From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... someone, but
whom?
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
2.
... someone desperate
enough to accept with eagerness ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
3.
... someone does
throw us out of his ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
4.
... someone else.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
Let him know you are available if he wishes to
make a decision and tell his story, but do not insist upon it if he prefers to consult someone else.
5.
... someone else
all their life story.
BB p.73,
Into Action
But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all their life story.
6.
... someone else
do the same thing, we ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn't belong.
7.
... someone else
for the more difficult and ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
It may turn out, however, that
you'll choose someone else for the more difficult and deeper revelations.
8.
... someone else
to console him -- not always ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
9.
Someone had
pushed a drink my way, ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
10.
... someone had
tried to impress them during ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
To others, the word "God" brought up a particular idea of Him with which someone
had tried to impress them
during childhood.
11.
... someone's home
did not shelter a little ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
Seeing much of each other, scarce an evening passed that someone's home did not shelter a little gathering of men and women, happy in their release, and
constantly thinking
how they might present their discovery to some newcomer.
12.
... someone immediately
and make amends quickly if ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
13.
... someone, it
may be one is so ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
Notwithstanding the great necessity for discussing ourselves
with someone, it may be one is
so situated that there is no
suitable person available.
14.
... someone might
have observed him.
BB p.73,
Into Action
15.
... someone ordained
by an established religion.
BB p.74,
Into Action
Though we have no religious connection,
we may still do well to talk with someone ordained by an established religion.
16.
... someone outside
the family present the book.
BB p.113,
To Wives
17.
... someone we
can help.
BB p.84,
Into Action
18.
... someone who
is experienced, who not only ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
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.
19.
Someone who
knew what he was talking ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
Someone who knew what he was
talking about once remarked that pain was the touchstone of all spiritual progress.
20.
... someone who
knows, so that we may ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
21.
... someone who
needed it, when our real ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
We "constructively criticized" someone who needed it, when our real motive was to win a useless argument.
22.
... someone who
will understand, yet be unaffected.
BB p.74,
Into Action
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