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... seem as
embarrassing as facing up to ...
12&12
Step Five, p.60
2.
... seem bent
upon self-destruction.
12&12
Step Six, p.64
3.
... seem dull
and boring, not gay and ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.126
If not irritable, he may seem dull and boring, not gay and affectionate as the family would like him to be.
4.
... seem inconsistent,
but we think it is ...
BB
Working With Others, p.98
5.
... seem incredible
that these men are to ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.153
6.
... seem like
tempting Providence, but it isn't.
BB
Working With Others, p.101
To a person who has had experience with an alcoholic, this may seem like tempting Providence, but it isn't.
7.
... seem severe,
but it is usually the ...
BB
To Employers, p.142
8.
... seem so
worth while to us now.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.124
Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now.
9.
... seem to
be of real help to ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.52
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we
couldn't make a living, we had
a feeling of uselessness, we were full of
fear, we were unhappy, we
couldn't seem to be of real help to other people -- was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we
should see newsreels of lunar flight?
10.
... seem to
be realized while ours are ...
12&12
Step Four, p.49
Unreasonable fear that
our instincts will not be
satisfied drives us to covet the possessions of others, to lust for sex and power, to become angry when our instinctive demands are
threatened, to be envious when the ambitions
of others seem to be realized while ours are not.
11.
... seem to
be temporarily off the beam.
12&12
Step Twelve, pp.110-111
We may often pass through Twelfth Step experiences where we will seem to be temporarily off the beam.
12.
... seem to
be these: The more we ...
12&12
Step Three, p.36
And the facts seem to be these:
The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually
are.
13.
... seem to
be within us, and at ...
12&12
Step Four, p.52
These stem from causes which
sometimes seem to be within us, and at other times to come from without.
14.
... seem to
bother me so I tried ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.36
15.
... seem to
come from God are not ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.103
16.
... seem to
do the job for me.
12&12
Step Six, p.63
17.
... seem to
every newcomer that more is ...
12&12
Step Four, p.49
So when A.A. suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can
do.
18.
... seem to
forgive and forget.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.134
19.
... seem to
get on their feet moneywise, ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.114
Though the earning power of most A.A.'s is relatively high, we have some
members who never seem to get on their feet moneywise, and still others who encounter heavy financial reverses.
20.
... seem to
have been born that way.
BB
How It Works, p.58
21.
... seem to
have been successful.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.111
Or we may encounter the reverse situation, in which
we are highly elated because we seem to have been successful.
22.
... seem to
have the ability, by God's ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.114
Our basic troubles are the
same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made "to practice these principles
in all our affairs," well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.
23.
... seem to
have the gift of picking ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
24.
... seem to
suggest..."
12&12
Tradition Nine, pp.173-174
25.
... seem to
those who do not understand ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
On the other hand -- and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand
-- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of
ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only
effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.
26.
... seem to
work so well.
BB
Working With Others, p.93
But he will be curious to learn why his own convictions have not worked and why yours seem to work so well.
27.
... seem unwise
to absent myself.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
This resolution I kept steadfastly for the next forty years, except when circumstances made it
seem unwise to absent myself.
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