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1.
... state alcohol commission wanted a paid researcher.   12&12 p.170, Tradition Eight
A state alcohol commission wanted a paid researcher.

2.
... state drunk farm wanted a manager who ...   12&12 p.170, Tradition Eight
A state drunk farm wanted a manager who could really handle inebriates.

3.
... state, Ed had holed up in a ...   12&12 p.144, Tradition Three
In a neighboring state, Ed had holed up in a cheap hotel.

4.
... state is known as "two-stepping."   12&12 p.113, Step Twelve
In A.A. slang, that blissful state is known as "two-stepping."

5.
... state legislatures, and commissions advertised the fact ...   12&12 p.170, Tradition Eight
Drunk farms, educational ventures, state legislatures, and commissions advertised the fact that A.A. members served them.


6.
... State liquor agency where perhaps one might ...   BB p.171, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 171 in the Big Book
No beer or liquor was sold in the neighborhood, except at the State liquor agency where perhaps one might procure a pint if he could convince the agent that he really needed it.

7.
... state of absolute helplessness, you now declare ...   12&12 p.25, Step Two
Having reduced us to a state of absolute helplessness, you now declare that none but a Higher Power can remove our obsession.

8.
... state of affairs.   12&12 p.106, Step Twelve
To new A.A.'s, this often seems like a very dubious and improbable state of affairs.

9.
... state of affairs, am I willing to ...   12&12 p.52, Step Four
If I am unable to change the present state of affairs, am I willing to take the measures necessary to shape my life to conditions as they are?

10.
... state of consciousness and being.   12&12 p.107, Step Twelve
He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being.

11.
... state of continual disturbance and frustration.   12&12 p.76, Step Seven
Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration.


12.
... state of mental goose-flesh that used to ...   BB p.54, We Agnostics   Go to page 54 in the Big Book
What a state of mental goose-flesh that used to bring on!


13.
... state of mind and body.   BB xiii, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.


14.
... state of mind existed to the extent ...   BB p.27, There Is A Solution   Go to page 27 in the Big Book
I have never seen one single case recover, where that state of mind existed to the extent that it does in you."


15.
... state of mind which became more and ...   BB p.172, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 172 in the Big Book
My whole life seemed to be centered around doing what I wanted to do, without regard for the rights, wishes, or privileges of anyone else; a state of mind which became more and more predominant as the years passed.

16.
... state of mind which can be described ...   12&12 p.25, Step Two
He is in a state of mind which can be described only as savage.


17.
... State of New York where a paper ...   BB p.569(571), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Following are excerpts from the comments of doctors present at the annual meeting (1944) of the Medical Society of the State of New York where a paper on A.A. was read:

18.
... state of our souls here or hereafter?   12&12 p.29, Step Two
Why should we be bothered with theological abstractions and religious duties, or with the state of our souls here or hereafter?


19.
... state of reasonableness.   BB p.48, We Agnostics   Go to page 48 in the Big Book
It finally beat us into a state of reasonableness.


20.
... state of the nation; the minister who ...   BB p.61, How It Works   Go to page 61 in the Big Book
He is like the retired business man who lolls in the Florida sunshine in the winter complaining of the sad state of the nation; the minister who sighs over the sins of the twentieth century; politicians and reformers who are sure all would be Utopia if the rest of the world would only behave; the outlaw safe cracker who thinks society has wronged him; and the alcoholic who has lost all and is locked up.


21.
... state of the nations, nor do we ...   BB p.132, The Family Afterward   Go to page 132 in the Big Book
We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders.

22.
... state perfect ideals.   12&12 p.68, Step Six
The remaining eleven Steps state perfect ideals.


23.
... state preceding the first drink.   BB p.157, A Vision For You   Go to page 157 in the Big Book
There was much talk about the mental state preceding the first drink.


24.
State that you know about his drinking, ...   BB p.141, To Employers   Go to page 141 in the Big Book
State that you know about his drinking, and that it must stop.


25.
... state, the wrong-doing of others, fancied or ...   BB p.66, How It Works   Go to page 66 in the Big Book
In that state, the wrong-doing of others, fancied or real, had power to actually kill.


26.
... state where the most powerful desire to ...   BB p.24, There Is A Solution   Go to page 24 in the Big Book
At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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