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1.
... tell!
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
2.
... tell a
story or two about himself ...
12&12
Step Five, p.62
3.
... tell alcoholic
patients the whole story unless ...
BB
Working With Others, p.92
4.
... tell all
these they may still find ...
12&12
Step Two, p.28
Can
A.A. experience tell all these they may
still find a
faith that
works?
5.
... tell her?
BB
Into Action, p.81
If we are
sure our
wife does not
know, should we
tell her?
6.
... tell her
in detail?
BB
Into Action, p.81
If she
knows in a
general way that we have been
wild, should
we
tell her in
detail?
7.
... tell him.
BB
A Vision For You, p.163
Our
friend proceeded to
tell him.
8.
... tell him
about the Fellowship of Alcoholics ...
BB
Working With Others, p.94
9.
Tell him
enough about your drinking habits, ...
BB
Working With Others, p.91
10.
Tell him
exactly what happened to you.
BB
Working With Others, p.93
Tell him
exactly what
happened to you.
11.
... tell him
he has something in the ...
BB
Working With Others, p.91
Let the
doctor, if he
will,
tell him he has
something in the
way of a
solution.
12.
... tell him
he must abide by its ...
BB
To Employers, p.144
When the
man is
presented
with this
volume it is
best
that
no one tell him he
must abide by
its suggestions.
13.
Tell him
how baffled you were, how ...
BB
Working With Others, p.92
Tell him how
baffled you
were, how you
finally learned that you were
sick.
14.
... tell him
how he must listen; his ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.10
15.
... tell him
humorous stories of your escapades.
BB
Working With Others, p.91
If his
mood is
light,
tell him
humorous stories of your
escapades.
16.
... tell him
much about you.
BB
Working With Others, p.90
Neither should the
family
hysterically plead with
him to do
anything,
nor
should they
tell him
much about
you.
17.
... tell him,
'Nothing at all.'
12&12
Tradition Five, p.152
"I was
thankful I could
tell
him, '
Nothing at all.'
18.
Tell him
some of the interesting stories ...
BB
To Wives, p.112
Tell him some of the
interesting stories you
have
read.
19.
... tell him
that he is alcoholic, so ...
BB
Working With Others, p.92
If his
own doctor is
willing to
tell him that he is
alcoholic, so
much the
better.
20.
Tell him
that if he wants to ...
BB
Working With Others, p.95
Tell him that if he
wants to
get well you
will do
anything to
help.
21.
... tell him
that possibly he can -- if ...
BB
Working With Others, p.92
If he
sticks to the
idea that
he can
still control his
drinking,
tell him that
possibly he can -- if he is not too
alcoholic.
22.
... tell him
that we will never get ...
BB
Into Action, p.77
23.
... tell him
the whole truth, and he ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.26
He
begged the
doctor to
tell him the
whole truth, and he
got it.
24.
... tell him
what he must do about ...
BB
To Wives, p.111
Our
next thought is that you
should
never tell him what he
must do about his
drinking.
25.
... tell him
what he should do.
BB
Into Action, pp.77-78
We are there to
sweep off our
side of the
street,
realizing that
nothing worth while can be
accomplished until we do
so,
never trying to
tell him what he should do.
26.
... tell him
what you have found out ...
BB
To Wives, p.112
Show him your
copy of this
book and
tell him what you have
found out about
alcoholism.
27.
Tell him
you have been worried, though ...
BB
To Wives, p.112
28.
Tell him
you once felt as he ...
BB
Working With Others, p.94
Tell him you
once felt as he does, but you
doubt whether you would have
made much progress had you not
taken action.
29.
... tell his
story, but do not insist ...
BB
Working With Others, p.96
30.
... tell his
story to other patients here ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
31.
... tell how
his affairs have taken remarkable ...
12&12
Step Eleven, pp.104-105
32.
... tell how
they tried to carry the ...
12&12
Step Five, p.56
33.
... tell me.
BB
Bill's Story, p.7
They did not
need to
tell me.
34.
... tell me,
I know more than ever ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.157
From what you
tell me, I
know more than
ever I can't
stop."
35.
... tell me
of the idea of helping ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.136
36.
... tell mother,
who has been religious all ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.128
He may
tell mother, who has
been
religious all her
life, that she doesn't
know what
it's all about, and that she had
better get his
brand of
spirituality while there
is
yet time.
37.
... tell of
the loneliness and despair I ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.8
38.
