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... sense.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
2.
... sense.
BB p.77,
Into Action
When it will serve any good purpose, we are willing to
announce our convictions with tact and
common sense.
3.
... sense.
BB p.85,
Into Action
4.
... sense.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
5.
... sense.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
6.
... sense, and
high character.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
7.
... sense and
loving kindness is to let ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
It may be that both will decide that the way of good sense and loving kindness is to let by-gones be by-gones.
8.
... sense and
will power that he still ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
What has become of the common sense and will power that he still sometimes displays with respect to
other matters?
9.
... sense enough
never to go to the ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
During the subsequent
fifteen years I had sense enough never to go to the hospital if I had been drinking, and very seldom did I receive patients.
10.
... sense had
we ever taken stock of ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.
11.
... sense he
has been transformed, because he ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
In a very real sense he has been transformed, because he
has laid hold of a source of strength which,
in one way or another, he had hitherto
denied himself.
12.
... sense in
the light of the havoc ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
Sometimes these excuses have a certain plausibility, but none of
them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic's drinking bout creates.
13.
... sense it
includes meditation.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
14.
... sense more
deeply the inner meaning of ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more deeply the inner meaning of A.A.'s simple prayer:
15.
... sense of
being in partnership or brotherhood ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
It became clear that if we
ever were to feel emotionally secure among grown-up people, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop the sense of being in partnership or
brotherhood with all those around us.
16.
... sense of
belonging that comes to us.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is
the sense of belonging
that comes to us.
17.
... sense of
belonging was tremendously exciting.
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.
18.
... sense of
direction flowed into them.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
In the face of collapse
and despair, in the face of
the total failure of their
human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into
them.
19.
... Sense of
duty.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
1. Sense of duty.
20.
... sense of
ease and comfort which comes ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless
they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks -- drinks which they
see others taking with impunity.
21.
... sense of
His presence had been blotted ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
But soon the sense of His presence had been blotted
out by worldly clamors, mostly those within myself.
22.
... sense of
impending calamity.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
23.
... sense of
isolation we've always had.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
24.
... sense of
persecution, and a desire to ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
25.
... sense of
power and direction, provided we ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
As soon as we admitted the
possible existence of
a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit
of the Universe underlying the totality
of things, we began to be
possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we
took other simple steps.
26.
... sense of
public responsibility.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
It would be a good thing,
they believed, for the liquor trade to show a sense of public responsibility.
27.
... sense of
purpose, accompanied by a growing ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
This dream world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing consciousness
of the power of God in our lives.
28.
... sense of
real satisfaction when I was ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
There was, therefore, a sense of real satisfaction when I was asked to contribute a few words on a subject which is covered in
such masterly detail in these pages.
29.
... sense of
relief at finally facing ourselves ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
As we persist, a brand-new kind of confidence is born, and the
sense of relief at finally facing ourselves is indescribable.
30.
... sense of
relief that we conclude our ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
After taking this preliminary trial at making amends, we may enjoy such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished.
31.
... sense of
relief will mount from minute ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
32.
... sense of
responsibility for others.
BB p.120,
To Wives
33.
... sense of
the word.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
34.
... sense of
the word.
BB xiv,
Foreword to First Edition
35.
... sense of
the word, is needed or ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
For the type of alcoholic
who is able and willing to
get well, little charity, in the ordinary sense of the word, is needed or wanted.
36.
... sense of
timing, courage, and prudence -- these ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
Good judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage, and prudence -- these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine.
37.
... sense of
victory, followed by such a ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
38.
... sense practically
nobody has it.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
39.
... sense that
real tolerance of other people's ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings
and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions
are attitudes which make
us more useful to others.
40.
... sense that
these drinkers are abnormal, but ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
In a vague way their families and friends sense that these drinkers are abnormal, but everybody
hopefully awaits the day when the sufferer will rouse himself from his lethargy
and assert his power of will.
41.
... sense that
you can prove a straight ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
We could not prove life in
the sense that you can prove
a straight line is the shortest distance between two points, yet, there it was.
42.
... sense the
flow of His Spirit into ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
43.
... sense, their
will power?
BB p.107,
To Wives
44.
... sense these
things, they will not take ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
If they sense these things,
they will not take so seriously his periods of
crankiness, depression, or apathy,
which will disappear when
there is tolerance, love,
and spiritual understanding.
45.
... sense to
him.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
46.
... sense we
find it necessary, until they ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all their life story.
47.
... sense, we
still suffered many of the ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
But we soon discovered
that while we weren't alone any more in a social sense, we still suffered many of the old pangs of anxious apartness.
48.
... sense whatever
can its members govern or ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
49.
... sense when
a real tosspot calls a ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
50.
... sense, which
makes it virtually impossible for ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
We are equally positive
that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system,
something happens, both in the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to stop.
51.
... sense would
thus become uncommon sense.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
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