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1.
... unless at
once followed by a strenuous ...
BB
How It Works, p.64
2.
... unless each
A.A. follows suggested Steps to ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Nine), p.12
3.
Unless each
A.A. member follows to the ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.174
4.
... unless he
carries the A.A. message.
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
5.
... unless he
gives it away.
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
Moreover, he
finds he
cannot
keep this
priceless
gift unless he
gives it
away.
6.
... unless he
has first accepted his devastating ...
12&12
Step One, p.21
7.
... unless he
has his family back.
BB
Working With Others, p.99
Let no alcoholic say he cannot
recover unless he has his
family back.
8.
... unless he
has seen it and wishes ...
BB
Working With Others, p.92
Don't, at this
stage,
refer to
this
book,
unless he has
seen it and
wishes to
discuss it.
9.
... unless he
has to do these things ...
12&12
Step One, p.24
No, the
average alcoholic,
self-
centered in the
extreme,
doesn't
care for this
prospect --
unless he has to do
these
things in
order to
stay alive himself.
10.
... unless he
is in a dangerous physical ...
BB
Working With Others, p.90
The
family may
object to
this, but
unless he is in a
dangerous physical condition, it is
better to
risk it.
11.
... unless he
is now willing to work ...
12&12
Step Four, p.50
12.
... unless he
is ugly and the family ...
BB
Working With Others, p.90
Don't
deal with him when he is
very drunk,
unless he is
ugly and the
family needs your
help.
13.
... unless he
is violent.
BB
Working With Others, p.91
If your
man needs hospitalization, he should have it, but not
forcibly unless he is
violent.
14.
... unless he
passes on to other alcoholics ...
12&12
Tradition Two, pp.132-133
Alone now, he
reflects that he may not be
able to
stay sober, or
even alive,
unless he
passes on to
other alcoholics what was so
freely given him.
15.
Unless he
took some drinks, he might ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.154
Unless he
took some
drinks, he might not have the
courage to
scrape an
acquaintance and would have a
lonely week-
end.
16.
... unless I
accept life completely on life's ...
BB
Acceptance, p.417
17.
... unless I
could assure him, which no ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
Following his
physical
rehabilitation, he had a
talk with me in which he
frankly
stated he
thought the
treatment a
waste of
effort,
unless I could
assure him, which
no one ever had, that in the
future he would have the "
will power" to
resist the
impulse to
drink.
18.
... unless it
is given away.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Five), p.11
Sobriety can't be
kept unless it is
given away.
19.
... unless it
will serve some good purpose.
BB
Working With Others, p.92
20.
... unless locked
up, may die or go ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
21.
Unless one's
family expresses a desire to ...
BB
Into Action, p.83
22.
... unless some
good and useful purpose is ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.125
So we
think that
unless some
good and
useful purpose is to be
served,
past occurrences should not
be
discussed.
23.
... unless the
doctor thinks his mental condition ...
BB
To Wives, p.114
24.
... unless the
family watches for these tendencies ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.131
25.
Unless the
reason is understood, there may ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.134
Unless the
reason is
understood, there may be an
emotional upset.
26.
... unless there
is a group.
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
27.
Unless there
is approximate conformity to A.A.'s ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.174
28.
Unless they
actually need protection from their ...
BB
To Wives, p.115
Unless they
actually need protection from their
father, it is
best not to
take sides in
any argument he has with them
while drinking.
29.
... unless they
can again experience the sense ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
30.
... unless they
develop much more of this ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.70
31.
... unless they
have hit bottom.
12&12
Step One, p.24
32.
... unless this
person can experience an entire ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
33.
... unless we
accepted many things on faith ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.47
34.
... unless we
are sure he would approve.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.125
35.
... unless we
clearly see what it is.
12&12
Step Five, p.58
No defect can be
corrected unless we
clearly see what it is.
36.
... unless we
could find a means of ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.76
Therefore,
no peace was to be had
unless we
could
find a
means of
reducing these
demands.
37.
... unless we
give it away.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.151
It is the
great paradox of
A.A. that we
know we can
seldom keep the
precious gift of
sobriety unless we
give it
away.
38.
Unless your
friend wants to talk further ...
BB
Working With Others, p.95
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