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... told, and
soon realizes for himself, that ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous
is told, and soon realizes for himself, that
his humble admission of
powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.
2.
... told anything
about alcohol by one who ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
We would not even do the cause of temperate drinking any good, for not one drinker in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by
one who hates it.
3.
... told her
to say that I was ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
4.
... told her
what he would try to ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
5.
... told him
about the course of action ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
The two friends spoke of their spiritual experience and told him
about the course of action
they carried out.
6.
... told him
about their drinking experiences.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
7.
... told him
he was through -- finally and ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
8.
... told him
my own story.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
9.
... told him
that if he ever drank ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
"The doctor told him that if
he ever drank again it would kill him, but
there he is all lit up again."
10.
... told him
this was his last chance."
BB p.138,
To Employers
He has just returned from
a three-months leave of absence, has taken a cure, looks fine, and to clinch the matter, the board of directors told him this was his last chance."
11.
... told him
what we knew about alcoholism.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
12.
... told him
what we knew of alcoholism ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
13.
... told himself
he came to the hospital ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
14.
... told how
he lived in constant worry ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
15.
... told how
his family had been reunited; ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He paid a fine tribute to the Fellowship; he told how his
family had been reunited; he extolled the
virtue of honesty; he recalled the joys of Twelfth Step work; and then he lowered the
boom.
16.
... told: "How
I do my Twelfth Step ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Committees have instructed many an A.A. to stop working on a chronic backslider, only to be told: "How I do my Twelfth Step work is my business.
17.
... told how
two men had appeared in ...
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
In a matter of fact way he told how two men had appeared in court, persuading the judge to suspend his commitment.
18.
... told innumerable
lies to protect our pride ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
19.
... told is
most instructive, for here was ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
The story he told is most instructive, for here was
a chap absolutely convinced he had to stop drinking, who had no excuse for drinking, who exhibited splendid judgment and determination in all his other concerns, yet was flat on his back nevertheless.
20.
... told me
about an executive of the ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
One day he told me about an executive of
the same bank who, from his description, was undoubtedly alcoholic.
21.
... told me
about yourself and your problems ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
But from what you've told me about yourself and your problems and how you propose to lick them, I think I know what's wrong.'
22.
... told me,
how they prophesied that if ...
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.
23.
... told me
of cases where pressure of ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
I well remember the shock I received when a prominent doctor in Chicago told me of cases where pressure of the
spinal fluid actually ruptured the brain.
24.
... told me
the market had gone to ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
25.
... told me
they would attempt to struggle ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
26.
... told my
wife of my mistress -- sex ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
27.
... told myself
I would manage better next ...
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.
28.
... told now.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
29.
... told of
a simple religious idea and ...
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
30.
... told of
the acute poisoning from which ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
The man in the bed was told of the acute poisoning from which he suffered, how it deteriorates the body of
an alcoholic and warps
his mind.
31.
... told, promising
beginnings have been made in ...
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
32.
... told small
tots that father was sick, ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
33.
... told someone
else all their life story.
BB p.73,
Into Action
But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all their life story.
34.
... told that
he was back in the ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
35.
... told that
our Society has no president ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our Society
has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no
board of directors who
can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and enforce obedience, our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be. There must be
an angle somewhere."
36.
... told that
so far as alcohol is ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
Then we had been told that so far as alcohol is concerned, self-confidence was no good whatever; in fact, it was a total liability.
37.
... told that
the majority of A.A. members ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
First off, they can be told
that the majority of A.A. members have suffered severely from self-justification during
their drinking days.
38.
... told that
we could not control our ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
It did not satisfy us to be told that we could not control
our drinking just because we were maladjusted to life, that
we were in full flight from
reality, or were outright mental defectives.
39.
... told the
glorious news.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
40.
... told them.
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
Lacking both practice and humility,
they had deluded themselves and were able to
justify the most arrant
nonsense on the ground
that this was what God had told
them.
41.
... told them
the whole truth nor have ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
42.
... told they
understood our men as we ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
43.
... told us
of his belief in ours.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
We are greatly indebted
to the doctor in attendance there, for he, although it might prejudice his own work, has told us of his belief in ours.
44.
... told us
that such things cannot happen ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
We admit we have some of these symptoms, but we have not gone to the extremes you fellows did, nor are we likely to, for we understand ourselves
so well after what you have
told us that such things cannot happen again.
45.
... told us
that the use of sweets ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
One of the many doctors who had the opportunity of reading
this book in manuscript
form told us that the use of sweets was often helpful, of course depending upon a doctor's advice.
46.
... told us
there was nothing man couldn't ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
47.
... told what
alcoholism was, so we'd educate ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
People needed to be told what alcoholism was, so
we'd educate the public,
even rewrite school and medical textbooks.
48.
... told you
about alcoholism?"
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Why don't you try some more controlled drinking, bearing in mind meanwhile what we have
told you about alcoholism?"
49.
... told you,
made him a free man.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
Here was the terrible dilemma in which our friend
found himself when he had
the extraordinary experience, which as we have already told you, made him a free man.
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