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... shall act.
12&12
Step Three, p.37
How persistently we claim the right to decide all by ourselves just what we shall think and just how we shall act.
2.
... shall always
need to authorize workers to ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.174
It is clear now that we ought never to name boards to govern us, but it is equally
clear that we shall always need to authorize workers to serve us.
3.
... shall at
once think of a few ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
We shall at once think of a few people who know all about our drinking, and who have been most affected by it.
4.
... shall be
bound to construct a long ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.81
Then, as year by year we walk back through our lives as far as memory will reach, we shall be bound to construct a long list of people who have, to some
extent or other, been affected.
5.
... shall be
divided among them.
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.176
We live in the imminent possibility of a fresh holocaust to determine
how men shall be governed, and how the products of nature and toil shall be divided among them.
6.
... shall be
governed, and how the products ...
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.176
We live in the imminent possibility of a fresh holocaust to determine
how men shall be governed, and how the products of nature and toil shall be divided among them.
7.
... shall be
greatly handicapped.
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
Very earnestly we ask the press also, to observe this request, for otherwise we
shall be greatly handicapped.
8.
... shall be
happy to hear from you ...
BB
To Employers (Note), p.150
9.
... shall be
interested to hear from those ...
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiv
We shall be interested to
hear from those who are getting results from this book, particularly from those who have commenced work with other alcoholics.
10.
... shall be
obliged in some cases still ...
12&12
Step Six, p.69
Perhaps we shall be obliged in some cases still to say, "This I cannot give up yet...," but we should not say to ourselves, "This I will never give up!"
11.
... shall be
of little use if our ...
BB
Working With Others, p.103
Some day we hope that Alcoholics Anonymous will help the public to a better realization of the gravity of the alcoholic problem, but we shall be of little use if our attitude is one of bitterness or hostility.
12.
... shall be
pulled backward into disillusionment.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.114
If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we shall be pulled backward into disillusionment.
13.
... shall be
stupid, boring and glum, like ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.152
But am I to be consigned to a life where I shall be stupid, boring and glum, like some righteous people I see?
14.
... shall be
with you in the Fellowship ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.164
We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit,
and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the
Road of Happy Destiny.
15.
... shall bring
to the task our combined ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.19
16.
... shall call
Ed.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
Not long after the man with the double stigma knocked for admission, A.A.'s other group received into its membership a salesman we
shall call Ed.
17.
... shall call
Jim.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.35
18.
... shall claim
that our serious character defects, ...
12&12
Step Four, p.45
We shall claim that our serious character defects, if we think we have any at all, have been caused chiefly by excessive drinking.
19.
... shall describe
some of the mental states ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.35
So we shall describe some of
the mental states that precede a relapse into drinking, for obviously
this is the crux of the problem.
20.
... shall do
our utmost to achieve that ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.19
21.
... shall find
no enduring strength until we ...
12&12
Step One, p.22
The principle that we shall
find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered.
22.
... shall find
that though the harm done ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.79
In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has.
23.
... shall forever
live in thankful contemplation of ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.566
This to the end that our great
blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation
of Him who presides over us
all.
24.
... shall forever
live in thankful contemplation of ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve (Long), p.192
This to the end that our great
blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation
of Him who presides over us
all.
25.
... shall get
rid of that terrible sense ...
12&12
Step Five, p.57
26.
... shall handle
ourselves like other people.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
If these thoughts occur,
they are hazy and readily supplanted with the old threadbare idea that this time we shall handle ourselves like other people.
27.
... shall have
to be content with patient ...
12&12
Step Six, p.65
28.
... shall have
to come to grips with ...
12&12
Step Six, p.69
At the very least, we shall have to come to grips with some of our worst character defects and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can.
29.
... shall have
to do more than see.
12&12
Step Five, p.58
30.
... shall have
to separate the spiritual from ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.161
31.
... shall he
ever straighten out that awful ...
12&12
Step Three, p.39
And how shall he ever straighten out that awful jam that cost him the affection of his
family and separated him
from them?
32.
... shall I
forget their impassive faces, and ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.137
33.
... shall look
for progress, not for perfection.
12&12
Step Ten, p.91
34.
... shall need
bracing air and an abundance ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.98
35.
... shall need
to make a brand new ...
