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... used.
BB p.110,
To Wives
2.
... used a
great deal more hard liquor ...
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This had little effect
however for I kept on drinking and used a great deal more hard liquor than in former years.
3.
... used also
to put it up in ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
4.
... used, because
that looked too easy.
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
5.
... used by
Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve (Note)
6.
... used his
own wrong-doing as a means ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
7.
... used lightly
or selfishly nor to be ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
We remembered always
that our sex powers were God-given and therefore good, neither to be used lightly or selfishly nor to be despised and loathed.
8.
... used many
times in this book which, ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening"
are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about
recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms.
9.
... used now.
BB xii,
Preface
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with
new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.
10.
... used our
education to blow ourselves up ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
We used our education to
blow ourselves up into prideful balloons, though we were careful to hide this from others.
11.
... used our
imagination.
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
12.
... used our
own conception, however limited it ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
13.
... used politically.
BB p.145,
To Employers
14.
... used the
incident as a basis for ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
He subsequently denied having received the
money and used the incident as a basis for discrediting the man.
15.
... used their
shortcomings as a basis of ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
Instead, we looked at the
human defects of these people, and sometimes
used their shortcomings as a basis
of wholesale condemnation.
16.
... used to
amuse ourselves by cynically dissecting ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We used to amuse ourselves by cynically
dissecting spiritual beliefs and practices when we might have observed that many spiritually-minded persons of all races, colors, and creeds were demonstrating a degree
of stability, happiness and usefulness which we should have sought ourselves.
17.
... used to
baffle us.
BB p.84,
Into Action
18.
... used to
be like, what happened, and ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
Our stories disclose in
a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now.
19.
... used to
be strong for the church, ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
20.
... used to
be the hunch or the ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
What used to be the hunch or
the occasional inspiration gradually
becomes a working part of the mind.
21.
... used to
bring on!
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
22.
... used to
get terribly upset when I ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to get terribly upset when I saw my friends drink and knew I could not, but
I schooled myself to believe that though I once had the same privilege, I had abused it
so frightfully that it was withdrawn.
23.
... used to
have before he drank so ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
They expect him to give them
the nice times they used to have before he drank so much, and to show his contrition for
what they suffered.
24.
... used to
have no reasonable conception whatever.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
25.
... used to
make back in the 1920's.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
Handing it to me, he continued, 'This shows the
kind of money the hospital used to make back in the 1920's.
26.
... used to
promise my wife, my friends, ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to promise my wife, my friends, and my children that I would drink
no more -- promises which seldom kept me sober even through the day, though I was very sincere when I made them.
27.
... used to
put eight or twelve ounce ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to put eight or twelve ounce bottles of alcohol in a fur lined glove and toss it onto the back airing porch when winter days got dark enough.
28.
... used to
set by imagination as it ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
When such thoughts break in, we might recall, a
little ruefully, how much store we used to set by imagination as it tried
to create reality out of bottles.
29.
... used to
that quite quickly.
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
Though we may at first be
startled to realize
that God knows all about us,
we are apt to get used to that quite quickly.
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