From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... story.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
Perhaps, though, your relation to him is such that
you would care to reveal
only a part of your story.
2.
... story:
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
3.
... story.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
4.
... story.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
5.
... 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.
... story.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
7.
... story?
BB p.138,
To Employers
8.
... story about
money.
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
9.
... story about
one of our friends.
BB p.80,
Into Action
10.
... story after
story of how humility had ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
11.
... story and
airplane travel was in full ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
Only thirty years later the conquest of the air was almost an old story and airplane travel was in full swing.
12.
... story, but
do not insist upon it ...
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.
13.
... story came
out.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
14.
... Story," "Doctor
Bob's Nightmare," and one other ...
BB xi,
Preface
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with
new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.
15.
... story, for
in this case not only ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
But that wasn't the whole story, for in this case not only was
an A.A. member to break his anonymity at a public level, he was to link the name Alcoholics Anonymous
to this particular educational project in
the minds of millions.
16.
... story has
been added to Part I, ...
BB xii,
Preface
One new story has been added to Part I, and two that originally appeared in
Part III have been repositioned there; six stories have been deleted.
17.
... story he
told is most instructive, 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.
18.
... story: "I
came to work on Tuesday ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
19.
... story in
his words.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
20.
... story is
so interesting that some of ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
21.
... story of
Eddie Rickenbacker and his courageous ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
Countless times, in as
many cities and hamlets, we reenacted the
story of Eddie Rickenbacker and his courageous company when
their plane crashed in the
Pacific.
22.
... story of
how humility had brought strength ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
23.
... story of
how you and your wife ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
24.
... story of
my opportunity.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
25.
... story of
some man whose experience closely ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Impressed by those who
visited him at the hospital, he capitulated entirely
when, later, in an upper room of this house, he heard the story of some man whose experience closely tallied with his own.
26.
... story of
the early days of our ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
He had also been greatly helped by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, a New York specialist in alcoholism who is now accounted no less than a medical saint by A.A. members, and whose story of the early days of our Society appears in the next pages.
27.
... story opens
the text of this book; ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You (Note)
28.
... story or
two about himself which will ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
Before long, your listener may well tell a story or two about himself which will place you even more at ease.
29.
... story repeats
itself.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
30.
... Story Section.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You (Note)
31.
... story section
was divided into three parts, ...
BB xii,
Preface
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with
new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.
32.
... story speaks
for itself.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
33.
... story they
would sober up drunks and ...
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.
34.
... story to
other patients here and with ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Later, he requested the
privilege of being allowed to tell his story to other patients here and with some
misgiving, we consented.
35.
... story, too
-- had to be confidential, if ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
36.
... story unless
it will serve some good ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Doctors are rightly loath to tell alcoholic patients the
whole story unless it will serve some good purpose.
37.
... story we
tell to someone who will ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
38.
... story, we
waste no time.
BB p.75,
Into Action
39.
... story will
help him see where he ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Perhaps your story will help him see where he has failed to practice the very precepts he knows so well.
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