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1.
  Such a bluffing of oneself will have ...  12&12 Step Six, p.69
Such a bluffing of oneself will have to go the way of many another pleasant rationalization.


2.
  ... such a case, this imperious urge can ...  12&12 Step Four, p.43
In such a case, this imperious urge can destroy his chances for material and emotional security as well as his standing in the community.


3.
  ... such a category at all.  12&12 Step Six, p.64
But most of our other difficulties don't fall under such a category at all.


4.
  ... such a change could hardly have been ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
He finally realizes that he has undergone a profound alteration in his reaction to life; that such a change could hardly have been brought about by himself alone.


5.
  ... such a choice will be good.  12&12 Step Five, p.61
If you have developed a high confidence in him, and his temperament and problems are close to your own, then such a choice will be good.


6.
  ... such a closed corporation that we keep ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.171
We cannot declare A.A. such a closed corporation that we keep our knowledge and experience top secret.


7.
  ... such a compelling picture of A.A. before ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
Then Jack Alexander wrote a feature article in the Saturday Evening Post and placed such a compelling picture of A.A. before the general public that alcoholics in need of help really deluged us.


8.
  ... such a crowd of anarchists function at ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.130
"How," they ask, "can such a crowd of anarchists function at all? How can they possibly place their common welfare first? What in Heaven's name holds them together?"


9.
  ... such a deadly obsession could be banished, ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
If that degree of humility could enable us to find the grace by which such a deadly obsession could be banished, then there must be hope of the same result respecting any other problem we could possibly have.


10.
  ... such a defense.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.43
Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense.


11.
  ... such a discussion.  BB To Wives, p.111
Be sure you are not critical during such a discussion.


12.
  ... such a failure wouldn't jeopardize their personal ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.151
Yet such a failure wouldn't jeopardize their personal survival.


13.
  ... such a fevered brain?  BB To Employers, p.140
Who wouldn't be, with such a fevered brain?


14.
  ... such a footing we became less and ...  BB How It Works, p.63
Established on such a footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs.


15.
  ... such a group might have his own ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.150
True, each physician in such a group might have his own specialty.


16.
  ... such a Higher Power was worth knowing ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
In Step Eleven we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better, by as direct contact as possible.


17.
  ... such a lack of proportion, of the ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
How can such a lack of proportion, of the ability to think straight, be called anything else?


18.
  ... such a list would set forth serious ...  12&12 Step Four, p.48
To those having religious training, such a list would set forth serious violations of moral principles.


19.
  ... such a man and say approximately this, ...  BB To Employers, p.147
After reading this book, a junior executive can go to such a man and say approximately this, "Look here, Ed.


20.
  ... such a man at work long beyond ...  BB To Employers, p.137
Because of the employee's special ability, or of his own strong personal attachment to him, the employer has sometimes kept such a man at work long beyond a reasonable period.


21.
  ... such a man in mind.  BB To Employers, p.141
Perhaps you have such a man in mind.


22.
  ... such a man which is eminently fair ...  BB To Employers, p.148
He will be able to take a position with such a man which is eminently fair and square.


23.
  Such a man would be crazy, wouldn't ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
Such a man would be crazy, wouldn't he?


24.
  ... such a matter must be discussed, let's ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.86
And even in those cases where such a matter must be discussed, let's try to avoid harming third parties, whoever they may be.


25.
  ... such a matter when his more serious ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.135
She sees she was wrong to make a burning issue out of such a matter when his more serious ailments were being rapidly cured.


26.
  ... such a miraculous discovery, any doctor would ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.150
In the radiance of such a miraculous discovery, any doctor would set his other ambitions aside, at whatever personal cost.


27.
  ... such a peace and serenity as I ...  BB Bill's Story, p.14
There was a sense of victory, followed by such a peace and serenity as I had never known.


28.
  ... such a person alone, he may soon ...  BB Working With Others, p.96
If you leave such a person alone, he may soon become convinced that he cannot recover by himself.


29.
  ... such a person can quit upon a ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
Whether such a person can quit upon a nonspiritual basis depends upon the extent to which he has already lost the power to choose whether he will drink or not.


30.
  ... such a person could surely not be ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.168
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got sponsorship for ten newcomers, and was gently diplomatic with the irate drunk who complained about the job she was doing and how she was overpaid, then such a person could surely not be called a professional A.A.


