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... times.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.27
2.
... times.
BB
Into Action, p.87
Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we
are going to be inspired at
all times.
3.
... times.
BB
Working With Others, p.99
4.
... times.
BB
To Wives, p.116
5.
... times.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
During these years, I drank as much as my purse permitted, still without paying too great a penalty, although I was beginning to have morning
"jitters" at times.
6.
... times.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
7.
... times a
day, listened to twenty wailing ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.168
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary
answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got
sponsorship for ten newcomers, and was gently diplomatic with the irate drunk who complained about
the job she was doing and how
she was overpaid, then such
a person could surely not be
called a professional
A.A.
8.
... times a
great revulsion has risen up ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.57
Save for a few brief moments of temptation the thought of
drink has never returned; and at such times a great revulsion has risen up in him.
9.
... times, and
is becoming aware that he ...
BB
To Wives, p.109
10.
... times and
places have practiced unsparing self-survey ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.88
More experienced people, of course, in all times and places have practiced unsparing self-survey and criticism.
11.
... times, but
utter failure is always the ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
12.
... times by
attacks of self-pity or delusions ...
12&12
Step Five, p.58
All of us saw, for example,
that we lacked honesty and
tolerance, that we were beset at times by attacks of self-pity or delusions of personal grandeur.
13.
... times by
extreme drunkenness, kept me out ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.3
There had been no real infidelity, for loyalty to
my wife, helped at times by extreme drunkenness, kept me out of those scrapes.
14.
... times deliberately
set aside for that purpose.
12&12
Step Ten, pp.90-91
The consideration of long-standing difficulties had better
be postponed, when possible, to times deliberately set aside for that purpose.
15.
... times during
the months I was sober.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.36
16.
... times each
day "Thy will be done."
BB
Into Action, pp.87-88
We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy
will be done."
17.
... times, especially
if he is married to ...
BB
Into Action, p.81
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.
18.
... times has
no effective mental defense against ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.43
19.
... times have
we heard well-intentioned people claim ...
12&12
Step Five, p.60
How many times have we heard well-intentioned people claim the guidance of God when it was all too plain that
they were sorely mistaken.
20.
... times, I
got drunk on the way ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.157
21.
... times I
have gone to my old ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
22.
... times illuminating.
BB
To Employers, p.139
23.
... times, in
as many cities and hamlets, ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.131
Countless times, in as many cities and hamlets, we reenacted the
story of Eddie Rickenbacker and his courageous company when
their plane crashed in the
Pacific.
24.
... times in
one of the local sanitariums.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
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.
25.
... times in
rapid succession.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.35
26.
... times in
succession.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.38
27.
... times in
the last six months.
BB
A Vision For You, p.156
28.
... times in
this book which, upon careful ...
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are
used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism
has manifested itself among us in many different forms.
29.
... times isolates
the wife of an alcoholic.
BB
To Wives, p.119
It is probably true that you
and your husband have been living too much alone, for drinking many times isolates the wife of an alcoholic.
30.
... times material
progress was painfully slow.
BB
We Agnostics, p.51
31.
... times of
emotional disturbance or indecision, we ...
12&12
Step Three, p.40
In all times of emotional
disturbance or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done."
32.
... times of
fatigue.
BB
The Family Afterward, pp.133-134
He thought all alcoholics should constantly have chocolate available for
its quick energy value at times of fatigue.
33.
... times of
registering at a hotel under ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
I would sometimes hide out in one of the clubs of which I was a member,
and had the habit at times of
registering at a hotel
under a fictitious name.
34.
... times people
have said to us: "I ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.20
35.
... times protect
the victim from this kind ...
BB
To Employers, pp.145-146
36.
... times subtly,
they drive us, dominate us, ...
12&12
Step Four, p.42
Powerfully, blindly, many times subtly, they drive us, dominate us, and insist upon ruling our lives.
37.
... times that
he had but one more ...
BB
To Employers, p.136
38.
... times that
we were regaining control, but ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.30
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.
39.
... times the
A.A. landscape seems to be ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.135
40.
... times they
used to have before he ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.126
They expect him to give them
the nice times they used to have before he drank so much, and to show his contrition for what
they suffered.
41.
... times, they
were actually shunned by fellow ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.168
42.
... times, to
bring into our consciousness with ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
We are unable, at certain
times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and
humiliation of even a week or a month ago.
43.
... times to
come from without.
12&12
Step Four, p.52
These stem from causes which
sometimes seem to be within us, and at other times to come from without.
44.
... times very
slowly, savoring every word and ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.99
As beginners in meditation, we might now reread this prayer several times very slowly, savoring every word and trying to take in the deep meaning of each phrase and idea.
45.
... times, we
have seen millions die in ...
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.176
In our own times, we have seen millions die in political and economic wars often spurred by religious and racial difference.
46.
... times we
talk to a new man ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
Many times we talk to a new man and watch his hope rise as we discuss his alcoholic problems and explain our fellowship.
47.
... times, we
were all broke.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.160
48.
... times were
good.
12&12
Step Four, pp.46-47
49.
... times were
hard or times were good.
12&12
Step Four, pp.46-47
50.
... times when
we can pray only with ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.105
All of us, without exception, pass through times when we can pray only with the greatest exertion of will.
51.
... times which
will befall you and the ...
BB
To Wives, p.116
You may be afraid your husband will lose his position; you are thinking of the disgrace
and hard times which will befall you and the children.
52.
... times wish
he could devote himself to ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
Every doctor concerned would at times wish he could devote himself to his chosen field rather than work only with the group.
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