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THIRD   occurs   17 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... third.   BB xxii, Foreword to Third Edition   Display entire Foreword to Third Edition
Women now make up more than one-fourth of the membership; among newer members, the proportion is nearly one-third.

2.
Third, all you really need is a ...   12&12 p.26, Step Two
Third, all you really need is a truly open mind.


3.
... third, and fourth editions.   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
Therefore, the first portion of this volume, describing the A.A. recovery program, has been left untouched in the course of revisions made for the second, third, and fourth editions.

4.
... third at Cleveland.   12&12 p.16, Foreword
After three years of trial and error in selecting the most workable tenets upon which the Society could be based, and after a large amount of failure in getting alcoholics to recover, three successful groups emerged -- the first at Akron, the second at New York, and the third at Cleveland.


5.
... third at Cleveland.   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
A second small group promptly took shape at New York, to be followed in 1937 with the start of a third at Cleveland.


6.
... third day the lawyer gave his life ...   BB p.158, A Vision For You   Go to page 158 in the Big Book
On the third day the lawyer gave his life to the care and direction of his Creator, and said he was perfectly willing to do anything necessary.

7.
... third deck would house an educational project ...   12&12 p.147, Tradition Four
Beginning on the ground floor there would be a club; in the second story they would sober up drunks and hand them currency for their back debts; the third deck would house an educational project -- quite noncontroversial, of course.


8.
... third edition, Part I ("Pioneers of A.A.") ...   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
In the third edition, Part I ("Pioneers of A.A.") was left unchanged.


9.
... third edition was published in 1976, worldwide ...   BB xxiii, Foreword to Fourth Edition   Display entire Foreword to Fourth Edition
Since the third edition was published in 1976, worldwide membership of A.A. has just about doubled, to an estimated two million or more, with nearly 100,800 groups meeting in approximately 150 countries around the world.


10.
... third edition, which came off press in ...   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
The third edition, which came off press in 1976, achieved a circulation of approximately 19,550,000 in all formats.

11.
... third floor.   12&12 p.148, Tradition Four
Some would start at the top and come through to the bottom, becoming club members; others started in the club, pitched a binge, were hospitalized, then graduated to education on the third floor.

12.
... third floor who might be a possibility.   12&12 p.151, Tradition Five
'There's just one chap on the third floor who might be a possibility.

13.
... third, having thus cleaned away the debris ...   12&12 p.77, Step Eight
First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know.


14.
... third or fourth, pounded on the bar ...   BB p.24, There Is A Solution   Go to page 24 in the Big Book
How often have some of us begun to drink in this nonchalant way, and after the third or fourth, pounded on the bar and said to ourselves, "For God's sake, how did I ever get started again?"

15.
... third parties, whoever they may be.   12&12 p.86, Step Nine
And even in those cases where such a matter must be discussed, let's try to avoid harming third parties, whoever they may be.


16.
... third party in the picture.   BB p.146, To Employers   Go to page 146 in the Big Book
After your man has gone along without drinking for a few months, you may be able to make use of his services with other employees who are giving you the alcoholic run-around -- provided, of course, they are willing to have a third party in the picture.


17.
... third treatment he acquired certain ideas concerning ...   BB xxv(xxiii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
In the course of his third treatment he acquired certain ideas concerning a possible means of recovery.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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