From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... sober?
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
If we were pretty nice people all along, except for our drinking,
what need is there for a moral inventory now that we are sober?
2.
... sober.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Most of us would declare that without a fearless admission of our defects
to another human being we could not stay sober.
3.
... sober.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
4.
... sober.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
He was sober.
5.
... sober.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
6.
... sober.
BB p.82,
Into Action
7.
... sober A.A.
member has been granted a ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
It is plain for everybody to see that each sober A.A. member has been granted a release from this
very obstinate and potentially fatal obsession.
8.
... sober and
able to be of this ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
9.
... sober and
happy in our A.A. work.
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
10.
... sober and
help other alcoholics.
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
In any meeting, anywhere, A.A.'s share experience, strength, and hope with each other, in order to stay sober and help other alcoholics.
11.
... sober and
help other alcoholics to achieve ...
Grapevine,
Preamble
12.
... sober and
in good spirits.
BB p.116,
To Wives
13.
... sober and
to stay sober, you don't ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
14.
... sober, and
winning back the esteem of ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Now that we're in A.A. and sober, and winning back the esteem of our friends and business associates, we find that we
still need to exercise special vigilance.
15.
... sober at
all.
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
16.
... sober at
all; others will relapse periodically ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Some people are unable to
stay sober at all; others will relapse periodically
until they really clean house.
17.
... sober at
once and remained that way; ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
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.
18.
... sober breath.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
Mercifully, no one could guess that I was to
have no real employment for five years, or hardly draw a sober breath.
19.
... sober but
a few months, he saw ...
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
20.
... sober, considerate,
and helpful, regardless of what ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
These things will come to pass naturally and in good time provided, however, the
alcoholic continues
to demonstrate that he can be sober, considerate, and helpful, regardless of
what anyone says or does.
21.
... sober day
by day.
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Learning to depend upon a higher power and absorb himself in his work with other alcoholics, he remains sober day by day.
22.
... sober, does
he not work hard and ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
23.
... sober during
the day, at least up ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My phobia for sleeplessness demanded that I get drunk every night, but in order to get more liquor for the next night, I had to stay sober during the day, at least up to four o'clock.
24.
... sober enough
to earn money, I would ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Not being a man of means, I knew that if I did not
stay sober enough to earn money, I would run out of liquor.
25.
... sober even
through the day, though I ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to promise my wife, my friends, and my children that I would drink
no more -- promises which seldom kept me sober even through the day, though I was very sincere when I made them.
26.
... sober fact
that it does not work ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
We do not decry professionalism in other fields, but we accept the sober fact that it does not work for
us.
27.
... sober, father
usually obeyed.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
28.
... sober for
a long stretch, we could ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Most of us have believed that if we remained sober for a long stretch, we could thereafter drink normally.
29.
... sober for
a year or more, becoming ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
In the early days of our drinking we occasionally remained
sober for a year or more, becoming serious drinkers again later.
30.
... sober, for
there will be no home ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
31.
... sober for
years, often pay dearly for ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
32.
... sober himself.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Prior to his journey to Akron, the broker had worked hard with many alcoholics on the theory that only an alcoholic could help an alcoholic, but he had succeeded only in keeping
sober himself.
33.
... sober, it
can be understood why we ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
When you add to this the habitual supposition
that people ought to give money to alcoholics trying to stay sober, it can be understood why we thought we deserved a pile of folding money.
34.
... sober, keep
in emotional balance, and live ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions?
35.
... sober Monday
till after the dinner, and ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I got tight that night, stayed sober Monday till after the dinner, and then proceeded
to get tight again.
36.
... sober --
month after month.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
37.
... sober nowadays,
don't we often try to ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
38.
... sober only
by the grace of God ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
As an insurance against "big-shot-ism" we can often check ourselves by remembering that we are today sober only by the grace of God and that any success we may be having is
far more His success than ours.
39.
... sober, or
even alive, unless he passes ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
Alone now, he reflects that he may not be able to stay sober, or even alive, unless he passes on to other alcoholics what was so freely given him.
40.
... sober --
paid our own way.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
41.
... sober six
months now?
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
42.
... sober, some
others had.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
43.
... sober, that
after all, only a bare ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
Of course the sponsor points out that our friend's life is still unmanageable even though he is sober, that after all, only a bare start on A.A.'s program has been made.
44.
... sober, that
motive became secondary.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they
would remain sober, that motive became secondary.
45.
... sober the
rest of his life.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
He was positive that this humiliating experience, plus the knowledge he had acquired, would keep him
sober the rest of his life.
46.
... sober, though
he's been in here eight ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
47.
... sober; unless
I accept life completely on ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy.
48.
... sober up
drunks and hand them currency ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
Beginning on the ground
floor there would be a club;
in the second story they
would sober up drunks and hand them currency for their back debts; the third deck would house an educational project --
quite noncontroversial, of course.
49.
... sober, you
don't have to swallow all ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
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