31.
  ... such a person or argue.  BB Into Action, p.77
Under no condition do we criticize such a person or argue.


32.
  ... such a person quick to see and ...  BB Into Action, p.74
We often find such a person quick to see and understand our problem.


33.
  ... such a person, you had better use ...  BB Working With Others, p.93
When dealing with such a person, you had better use everyday language to describe spiritual principles.


34.
  ... such a point of despair that nothing ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
As we morbidly pursue this melancholy activity, we may sink to such a point of despair that nothing but oblivion looks possible as a solution.


35.
  ... such a position again.  BB To Wives, p.116
Ask him what you should do if he places you in such a position again.


36.
  ... such a position, all sorts of remarkable ...  BB How It Works, p.63
When we sincerely took such a position, all sorts of remarkable things followed.


37.
  ... such a procedure to him, it may ...  BB To Employers, p.143
If you propose such a procedure to him, it may be necessary to advance the cost of treatment, but we believe it should be made plain that any expense will later be deducted from his pay.


38.
  ... such a profound knowledge of the inner ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.26
Above all, he believed he had acquired such a profound knowledge of the inner workings of his mind and its hidden springs that relapse was unthinkable.


39.
  ... such a quantity of material blessings that ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.70
The immense resources now being harnessed promise such a quantity of material blessings that many have come to believe that a man-made millennium lies just ahead.


40.
  Such a radical change in our outlook ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
Such a radical change in our outlook will take time, maybe a lot of time.


41.
  ... such a reunion.  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
Marvelous results often follow such a reunion.


42.
  Such a roster of harms done others ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
Such a roster of harms done others -- the kind that make daily living with us as practicing alcoholics difficult and often unbearable -- could be extended almost indefinitely.


43.
  ... such a sally.  BB A Vision For You, pp.151-152
As ex-problem drinkers, we smile at such a sally.


44.
  ... such a seemingly above-board chap could be ...  BB To Employers, p.140
You may be at a loss to understand how such a seemingly above-board chap could be so involved.


45.
  ... such a sense of relief that we ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
After taking this preliminary trial at making amends, we may enjoy such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished.


46.
  ... such a sweet girl, I should think ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
"She's such a sweet girl, I should think he'd stop for her sake."


47.
  ... such a theory.  BB Bill's Story, p.10
When they talked of a God personal to me, who was love, superhuman strength and direction, I became irritated and my mind snapped shut against such a theory.


48.
  ... such a thing?  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.160
Who ever heard of such a thing?


49.
  ... such a thing as incompatibility, but in ...  BB To Wives, p.108
Of course, there is such a thing as incompatibility, but in nearly every instance the alcoholic only seems to be unloving and inconsiderate; it is usually because he is warped and sickened that he says and does these appalling things.


50.
  ... such a thing never fails to whip ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
Even the suggestion of such a thing never fails to whip up a hurricane, and we have discovered that hurricanes have a way of mauling with equal severity both the just and the unjust.


51.
  ... such a view is self-centered and in ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.124
We think that such a view is self-centered and in direct conflict with the new way of living.


52.
  ... such a way as to implicate A.A., ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
10. No A.A. group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues -- particularly those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.


53.
  ... such a way as to implicate A.A., ...  12&12 Tradition Ten (Long), p.192
Ten -- No A.A. group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues -- particularly those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.


54.
  ... such abundance that everybody can have all ...  12&12 Step Seven, pp.70-71
Poverty will disappear, and there will be such abundance that everybody can have all the security and personal satisfactions he desires.


55.
  ... such achievements as a consistent thing.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.112
Of course all A.A.'s, even the best, fall far short of such achievements as a consistent thing.


56.
  ... such action is warranted.  BB Working With Others, p.98
Yet we do go to great extremes to provide each other with these very things, when such action is warranted.


57.
  ... such activities to be branded as professionalism ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
The question was -- and sometimes still is -- are such activities to be branded as professionalism under A.A. tradition?


58.
  ... such an appalling lack of perspective seemed ...  BB Bill's Story, p.5
I began to wonder, for such an appalling lack of perspective seemed near being just that.


59.
  ... such an approach many take up their ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
After such an approach many take up their beds and walk again.


