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ultraconservative
unabated
UNABLE   occurs   13 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
unacceptable
unaccountably
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1.
... unable, at certain times, to bring into ...   BB p.24, There Is A Solution   Go to page 24 in the Big Book
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.

2.
... unable to be rid of the alcohol ...   12&12 p.107, Step Twelve
Step One showed us an amazing paradox: We found that we were totally unable to be rid of the alcohol obsession until we first admitted that we were powerless over it.

3.
... unable to change the present state of ...   12&12 p.52, Step Four
If I am unable to change the present state of affairs, am I willing to take the measures necessary to shape my life to conditions as they are?


4.
... unable to do so, no matter how ...   BB p.111, To Wives   Go to page 111 in the Big Book
You may be unable to do so, no matter how hard you try.


5.
... unable to drink moderately the question is ...   BB p.34, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 34 in the Big Book
For those who are unable to drink moderately the question is how to stop altogether.


6.
... unable to focus on anything else.   BB p.128, The Family Afterward   Go to page 128 in the Big Book
He is unable to focus on anything else.


7.
... unable to imagine life either with alcohol ...   BB p.152, A Vision For You   Go to page 152 in the Big Book
Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it.


8.
... unable to make good.   BB p.78, Into Action   Go to page 78 in the Big Book
We may be short in our accounts and unable to make good.

9.
... unable to see that our unreasonable demands ...   12&12 p.115, Step Twelve
We blamed them, being quite unable to see that our unreasonable demands had been the cause.

10.
... unable to speak at meetings or who ...   12&12 p.110, Step Twelve
There are many opportunities even for those of us who feel unable to speak at meetings or who are so situated that we cannot do much face-to-face Twelfth Step work.


11.
... unable to stay on the water wagon ...   BB p.109, To Wives   Go to page 109 in the Big Book
Two: Your husband is showing lack of control, for he is unable to stay on the water wagon even when he wants to.

12.
... unable to stay sober at all; others ...   12&12 p.56, Step Five
Some people are unable to stay sober at all; others will relapse periodically until they really clean house.


13.
... unable to stop drinking on the basis ...   BB p.39, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 39 in the Big Book
But the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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