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... seemed a
fool of the first magnitude.
BB p.137,
To Employers
2.
... seemed a
novel idea.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
3.
... seemed as
if nothing could be done ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
4.
... seemed as
though a great wall had ...
BB p.107,
To Wives
Sometimes they were so inaccessible that it seemed as though a great wall had been built around them.
5.
... seemed at
first a flimsy reed, has ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
6.
... seemed at
the time) for us to ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
The moment we saw that we had
an answer for alcoholism, it was reasonable (or so it seemed
at the time) for us to feel
that we might have the answer to a lot of other things.
7.
... seemed certain.
BB p.113,
To Wives
8.
... seemed convenient
and not too difficult; the ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
For myself, I had adopted
those parts which seemed convenient and not too
difficult; the rest I disregarded.
9.
... seemed difficult
to believe.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
That was great news to us,
for we had assumed we could not make use of spiritual principles
unless we accepted many things on faith which seemed difficult to believe.
10.
... seemed doomed,
who had so many problems ...
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.
11.
... seemed entirely
out of reach.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
12.
... seemed heavy
or even unjust, new lessons ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when
the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered,
and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."
13.
... seemed high
upon the basis suggested.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
A spiritual experience, he conceded, was absolutely necessary,
but the price seemed high upon the basis suggested.
14.
... seemed impossibly
bad.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
15.
... seemed inadequate.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
16.
... seemed more
intelligent than that.
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
17.
... seemed near
being just that.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
18.
... seemed quite
rational and well-balanced with respect ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
19.
... seemed so
fragile, so easily breakable as ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
20.
... seemed the
Boss Universal, and he certainly ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
21.
... seemed they
had known these strangers always.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
22.
... seemed to
be a case of pathological ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
He had but partially recovered from a gastric
hemorrhage and seemed to
be a case of pathological mental deterioration.
23.
... seemed to
be a major extra-curricular activity.
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
After high school came four years in one of the best colleges in the country
where drinking seemed to
be a major extra-curricular activity.
24.
... seemed to
be able to snap back ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I seemed to be able to snap back the next morning better than most of my fellow
drinkers, who were cursed (or perhaps blessed) with a great deal of morning-after nausea.
25.
... seemed to
be centered around doing what ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My whole life seemed to be centered around doing what I wanted to do, without regard for the rights, wishes, or privileges of
anyone else; a state of mind which became more and more predominant as the years passed.
26.
... seemed to
be happy.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
27.
... seemed to
be succeeding, we drank to ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
28.
... seemed to
do it.
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
29.
... seemed to
get sober, some others had.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
30.
... seemed to
lecture.
BB p.121,
To Wives
We may have seemed to lecture.
31.
... seemed to
like it.
BB p.106,
To Wives
32.
... seemed to
me.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
33.
... seemed to
me like an opportunity to ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
This seemed to me like an opportunity to be helpful, so I spent two hours talking about alcoholism, the malady,
and described the symptoms and results as well as I could.
34.
... seemed to
prove that one alcoholic could ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
35.
... seemed to
understand, the sense of belonging ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
When we reached A.A., and for
the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the sense of belonging was tremendously exciting.
36.
... seemed to
win.
BB p.66,
How It Works
37.
... seemed very
much at ease on all ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
They spoke with great freedom from embarrassment, which I could never do, and they seemed very much at ease on all occasions and appeared very healthy.
38.
... seemed vitally
important.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
Had he been successful in his enterprise, he would have been set on his feet financially which, at the time, seemed vitally important.
39.
... seemed wise,
for I showed signs of ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
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