60.
  ... such an association hired an A.A. member ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.158
Of course, there couldn't be the slightest objection if such an association hired an A.A. member solely because of his public relations ability and his knowledge of alcoholism.


61.
  ... such an attitude is not helpful to ...  BB Working With Others, p.103
Experience shows that such an attitude is not helpful to anyone.


62.
  ... such an attitude will command undying loyalty.  BB To Employers, p.145
With this kind of employee such an attitude will command undying loyalty.


63.
  ... such an errand.  BB Working With Others, p.102
You should not hesitate to visit the most sordid spot on earth on such an errand.


64.
  ... such an event.  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
Being mostly business or professional folk, we could not well carry on our occupations in such an event.


65.
  ... such an event."  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
Being mostly business or professional folk, we could not well carry on our occupations in such an event."


66.
  ... such an experience seems impossible, but to ...  BB We Agnostics, p.44
To one who feels he is an atheist or agnostic such an experience seems impossible, but to continue as he is means disaster, especially if he is an alcoholic of the hopeless variety.


67.
  ... such an illusion, he can of course ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.104
Under such an illusion, he can of course create great havoc without in the least intending it.


68.
  ... such an important part in bringing on ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
Unfortunately for me I was the only child, which perhaps engendered the selfishness which played such an important part in bringing on my alcoholism.


69.
  ... such an impression, many alcoholics have nevertheless ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
Though it was not our intention to create such an impression, many alcoholics have nevertheless concluded that in order to recover they must acquire an immediate and overwhelming "God-consciousness" followed at once by a vast change in feeling and outlook.


70.
  ... such an individual may prove a blessing ...  BB To Employers, p.141
Firing such an individual may prove a blessing to him.


71.
  ... such an intimate situation.  BB Into Action, p.82
No outsider can appraise such an intimate situation.


72.
  ... such an inventory can do its work.  12&12 Step Ten, p.90
Before we ask what a spot-check inventory is, let's look at the kind of setting in which such an inventory can do its work.


73.
  ... such an obsession for destructive drinking that ...  12&12 Step One, p.21
It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us.


74.
  ... such an obsession for financial security that ...  12&12 Step Four, p.43
Another may develop such an obsession for financial security that he wants to do nothing but hoard money.


75.
  ... such an understanding is reached, little or ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.18
Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished.


76.
  Such are the simple services that enable ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.134
Such are the simple services that enable the group to function.


77.
  ... such as clubs or hospitals which require ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups.


78.
  ... such as clubs or hospitals which require ...  12&12 Tradition Six (Long), p.190
Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups.


79.
  ... such as few do.  BB A Vision For You, p.152
Then he will know loneliness such as few do.


80.
  ... such as He could or would under ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
Then, in Step Seven, we humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings such as He could or would under the conditions of the day we asked.


81.
  ... such as I had exhibited in Washington, ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
They piled on me heaps of evidence to the effect that an alcoholic mentality, such as I had exhibited in Washington, was a hopeless condition.


82.
  ... such as our wife, best friend, or ...  BB How It Works, p.63
We found it very desirable to take this spiritual step with an understanding person, such as our wife, best friend, or spiritual adviser.


83.
  ... such as padding the expense account.  BB Into Action, p.78
Maybe it's only a petty offense such as padding the expense account.


84.
  ... such as these:  12&12 Step Four, p.50
Looking back over his life, he can readily get under way by consideration of questions such as these:


85.
  ... such as these take this Step?  12&12 Step One, p.23
Since Step One requires an admission that our lives have become unmanageable, how could people such as these take this Step?


86.
  ... such as we have described to you, ...  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Then, in this eastern city, there are informal meetings such as we have described to you, where you may now see scores of members.


87.
  ... such as yours have been occurring since ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.27
Exceptions to cases such as yours have been occurring since early times.


88.
  ... such authority well defined.  BB Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
X. Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority, with the scope of such authority well defined.


89.
  ... such awe in me as a lad.  BB Bill's Story, p.4
It was fun to carom around the exclusive course which had inspired such awe in me as a lad.


90.
  ... such backing, what we have accomplished is ...  BB A Vision For You, p.163
To duplicate, with such backing, what we have accomplished is only a matter of willingness, patience and labor.


91.
  ... such cases.  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiv
We should like to be helpful to such cases.


92.
  ... such cases as yours.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.43
Though not a religious person, I have profound respect for the spiritual approach in such cases as yours.


