From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... through.
12&12 p.23,
Step One
2.
... through.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
3.
... through?
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
4.
... through.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
5.
... through.
BB p.83,
Into Action
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development,
we will be amazed before we are half way through.
6.
... through a
doctor or an institution is ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
7.
... through a
few trusted friends.
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
8.
... through a
little further.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Some who feel they have done
well may dispute this, so
let's try to think it through a little further.
9.
... through a
severe hangover.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
10.
... through A.A.
12&12 p.15,
Foreword (Note)
11.
... through A.A.,
had brought us within reach ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
12.
... through all
the arts and abilities of ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
It resulted in more favorable publicity of
Alcoholics Anonymous than could possibly have been obtained through all the arts and abilities of A.A.'s best press agents.
13.
... through an
acquaintance who had heard the ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
14.
... through, and
though perhaps he came to ...
BB xxxii(xxx),
The Doctor's Opinion
I earnestly advise every alcoholic to read this book through, and though perhaps he came to scoff, he may remain to pray.
15.
... through and
through.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
16.
... through channels
like these.
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
It is no exaggeration to
say that half of A.A.'s membership has been led to us through channels like these.
17.
... through contact
with our two larger centers.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Little clusters of twos and threes and fives of us have sprung up in other communities, through contact with our two larger centers.
18.
... through drinking.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
His family was re-assembled, and he began to
work as a salesman for the
business he had lost through drinking.
19.
... through drinking
and we certainly do not ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
20.
... through drinking
forever.
BB p.105,
To Wives
21.
... through --
finally and forever.
BB p.136,
To Employers
22.
... through forever.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
I was through forever.
23.
... through have
been most interesting; in fact, ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
24.
... through hell
for him.
BB p.81,
Into Action
A man so involved often feels very remorseful at times, especially if he is
married to a loyal and courageous girl who has literally gone through hell for him.
25.
... through high
school I was more or ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
From childhood through high school I was more or less forced to go to church, Sunday School and evening service, Monday night Christian Endeavor and sometimes
to Wednesday evening
prayer meeting.
26.
... through him
with the certainty and majesty ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
27.
... through his
family.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
28.
... through his
kindness and that of my ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
My brother-in-law is a physician, and through his
kindness and that of my mother I was placed in a nationally-known hospital for the mental and
physical rehabilitation of alcoholics.
29.
... through human
aid, we had but two ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from
which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to
go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of
our intolerable situation as best we could;
and the other, to accept spiritual help.
30.
... through ignorance
of markets.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
31.
... through in
singlehanded combat.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
32.
... through is
a lot wider than you ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
33.
Through it
we begin to learn right ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Through it we begin to learn right relations with people who
understand us; we don't have to be alone any more.
34.
... through it,
we shall see a pathway ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Once unlocked by willingness, the door opens almost of itself, and looking through it, we shall see a pathway beside which is an inscription.
35.
Through many
painful experiences, we think we ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
36.
... through more
sprees.
BB p.113,
To Wives
37.
... through most
A.A. groups or from Box ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
(This address is now available in pamphlet form at nominal cost through most A.A. groups or from Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, under the title "Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W." -- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the
Illness.")
38.
... through my
mind.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
39.
... through my
window, sash and all.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
Then came the night when the
physical and mental torture was so hellish I feared I would burst through my window, sash and all.
40.
... through no
fault of her own, became ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
41.
... through our
lives.
BB p.65,
How It Works
42.
... through our
lives as far as memory ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Then, as year by year we walk back through our lives as far as memory will reach, we shall be bound to construct a long list of people who have, to
some extent or other, been
affected.
43.
... through our
own contributions.
Grapevine,
Preamble
44.
... through prayer
and meditation to improve our ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
"Sought through prayer and meditation to
improve our conscious
contact with God as we understood Him, praying
only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."
45.
... through prayer
and meditation to improve our ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve
our conscious contact
with God as we understood
Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that
out.
46.
... through self-seeking.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
If a group of doctors possessed a cancer cure, they might be conscience-stricken if
they failed their mission
through self-seeking.
47.
... through suffering
might be all right for ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
Character-building
through suffering might
be all right for saints,
but it certainly didn't appeal to us.
48.
... through that
again!"
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
49.
... through that
institution.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
Arrangements were also
made with the chief psychiatrist of a large
public hospital to select still others from the stream of misery which flows through that institution.
50.
... through that
night and the next day.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
With a certain satisfaction I reflected there was enough
gin concealed about the house to carry me through that night and the next day.
51.
