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1.
... tried.
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
But we
found that
such codes and
philosophies did
not
save us,
no matter how
much we
tried.
2.
... tried.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
3.
... tried, 50%
got sober at once and ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
4.
... tried a
moral inventory is that pride ...
12&12
Step Four, p.49
5.
... tried A.A.,
but did not succeed because ...
12&12
Step One, p.23
6.
... tried A.A.
hospitals -- they all bogged down ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.156
7.
... tried again.
BB
Bill's Story, p.5
8.
... tried another."
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.36
That didn't
seem to
bother me
so I
tried another."
9.
... tried: Drinking
beer only, limiting the number ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.31
Here are some of the
methods
we have
tried:
Drinking beer only,
limiting the
number of
drinks,
never drinking alone,
never drinking in the
morning,
drinking only at
home,
never having it in the
house,
never drinking during business hours,
drinking only at
parties,
switching from
scotch to
brandy,
drinking only
natural wines,
agreeing to
resign if
ever drunk on the
job,
taking a
trip, not
taking a
trip,
swearing off
forever (with
and
without a
solemn oath),
taking more physical exercise,
reading inspirational books,
going to
health farms and
sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to
asylums --
we could
increase the
list
ad infinitum.
10.
... tried every
imaginable remedy.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.31
11.
... tried every
known remedy.
BB
To Employers, p.137
12.
... tried faith
and found it wanting.
12&12
Step Two, p.28
Sometimes A.A. comes harder to
those who have
lost or
rejected faith than to
those who
never had
any faith at all, for they
think they have
tried faith and
found it
wanting.
13.
... tried hard
and failed, we may chalk ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.93
Even when we have
tried hard and
failed, we may
chalk that
up as
one of the
greatest credits of all.
14.
... tried hard
enough and long enough to ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.31
15.
... tried it,
and with equal misgivings, can ...
12&12
Step Three, p.35
Fortunately, we who have
tried it, and with
equal misgivings, can
testify
that
anyone,
anyone at all,
can
begin to do it.
16.
... tried it
enough."
12&12
Step Eleven, p.97
It has been
well said that "
almost the only
scoffers at
prayer are
those who
never tried it
enough."
17.
... tried it
lots of times, but utter ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
We've
tried it
lots of
times, but
utter failure is
always the
result.
18.
... tried many
avenues of escape.
BB
A Vision For You, p.155
19.
... tried spiritual
means to resolve his alcoholic ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
20.
... tried the
way of faith and the ...
12&12
Step Two, p.28
They have
tried the
way of
faith and the
way of
no faith.
21.
... tried these
methods.
BB
Working With Others, p.101
We have
tried these
methods.
22.
... tried this
for a while.
BB
Into Action, p.86
We are
often surprised how
the
right answers come after we have
tried this for a
while.
23.
... tried to
avoid the issue, hoping against ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.44
At
first some of us
tried to
avoid the
issue,
hoping against hope we were not
true alcoholics.
24.
... tried to
be on other questions.
BB
We Agnostics, p.48
25.
... tried to
be secure by some unhealthy ...
12&12
Step Twelve, pp.116-117
26.
... tried to
be sensible on this question.
BB
How It Works, p.68
But
above all, we
tried to be
sensible on this
question.
27.
... tried to
bombard our problems with it ...
12&12
Step Three, p.40
We had
tried to
bombard our
problems with it
instead
of
attempting to
bring it
into
agreement with
God's
intention for us.
28.
... tried to
carry the load alone; how ...
12&12
Step Five, p.56
29.
... tried to
carry this message to alcoholics, ...
BB
How It Works, p.60
12. Having had a
spiritual awakening as the
result of
these
steps, we
tried to
carry this
message to
alcoholics, and to
practice these
principles
in all our
affairs.
30.
... tried to
carry this message to alcoholics, ...
12&12
Contents (Step Twelve), p.8
Step Twelve -- "Having had a
spiritual awakening as
the
result of these
steps, we
tried to
carry this
message to
alcoholics, and
to
practice these
principles in all our
affairs."
31.
... tried to
carry this message to alcoholics, ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.106
"Having had a
spiritual awakening as the
result of
these
steps, we
tried to
carry this
message to
alcoholics, and to
practice these
principles
in all our
affairs."
32.
... tried to
come to "a decision to ...
12&12
Step Three, p.34
33.
... tried to
correct these conditions and found ...
12&12
Step Four, p.47
34.
... tried to
create reality out of bottles.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.100
35.
... tried to
disregard the other person involved ...
BB
How It Works, p.67
36.
... tried to
expel members, but the banished ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
Groups have
tried to
expel members, but the
banished have
come back to
sit in the
meeting place,
saying, "This is
life for us; you
can't
keep us
out."
37.
... tried to
have our own way, the ...
BB
How It Works, p.66
But the
more we
fought and
tried to have our
own way, the
worse matters got.
38.
... tried to
help him -- his doctor, his ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, pp.185-186
He
also wanted to
tell others who had
tried to
help him -- his
doctor, his
minister, and
close friends.
39.
... tried to
hold on to our old ...
BB
How It Works, p.58
Some of us have
tried to
hold on
to our
old ideas and the
result was
nil until we
let go absolutely.
40.
... tried to
hold the love of our ...
BB
To Wives, p.106
We have
tried to
hold the
love of our
children for their
father.
41.
... tried to
impress them during childhood.
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
42.
... tried to
improve his conscious contact with ...
12&12
Step Eleven, pp.104-105
43.
... tried to
keep to themselves certain facts ...
BB
Into Action, p.72
44.
... tried to
make money out of their ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.161
45.
... tried to
make mortar without sand?
BB
Into Action, p.75
Have we
tried to
make mortar without sand?
46.
... tried to
play God and dominate those ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.115
Either we had
tried to
play God and
dominate those about us, or we
had
insisted on
being overdependent upon them.
47.
... tried to
possess ourselves of the right ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.83
48.
... tried to
professionalize our Twelfth Step, the ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.166
49.
... tried to
regulate his drinking for a ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
50.
... tried to
shape a sane and sound ...
BB
How It Works, p.69
In this
way we
tried to
shape a
sane and
sound ideal for our
future sex life.
51.
... tried to
shoulder the entire burden and ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.132
But
those of us who have
tried
to
shoulder the
entire burden and
trouble of
others find we are
soon overcome by them.
52.
... tried to
show him that humility was ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.153
But as he
calmed down, he
began to
listen while I
tried to
show him that
humility was the
main key to
sobriety.
53.
... tried to
struggle to the top of ...
12&12
Step Four, p.53
Always we
tried to
struggle to the
top of the
heap, or to
hide underneath it.
54.
... tried volunteers,
who were quickly disenchanted with ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.167
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