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... talk.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.23
If you draw this fallacious reasoning to
the attention of an alcoholic, he will laugh it off, or become irritated and refuse to
talk.
2.
... talk.
BB
Into Action, p.75
3.
... talk.
BB
To Employers, pp.145-146
4.
... talk.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.110
We can be the ones who take on
the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the
coffee and cake after the meetings, where so
many skeptical, suspicious newcomers
have found confidence and
comfort in the laughter
and talk.
5.
... talk about
a 'spiritual awakening'?" they ask.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.106
6.
... talk about
each other a great deal, ...
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.
7.
... talk about
God.
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
8.
... talk about
his alcoholic problem.
BB
To Wives, p.111
9.
Talk about
his condition or this book ...
BB
To Wives, p.113
10.
... talk about
immorality, let alone sin.
12&12
Step Four, p.48
11.
... talk about
it later."
BB
To Wives, p.118
12.
... talk about
spiritual matters morning, noon and ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.128
13.
Talk about
the conditions of body and ...
BB
Working With Others, p.92
14.
... talk about
the mental state preceding the ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.157
15.
... talk about
the spiritual side of our ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.152
16.
... talk aloud
about what we have so ...
12&12
Step Five, p.60
Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical.
17.
... talk, and
act as he wishes.
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
We believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which lavishes more devoted care upon its individual members; surely there is none which more jealously guards the individual's right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.
18.
... talk between
a New York stockbroker and ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
The spark that was to flare
into the first A.A. group was struck at Akron, Ohio, in June 1935, during a talk between a New York stockbroker and an Akron physician.
19.
... talk by
a spirit of love and ...
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.
20.
... talk down
to an alcoholic from any ...
BB
Working With Others, p.95
Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection.
21.
... talk easily
about A.A. to almost anyone.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.186
When opportunities to be helpful came along, he found he could talk easily about A.A. to almost anyone.
22.
... talk frankly
with you so long as ...
BB
To Employers, p.145
Can he talk frankly with you
so long as he does not bear business tales or criticize his associates?
23.
... talk further
about himself, do not wear ...
BB
Working With Others, p.95
24.
... talk has
been sane, quiet and full ...
BB
Working With Others, p.94
25.
... talk in
complete frankness with those who ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.85
As soon as we begin to feel confident in our new way of life and have begun, by our behavior and example, to convince those about us that
we are indeed changing for
the better, it is usually
safe to talk in complete frankness with those who have been seriously
affected, even those who may be only a little
or not at all aware of what we have done to them.
26.
... talk in
our kitchen multiplies itself in ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.16
Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
27.
... talk in
the jazz places uptown.
BB
Bill's Story, p.3
28.
... talk incessantly
to them about spiritual matters.
BB
Into Action, p.83
29.
... talk, let
him do so.
BB
Working With Others, p.91
30.
... talk like
this around here. You'll have ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
31.
... talk of
God."
12&12
Step Two, p.28
Relieved of the alcohol
obsession, their lives unaccountably transformed, they came to believe in a Higher Power, and most of them began to
talk of God."
32.
... talk of
spiritual discoveries.
BB
Into Action, p.77
He is going to be more interested in a demonstration of good will than in our talk of spiritual discoveries.
33.
... talk on
how broke the club was.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.163
34.
... talk prudence
while practicing evasion.
12&12
Step Nine, p.85
35.
... talk that
God will take care of ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.128
36.
... talk to
a man with a better ...
BB
To Employers, p.146
An alcoholic who has recovered, but holds a relatively unimportant
job, can talk to a man with a better position.
37.
... talk to
a new man and watch ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
Many times we talk to a new man
and watch his hope rise as we discuss his alcoholic problems and explain our fellowship.
38.
... talk to
him about the hopelessness of ...
BB
Working With Others, p.92
39.
... talk to
him if he cares to ...
BB
Working With Others, p.90
You should be described to him as one of a fellowship who, as part of their own recovery, try to help others and who will be glad to talk to him if he cares to see you.
40.
... talk to
one of them.
BB
To Wives, p.112
41.
... talk to
some phase of drinking.
BB
Working With Others, p.91
42.
... talk to
somebody about them.
12&12
Step Five, p.55
We have to talk to somebody
about them.
43.
... talk to
the right person.
BB
Into Action, p.74
44.
... talk to
this man on religious grounds?
12&12
Tradition Five, p.153
45.
... talk we
hear, and a great deal ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.70
Much of the everyday talk we hear, and a great deal of what we read, highlights man's pride in his own achievements.
46.
... talk with
him.
BB
To Employers, p.144
47.
... talk with
me in which he frankly ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
Following his physical
rehabilitation, he had a talk with me in which he frankly stated he thought the treatment a waste of effort, unless I could assure him, which no one ever had, that in the future he would have the "will power" to resist the impulse to drink.
48.
... talk with
someone, but whom?
BB
A Vision For You, p.154
49.
... talk with
someone ordained by an established ...
BB
Into Action, p.74
Though we have no religious connection, we
may still do well to talk with someone ordained by an established religion.
50.
... talk with
the person most interested in ...
BB
Working With Others, p.90
If there is any indication
that he wants to stop, have a
good talk with the person most interested in
him -- usually his wife.
51.
... talk your
husband will usually revive the ...
BB
To Wives, p.112
If this kind of approach
does not catch your husband's interest, it may
be best to drop the subject, but after a friendly talk your husband will usually revive the topic himself.
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