... through the
day also, to hold his ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
52.
... through the
day, though I was very ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to promise my wife, my friends, and my children that I would drink
no more -- promises which seldom kept me sober even through the day, though I was very sincere when I made them.
53.
... through the
day we pause, when agitated ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and
ask for the right thought or action.
54.
... through the
day what our next step ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
We usually conclude the
period of meditation
with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given
whatever we need to take care of such problems.
55.
... through the
emotional wringer.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
We won't be biased or scared off by that fact, because although he was
not an alcoholic he did, like us, go through the emotional wringer.
56.
... through the
lives of others.
BB p.82,
Into Action
57.
... through the
local telephone directory, newspaper office, ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
In such places, A.A. can be located through the local telephone directory, newspaper office, or police station, or by contacting local priests or ministers.
58.
... through the
mind of every woman who ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
These are some of the questions which race through the mind of every woman who has an alcoholic
husband.
59.
... through the
open and honest sharing of ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
This feeling of being at
one with God and man, this emerging from isolation through the open and honest sharing of our terrible burden of guilt, brings us to a resting place where we may prepare ourselves for the following Steps toward a full and meaningful sobriety.
60.
... through the
receiver: "I just wanted to ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
I still expected a plea for clemency, but these
words came through the receiver: "I just wanted to tell you Paul jumped from a hotel window in Hartford last Saturday.
61.
... through the
summer of 1935.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
62.
... through the
town.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
63.
... through the
well-known stages of a spree, ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again.
64.
... through the
wringer, have to admit if ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
We, who have been through the wringer, have to admit if we
substituted alcoholism for jay-walking, the illustration would fit us
exactly.
65.
... through the
years this conduct continues, accompanied ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
On through the years this conduct continues, accompanied by his continual promises to be
careful or to keep off the
streets altogether.
66.
... through the
years were swept away.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
67.
... through their
ability to elect all the ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
They have custodial oversight of the separately incorporated and constantly active services, exercising
this through their ability
to elect all the directors of these entities.
68.
... through these
fallacies.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
69.
... through this
process in some degree.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
70.
... through times
when we can pray only ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
All of us, without exception, pass through times when we can pray only with the greatest
exertion of will.
71.
... through to
the bottom, becoming club members; ...
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.
72.
... through Twelfth
Step experiences where we will ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We may often pass through Twelfth Step experiences where we
will seem to be temporarily off the beam.
73.
... through us,
or we perish.
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
74.
... through us,
what He can do.
BB p.68,
How It Works
75.
... through utter
defeat are we able to ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength.
76.
... through what
we then called "moral psychology," ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
His alcoholic problem
was so complex, and his depression so great, that
we felt his only hope would be
through what we then called
"moral psychology," and
we doubted if even that
would have any effect.
77.
... through what
you have.
BB p.119,
To Wives
78.
... through which
A.A. itself might survive.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
As we had once struggled
and prayed for individual recovery, just so earnestly did we commence to quest for the principles through which A.A. itself might survive.
79.
... through which
the light of reason can ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
The problem is to help them
discover a chink in the
walls their ego has built, through which the light of reason can shine.
80.
... through which
we passed to freedom.
BB p.62,
How It Works
Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was
the keystone of the new and
triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom.
81.
... through which
we shall walk a free ...
BB p.75,
Into Action
Carefully reading the
first five proposals we ask if we have
omitted anything, for
we are building an arch
through which we shall walk a free man at last.
82.
... through with
a situation which might be ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
We think the business fabric is shot through with a situation which
might be helped by better
understanding all around.
83.
... through with
it."
BB p.60,
How It Works
I can't go through with it."
84.
... through with
it.
BB p.67,
How It Works
85.
... through with
it at the first opportunity.
BB p.74,
Into Action
If that is so, this step may be postponed, only, however, if we hold ourselves in complete readiness to go through with it at the first opportunity.
86.
... through with
liquor, or he is minus ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
87.
... through with
much hard feeling and controversy.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
88.
... through with
room to spare."
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
So did a friend of mine who
was a one-time vice-president of the American Atheist Society, but he got through with room to spare."
89.
... through with
the process, I had the ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
But the moment I made up my mind to go through with the process, I had the curious
feeling that my alcoholic condition was
relieved, as in fact it proved to be.
90.
... through with
the Twelve Steps of the ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
He has read this volume and
says he is prepared to go through with the Twelve Steps of the program of recovery.
91.
... through work
and self-sacrifice for others, he ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he
could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead.
92.
... through you
several families have adopted this ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
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