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... use.
BB
Into Action, p.86
Under these conditions we
can employ our mental faculties with assurance,
for after all God gave us brains to use.
2.
... use.
BB
A Vision For You, p.157
3.
... use a
combination of high-powered sedative and ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.22
As matters grow worse, he begins to use a combination of high-powered sedative and liquor to quiet his nerves so he can go to work.
4.
... use a
little more discretion than we ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
5.
... use alcohol
in any form at all; ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
These allergic types can never safely use alcohol in any form at all; and once having formed the habit and found they cannot break it, once having lost their self-confidence, their reliance upon things human, their problems pile up on them and become astonishingly difficult to solve.
6.
... use alcohol
to kill the pain, can ...
12&12
Step Three, p.39
He relies upon the assurance that his many troubles, now made more acute because he cannot use alcohol to kill the pain, can be solved, too.
7.
... use anyhow?"
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
Or "What's the use anyhow?"
8.
... use arousing
any prejudice he may have ...
BB
Working With Others, p.93
There is no use arousing any prejudice he may have against certain theological terms and conceptions about which he may already be confused.
9.
... use by
practice of Steps.
12&12
Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
10.
... use by
those who keep on trying ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
We know this because we see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.
11.
... use, day
by day, in fair weather ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.88
But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way
of living to practical
use, day by day, in fair weather or foul.
12.
... use discretion.
BB
Working With Others, p.96
13.
... use everyday
language to describe spiritual principles.
BB
Working With Others, p.93
When dealing with such a person, you had better use everyday language to describe spiritual principles.
14.
... use for
others.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.123
Suppose we tell you some of
the obstacles a family will meet; suppose we suggest how they
may be avoided -- even converted to good use for others.
15.
... use if
our attitude is one of ...
BB
Working With Others, p.103
Some day we hope that Alcoholics Anonymous will help the public to a better realization of the gravity of the alcoholic problem, but we shall be of little use if our attitude is one of bitterness or hostility.
16.
... use it.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.125
We have been talking about problems because we are problem people who have found a way up
and out, and who wish to share our knowledge of that
way with all who can use it.
17.
... use it,
entirely dependable, though it emanate ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.54
Neither is reason, as most
of us use it, entirely dependable, though it emanate from our best minds.
18.
... use it
rightly.
12&12
Step Three, p.40
19.
... use of
a large expense account.
BB
Bill's Story, p.3
At the end of it, my reports
to Wall Street procured me a position
there and the use of a large expense account.
20.
... use of
his services with other employees ...
BB
To Employers, p.146
After your man has gone along without drinking for a few months, you may be able to make use of his services with other employees who are giving you the alcoholic run-around -- provided, of course, they are
willing to have a third party in the picture.
21.
... use of
it.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.130
Nothing will help the man who is off on a spiritual tangent so much as the wife who adopts a sane spiritual program, making a better practical use of it.
22.
... use of
meditation and prayer, we found, ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.109
The persistent use of meditation and prayer, we
found, did open the channel so that where there had been a trickle, there now was a river which led to sure power and safe guidance from God as we were increasingly
better able to understand Him.
23.
... use of
names or pictures, the result ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.186
Provided anonymity was
maintained on these platforms, and reporters
present were cautioned
against the use of names or pictures, the result was fine.
24.
... use of
old trunks and chests, the ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
25.
... use of
our experience, we are sure ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.153
Should you wish them above all
else, and be willing to make use of our experience, we are sure they
will come.
26.
... use of
prayer would no more do ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.97
Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine.
27.
... use of
spiritual principles in such cases ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.156
28.
... use of
spiritual principles unless we accepted ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.47
That was great news to us, for
we had assumed we could not make use of spiritual principles unless we accepted many things on faith which seemed difficult to believe.
29.
... use of
sweets was often helpful, of ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.133
One of the many doctors who had the opportunity of reading
this book in manuscript form told us that the use of sweets was often helpful, of course depending upon a doctor's advice.
30.
... use of
the book alone.
BB
To Employers, p.144
31.
... use of
the will.
BB
Into Action, p.85
32.
... use of
them.
BB
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
There is something spiritual about an art museum or a symphony, and the
Catholic Church approves of our use of them.
33.
... use of
this Step on problems other ...
12&12
Step Six, p.68
If we would gain any real advantage in the use of this Step on problems other than alcohol, we shall need to make a brand new venture into open-mindedness.
34.
... use of
what they offer.
BB
Into Action, p.87
35.
... use on
others.
12&12
Step Four, p.47
We had to see that when we harbored grudges and planned revenge for such defeats, we were really beating ourselves with the club of anger we had intended to use on others.
36.
... use our
member's full name in all ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.158
The association wanted
to use our member's full name in all its advertising; he was to be
described both as its director of publicity and as a member of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
37.
... use that
as an excuse to drink ...
BB
To Wives, p.111
38.
... use the
A.A. name.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
39.
... use the
A.A. name.
12&12
Tradition Six (Long), p.190
40.
... use the
name Alcoholics Anonymous for publicity ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.170
In former days, the moment an A.A. hired out to such enterprises, he was immediately tempted to
use the name Alcoholics Anonymous for
publicity or money-raising purposes.
41.
... use the
resources of radio, press, and ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.157
42.
... use, the
revolution is on.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
They rush from crisis to crisis and from member to member, pleading; but it's no use, the revolution is on.
43.
... use the
society for their own purposes.
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.178
Instead, the Washingtonians permitted politicians
and reformers, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic, to use the society for their own purposes.
44.
... use this
as a mere excuse to ...
BB
Into Action, p.75
45.
... use this
as a reason for promiscuity?
12&12
Step Four, p.51
46.
... use this
as an excuse for shying ...
BB
Into Action, p.77
47.
... use this
chapter as a club over ...
BB
To Wives, p.108
48.
... use to
A.A. should be separately incorporated ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
We think, therefore, that
any considerable property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material from
the spiritual.
49.
... use to
A.A. should be separately incorporated ...
12&12
Tradition Six (Long), p.190
We think, therefore, that
any considerable property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material from
the spiritual.
50.
... use to
argue and only makes the ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.126
51.
... use today.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
On the next page, A.A.'s "12 Traditions" are seen in their
so-called "short form" the form in general use today.
52.
... use, without
a reasonable assumption as a ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.48
Simply because it is impossible to explain what
we see, feel, direct, and use, without a reasonable assumption as a starting
point.
53.
Use your
energies to promote a better ...
BB
To Wives, p.115
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