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TAKING occurs
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[18 in BB ... 14 in 12&12]
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1.
... taking.
12&12
Step One, p.24
2.
Taking a
commercial inventory is a fact-finding ...
BB
How It Works, p.64
3.
... taking a
few drinks -- drinks which they ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, pp.xxviii-xxix
4.
... taking a
trip, not taking a trip, ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.31
Here are some of the
methods
we have
tried:
Drinking beer only,
limiting the
number of
drinks,
never drinking alone,
never drinking in the
morning,
drinking only at
home,
never having it in the
house,
never drinking during business hours,
drinking only at
parties,
switching from
scotch to
brandy,
drinking only
natural wines,
agreeing to
resign if
ever drunk on the
job,
taking a
trip, not
taking a
trip,
swearing off
forever (with
and
without a
solemn oath),
taking more physical exercise,
reading inspirational books,
going to
health farms and
sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to
asylums --
we could
increase the
list
ad infinitum.
5.
... taking a
trip, swearing off forever (with ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.31
Here are some of the
methods
we have
tried:
Drinking beer only,
limiting the
number of
drinks,
never drinking alone,
never drinking in the
morning,
drinking only at
home,
never having it in the
house,
never drinking during business hours,
drinking only at
parties,
switching from
scotch to
brandy,
drinking only
natural wines,
agreeing to
resign if
ever drunk on the
job,
taking a
trip, not
taking a
trip,
swearing off
forever (with
and
without a
solemn oath),
taking more physical exercise,
reading inspirational books,
going to
health farms and
sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to
asylums --
we could
increase the
list
ad infinitum.
6.
... taking action.
12&12
Contents (Step Six), p.7
7.
Taking advantage
of technological advances, for example, ...
BB
Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiv
8.
... taking an
important and exhilarating part in ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.3
9.
... taking calculated
chances.
12&12
Contents (Step Nine), p.7
10.
... taking care
of the lonely heart.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.148
Some were
club-
minded, but it
was
just a
question of
taking care of the
lonely heart.
11.
... taking care
that it never becomes the ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
12.
... taking drastic
action which might implicate other ...
BB
Into Action, p.80
13.
... taking even
a glass of beer do ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
14.
... taking inventory.
12&12
Step Four, p.54
15.
... taking is
not always done in red ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.93
This is a
good place to
remember that
inventory-
taking is not
always done in
red ink.
16.
... taking large
doses of sedatives to make ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
17.
... taking moral
inventory, but now the time ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.77
To a
degree, he has
already
done this when
taking moral inventory, but
now the
time has
come when he
ought to
redouble his
efforts to
see how
many people he has
hurt, and in what
ways.
18.
... taking more
physical exercise, reading inspirational books, ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.31
Here are some of the
methods
we have
tried:
Drinking beer only,
limiting the
number of
drinks,
never drinking alone,
never drinking in the
morning,
drinking only at
home,
never having it in the
house,
never drinking during business hours,
drinking only at
parties,
switching from
scotch to
brandy,
drinking only
natural wines,
agreeing to
resign if
ever drunk on the
job,
taking a
trip, not
taking a
trip,
swearing off
forever (with
and
without a
solemn oath),
taking more physical exercise,
reading inspirational books,
going to
health farms and
sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to
asylums --
we could
increase the
list
ad infinitum.
19.
... taking of
Step Seven, it might be ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.76
As we
approach the
actual
taking of
Step Seven, it might be
well if we
A.A.'s
inquire once more just what our
deeper objectives are.
20.
... "taking our
comfort."
12&12
Step Six, p.67
When
gluttony is
less than
ruinous, we have a
milder
word for that, too; we
call it
"
taking our
comfort."
21.
... taking personal
inventory, and that when we ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.108
By this
time, at
Step Ten, we had
begun to
get a
basis for
daily living, and we
keenly realized that we would
need to
continue taking personal inventory, and that when we were in the
wrong we
ought to
admit it
promptly.
22.
... taking place
in many eastern cities.
BB
A Vision For You, p.161
23.
... taking shape
in Asia.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
Some are
just now taking shape in
Asia.
24.
... taking that
first drink, we often get ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
25.
... taking the
counsel of fear, fear which ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.167
26.
... taking the
first drink.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.37
27.
Taking the
objective view.
12&12
Contents (Step Eight), p.7
Taking the
objective view.
28.
... taking the
whiskey on a full stomach.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.36
29.
Taking this
book down from our shelf ...
BB
Into Action, p.75
Taking this
book down from our
shelf we
turn to the
page which
contains the
twelve steps.
30.
... taking this
preliminary trial at making amends, ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.85
31.
... taking this
step making sure we were ...
BB
How It Works, p.63
32.
... taking with
impunity.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, pp.xxviii-xxix
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