From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... time.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
2.
... time.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
3.
... time?
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
4.
... time.
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
To get completely away from our aversion to the
idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the
avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired
for itself, takes most of
us a long, long time.
5.
... time.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
6.
... time.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Then there are those occasions when alone, or in
the company of our sponsor or spiritual adviser, we make a careful review of our progress since the last time.
7.
... time.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
8.
... time.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
The idea that we can be possessively loving of
a few, can ignore the many, and can continue to fear or hate anybody, has to be abandoned, if only a little at a time.
9.
... time.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
10.
... time.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
If the founder and his friends have served well, they may -- to their surprise -- be reinstated for a time.
11.
... time.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
12.
... time.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Nor does it mean that the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, now restored as citizens of
the world, are going to back away from their individual responsibilities to act as they see the right upon issues of our time.
13.
... time.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
14.
... time.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
The news stories of Mr. Rockefeller's dinner for Alcoholics Anonymous helped double our total membership in a year's
time.
15.
... time.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
16.
... time.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
17.
... time.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
18.
... time.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
19.
... time.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
20.
... time.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
21.
... time.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
They grinned, which I didn't like so much, and then asked me if I thought myself alcoholic and if I
were really licked this
time.
22.
... time!
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
23.
... time.
BB p.75,
Into Action
24.
... time.
BB p.83,
Into Action
25.
... time?
BB p.86,
Into Action
26.
... time.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
27.
... time.
BB p.109,
To Wives
But when he gets over the spree, he begins to think once more how he can drink moderately next time.
28.
... time.
BB p.110,
To Wives
29.
... time.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
30.
... time.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
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.
31.
... time."
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
Now and then a serious drinker, being dry at the moment says, "I don't miss it at all. Feel better. Work better. Having a better time."
32.
... time.
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Most of our experiences are what the psychologist William
James calls the "educational variety" because they develop slowly over a period of time.
33.
... time.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
When the broker returned
to New York in the fall of 1935, the first A.A. group had actually been formed, though no one realized it at the time.
34.
... time.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
35.
... time a
lady called up my wife ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
About this time a lady called up my wife one Saturday afternoon saying she wanted me to come over that evening to meet a friend of hers who might help me.
36.
... time a
person imposes his instincts unreasonably ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
37.
Time after
time, my instructors held up ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
Time after time, my instructors held up to me the basic principle of all scientific progress: search and research, again and again, always with the open mind.
38.
Time after
time newcomers have tried to ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
39.
... time after
time the desperate experiment of ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
What sort of thinking dominates an alcoholic
who repeats time after time the desperate experiment
of the first drink?
40.
Time after
time, their uncertain flames blew ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
41.
Time after
time, this apparent calamity has ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
Time after time, this apparent calamity has been a boon to
us, for it opened up a path which led to the discovery of God.
42.
... time agnostics
who still cling to the ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
To certain newcomers
and to those one-time agnostics who still cling to the A.A. group as their higher power, claims for the power of prayer may, despite all the
logic and experience in
proof of it, still be unconvincing or quite objectionable.
43.
... time ago.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
44.
... time all
his protectors either flee or ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
45.
... time all
was well.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
46.
... time and
attention.
BB p.149,
To Employers
It is not to be expected that an alcoholic employee will receive a disproportionate amount of time and attention.
47.
... time and
energy in trying to carry ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
48.
... time and
place explain to all your ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
49.
... time and
place where new people might ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Aside from fellowship
and sociability, the prime object was to provide a time and place where new people might bring their problems.
50.
... time and
place would come -- I would ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I now remembered what my
alcoholic friends had
told me, how they prophesied that if I had an alcoholic mind, the time and place would come -- I would drink again.
51.
... time and
study for the next two ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I gave the matter much time and study for the next two and a half years, but I still got tight every night nevertheless.
52.
... time, and
was plagued by waves of ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
53.
... time, and
you're broke.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
54.
... time, are
able to stop or moderate, ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
That may be true of certain
nonalcoholic people
who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at
the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not
been damaged as ours were.
55.
... time as
bad as ever.
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
56.
... time, as
I opened a letter which ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
57.
... time assistant
manager of a corporation department ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
58.
... time, at
Step Ten, we had begun ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
By this time, at Step Ten, we had begun to get a basis for daily living, and we keenly realized that we
would need to continue taking personal inventory, and that when we were in the wrong we ought to admit it promptly.
59.
... time avoiding
certain alluring distractions of the ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
This practice enables
us to lend a hand, at the same time avoiding certain alluring distractions
of the road, about which any traveling man can inform you.(*)
60.