93.
  ... such cases was not so well understood ...  BB A Vision For You, pp.156-157
The use of spiritual principles in such cases was not so well understood as it is now.


94.
  ... such codes and philosophies did not save ...  BB We Agnostics, p.45
But we found that such codes and philosophies did not save us, no matter how much we tried.


95.
  ... such communications were well within its spirit.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.186
Though not in the strict letter of anonymity, such communications were well within its spirit.


96.
  ... such complaints, a barrier arises.  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
Beginning with such complaints, a barrier arises.


97.
  ... such complication, there is plenty we should ...  BB Into Action, p.82
If we have no such complication, there is plenty we should do at home.


98.
  ... such conceptions as Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind ...  BB Bill's Story, p.12
I could go for such conceptions as Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind or Spirit of Nature but I resisted the thought of a Czar of the Heavens, however loving His sway might be.


99.
  ... such conditions.  BB Working With Others, p.97
Occasionally you will have to meet such conditions.


100.
  ... such congregations.  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
He and his family can be a bright spot in such congregations.


101.
  ... such contacts.  BB The Family Afterward, p.131
Alcoholics who have derided religious people will be helped by such contacts.


102.
  ... such conversations.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.186
Many a new man and woman came to A.A. because of such conversations.


103.
  ... such convictions no great obstacle to a ...  BB There Is A Solution, pp.28-29
Surprisingly enough, we find such convictions no great obstacle to a spiritual experience.


104.
  ... such cooperation ought never go so far ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
While an A.A. group may cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ought never go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or implied.


105.
  ... such cooperation ought never to go so ...  12&12 Tradition Six (Long), p.190
While an A.A. group may cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ought never to go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or implied.


106.
  ... such deep questions as whether it was ...  12&12 Step Two, p.26
Just resign from the debating society and quit bothering yourself with such deep questions as whether it was the hen or the egg that came first.


107.
  ... such defeats, we were really beating ourselves ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
We had to see that when we harbored grudges and planned revenge for such defeats, we were really beating ourselves with the club of anger we had intended to use on others.


108.
  ... such defects as these, and few of ...  12&12 Step Six, p.67
Nearly anyone could submit a good list of such defects as these, and few of us would seriously think of giving them up, at least until they cause us excessive misery.


109.
  ... such defects taken from them.  12&12 Step Six, pp.67-68
Some people, of course, may conclude that they are indeed ready to have all such defects taken from them.


110.
  ... such dilemmas.  12&12 Step Nine, p.87
Of course, there is no pat answer which can fit all such dilemmas.


111.
  ... such disclosures were painful and humiliating.  12&12 Step Four, p.47
First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these defects, even though such disclosures were painful and humiliating.


112.
  ... such disturbances can be of very great ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.90
A spot-check inventory taken in the midst of such disturbances can be of very great help in quieting stormy emotions.


113.
  ... such donations in the future.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.164
Let's take all such donations in the future.


114.
  ... such emotional gusts than those A.A.'s bold ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
No individuals have been more buffeted by such emotional gusts than those A.A.'s bold enough to accept employment with outside agencies dealing with the alcohol problem.


115.
  ... such emotional rearrangement within you.  BB There Is A Solution, p.27
In fact, I have been trying to produce some such emotional rearrangement within you.


116.
  ... such enterprises, he was immediately tempted to ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
In former days, the moment an A.A. hired out to such enterprises, he was immediately tempted to use the name Alcoholics Anonymous for publicity or money-raising purposes.


117.
  ... such evenings ourselves; we had a good ...  BB To Wives, p.110
We have enjoyed such evenings ourselves; we had a good time.


118.
  ... such experiences.  BB Bill's Story, p.14
The good doctor now sees many men who have such experiences.


119.
  ... such experiences, often years before the onset ...  12&12 Step One, p.23
After a few such experiences, often years before the onset of extreme difficulties, he would return to us convinced.


120.
  ... such experiences, we could predict that the ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.109
From great numbers of such experiences, we could predict that the doubter who still claimed that he hadn't got the "spiritual angle," and who still considered his well-loved A.A. group the higher power, would presently love God and call Him by name.


121.
  ... such facilities ought not to use the ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
Hence such facilities ought not to use the A.A. name.


