Him: "God, I offer myself to Thee -- to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt.


58.
... said to ourselves, "For God's sake, how ...   BB p.24, There Is A Solution   Go to page 24 in the Big Book
How often have some of us begun to drink in this nonchalant way, and after the third or fourth, pounded on the bar and said to ourselves, "For God's sake, how did I ever get started again?"

59.
... said to ourselves, the hen probably did ...   12&12 p.97, Step Eleven
Sure, we said to ourselves, the hen probably did come before the egg.

60.
... said to ourselves, "This I cannot do ...   12&12 p.108, Step Twelve
We said to ourselves, "This I cannot do today, perhaps, but I can stop crying out 'No, never!'"


61.
... said to ourselves, "This is a sick ...   BB p.67, How It Works   Go to page 67 in the Big Book
When a person offended we said to ourselves, "This is a sick man.


62.
... said to the doctor, "Is there no ...   BB p.27, There Is A Solution   Go to page 27 in the Big Book
He said to the doctor, "Is there no exception?"


63.
... said to us: "I can take it ...   BB p.20, There Is A Solution   Go to page 20 in the Big Book
How many times people have said to us: "I can take it or leave it alone.


64.
... said to us, "Years of living with ...   BB p.122, The Family Afterward   Go to page 122 in the Big Book
A doctor said to us, "Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic.

65.
... said, was full of nonsense; we could ...   12&12 p.30, Step Two
The Bible, we said, was full of nonsense; we could cite it chapter and verse, and we couldn't see the Beatitudes for the 'begats.'


66.
... said, "We don't know."   BB p.53, We Agnostics   Go to page 53 in the Big Book
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."


67.
... said we must not go where liquor ...   BB p.100, Working With Others   Go to page 100 in the Big Book
People have said we must not go where liquor is served; we must not have it in our homes; we must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn't think or be reminded about alcohol at all.

68.
... said we were of the "inferior" type.   12&12 p.123, Step Twelve
Then people said we were of the "inferior" type.

69.
... said, "Why can't 'God as we understand ...   12&12 p.59, Step Five
We said, "Why can't 'God as we understand Him' tell us where we are astray?


70.
... said, "Why don't you choose your own ...   BB p.12, Bill's Story   Go to page 12 in the Big Book
He said, "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?"

71.
... said, "with alcoholics only.   12&12 p.142, Tradition Three
"We deal," they said, "with alcoholics only.


72.
... said: "You have the mind of a ...   BB p.27, There Is A Solution   Go to page 27 in the Big Book
The doctor said: "You have the mind of a chronic alcoholic.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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