... time behind
them was sufficient to convince ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
By late 1937, the number of members having substantial sobriety
time behind them was sufficient to convince
the membership that a new
light had entered the dark world of the alcoholic.
61.
... time being,
we who were atheist or ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
For the time being, we who
were atheist or agnostic discovered
that our own group, or A.A. as a whole, would suffice as a higher power.
62.
... time, but
he failed to enlarge his ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
63.
... time, but
he usually winds up with ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
If the alcoholic tries
to shield himself he may
succeed for a time, but he
usually winds up with a bigger explosion then ever.
64.
... time, but
I might as well get ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
As the whisky rose to my head I told myself I would manage better next time, but I might as well get good and drunk then.
65.
... time, but
was not able to bring ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
I talked with him for some time, but was not able to bring myself to feel that I had known him before.
66.
... time, but
will be seen later as ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
These will appear as big setbacks at the time, but will be seen later as stepping-stones to better things.
67.
... time came
for him to speak in ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
68.
... time careers
do not professionalize A.A.'s Twelfth ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
69.
... time-consumers?
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
70.
... time day
in old Winchester Cathedral came ...
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
71.
... time differentiate
the true from the false.
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious, they
cannot after a time differentiate the true
from the false.
72.
... time doing
that and it doesn't work.
BB p.87,
Into Action
73.
... time, editors
and rewrite men have repeatedly ...
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
Since that time, editors
and rewrite men have repeatedly deleted names and pictures of members from A.A. copy; frequently, they have
reminded ambitious individuals of A.A.'s anonymity policy.
74.
... time factor
does distinguish one from another.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
75.
... time for
legalities.
12&12 p.159,
Tradition Six
76.
... time for
living together has come, it ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
77.
... time for
the train.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
78.
... time) for
us to feel that we ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
The moment we saw that we had
an answer for alcoholism, it was reasonable (or so it seemed at the time) for us to
feel that we might have the answer to a lot of other things.
79.
... time good
characters will be revived the ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
80.
... time had
we asked what God's will ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
At no time had we asked what God's will was for us; instead we
had been telling Him what it ought to be.
81.
... time has
a fractured skull.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
82.
... time has
come when he ought to ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways.
83.
... time has
passed with no return to ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
84.
... time have
I been anywhere near yielding.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
85.
... time he
can take a drink without ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There is the type who always
believes that after being entirely free from alcohol for a period of time he can take a drink without danger.
86.
... time he
did so.
BB p.116,
To Wives
87.
... time, he
lived in conscious companionship with ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
88.
... time he
may try to hug the ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
89.
... time," he
says, "every A.A. group had ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
90.
... time he
tries to look within himself.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
91.
... time he
was quite shaky.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
92.
... time help,
that was sure.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
93.
... time, I
couldn't have bought anything else."
12&12 p.154,
Tradition Five
94.
... time I
do it I take out ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.
95.
... time I
had completed the course, I ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
96.
... time I
had not thought of the ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
97.
... time I
meant business.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
Before then, I had written lots of sweet promises, but my wife happily observed that this time I meant business.
98.
... time I
returned to the hospital.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
99.
... time I
was beating on the bar ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
100.
... time I
was beginning to pay very ...
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
By this time I was beginning to pay very dearly physically and, in hope of
relief, voluntarily
incarcerated myself
at least a dozen times in one of the local sanitariums.
101.
... time I
was not aware of the ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
At that time I was not aware
of the almost unlimited
supply the government
made it possible for us doctors to obtain, neither had I any knowledge of the bootlegger who soon appeared on the horizon.
102.
... time in
all probability we have gained ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
By this time in all probability we have gained some measure of release from our more devastating handicaps.
103.
... time in
life, a compelling desire to ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at
some time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.
104.
... time in
many years.
BB p.80,
Into Action
105.
... time in
our lives, and strenuously trying ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
We A.A.'s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, usually for the first time in our lives, and strenuously trying to help the next alcoholic who comes along.
106.
... time in
our lives stood among people ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
When we reached A.A., and for
the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the
sense of belonging was
tremendously exciting.
107.
... time in
the past we have made ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
Sometimes they hurt us,
seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at
some time in the past we have
made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt.
108.
... time in
the sort of effort which ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
109.
... time in
the Twelve Steps, and the ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
In it alcoholism was described from the alcoholic's point of view, the spiritual ideas of the Society were codified for the first time in the Twelve Steps, and the application of these Steps to the alcoholic's dilemma was made clear.
110.
... time in
the world, and considerable stomach ...
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
111.
... time in
the world of spiritual make-believe ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
Those of us who have spent
much time in the world of spiritual make-believe have eventually seen the childishness of it.
