From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... third.
BB xxii,
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
3.
... third, and
fourth editions.
BB xi,
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
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
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
9.
... third edition
was published in 1976, worldwide ...
BB xxiii,
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
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
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
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
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
In the course of his third
treatment he acquired
certain ideas concerning a possible
means of recovery.
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