From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... want.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
2.
... want and
need it badly.
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
3.
... want Him
enough.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
4.
... want him
to make a fuss over ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
5.
... want him
to take care of his ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
6.
... want it.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
Just as the aim of each A.A. member is personal sobriety, the aim of our services is to bring sobriety within reach of all who want it.
7.
... want it.
BB p.69,
How It Works
8.
... want it.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
9.
... want me
among you.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alcoholism, you may not want me among you.
10.
... want sunlight;
nothing much can grow in ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
11.
... want the
good that is in us ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
12.
... want the
program.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
13.
... want the
wives of Alcoholics Anonymous to ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
14.
... want this
sort of thing.
BB p.149,
To Employers
15.
... want to.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
16.
... want to
aim at the very best ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
The key words "entirely ready" underline the fact that we
want to aim at the very best we know or can learn.
17.
... want to
analyze mistakes we have made.
BB p.104,
To Wives
18.
... want to
be a wet blanket; that ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
19.
... want to
be helpful rather than critical.
BB p.111,
To Wives
20.
... want to
be rid of some of ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
We will want to be rid of some of these defects,
but in some instances this will appear to be an impossible job from which we
recoil.
21.
... want to
be sure that you get ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
22.
... want to
be the arbiter of anyone's ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
23.
... want to
come in the door shouting ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
24.
... want to
criticize.
BB p.117,
To Wives
25.
... want to
disgrace myself so I then ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
26.
... want to
find exactly how, when, and ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
27.
... want to
get well?
BB p.142,
To Employers
Say that you believe he is a
gravely ill person, with this qualification -- being
perhaps fatally ill, does he want to get well?
28.
... want to
go along.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
29.
... want to
go further.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
30.
... want to
go further and admit other ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
31.
... want to
go to the properly appointed ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
Those of us belonging to
a religious denomination which requires confession must, and of course, will want to go to the properly appointed authority whose duty it is to receive it.
32.
... want to
help him, even if it ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
33.
... want to
hold ourselves to the course ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
We shall want to hold ourselves to the course of admitting the things we have done, meanwhile forgiving the
wrongs done us, real or fancied.
34.
... want to
keep you out.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
35.
... want to
know."
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
That's what I want to know."
36.
... want to
know more of how to ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
37.
... want to
know the necessities before considering ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
38.
... want to
know who the woman is ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
39.
... want to
leave you with the feeling ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
We want to leave you with the
feeling that no situation is too difficult and no unhappiness too great to
be overcome.
40.
... want to
make a decision to turn ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
So it is by circumstance rather than by any virtue that we have been driven to A.A., have admitted defeat, have acquired the rudiments
of faith, and now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to a Higher Power.
41.
... want to
miss it.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
42.
... want to
punish.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
We sometimes hurt those we love because they need to be "taught a lesson," when we really want to punish.
43.
... want to
quit.
BB p.142,
To Employers
44.
... want to
quit drinking liquor for good ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
But if you really and truly
want to quit drinking liquor for good and all, and sincerely
feel that you must have some
help, we know that we have an
answer for you.
45.
... want to
recover.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
46.
... want to
rest on our laurels.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
47.
... want to
say anything for several weeks, ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
48.
... want to
see you, never force yourself ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
49.
... want to
settle for only as much ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Therefore, it seems plain that few of us can quickly or easily become ready to aim at spiritual and moral perfection; we want to settle for only as much perfection as will get us by in life, according, of course, to our various and
sundry ideas of what will get us by.
50.
... want to
sit down with some member ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
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.
51.
... want to
speak with someone who is ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
We shall want to speak with someone who is experienced, who not only has stayed dry but has been able to surmount other serious difficulties.
52.
... want to
stay out of this controversy.
BB p.69,
How It Works
53.
... want to
stop."
BB p.109,
To Wives
54.
... want to
stop, and hardly one of ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
We doubt if many of them can
do it, because none will really want to stop, and hardly one of them, because of the peculiar mental twist already acquired, will find he can win out.
55.
... want to
stop, and with them you ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
56.
... want to
stop but cannot.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
57.
... want to
stop drinking, don't waste time ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
58.
... want to
stop drinking or not?
BB p.147,
To Employers
59.
... want to
stop, he may as well ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
If you are sure your man does
not want to stop, he may as well be discharged, the sooner the better.
60.
... want to
stop, he should be discharged.
BB p.148,
To Employers
61.
... want to
summon all our courage, head ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
But if no such opportunity presents
itself, at some point we will want to summon all our courage, head straight for the person concerned, and lay our cards on the table.
62.
... want to
take the man into your ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
63.
... want to
try.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
64.
... want to,
you control your drinking.
BB p.139,
To Employers
65.
... want to,
you find you cannot quit ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
If, when you honestly want
to, you find you cannot quit
entirely, or if when drinking, you have little
control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic.
66.
... want what
we have and are willing ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
If you have decided you want what we have and are willing
to go to any length to get it -- then you are
ready to take certain steps.
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