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... usually a
fact that our behavior when ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.78
Moreover, it is usually a fact that our behavior when drinking has aggravated
the defects of others.
2.
... usually as
definite as this example:
BB
How It Works, p.65
3.
... usually, at
least in some small part, ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.107
What he has received is a free gift, and yet usually, at least in some small part, he has made himself ready to receive it.
4.
... usually because
he is warped and sickened ...
BB
To Wives, p.108
Of course, there is such a thing as incompatibility, but in nearly every instance the alcoholic
only seems to be unloving
and inconsiderate; it is usually because he is warped and sickened that he
says and does these appalling things.
5.
... usually brief
-- were inevitably followed by still ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.30
All of us felt at times that we
were regaining control,
but such intervals -- usually brief -- were inevitably followed by still less control, which led in time to pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization.
6.
... usually brilliant,
fast-thinking, imaginative and likeable?
BB
To Employers, p.139
7.
... usually conclude
the period of meditation with ...
BB
Into Action, p.87
We usually conclude the period of meditation with a
prayer that we be shown all
through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems.
8.
... usually consists
of the general and fairly ...
12&12
Step Five, p.55
We search for an easier way -- which usually consists of the general and
fairly painless admission that when drinking we were sometimes
bad actors.
9.
... usually doesn't
think so.
BB
How It Works, p.62
They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so.
10.
... usually falls
within one of four categories:
BB
To Wives, p.108
11.
... usually find
a solitary self-appraisal insufficient.
BB
Into Action, p.72
12.
... usually find
us even more unapproachable than ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.18
Strangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.
13.
... usually for
the first time in our ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.96
We A.A.'s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities
of life, usually for the first time in our lives, and strenuously trying to help the next alcoholic who comes along.
14.
... usually found
me and I would go ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
15.
... usually goes
broke.
BB
How It Works, p.64
16.
... usually goes
on doing the best she ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.118
The wife usually goes on doing the best she knows how, but meanwhile the alcoholic
alternately loves and hates her maternal care.
17.
... usually happens?
BB
How It Works, p.61
What usually happens?
18.
... usually have
to do something about it.
BB
Into Action, p.81
19.
... usually his
wife.
BB
Working With Others, p.90
If there is any indication
that he wants to stop, have a
good talk with the person most interested in
him -- usually his wife.
20.
Usually, however,
other people are involved.
BB
Into Action, p.79
21.
... usually is),
he might first take a ...
12&12
Step Three, p.37
Should his own image in the mirror be too awful to contemplate (and it usually
is), he might first take a look at the results normal people are getting from self-sufficiency.
22.
... usually know
it anyway, whether we think ...
BB
Into Action, p.78
Telling them what we are trying to do, we make no bones about our drinking; they usually know it anyway, whether we think so or not.
23.
... usually laughs.
12&12
Step Two, p.26
24.
... usually men
and women who are constitutionally ...
BB
How It Works, p.58
Those who do not recover are
people who cannot or will not
completely give themselves to this simple
program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.
25.
... usually money-wise.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.160
26.
... usually obeyed.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.131
27.
... usually offer
his proof in a statement ...
12&12
Step Six, p.63
28.
... usually on
the job.
12&12
Step Eight, p.79
29.
... usually preferred.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
30.
... usually preferred.
12&12
Tradition Six (Long), p.190
31.
... usually revive
the topic himself.
BB
To Wives, p.112
If this kind of approach
does not catch your husband's interest, it may
be best to drop the subject, but after a friendly talk your husband will usually revive the topic himself.
32.
... usually safe
to talk in complete frankness ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.85
As soon as we begin to feel confident in our new way of life and have begun, by our behavior and example, to convince those about us that
we are indeed changing for
the better, it is usually safe to talk in complete frankness with those who have been seriously
affected, even those who may be only a little
or not at all aware of what we have done to them.
33.
... usually successful
in licking my other personal ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.40
I reasoned I was not so far
advanced as most of you fellows, that I had been usually
successful in licking
my other personal problems, and that I would therefore be successful
where you men failed.
34.
... usually that
he has no more idea ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.23
And the truth, strange to say, is usually that he has no more idea
why he took that first drink than you have.
35.
... usually the
best course.
BB
To Employers, p.142
36.
Usually the
family should not try to ...
BB
Working With Others, p.91
37.
... usually want
to sit down with some ...
12&12
Step Nine, pp.83-84
After coming from our first meeting, or perhaps after we have finished reading the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," we usually want to sit down with some member of the family and readily admit the damage we have done by our drinking.
38.
Usually we
did not leave.
BB
To Wives, p.106
Usually we did not leave.
39.
... usually well
filled with things that are ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.93
40.
... usually winds
up with a bigger explosion ...
BB
Working With Others, p.101
If the alcoholic tries to
shield himself he may succeed for a time, but he usually winds up
with a bigger explosion
then ever.
41.
... usually without
any realization of the fact, ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.118
Very gradually, and usually without any realization of the fact, the wife is forced to become the mother of an erring boy.
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