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WANTS occurs
39 times
[28 in BB ... 11 in 12&12]
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1.
... wants?
BB
How It Works, p.61
Is it not
evident to all the
rest of the
players that these
are the
things he
wants?
2.
... wants, for
example, to eat, to reproduce, ...
12&12
Step Six, p.64
3.
... wants the
house put in her name ...
BB
How It Works, p.65
4.
... wants to.
BB
To Wives, p.109
Two: Your
husband is
showing lack of
control, for he is
unable to
stay on the
water wagon even when he
wants to.
5.
... wants to
be agonized by the chronic ...
12&12
Step Six, p.66
No one wants
to be
agonized by the
chronic pain of
envy or to be
paralyzed by
sloth.
6.
... wants to
be angry enough to murder, ...
12&12
Step Six, p.66
7.
... wants to
be his country's number one ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.122
He
wants to be his
country's
number one man.
8.
... wants to
be so proud that he ...
12&12
Step Six, p.66
No one wants
to be so
proud that he is
scorned as a
braggart,
nor so
greedy that he is
labeled a
thief.
9.
... wants to
call it off, for he ...
BB
Working With Others, p.94
You should not be
offended if he
wants to
call it off, for he has
helped you
more than you have
helped him.
10.
... wants to
confess his faults to another ...
12&12
Step One, p.24
11.
... wants to
deprecate material achievement.
12&12
Step Seven, p.71
12.
... wants to
do nothing but hoard money.
12&12
Step Four, p.43
13.
... wants to
eat in a bar, by ...
BB
Working With Others, p.102
If you are with a
person who
wants to
eat in a
bar, by all
means go along.
14.
... wants to
enjoy a certain reputation, but ...
BB
Into Action, p.73
He
wants to
enjoy a
certain reputation, but
knows in his
heart he doesn't
deserve it.
15.
... wants to
get over drinking, you need ...
BB
To Wives, p.120
If you are
satisfied he
really wants to
get over drinking, you
need not be
alarmed.
16.
... wants to
get over it, you may ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.20
If you are an
alcoholic who
wants to
get over it, you may
already be
asking -- "What do I have to do?"
17.
... wants to
get well you will do ...
BB
Working With Others, p.95
Tell him that if he
wants to
get well you
will do
anything to
help.
18.
... wants to
go on.
BB
Working With Others, p.95
19.
... wants to
help you get over it, ...
BB
To Employers, p.147
The
firm wants to
help you
get over it, and if you are
interested, there is a
way out.
20.
... wants to
live.
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
21.
... wants to
make good.
BB
To Wives, p.118
22.
... wants to
pay the price.
BB
To Wives, p.108
Especially when he has
before him a
way to
stop his
drinking and
abuse if he
really wants to
pay the
price.
23.
... wants to
play the lead?
BB
The Family Afterward, p.122
Is it not
because each wants to
play the
lead?
24.
... wants to
quit drinking and you want ...
BB
To Employers, p.141
He
wants to
quit drinking and you
want to
help him,
even if it be only a
matter of
good business.
25.
... wants to
quit for good and if ...
BB
Working With Others, p.90
Then
let his
family or a
friend ask him if he
wants to
quit for
good and if he would
go to
any extreme to do so.
26.
... wants to
raise money; forthwith, its letterhead ...
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.181
27.
... wants to
recover and that he will ...
BB
To Employers, p.142
28.
... wants to
run the whole show; is ...
BB
How It Works, p.60
29.
... wants to
sacrifice time and energy in ...
12&12
Step One, p.24
30.
... wants to
see you again, ask him ...
BB
Working With Others, p.95
If he is
sincerely interested and
wants to
see you
again,
ask him to
read this
book in the
interval.
31.
... wants to
stop.
BB
To Wives, p.109
32.
... wants to
stop but cannot.
BB
To Wives, p.110
He may have
come to the
point
where he
desperately wants to
stop but cannot.
33.
... wants to
stop drinking forever.
BB
To Wives, p.116
34.
... wants to
stop, have a good talk ...
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.
35.
... wants to
stop, he should be afforded ...
BB
To Employers, p.148
If he
wants to
stop, he should
be
afforded a
real chance.
36.
... wants to
stop, you can go to ...
BB
To Wives, p.113
Being certain he
wants to
stop, you can
go to him with this
volume as
joyfully as
though you had
struck oil.
37.
... wants to
talk further about himself, do ...
BB
Working With Others, p.95
38.
... wants to
want to stop."
BB
To Wives, p.109
As we
say among ourselves, "He
wants to
want to
stop."
39.
... wants us
to be happy, joyous, and ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.133
We are
sure God wants us to be
happy,
joyous, and
free.
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