From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... several alcoholics
among his own acquaintances.
BB p.112,
To Wives
2.
... several classes.
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflected carefully upon each instance, and have tried to possess ourselves of the right attitude in which to proceed, we will see that the making of direct amends divides those we should approach into several classes.
3.
... several days.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
4.
... several days'
meeting of a national society ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This dry spell lasted for about three weeks; then I went to Atlantic City to attend several days' meeting of a national society of which
I was a member.
5.
... several failures
to find others, a fourth ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
6.
... several families
have adopted this way of ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
7.
... several hundred
years now has been rated ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
8.
... several in
my stocking tops.
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
9.
... several lifelong
conceptions out of the window.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
10.
... several million
actual and potential alcoholics in ...
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
So far, upon the total problem of several million actual and potential alcoholics in the world,
we have made only a scratch.
11.
... several million
since ten o'clock -- so what?
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
12.
... several more
that night and plenty next ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
13.
Several of
our crowd, men of thirty ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Several of our crowd, men of thirty or less, had been drinking only
a few years, but they found themselves as helpless as those who had
been drinking twenty years.
14.
... several quarts
on my way to the ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
15.
... several stories
more, but three would do ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
In imagination the gleaming center was to go up several
stories more, but three would do for a start.
16.
... several things.
BB p.148,
To Employers
17.
... several thousand
dollars for that year.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
The exercise of an option brought in more money, leaving us with a profit of
several thousand dollars for that year.
18.
... several times.
BB p.116,
To Wives
19.
... several times
in succession.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
20.
... several times
that he had but one ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
21.
... several times
very slowly, savoring every word ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
As beginners in meditation, we might now reread this prayer several times very slowly, savoring every word and trying to take in the deep meaning of each phrase and idea.
22.
... several trips
to the hospital meantime.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
23.
... several weeks,
or longer.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
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