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... stop.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
If nobody does the group's
chores, if the area's telephone rings unanswered, if we do not reply to our mail, then A.A. as we know it would stop.
2.
... stop.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
We are equally positive
that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system,
something happens, both in the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to stop.
3.
... stop.
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Certain drinkers, who
would be greatly insulted if called alcoholics, are astonished at their inability to stop.
4.
... stop.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
5.
... stop.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
6.
... stop.
BB p.109,
To Wives
7.
... stop."
BB p.109,
To Wives
8.
... stop.
BB p.114,
To Wives
9.
... stop.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
10.
... stop.
BB p.141,
To Employers
11.
... stop.
BB p.148,
To Employers
12.
... stop."
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
13.
... stop abruptly.
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
14.
... stop altogether.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
15.
... stop altogether
and found he could not.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
16.
... stop altogether,
and some will not.
BB p.109,
To Wives
17.
... stop, and
hardly one of them, because ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
We doubt if many of them can
do it, because none will really want to stop, and hardly one of them, because of the peculiar mental twist already acquired, will find he can win out.
18.
... stop, and
with them you can go ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
19.
... stop, as
he did, on their own ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Young people may be encouraged by this man's experience to think that
they can stop, as he did, on their own will power.
20.
... stop but
cannot.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
21.
... stop but
cannot.
BB p.110,
To Wives
22.
... stop, but
I cannot!
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
I must stop, but I cannot!
23.
... stop, but
saw no way out, for ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
He had a desperate desire to stop, but saw no way out, for he had earnestly tried many avenues of escape.
24.
... stop crying
out 'No, never!'"
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
25.
... stop doubting
the power of God.
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God.
26.
... stop drinking."
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
27.
... stop drinking."
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
28.
... stop drinking.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
29.
... stop drinking.
BB xiv,
Foreword to First Edition
30.
... stop drinking.
Grapevine,
Preamble
31.
... stop drinking,
and no human being could ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
32.
... stop drinking,
don't waste time trying to ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
33.
... stop drinking
forever.
BB p.116,
To Wives
34.
... stop drinking
forever?
BB p.142,
To Employers
35.
... stop drinking,
I think you ought to ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
36.
... stop drinking
is of absolutely no avail.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
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.
37.
... stop drinking
on the basis of self-knowledge.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
But the actual or potential alcoholic,
with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to
stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge.
38.
... stop drinking
or not?
BB p.147,
To Employers
39.
... stop drinking
or not.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
He proved to be a devil-may-care young fellow whose parents could not make out whether he wanted to stop drinking or not.
40.
... stop drinking
so long as we place ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job
-- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.
41.
... stop drinking,
there must be no reservation ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
If we are planning to stop
drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol.
42.
... stop drinking,
who had no excuse for ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
The story he told is most instructive, for here was
a chap absolutely convinced he had to stop drinking, who had no excuse for drinking, who exhibited splendid judgment and determination in all his other concerns, yet was flat on his back nevertheless.
43.
... stop fighting
and practice the rest of ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
To acquire it, I had only to stop fighting and practice the rest of A.A.'s program as enthusiastically as I could.
44.
... stop for
a considerable period, you may ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
45.
... stop for
a long period because of ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
We have heard of a few instances where people,
who showed definite signs of alcoholism, were
able to stop for a long period because of an overpowering desire to
do so.
46.
... stop for
her sake."
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
47.
... stop, have
a good talk with the ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
If there is any indication that he wants
to stop, have a good talk with the person most interested in him -- usually his wife.
48.
... stop, he
may as well be discharged, ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
If you are sure your man does
not want to stop, he may as well be discharged, the sooner the better.
49.
... stop, he
should be afforded a real ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
50.
... stop, he
should be discharged.
BB p.148,
To Employers
51.
... stop his
drinking and abuse if he ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
Especially when he has before him a way to stop his drinking and abuse if he really wants to pay the price.
52.
... stop his
drinking for long.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
When our friend related
his experience, the man
agreed that no amount of will power he might muster could
stop his drinking for long.
53.
... stop if
he wanted to."
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
"He could stop if he wanted
to."
54.
... stop if
he will!
BB p.116,
To Wives
55.
... stop jay-walking
for good, but in a ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
56.
... stop making
demands upon God to give ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We discover that we do receive guidance for our
lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on
our terms.
57.
... stop making
unreasonable demands upon those we ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
58.
... stop me.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
59.
... stop or
moderate.
BB p.112,
To Wives
60.
... stop or
moderate.
BB p.112,
To Wives
61.
... stop or
moderate, although he may find ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
If a sufficiently strong reason -- ill health, falling in love, change of environment,
or the warning of a doctor -- becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate, although he may
find it difficult and troublesome and may even
need medical attention.
62.
... stop or
moderate, because their brains and ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
That may be true of certain
nonalcoholic people
who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at
the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not
been damaged as ours were.
63.
... stop that.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
64.
... stop this
waste and give your worthwhile ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
We think we are sensible
when we urge that you stop
this waste and give your worthwhile man a chance.
65.
... stop was
explained.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
66.
... stop while
there is yet time.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
67.
... stop with
the sixth drink."
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
68.
... stop working
on a chronic backslider, only ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Committees have instructed many an A.A. to stop working on a chronic backslider, only to be told: "How I do my Twelfth Step work is my business.
69.
... stop, you
can go to him with ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
Being certain he wants to stop, you can go to him with this volume as joyfully as though you had
struck oil.
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