... tell others
who had tried to help ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, pp.185-186
He
also wanted to
tell others who had
tried to
help him -- his
doctor, his
minister, and
close friends.
39.
... tell our
families that we are really ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.83
The
moment we
tell our
families that we are
really
going to
try the
program, the
process has
begun.
40.
... tell ourselves
it wasn't true.
BB
We Agnostics, p.55
41.
... tell ourselves,
ought not be shared with ...
12&12
Step Five, p.56
42.
... tell some
of his.
BB
Working With Others, p.91
Get him to
tell some of his.
43.
... tell the
children.
BB
To Wives, p.115
You do not
know what to
tell the
children.
44.
... tell the
following pointed story.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.162
45.
... tell the
group there how to run ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
46.
... tell the
newcomer's family how that was ...
BB
Working With Others, p.100
47.
... tell the
patient the truth about his ...
BB
To Employers, p.144
We
hope the
doctor will tell the
patient the
truth about his
condition,
whatever that
happens to be.
48.
... tell the
truth.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.23
Once in a
while he may
tell the
truth.
49.
... tell their
stories.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
50.
... tell them
what A.A. is, and what ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
Then we are
ready to
go to these
people, to
tell them what
A.A. is, and what we are
trying to
do.
51.
... tell those
he feared what his trouble ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.156
One morning he
took the
bull by the
horns and
set out to
tell those he
feared what his
trouble had been.
52.
... tell to
someone who will understand, yet ...
BB
Into Action, p.74
53.
... tell us
exactly how it happened.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.36
We
asked him to
tell us
exactly how it
happened.
54.
... tell us
is true, but it doesn't ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.38
Some of you are
thinking: "
Yes, what you
tell us is
true, but it doesn't
fully apply.
55.
... tell us
so.
BB
How It Works, p.70
56.
... tell us
that Charlie's proposal is ethical.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.137
You
tell us that
Charlie's
proposal is
ethical.
57.
... tell us
that the intellect of men ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.51
58.
... tell us
they no longer feel alone.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.120
59.
... tell us
where we are astray?
12&12
Step Five, p.59
We
said, "
Why can't '
God as we
understand Him'
tell us where we are
astray?
60.
... tell what
had been drunk, so I ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
It then
occurred to me that
after one was all
smelled up with
beer nobody could
tell what had been
drunk, so I
began to
fortify my
beer with
straight alcohol.
61.
... tell why
living was so unsatisfactory.
BB
We Agnostics, p.51
62.
... tell why
we think our present faith ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.53
63.
... tell you:
BB
To Employers, p.136
64.
... tell you
about it even if it ...
BB
To Employers, p.146
If he is, and is
still trying
to
recover, he
will tell you about it
even if it
means the
loss of his
job.
65.
... tell you
about it: "I was much ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.40
Let him
tell you about it: "I was
much impressed with what
you
fellows said about
alcoholism, and I
frankly
did not
believe it would be
possible for me to
drink again.
66.
... tell you
anything about religion.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.153
So I can't
tell you
anything
about
religion.
67.
... tell you
exactly how to relax.
12&12
Step Two, p.26
I
think I can
tell you
exactly how to
relax.
68.
... tell you
he is misunderstood.
BB
To Wives, p.111
He
will tell you he is
misunderstood.
69.
... tell you
Paul jumped from a hotel ...
BB
To Employers, p.136
70.
... tell you
shocking things?
BB
To Employers, p.145
71.
... tell you
some of the obstacles a ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.123
72.
... tell you
that, once across, their faith ...
12&12
Step Two, p.27
All of them
will tell you that,
once across, their
faith broadened and
deepened.
73.
... tell you
the rest of the conversation ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.27
Let us
tell you the
rest of the
conversation
our
friend had with his
doctor.
74.
... tell you
there was nothing funny about ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.140
But I can
tell you there was
nothing funny about the
situation then.
75.
... tell you
what we have done.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.20
We
shall tell you what we have
done.
76.
... tell you
whether these complications are serious.
BB
To Wives, p.114
77.
... tell your
husband's employer and his friends ...
BB
To Wives, p.115
Frequently, you have
felt
obliged to
tell your
husband's
employer and his
friends that he was
sick,
when as a
matter of
fact he
was
tight.
78.
... tell your
story.
BB
Working With Others, p.91
Usually the
family should
not
try to
tell your
story.
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