From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... seems best.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
2.
... seems good
to me, and is not ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
3.
... seems impossible.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
4.
... seems impossible,
but to continue as he ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
To one who feels he is an atheist or agnostic such an experience seems impossible, but to continue as he is means disaster, especially if
he is an alcoholic of the hopeless variety.
5.
... seems like
a very dubious and improbable ...
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
6.
... seems most
difficult, and in much detail ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
The classification of alcoholics seems most difficult, and in much detail is outside the scope of this book.
7.
... seems no
way of entirely getting rid ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
8.
... seems plain
that few of us can ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Therefore, it seems plain that few of us can quickly or easily become ready to aim at spiritual and moral perfection; we want to settle for only as much perfection as will get us by in life, according, of course, to our various and
sundry ideas of what will get us by.
9.
... seems plain
that the grace of God ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
It seems plain that the grace of God will not enter to expel our destructive obsessions until we are willing to try this.
10.
... seems the
only normal one.
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
11.
... seems to
be in wise and prudent ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
I suspect that if it is wisely handled -- and it
seems to be in wise and prudent hands -- there are doors of opportunity ahead of this project that
may surpass our capacities to imagine."
12.
... seems to
be littered with bleeding forms.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
13.
... seems to
be that most chronic alcoholics ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
Much has been written pro and con, but among physicians, the general opinion seems to be that most chronic alcoholics are doomed.
14.
... seems to
be that once everybody's primary ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
The theory seems to be that
once everybody's primary instincts are satisfied, there won't be much left to quarrel about.
15.
... seems to
be unloving and inconsiderate; it ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
Of course, there is such a
thing as incompatibility, but in nearly every instance the alcoholic
only seems to be unloving
and inconsiderate; it is usually because he is warped and sickened that he
says and does these appalling things.
16.
... seems to
cause more trouble.
BB p.68,
How It Works
17.
... seems to
deal with a purely practical ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
Though Tradition Nine at first sight seems to deal with a purely practical matter, in its actual operation it discloses
a society without organization, animated only by the spirit
of service -- a true fellowship.
18.
... seems to
make little difference.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
19.
... seems to
me to be of paramount ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The subject presented
in this book seems to me to be
of paramount importance to those afflicted with alcoholic addiction.
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