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... showed about
eleven percent of A.A.'s were ...
BB
More About Alcoholism (Note), p.34
(*) True when this book was first published. But a 2014 U.S./Canada membership survey showed about eleven percent of A.A.'s were thirty and under.
2.
... showed definite
signs of alcoholism, were able ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
We have heard of a few instances where people, who
showed definite signs of alcoholism, were able to stop for a long period because of an overpowering desire to do
so.
3.
... showed improvement.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
Of alcoholics who came to
A.A. and really tried, 50% got
sober at once and remained that way; 25% sobered up after some relapses, and among the remainder, those who stayed on with A.A. showed improvement.
4.
... showed results,
prodigious results.
12&12
Step Two, p.27
5.
... showed signs
of delirium tremens.
BB
Bill's Story, p.13
6.
... showed us
an amazing paradox: We found ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.107
Step One showed us an amazing paradox: We found that we were
totally unable to be rid of the alcohol obsession until we first admitted that we were powerless over it.
7.
... showed us
that "God-sufficiency" worked with them, ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.52
When others showed us that "God-sufficiency" worked with them, we began to feel like those who had insisted the Wrights would never fly.
8.
... showed us
that humility and intellect could ...
12&12
Step Two, p.30
By their example they showed
us that humility and intellect could be compatible, provided we
placed humility first.
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