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... useful and
helpful, or of some special ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.102
Perhaps we think of our day's work and the chances it may afford us to be
useful and helpful, or of
some special problem that
it may bring.
2.
... useful and
profoundly happy.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.124
Still more wonderful is the feeling
that we do not have to be specially distinguished among our
fellows in order to be useful and profoundly happy.
3.
... useful existence,
at any financial level, quite ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.121
And these were fears which would make a serene and useful existence, at any financial level, quite impossible.
4.
... useful life.
12&12
Step Three, p.39
More sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism
and by attendance at a few
meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented,
useful life.
5.
... useful life,
though your husband continues to ...
BB
To Wives, p.111
6.
... useful living.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.114
7.
... useful may
be zero.
BB
To Wives, p.111
If he gets the idea that you are
a nag or a killjoy, your chance of accomplishing
anything useful may be zero.
8.
... useful member
of his community.
BB
A Vision For You, p.158
9.
... useful member
of society.
12&12
Step Four, p.53
We have not once sought to be
one in a family, to be a friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society.
10.
... useful once
more.
BB
A Vision For You, p.153
11.
... useful program
for anyone concerned with a ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.19
12.
... useful purpose
is to be served, past ...
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.
13.
... useful purpose,
or, in adversity, be able ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.70
Without it, they cannot live
to much useful purpose, or, in adversity,
be able to summon the faith that can meet any emergency.
14.
... useful than
the life I lived before.
BB
More About Alcoholism, pp.42-43
I have since been brought into a way of living infinitely more satisfying and, I hope, more useful than the life I lived before.
15.
... useful to
business men everywhere.
BB
To Employers, p.136
16.
... useful to
other alcoholics.
BB
Working With Others, p.89
Ministers and doctors
are competent and you can learn much from them if you wish, but it happens that because of your own drinking experience you
can be uniquely useful to other alcoholics.
17.
... useful to
others.
BB
There Is A Solution, pp.19-20
Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings and
viewpoints and a respect for their opinions
are attitudes which make us
more useful to others.
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