From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... until everyone
in that town has had ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity to recover
-- if he can and will.
2.
... until he
changes his mind.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
If he is not interested in your solution, if he expects
you to act only as a banker
for his financial difficulties or a nurse
for his sprees, you may have to drop him until he changes his mind.
3.
... until he
first backtracks and really makes ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
Every A.A. has found that he can make little headway in this new adventure of living until he first backtracks and really makes an accurate and unsparing
survey of the human wreckage he has left in his
wake.
4.
... until he
first envisions a plan for ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
5.
... until he
had been successful in business ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
He made up his mind that until he had been successful in business
and had retired, he would not touch another drop.
6.
... until he
is able to admit and ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
7.
... until he
patiently and persistently tries to ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
8.
Until he
so humbles himself, his sobriety ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
9.
... until he
was thirty-five.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
10.
... until his
material needs are cared for.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
He clamors for this or that, claiming he cannot master
alcohol until his material needs are cared for.
11.
... until I
accept that person, place, thing ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some
fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
12.
Until I
could accept my alcoholism, I ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy.
13.
... until I
saw how really ethical Charlie's ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
14.
... until I
woke up at a friend's ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
15.
... until it
became our universal tradition.
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
One dramatic experience after another clinched this determination until it
became our universal tradition.
16.
... until it
comes.
BB p.76,
Into Action
17.
... until my
wife and I went to ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This worked nicely until my wife and I went to see Wallace Beery in "Tugboat Annie," after which the pant-leg and stocking racket were out!
18.
... until new
perspective, new victory over hurt ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
Husbands and wives have
sometimes been obliged
to separate for a time
until new perspective, new victory over hurt pride could be rewon.
19.
Until now,
our lives have been largely ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
20.
... until repeated
stumbling convinces him he must ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
Wait until repeated stumbling convinces him he must act, for the more you hurry him the longer his recovery may be delayed.
21.
... until self-searching
becomes a regular habit, until ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
22.
... until sophomore
spring when, after a prolonged ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This went from bad to worse until sophomore spring when, after a prolonged period of drinking, I made up my mind that I could not complete my course, so I packed my grip and went South to spend a month on a large farm owned by a friend of mine.
23.
Until such
an understanding is reached, little ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
24.
... until the
country went dry.
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I think I must have been thoroughly scared by what
had happened, or by the doctor, or probably both, so that I did not touch a
drink again until the country went dry.
25.
... until the
habit of self-restraint has become ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
For we can neither think
nor act to good purpose until the habit of self-restraint has become automatic.
26.
... until then.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
27.
... until they
cause us excessive misery.
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Nearly anyone could submit a good list of such defects as these, and few of us
would seriously think of
giving them up, at least until they cause us excessive misery.
28.
... until they
really clean house.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Some people are unable to
stay sober at all; others will relapse periodically
until they really clean house.
29.
... until they
told someone else all their ...
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.
30.
Until we
actually sit down and talk ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so
long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical.
31.
... until we
are willing to try this.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
It seems plain that the grace of God will not enter to expel our destructive obsessions until we are willing to try this.
32.
... until we
do so, never trying to ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
We are there to sweep off our side of the street, realizing that nothing worth while can be accomplished until we do
so, never trying to tell him what he should do.
33.
... until we
first admit complete defeat is ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered.
34.
... until we
first admitted that we were ...
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.
35.
Until we
had talked with complete candor ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn't belong.
36.
... until we
have done our utmost to ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
Simply we tell him that we
will never get over drinking until we have done our utmost to straighten out the past.
37.
... until we
let go absolutely.
BB p.58,
How It Works
Some of us have tried to hold
on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go
absolutely.
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