112.
... time is
greatly puzzled.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
113.
... time is
not yet, when in reality ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
Or we may just procrastinate, telling ourselves the
time is not yet, when in reality we have already passed up many a fine chance to right a serious wrong.
114.
... time --
is the only thing we need ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
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.
115.
... time, is
the very spirit of Step ...
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
For the readiness to take
the full consequences
of our past acts, and to take responsibility for
the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine.
116.
... time it
must avoid those dangers of ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
A.A. has to function, but at
the same time it must avoid those dangers of great wealth, prestige, and entrenched power which necessarily tempt other societies.
117.
... time it
takes won't be missed.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Once this healthy practice has become grooved, it will be so interesting and profitable that the time it
takes won't be missed.
118.
... time, it
was billboarded throughout the entire ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
Only a few knew of it at first but, within a short time, it was billboarded throughout the entire company.
119.
... time later,
and just as he thought ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
Some time later, and just as he thought he was getting control of his liquor situation, he went on a roaring bender.
120.
... time losers.
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
121.
... time, maybe
a lot of time.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
122.
... time, men
and reputation.
BB p.148,
To Employers
Alcoholism may be causing your organization considerable damage in
its waste of time, men and reputation.
123.
... time, my
health was at the breaking ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I was self conscious and
ill at ease most of the time, my health was at the breaking point, and I was thoroughly miserable.
124.
... time, my
instructors held up to me ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
Time after time, my instructors held up to me the basic principle of all scientific progress: search and research, again and again, always with the open mind.
125.
... time newcomers
have tried to keep to ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
126.
... time nobody
stirred.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
127.
... time, none
but the most desperate cases ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
In A.A.'s pioneering time, none but the most desperate cases could swallow and digest this unpalatable truth.
128.
... time nor
limitation.
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
129.
... time nor
take the quantities some of ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
To be gravely affected,
one does not necessarily
have to drink a long time nor take
the quantities some of us have.
130.
... time nothing
could be seen but two ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
In that time nothing could
be seen but two struggling, nameless groups of alcoholics trying to hold their faces up to the light.
131.
... time, nothing
seemed so fragile, so easily ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
132.
... time of
it in our world.
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
133.
... time of
the beer experiment I was ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
About the time of the beer experiment I was thrown
in with a crowd of people
who attracted me because of their seeming poise, health, and happiness.
134.
... time of
the day or night.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
135.
... time of
the day, whenever we find ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
There's the spot-check inventory, taken at any time of the day, whenever we find ourselves getting tangled up.
136.
... time of
these occurrences, they may actually ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
At the time of these occurrences, they may actually have given our emotions violent twists which have since discolored our personalities and altered our lives for the worse.
137.
... time on
any one situation is to ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
To spend too much time on any one
situation is to deny some
other alcoholic an opportunity to live and be
happy.
138.
... time our
friend of the hotel lobby ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
139.
Time out
of mind we've been dependent ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
140.
... time passed.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
141.
... time passed,
and confidence began to be ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
142.
... time passed
we found that with the ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
But as time passed we found that with the help of A.A.'s Twelve Steps we could lose those fears, no matter what our material prospects were.
143.
... time passes.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
I was to know happiness,
peace, and usefulness,
in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.
144.
... time passes,
be more and more on ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
Nevertheless, we find
that our thinking will, as
time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration.
145.
... time passing
on what I learned to ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
146.
... time provided,
however, the alcoholic continues to ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
These things will come to pass naturally and in good time provided, however, the alcoholic continues to
demonstrate that he can be sober, considerate, and
helpful, regardless
of what anyone says or does.
147.
... time sanity
will have returned.
BB p.84,
Into Action
148.
... time secretaries
hired.
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
To save whole areas from turmoil, small offices had to be set up, telephones installed,
and a few full-time secretaries hired.
149.
... time secretary.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and
the groups of a large metropolitan area their
central or intergroup
committee, which often
employs a full-time secretary.
150.
... time secretary.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and
the groups of a large metropolitan area their
central or intergroup
committee, which often
employs a full-time secretary.
151.
... time, seemed
vitally important.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
Had he been successful in his enterprise, he would have been set on his feet financially which, at the time, seemed vitally important.
152.
... time sensed
that it might be an ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My wife became deeply interested, and it
was her interest that sustained mine, though I at no time sensed that it might be an answer to my liquor problem.
153.
... time, so
here's how!"
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
The alcoholic may say to
himself in the most casual way, "It won't burn me this time, so here's how!"
154.
... time, so
it was not at all ...