12&12
Step Six, p.68
If we would gain any real advantage in the use of this Step on problems other than alcohol, we shall need to make a brand new venture into open-mindedness.
36.
... shall need
to raise our eyes toward ...
12&12
Step Six, p.68
37.
... shall need
to share with this person ...
12&12
Step Five, p.61
Perhaps we shall need to share with this person facts about ourselves which no others ought to know.
38.
... shall need
when we take Step Nine.
12&12
Step Nine, p.83
Good judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage, and prudence -- these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine.
39.
... shall never
be able to make direct ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.83
There will be other cases where action ought to be deferred, and still others in which by the very nature of the situation we shall never be able to make direct personal contact at all.
40.
... shall never
be able to touch more ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xxi
In all probability, we shall never be able to touch more than a fair fraction of the alcohol problem in all its ramifications.
41.
... shall never
have enough.
12&12
Step Four, p.49
42.
... shall never
have, instead of adjusting to ...
12&12
Step Six, p.67
Else why would we consume such great amounts of time wishing for what we have
not, rather than working
for it, or angrily looking
for attributes we shall never have, instead of adjusting to the fact, and accepting it?
43.
... shall not
be repeated.
BB
Into Action, p.81
44.
... shall observe
the spirit of A.A. tradition, ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority
over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion,
vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial
unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and that,
like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and
action.
45.
... shall often
tread on even more dangerous ...
12&12
Step Six, p.66
46.
... shall point
with pride to the good ...
12&12
Step Four, p.45
No doubt we shall point with pride to the good lives we thought we led before the bottle cut us down.
47.
... shall publicly."
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.176
48.
... shall see
a pathway beside which is ...
12&12
Step Three, p.34
Once unlocked by willingness, the door opens almost of itself, and looking through it, we shall see a pathway beside which is an inscription.
49.
... shall see,
he now means a great ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.156
As we shall see, he now means a great deal to his community, and the major liabilities of thirty years of hard drinking have been repaired
in four.
50.
... shall seek.
12&12
Step Ten, p.95
An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude for blessings received, and a
willingness to try for better things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek.
51.
... shall seek
all those wonders still unseen.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.100
Let us look now upon the sea and ponder what its mystery is; and let us lift our eyes to the far horizon, beyond which we shall seek all those wonders still unseen.
52.
... shall serve.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
53.
... shall stand
convicted of emotional sterility and ...
BB
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.569
If we do not do so, we shall stand convicted of emotional sterility and
of having lost the faith that
moves mountains, without which medicine can
do little.
54.
... shall sustain
us in unity for so ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.131
They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous,
which -- God willing -- shall sustain us in unity for so long as He may need us.
55.
... shall tell
you what we have done.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.20
56.
... shall the
answer be -- yes or no?"
12&12
Tradition Three, p.142
57.
... shall think
and just how we shall ...
12&12
Step Three, p.37
How persistently we claim the right to decide all by ourselves just what we shall think and just how we shall act.
58.
... shall try
to answer for you.
BB
To Wives, p.110
59.
... shall walk
a free man at last.
BB
Into Action, p.75
Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything, for we are
building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last.
60.
... shall want
sunlight; nothing much can grow ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.98
61.
... shall want
to hold ourselves to the ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.81
We shall want to hold ourselves to the course of admitting the things we have done, meanwhile forgiving the
wrongs done us, real or fancied.
62.
... shall want
to speak with someone who ...
12&12
Step Five, p.61
We shall want to speak with someone who is experienced, who not only has stayed dry but has been able to surmount other serious difficulties.
63.
... shall we
be able to let Him ...
12&12
Step Three, p.34
Therefore our problem now becomes just how and by what specific
means shall we be able to let Him in?
64.
... shall we
come to terms with seeming ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
65.
... shall we
do about it?
BB
Into Action, p.72
66.
... shall we
help our readers determine, to ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.34
How then shall we help our readers determine, to their
own satisfaction, whether they are one of us?
67.
... shall we
let God into our lives?
12&12
Contents (Step Three), p.5
68.
... shall we
meditate?
12&12
Contents (Step Eleven), p.8
How shall we meditate?
69.
... shall we
meditate?
12&12
Step Eleven, p.98
How, then, shall we meditate?
70.
... shall we
present that which has been ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.19
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