From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... use.
BB p.86,
Into Action
Under these conditions
we can employ our mental
faculties with assurance, for after all God gave us brains to use.
2.
... use.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
3.
... use a
combination of high-powered sedative and ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
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 p.84,
Step Nine
5.
... use alcohol
in any form at all; ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
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 p.39,
Step Three
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 p.24,
There Is A Solution
Or "What's the use anyhow?"
8.
... use arousing
any prejudice he may have ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
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
those who keep on trying ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
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.
10.
... use, day
by day, in fair weather ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
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.
11.
... use discretion.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
12.
... use everyday
language to describe spiritual principles.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
When dealing with such a person, you had better use everyday language to describe spiritual principles.
13.
... use for
others.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
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.
14.
... use if
our attitude is one of ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
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.
15.
... use it.
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
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.
16.
... use it,
entirely dependable, though it emanate ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
Neither is reason, as
most of us use it, entirely dependable, though it emanate from our
best minds.
17.
... use it
rightly.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
18.
... use of
a large expense account.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
At the end of it, my reports
to Wall Street procured me a position
there and the use of a large
expense account.
19.
... use of
his services with other employees ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
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.
20.
... use of
it.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
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.
21.
... use of
meditation and prayer, we found, ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
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.
22.
... use of
names or pictures, the result ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Provided anonymity
was maintained on these platforms, and reporters present were cautioned against the
use of names or pictures, the result was fine.
23.
... use of
old trunks and chests, the ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
24.
... use of
our experience, we are sure ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Should you wish them above
all else, and be willing to
make use of our experience, we are sure
they will come.
25.
... use of
prayer would no more do ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
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.
26.
... use of
spiritual principles in such cases ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
27.
... use of
spiritual principles unless we accepted ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
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.
28.
... use of
sweets was often helpful, of ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
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.
29.
... use of
the book alone.
BB p.144,
To Employers
30.
... use of
the will.
BB p.85,
Into Action
31.
... use of
them.
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
There is something spiritual about an art museum or a symphony, and
the Catholic Church approves of our use of them.
32.
... use of
this Step on problems other ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
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.
33.
... use of
what they offer.
BB p.87,
Into Action
34.
... use on
others.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
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.
35.
... use our
member's full name in all ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
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.
36.
... use that
as an excuse to drink ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
37.
... use the
A.A. name.
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
38.
... use the
A.A. name.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
39.
... use the
name Alcoholics Anonymous for publicity ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
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.
40.
... use the
resources of radio, press, and ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
41.
... use, the
revolution is on.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
They rush from crisis to crisis and from member to member, pleading; but it's
no use, the revolution is on.
42.
... use the
society for their own purposes.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
Instead, the Washingtonians permitted politicians
and reformers, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic, to use the
society for their own purposes.
43.
... use this
as a mere excuse to ...
BB p.75,
Into Action
44.
... use this
as a reason for promiscuity?
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
45.
... use this
as an excuse for shying ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
46.
... use this
chapter as a club over ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
47.
... use to
A.A. should be separately incorporated ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
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.
48.
... use to
A.A. should be separately incorporated ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
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
argue and only makes the ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
50.
... use today.
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
On the next page, A.A.'s "12 Traditions" are seen in
their so-called "short form" the form in general use today.
51.
... use, without
a reasonable assumption as a ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
Simply because it is impossible to explain
what we see, feel, direct, and use, without a reasonable assumption as a starting point.
52.
Use your
energies to promote a better ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
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