From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... wants?
BB p.61,
How It Works
2.
... wants, for
example, to eat, to reproduce, ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
Every normal person wants, for example, to eat, to reproduce, to be somebody in the society of
his fellows.
3.
... wants the
house put in her name ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
My wife -- misunderstands and nags; likes Brown; wants the house put in her name -- pride; personal sex relations; security (fear).
4.
... wants to.
BB p.109,
To Wives
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 p.66,
Step Six
6.
... wants to
be angry enough to murder, ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
No one wants to be angry enough to murder, lustful enough to rape, gluttonous enough to ruin his health.
7.
... wants to
be his country's number one ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
8.
... wants to
be so proud that he ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
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 p.94,
Working With Others
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 p.24,
Step One
11.
... wants to
deprecate material achievement.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
12.
... wants to
do nothing but hoard money.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Another may develop such an obsession for financial security that
he wants to do nothing but
hoard money.
13.
... wants to
eat in a bar, by ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
14.
... wants to
enjoy a certain reputation, but ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
15.
... wants to
get over drinking, you need ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
16.
... wants to
get over it, you may ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
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 p.95,
Working With Others
18.
... wants to
go on.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
19.
... wants to
help you get over it, ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
20.
... wants to
live.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
At first he goes along because he must, but later he discovers a way of life he really wants to live.
21.
... wants to
make good.
BB p.118,
To Wives
22.
... wants to
pay the price.
BB p.108,
To Wives
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 p.122,
The Family Afterward
24.
... wants to
quit drinking and you want ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
25.
... wants to
quit for good and if ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
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 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
A worthy charity wants to raise money; forthwith, its letterhead shows the name of every distinguished person whose support can be obtained.
27.
... wants to
recover and that he will ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
After satisfying yourself that your man wants to recover and that he will go to any extreme to do so, you may
suggest a definite course of action.
28.
... wants to
run the whole show; is ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
Each person is like an actor who wants to run the whole show; is forever trying to arrange the lights, the ballet, the scenery and the
rest of the players in his
own way.
29.
... wants to
sacrifice time and energy in ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
30.
... wants to
see you again, ask him ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
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 p.109,
To Wives
32.
... wants to
stop but cannot.
BB p.110,
To Wives
33.
... wants to
stop drinking forever.
BB p.116,
To Wives
34.
... wants to
stop, have a good talk ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
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 p.148,
To Employers
36.
... wants to
stop, you can go to ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
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 p.95,
Working With Others
38.
... wants to
want to stop."
BB p.109,
To Wives
39.
... wants us
to be happy, joyous, and ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
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