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... thing."
BB
There Is A Solution, p.29
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems
that they will be persuaded
to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this
thing."
2.
... thing.
BB
How It Works, p.70
To sum up about sex: We earnestly pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation, for sanity, and
for the strength to do the right thing.
3.
... thing.
BB
Into Action, p.78
4.
... thing.
BB
To Wives, pp.116-117
When we do that, we find it solves our problems too; the
ensuing lack of fear, worry and hurt feelings is a wonderful thing.
5.
... thing.
BB
To Employers, p.149
6.
... thing.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
I was between Scylla and Charybdis now, because if I did not drink my
stomach tortured me, and
if I did my nerves did the same thing.
7.
... thing.
12&12
Step Seven, p.74
8.
... thing.
12&12
Step Ten, p.90
9.
... thing?
12&12
Step Eleven, p.100
10.
... thing.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
11.
... thing.
12&12
Tradition Six, p.158
12.
... thing?
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.160
13.
... thing A.A.
might have been!"
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
Back again in their caves, alcoholics would reproach us and say, "What a great thing A.A. might have been!"
14.
... thing --
an oasis!
BB
Bill's Story, p.9
15.
... thing and
are gone beyond recall in ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.33
Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years.
16.
... thing apparent
was that this world and ...
BB
How It Works, p.65
17.
... thing as
incompatibility, but in nearly every ...
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.
18.
... thing as
making a normal drinker out ...
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.
19.
... thing as
the personal conquest of this ...
12&12
Step One, p.22
There was, they said, no such thing as the personal conquest of this
compulsion by the unaided will.
20.
... thing can
be avoided.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.126
21.
... thing decreased
the man's chance of recovery.
BB
To Employers, p.145
22.
... thing had
happened.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.149
23.
... thing he
needs to do is to ...
BB
Into Action, p.82
24.
... thing if
you assume them.
BB
Working With Others, p.97
25.
... thing in
some cases.
BB
To Wives, p.120
Though it is infinitely
better that he have no relapse at all, as has been true
with many of our men, it is by no means a bad
thing in some cases.
26.
... thing in
the world, once his liquor ...
BB
To Wives, p.118
It is the most natural thing
in the world, once his liquor problem is solved, to feel that he will now measure up to that cherished vision.
27.
... thing is
being done on an individual ...
12&12
Step Three, p.37
28.
... thing is
taking place in many eastern ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.161
29.
... thing is
that he be willing to ...
BB
Working With Others, p.93
The main thing is that he be willing to believe in a Power greater than himself and that he live by spiritual principles.
30.
... thing is
that we make a beginning, ...
12&12
Step Six, p.68
31.
... thing is
to lock them up, but ...
BB
To Wives, p.114
When they become too dangerous, we think the kind thing is to lock them up, but of course a good doctor should always be consulted.
32.
... thing like
that?
BB
Into Action, p.81
In fairness we must say that she may understand,
but what are we going to do about a thing like that?
33.
... thing never
fails to whip up a ...
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.
34.
... thing, no
matter what the personal consequences ...
BB
Into Action, p.79
Reminding ourselves
that we have decided to go to
any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we be
given strength and direction to do the right
thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be.
35.
... thing of
supreme value in life.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.124
Henry Ford once made a wise remark to the effect that experience is
the thing of supreme value in life.
36.
... thing or
situation as being exactly the ...
BB
Acceptance, p.417
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
37.
... thing or
situation -- some fact of my ...
BB
Acceptance, p.417
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
38.
... thing supremely
well than many badly.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
39.
... thing that
all her years of devotion ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.118
After the husband joins A.A., the wife may become discontented, even highly resentful that Alcoholics Anonymous has
done the very thing that all her years of devotion had failed to do.
40.
... thing that
matters is that he is ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.151
41.
... thing that
we had contemptuously condemned in ...
12&12
Step Two, p.30
Self-righteousness, the
very thing that we had contemptuously condemned in others, was our
own besetting evil.
42.
... thing, they
believed, for the liquor trade ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.157
It would be a good thing, they
believed, for the liquor
trade to show a sense of public responsibility.
43.
... thing to
do, but it must be ...
BB
Working With Others, pp.98-99
In many homes this is a difficult thing to do, but it
must be done if any results are to be expected.
44.
... thing to
feel a part.
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
We commenced to make many fast friends and a fellowship
has grown up among us of which it is a wonderful thing to feel a part.
45.
... thing to
us!'
12&12
Tradition Two, p.138
You can't do this thing to us!'
46.
... thing up
with his hospital or any ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.137
As generous as Charlie
has been to us, don't you see that we can't tie this thing up with his hospital or any other?
47.
... thing was
nothing but a mass of ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.54
Could we still say the whole thing was nothing but a mass of electrons, created out of nothing, meaning nothing, whirling on to a destiny of
nothingness?
48.
... thing we
have been able to offer ...
BB
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
Dr. John F. Stouffer, Chief Psychiatrist, Philadelphia General Hospital, citing his experience with A.A., said: "The alcoholics we get here at Philadelphia General are
mostly those who cannot afford private treatment, and A.A. is by far the greatest thing we have been able to offer them.
49.
... thing we
need to work for.
12&12
Step Four, p.45
This being so, we think it logically follows that sobriety -- first, last, and all the time -- is the
only thing we need to work for.
50.
... thing, we
shall get rid of that ...
12&12
Step Five, p.57
51.
... thing, we
still didn't belong.
12&12
Step Five, p.57
Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn't belong.
52.
... thing well
than many badly.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Five), p.10
53.
... thing when
it becomes clear, cost what ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.86
Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance -- meanwhile resolving to do the right
thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may?
54.
... thing which
makes life seem so worth ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.124
Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now.
55.
... thing with
our lives.
BB
How It Works, p.64
56.
... thing you
might wish to do.
BB
To Employers, p.147
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