122.
  ... such facilities ought not to use the ...  12&12 Tradition Six (Long), p.190
Hence such facilities ought not to use the A.A. name.


123.
  ... such feelings.  BB We Agnostics, p.48
Though some of us resisted, we found no great difficulty in casting aside such feelings.


124.
  ... such feelings we shut ourselves off from ...  BB How It Works, p.66
For when harboring such feelings we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the Spirit.


125.
  ... such full-time careers do not professionalize A.A.'s ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
Members who select such full-time careers do not professionalize A.A.'s Twelfth Step."


126.
  ... such funds, and so divert A.A. from ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.164
The pressure of that fat treasury would surely tempt the board to invent all kinds of schemes to do good with such funds, and so divert A.A. from its primary purpose.


127.
  ... such future gifts would be similarly declined.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.165
Difficult as it was, they officially declined that ten thousand dollars, and adopted a formal, airtight resolution that all such future gifts would be similarly declined.


128.
  ... such good effect that the doctor agreed ...  BB A Vision For You, p.163
And with such good effect that the doctor agreed to a test among his patients and certain other alcoholics from a clinic which he attends.


129.
  ... such great amounts of time wishing for ...  12&12 Step Six, p.67
Else why would we consume such great amounts of time wishing for what we have not, rather than working for it, or angrily looking for attributes we shall never have, instead of adjusting to the fact, and accepting it?


130.
  ... such great numbers of yet erratic people ...  12&12 Foreword, p.18
But it was by no means sure that such great numbers of yet erratic people could live and work together with harmony and good effect.


131.
  Such gross misbehavior is not by any ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
Such gross misbehavior is not by any means a full catalogue of the harms we do.


132.
  ... such in this town.  BB A Vision For You, p.154
There must be many such in this town.


133.
  ... such inquirers an inside view of A.A. ...  12&12 Foreword, p.16
The second section of this volume, though designed for A.A.'s membership, will give such inquirers an inside view of A.A. never before possible.


134.
  ... such instruction and example as we can ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way.


135.
  ... such intervals -- usually brief -- were inevitably followed ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.30
All of us felt at times that we were regaining control, but such intervals -- usually brief -- were inevitably followed by still less control, which led in time to pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization.


136.
  Such is the power of our instincts ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Such is the power of our instincts to overreach themselves.


137.
  ... such issues, no matter what your own ...  BB Working With Others, p.93
Don't raise such issues, no matter what your own convictions are.


138.
  ... such issues our common welfare is paramount.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
On such issues our common welfare is paramount.


139.
  ... such issues our common welfare is paramount.  12&12 Tradition Four (Long), p.189
On such issues our common welfare is paramount.


140.
  ... such large numbers of alcoholic men and ...  BB Preface, p.xi
Because this book has become the basic text for our Society and has helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists strong sentiment against any radical changes being made in it.


141.
  ... such liberty dangerous?  12&12 Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
Is such liberty dangerous?


142.
  ... such liberty foolishly dangerous?  12&12 Tradition Four, p.146
Isn't such liberty foolishly dangerous?


143.
  ... such masterly detail in these pages.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
There was, therefore, a sense of real satisfaction when I was asked to contribute a few words on a subject which is covered in such masterly detail in these pages.


144.
  ... such matters.  BB There Is A Solution, p.28
There is no friction among us over such matters.


145.
  ... such matters.  12&12 Step Three, p.37
Nobody is going to meddle with our personal independence in such matters.


146.
  ... such matters carefully, for one careless, inconsiderate ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.125
Members of a family should watch such matters carefully, for one careless, inconsiderate remark has been known to raise the very devil.


147.
  ... such matters they can express no views ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
Concerning such matters they can express no views whatever.


148.
  ... such matters they can express no views ...  12&12 Tradition Ten (Long), p.192
Concerning such matters they can express no views whatever.


149.
  ... such matters to the utmost of my ...  BB Bill's Story, p.13
I was to right all such matters to the utmost of my ability.


150.
  ... such members render prodigies of service, and ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.120
We daily see such members render prodigies of service, and receive great joys in return.


151.
  ... such memberships.  BB There Is A Solution, p.28
Not all of us join religious bodies, but most of us favor such memberships.


152.
  ... such men had spectacular and powerful recoveries.  BB To Wives, p.113
Yet often such men had spectacular and powerful recoveries.


