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... sufficient force
the memory of the suffering ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
We are unable, at certain
times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and
humiliation of even a week or a month ago.
2.
... sufficient man
or woman.
12&12
Step Two, p.29
3.
... sufficient operating
funds and reserve be its ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority
over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion,
vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial
unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and that,
like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and
action.
4.
... sufficient substitute?"
BB
A Vision For You, p.152
Have you a sufficient substitute?"
5.
... sufficient; they
failed utterly.
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
6.
... sufficient to
bring about recovery from alcoholism ...
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are
used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism
has manifested itself among us in many different forms.
7.
... sufficient to
convince the membership that a ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
By late 1937, the number of members having substantial sobriety time behind them was sufficient to convince the membership that a new light had entered the dark world of the alcoholic.
8.
... sufficient to
make the approach and to ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.46
Our own conception, however
inadequate, was sufficient
to make the approach and to
effect a contact with Him.
9.
... sufficient to
overcome alcoholism, many of us ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.44
If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us would
have recovered long ago.
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