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SITUATION occurs
34 times
[24 in BB ... 10 in 12&12]
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1.
... situation.
BB
How It Works, p.69
God alone can
judge our
sex situation.
2.
... situation.
BB
Into Action, p.82
3.
... situation.
BB
To Employers, p.146
4.
... situation.
BB
A Vision For You, p.163
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
If this is the
situation, by all
means do so, for you
ought to
make a
beginning as
soon as you can.
12.
... situation fairly,
can I see where I ...
12&12
Step Four, p.52
Appraising each situation fairly, can I
see where I have been at
fault?
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
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
Of
course she did not, and the
whole situation has
long since been
adjusted.
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
19.
... situation hopeless,
had hidden in a deserted ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
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
And if she had a
strong maternal instinct to
begin with, the
situation is
aggravated.
22.
... situation is
to deny some other alcoholic ...
BB
Working With Others, p.96
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
You can be
quite hopeful of
a
situation like this.
25.
... situation on
your hands.
BB
To Wives, p.114
You may have the
reverse situation on your
hands.
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
But I can
tell you there was
nothing funny about the
situation then.
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
30.
... situation, we
usually have to do something ...
BB
Into Action, p.81
Whatever the
situation, we
usually have to do
something about it.
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
33.
... situation without
reserve.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.18
34.
... situation, you
can undoubtedly make helpful suggestions.
BB
To Employers, p.145
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