153.
  ... such men suffer horribly, but not more ...  BB To Wives, p.114
The wives and children of such men suffer horribly, but not more than the men themselves.


154.
  ... such misery, bad repute and hopelessness?  BB A Vision For You, p.153
How can they rise out of such misery, bad repute and hopelessness?


155.
  ... such moments we forget that alcoholism is ...  BB To Wives, p.118
At such moments we forget that alcoholism is an illness over which we could not possibly have had any power.


156.
  ... such, needed to be publicized.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.186
Our work, as such, needed to be publicized.


157.
  ... such nonsense.  12&12 Step Two, p.27
I simply won't consider such nonsense.


158.
  ... such obedience brings.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.174
So we of A.A. do obey spiritual principles, first because we must, and ultimately because we love the kind of life such obedience brings.


159.
  ... such opportunity presents itself, at some point ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
But if no such opportunity presents itself, at some point we will want to summon all our courage, head straight for the person concerned, and lay our cards on the table.


160.
  ... such, ought never be organized; but we ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Nine -- A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.


161.
  ... such, ought never be organized; but we ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Nine), p.12
Tradition Nine -- "A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve."


162.
  ... such, ought never be organized; but we ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.172
"A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve."


163.
  ... such overwhelming compulsions and desires?  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
How can we possibly summon the resolution and the willingness to get rid of such overwhelming compulsions and desires?


164.
  ... such pandemonium they may have rushed out ...  BB To Wives, p.106
In the midst of such pandemonium they may have rushed out threatening to live with the other woman forever.


165.
  Such parts of our story we tell ...  BB Into Action, p.74
Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected.


166.
  ... such people and the alcoholic.  BB To Employers, p.149
As to them, his policy is undoubtedly sound, but he did not distinguish between such people and the alcoholic.


167.
  ... such people may face. Alateen, for teen-aged ...  BB To Wives (Note), p.121
(*) The fellowship of Al-Anon Family Groups was formed about thirteen years after this chapter was written. Though it is entirely separate from Alcoholics Anonymous, it uses the general principles of the A.A. program as a guide for husbands, wives, relatives, friends and others close to alcoholics. The foregoing pages (though addressed only to wives) indicate the problems such people may face. Alateen, for teen-aged children of alcoholics, is a part of Al-Anon.


168.
  ... such people often may impose on you.  BB To Employers, p.141
Of course that isn't so, and such people often may impose on you.


169.
  ... such people that he is a sick ...  BB To Wives, p.115
When you have carefully explained to such people that he is a sick person, you will have created a new atmosphere.


170.
  ... such people wherever possible, except when to ...  BB How It Works, p.59
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.


171.
  ... such people wherever possible, except when to ...  12&12 Contents (Step Nine), p.7
Step Nine -- "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."


172.
  ... such people wherever possible, except when to ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.83
"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."


173.
  ... such personality traits as these into shop, ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
When we take such personality traits as these into shop, office, and the society of our fellows, they can do damage almost as extensive as that we have caused at home.


174.
  ... such persons.  BB The Family Afterward, p.133
Do not hesitate to take your health problems to such persons.


175.
  ... such persons, we thought.  BB To Wives, p.107
There could be no love in such persons, we thought.


176.
  ... such physical condition that he can think ...  BB To Employers, p.143
Your man will fare better if placed in such physical condition that he can think straight and no longer craves liquor.


177.
  ... such places?"  BB Working With Others, p.101
Or am I expecting to steal a little vicarious pleasure from the atmosphere of such places?"


178.
  ... such places, A.A. can be located through ...  BB Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
In such places, A.A. can be located through the local telephone directory, newspaper office, or police station, or by contacting local priests or ministers.


179.
  Such prayers, of course, are fundamentally good ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.104
Such prayers, of course, are fundamentally good acts, but often they are based upon a supposition that we know God's will for the person for whom we pray.


180.
  ... such pressure group, if it is strong ...  12&12 Step Three, p.37
Every such pressure group, if it is strong enough, self-righteously imposes its will upon the rest.


181.
  ... such problems.  BB Into Action, p.87
We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems.


182.
  ... such questions specifically.  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
It is the purpose of this book to answer such questions specifically.


183.
  ... such quiet sincerity will often astonish us.  12&12 Step Nine, p.84
The generous response of most people to such quiet sincerity will often astonish us.


