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1.
... seem as
embarrassing as facing up to ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
Somehow, being alone with
God doesn't
seem as
embarrassing as
facing up to another
person.
2.
... seem bent
upon self-destruction.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
3.
... seem dull
and boring, not gay and ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
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 p.98,
Working With Others
This may
seem inconsistent, but we
think it is not.
5.
... seem incredible
that these men are to ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
It may
seem incredible
that these
men are to
become
happy,
respected, and
useful once more.
6.
... seem like
tempting Providence, but it isn't.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
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 p.142,
To Employers
This may
seem severe, but it
is usually the
best course.
8.
... seem so
worth while to us now.
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
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 p.52,
We Agnostics
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 p.49,
Step Four
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 p.111,
Step Twelve
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 p.36,
Step Three
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 p.52,
Step Four
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 p.36,
More About Alcoholism
That didn't
seem to
bother
me so I
tried another."
15.
... seem to
come from God are not ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
Quite often, however, the
thoughts that
seem to
come from
God are not
answers at all.
16.
... seem to
do the job for me.
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
I
simply couldn't
stop drinking, and no
human being
could
seem to do the
job for
me.
17.
... seem to
every newcomer that more is ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
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 p.134,
The Family Afterward
They cannot
seem to
forgive
and
forget.
19.
... seem to
get on their feet moneywise, ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
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 p.58,
How It Works
They are not at
fault; they
seem to have been
born that way.
21.
... seem to
have been successful.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
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 p.114,
Step Twelve
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
suggest..."
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
24.
... seem to
those who do not understand ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
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.
25.
... seem to
work so well.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
But he will be
curious to
learn why his
own convictions have not
worked and why yours
seem to
work so well.
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