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... situation.
BB
How It Works, p.69
2.
... situation.
BB
Into Action, p.82
3.
... situation.
BB
To Employers, p.146
4.
... situation.
BB
A Vision For You, p.163
The doctor proved to be able and exceedingly anxious to adopt any workable method of handling the situation.
5.
... situation.
12&12
Step One, p.24
Under the lash of alcoholism, we are driven
to A.A., and there we discover
the fatal nature of our situation.
6.
... situation, and
there can be no doubt ...
12&12
Step Five, p.60
The benefit of talking to
another person is that we
can get his direct comment and counsel on our
situation, and there can be no doubt in our minds what that advice is.
7.
... situation, and
there were periods of sobriety ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.5
Nevertheless, I still
thought I could control
the situation, and there were periods of sobriety which renewed my wife's hope.
8.
... situation are
your own willingness to confide ...
12&12
Step Five, p.61
The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to confide
and your full confidence
in the one with whom you share
your first accurate self-survey.
9.
... situation as
being exactly the way it ...
BB
Acceptance, p.417
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
10.
... situation as
best we could; and the ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.25
We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from
which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of
our intolerable situation
as best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help.
11.
... situation, by
all means do so, for ...
12&12
Step Five, p.61
12.
... situation fairly,
can I see where I ...
12&12
Step Four, p.52
13.
... situation, for
sanity, and for the strength ...
BB
How It Works, p.70
To sum up about sex: We earnestly pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation, for sanity, and for the
strength to do the right thing.
14.
... situation had
not been entirely our fault, ...
BB
How It Works, p.67
Though a situation had not
been entirely our fault, we
tried to disregard the other person involved entirely.
15.
... situation has
already arrived in practically every ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
16.
... situation has
long since been adjusted.
BB
Into Action, p.79
17.
... situation, he
went on a roaring bender.
BB
A Vision For You, p.155
Some time later, and just as he thought he was getting control of his liquor situation, he went on a roaring bender.
18.
... situation: home
in jeopardy, wife ill, children ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.155
It was the usual situation: home in jeopardy, wife ill, children distracted, bills in arrears and standing damaged.
19.
... situation hopeless,
had hidden in a deserted ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
The patient had made his own diagnosis, and deciding his situation hopeless, had hidden in a deserted barn determined to die.
20.
... situation, in
which we are highly elated ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.111
Or we may encounter the reverse situation, in which we
are highly elated because we seem to have been successful.
21.
... situation is
aggravated.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.118
22.
... situation is
to deny some other alcoholic ...
BB
Working With Others, p.96
To spend too much time on any one situation is to deny some other alcoholic an opportunity to live and be
happy.
23.
... situation is
too difficult and no unhappiness ...
BB
To Wives, p.104
We want to leave you with the
feeling that no situation is too difficult and no unhappiness too great to be overcome.
24.
... situation like
this.
BB
To Wives, p.110
25.
... situation on
your hands.
BB
To Wives, p.114
26.
... situation --
some fact of my life -- unacceptable ...
BB
Acceptance, p.417
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
27.
... situation then.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.140
28.
... situation was.
BB
To Employers, p.141
I know, in my own particular case, that nothing my company could have
done would have stopped me
for, so long as I was able to hold my position, I could not
possibly realize how serious my situation was.
29.
... situation we
shall never be able to ...
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.
30.
... situation, we
usually have to do something ...
BB
Into Action, p.81
31.
... situation where
to make a full revelation ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.86
That will arise in the occasional situation where to
make a full revelation would seriously harm the one to whom we are making amends.
32.
... situation which
might be helped by better ...
BB
To Employers, p.137
We think the business fabric is shot through with a situation which
might be helped by better understanding all around.
33.
... situation without
reserve.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.18
Highly competent psychiatrists who have dealt with us have found it sometimes impossible to
persuade an alcoholic
to discuss his situation without reserve.
34.
... situation, you
can undoubtedly make helpful suggestions.
BB
To Employers, p.145
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