184.
  ... such reactions will not deflect us from ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
But if we have prepared ourselves well in advance, such reactions will not deflect us from our steady and even purpose.


185.
  ... such reparation as he can to his ...  BB Working With Others, p.98
When your prospect has made such reparation as he can to his family, and has thoroughly explained to them the new principles by which he is living, he should proceed to put those principles into action at home.


186.
  ... such representatives are to be guided in ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced servants of the whole.


187.
  ... such representatives are to be guided in ...  12&12 Tradition Nine (Long), p.191
All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced servants of the whole.


188.
  ... such ruinous slander.  BB Into Action, p.80
After consulting with his wife and partner he came to the conclusion that it was better to take those risks than to stand before his Creator guilty of such ruinous slander.


189.
  ... such, should never go into business.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
An A.A. group, as such, should never go into business.


190.
  ... such, should never go into business.  12&12 Tradition Six (Long), p.190
An A.A. group, as such, should never go into business.


191.
  ... such simple devices, we have placed ourselves ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.100
When, by such simple devices, we have placed ourselves in a mood in which we can focus undisturbed on constructive imagination, we might proceed like this:


192.
  ... such simple rules of fair play and ...  12&12 Step Two, p.29
We became convinced that such simple rules of fair play and decency would be enough.


193.
  ... such, simply couldn't handle this sort of ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.149
An A.A. group, as such, simply couldn't handle this sort of project.


194.
  ... such situations.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
These men may well have a remedy for thousands of such situations.


195.
  Such special services may be well recompensed.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
Such special services may be well recompensed.


196.
  Such special services may be well recompensed.  12&12 Tradition Eight (Long), p.191
Such special services may be well recompensed.


197.
  ... such stories got into circulation outside of ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.185
When such stories got into circulation outside of A.A., the loss of confidence in our anonymity promise was severe.


198.
  ... such stupidity.  BB Working With Others, p.103
A spirit of intolerance might repel alcoholics whose lives could have been saved, had it not been for such stupidity.


199.
  ... such support, A.A. could have made only ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
Without such support, A.A. could have made only the slowest progress.


200.
  ... such talk by a spirit of love ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.125
We do talk about each other a great deal, but we almost invariably temper such talk by a spirit of love and tolerance.


201.
  ... such that you would care to reveal ...  12&12 Step Five, p.61
Perhaps, though, your relation to him is such that you would care to reveal only a part of your story.


202.
  ... such thing as making a normal drinker ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Physicians who are familiar with alcoholism agree there is no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic.


203.
  ... such thing as the personal conquest of ...  12&12 Step One, p.22
There was, they said, no such thing as the personal conquest of this compulsion by the unaided will.


204.
  ... such things, a feeling of jealousy may ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.131
When he renews interest in such things, a feeling of jealousy may arise.


205.
  ... such things cannot happen again.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
We admit we have some of these symptoms, but we have not gone to the extremes you fellows did, nor are we likely to, for we understand ourselves so well after what you have told us that such things cannot happen again.


206.
  ... such thoughts break in, we might recall, ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.100
When such thoughts break in, we might recall, a little ruefully, how much store we used to set by imagination as it tried to create reality out of bottles.


207.
  ... such times a great revulsion has risen ...  BB We Agnostics, p.57
Save for a few brief moments of temptation the thought of drink has never returned; and at such times a great revulsion has risen up in him.


208.
  ... such transformations, though frequent, are by no ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
Among our rapidly growing membership of thousands of alcoholics such transformations, though frequent, are by no means the rule.


209.
  Such tributes as these brought opportunities for ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.187
Such tributes as these brought opportunities for still more recognition.


210.
  ... such unfortunates.  BB How It Works, p.58
There are such unfortunates.


211.
  ... such unions.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.119
Their common suffering as drinkers, their common interest in A.A. and spiritual things, often enhance such unions.


212.
  ... such unprincipled ambition that I double-crossed and ...  12&12 Step Four, p.51
Did I have such unprincipled ambition that I double-crossed and undercut my associates?


213.
  ... such views.  BB Working With Others, p.94
Do not contradict such views.


214.
  ... such women adopt a spiritual way of ...  BB To Wives, p.114
If such women adopt a spiritual way of life their road will be smoother.


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