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1.
... understood.
BB
To Employers, p.137
That he has not
always done so
for the
alcoholic is
easily understood.
2.
... understood as
it is now.
BB
A Vision For You, pp.156-157
The
use of
spiritual principles in
such cases was not so
well understood as it is
now.
3.
... understood; better
to forgive than to be ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.101
He
thought it
better to
give comfort than to
receive it;
better to
understand than to be
understood;
better to
forgive than to be
forgiven.
4.
... understood by
his friends, and about whom ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxx
There is the
manic-
depressive type, who is,
perhaps, the
least understood by his
friends, and
about whom a
whole chapter
could be
written.
5.
... understood each
other.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.152
I
explained what a
wonderful Fellowship we
had, how
well we
understood each other.
6.
... understood fact
that in God's sight all ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.124
Service,
gladly rendered,
obligations squarely met,
troubles well accepted or
solved with
God's
help, the
knowledge that at
home or in
the
world outside we are
partners in a
common effort, the
well-
understood fact that in
God's
sight all
human beings are
important, the
proof that
love freely given surely brings a
full return, the
certainty that
we are
no longer isolated and
alone in
self-
constructed prisons, the
surety that we
need no longer be
square pegs in
round holes but can
fit and
belong in
God's
scheme of
things -- these are
the
permanent and
legitimate satisfactions of
right living for which
no amount of
pomp and
circumstance,
no heap of
material possessions, could
possibly be
substitutes.
7.
... understood Him.
BB
We Agnostics, p.47
At the
start, this was all we
needed to
commence spiritual growth, to
effect our
first conscious relation with
God as we
understood Him.
8.
... understood Him.
BB
How It Works, p.59
3.
Made a
decision to
turn our
will and our
lives over to the
care of
God as we
understood Him.
9.
... understood Him.
BB
How It Works, p.60
Being convinced, we were
at
Step Three, which is that we
decided to
turn our
will and our
life over to
God as we
understood Him.
10.
... understood Him."
12&12
Contents (Step Three), p.5
Step Three -- "
Made a
decision to
turn our
will and our
lives over to the
care of
God, as we
understood Him."
11.
... understood Him."
12&12
Step Three, p.34
"
Made a
decision to
turn our
will and our
lives over to the
care of
God as we
understood Him."
12.
... understood Him."
12&12
Step Three, pp.34-35
In
fact, the
effectiveness of the
whole A.A. program will rest upon how
well and
earnestly we have
tried to
come to "a
decision to
turn our
will and our
lives over to the
care of
God as we
understood Him."
13.
... understood Him.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.107
Consequently, in
Step Three we
turned our
will and our
lives over to the
care of
God as we
understood Him.
14.
... understood Him:
"God, I offer myself to ...
BB
How It Works, p.63
Many of us
said to our
Maker, as we
understood Him: "
God, I
offer myself to
Thee -- to
build with me and to do with me as
Thou wilt.
15.
... understood Him,
praying only for knowledge of ...
BB
How It Works, p.59
11.
Sought through prayer and
meditation to
improve our
conscious contact with
God as we
understood Him,
praying only for
knowledge
of His
will for us and the
power to
carry that
out.
16.
... understood Him,
praying only for knowledge of ...
12&12
Contents (Step Eleven), p.8
Step Eleven -- "
Sought through prayer and
meditation to
improve our
conscious contact with
God as we
understood Him,
praying only for
knowledge of His
will for us
and the
power to
carry that
out."
17.
... understood Him,
praying only for knowledge of ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.96
"
Sought through prayer and
meditation to
improve our
conscious contact with
God as we
understood Him,
praying only for
knowledge of His
will for us
and the
power to
carry that
out."
18.
... understood Him,
to do with me as ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.13
There I
humbly offered myself to
God, as I then
understood Him, to do with me as He would.
19.
... understood Him,
to give me release, my ...
12&12
Step Six, p.63
20.
... understood his.
BB
A Vision For You, p.160
He
succumbed to that
gay crowd inside, who
laughed at their
own misfortunes and
understood
his.
21.
... understood, is
a petition to God.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.102
Prayer, as
commonly understood, is a
petition to
God.
22.
... understood not
at all.
12&12
Step Two, p.32
The
love of
God and
man we
understood not at all.
23.
... understood our
men as we did not!
BB
To Wives, p.106
How
heartbreaking was this
discovery; how
cruel to be
told they
understood our
men as we did not!
24.
... understood that
our alcoholic work is an ...
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
We would
like it
understood that
our
alcoholic work is an
avocation.
25.
... understood that
the elders, just to nail ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.148
They
understood that the
elders,
just to
nail things down good, were about to
apply to the
Foundation for
a
charter.
26.
... understood the
nature of the alcoholic illness, ...
BB
To Wives, p.107
Had we
fully understood the
nature of the
alcoholic illness, we might have
behaved differently.
27.
... understood, there
may be an emotional upset.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.134
Unless the
reason is
understood, there may be an
emotional upset.
28.
... understood --
to love, than to be loved.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.99
Lord,
grant that I may
seek rather to
comfort than to be
comforted -- to
understand, than to be
understood -- to
love, than to be
loved.
29.
... understood, to
love than to be loved," ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.103
At these
critical moments, if we
remind ourselves that "it is
better
to
comfort than to be
comforted, to
understand
than to be
understood, to
love
than to be
loved," we
will be
following the
intent of
Step Eleven.
30.
... understood what
alcohol could do to a ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.170
A
city wanted an
experienced social worker who
understood what
alcohol could do to a
family.
31.
... understood why
we thought we deserved a ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.160
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