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I soon discovered that a
couple of drinks would alleviate my gastric distress, at least for a few hours at a time, so it was not at all difficult for me to return
to my former excessive
indulgence.
155.
... time that
of myself I was nothing; ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
156.
... time that
some form of moral psychology ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
We doctors have realized for a long time that some form of moral psychology was of urgent importance to alcoholics, but its application presented
difficulties beyond
our conception.
157.
... time the
desperate experiment of the first ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
What sort of thinking dominates an alcoholic
who repeats time after time the desperate experiment
of the first drink?
158.
... time, the
Presence and Power of God ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
159.
... time the
recoveries numbered about one hundred.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
160.
... time, the
struggling groups thought, to place ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
It was now time, the struggling groups thought, to place their message and unique experience before the world.
161.
... time, their
uncertain flames blew out and ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
162.
... time, therefore,
I did not take the ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Most of the time, therefore, I did not take
the morning drink which I
craved so badly, but instead would fill up on large doses of sedatives to quiet the jitters, which distressed me terribly.
163.
... time they
will see that he is ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
164.
... time, this
apparent calamity has been a ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
Time after time, this apparent calamity has been a boon to
us, for it opened up a path which led to the discovery of God.
165.
... time, this
was a fairly large donation.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
166.
... time to
clear away the wreck.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
167.
... time to
consider it, my own mind ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
168.
... time to
drift back into the old ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I drank with moderation
at first, but it took me only
a relatively short
time to drift back into the old habits which had wound up so disastrously before.
169.
... time to
keep chasing a man who ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
170.
... time to
outgrow that serious handicap.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
171.
... time to
pass it on to me.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
172.
... time to
pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
All of us felt at times that
we were regaining control, but such intervals -- usually brief -- were inevitably
followed by still less control, which led in time to pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization.
173.
... time to
the work.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
174.
... time trouble,
and this would really do ...
12&12 p.159,
Tradition Six
175.
... time trying
to persuade him.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
176.
... time until
new perspective, new victory over ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
Husbands and wives have
sometimes been obliged
to separate for a time until new perspective, new victory over hurt pride could be rewon.
177.
... time vice-president
of the American Atheist Society, ...
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."
178.
... time, we
acted as if the money ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
In our drinking time, we
acted as if the money supply was inexhaustible, though
between binges we'd sometimes go to the other extreme and become almost miserly.
179.
... time we
are disturbed, no matter what ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
It is a spiritual axiom
that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there
is something wrong with
us.
180.
... time we
became more or less ostracized ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
181.
... time we
had chartered an airplane to ...
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
182.
... time we
have tried to professionalize our ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Every time we have tried to professionalize our Twelfth Step, the result has been exactly the
same: Our single purpose has been defeated.
183.
... time we
now -- sober -- paid our own ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
184.
... time we
played the big shot, we ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
185.
... time we
sailed for "Over There."
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
186.
... time we
shall handle ourselves like other ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
If these thoughts occur,
they are hazy and readily
supplanted with the old
threadbare idea that
this time we shall handle ourselves like other people.
187.
... time we
stayed broke.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
188.
... time, we
thought, to rebuild our shattered ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
189.
... Time") were
carried over from the second ...
BB xii,
Preface
Nine of the stories in Part II ("They Stopped in Time") were carried over from the second edition; eight new stories were added.
190.
... time when
the press of America thought ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
There was actually a time
when the press of America
thought the anonymity
of A.A. was better for us than
some of our own members did.
191.
... time when
we could commence to see ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
It marked the time when we
could commence to see the
full implication of Step Seven: "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."
192.
... time will
be helpful, but we think ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
The experiment of quitting for a period of
time will be helpful, but we think we can
render an even greater service to alcoholic sufferers and
perhaps to the medical
fraternity.
193.
... time wishing
for what we have not, ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Else why would we consume such great amounts of time wishing for what we have
not, rather than working
for it, or angrily looking for attributes
we shall never have, instead of adjusting to
the fact, and accepting
it?
194.
... time with
him?
BB p.142,
To Employers
195.
... time with
other alcoholics, but this activity ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Father will necessarily spend much time with other alcoholics, but this
activity should be balanced.
196.
... time workers.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
197.
... time you
and he have a heated ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
Next time you and he have a heated discussion, no matter what the subject, it should be the privilege of either to smile and say, "This is getting serious.
198.
... time you
get drunk.
BB p.147,
To Employers
199.
... time you
may have to send for ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
200.
... time you
quit.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
201.
... time, you
see, A.A. was on the ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He browbeat everybody, and everybody expected that
he'd soon get drunk -- for at the time, you see, A.A. was on the pious side.
202.
... time you
will feel no reluctance to ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
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