From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... well.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
But a few did, and when these laid hold of A.A. principles with all the
fervor with which the drowning seize life preservers, they almost invariably got well.
2.
... well.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
3.
... well.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
4.
... well.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
5.
... well.
BB p.61,
How It Works
6.
... well?
BB p.61,
How It Works
Is he not a victim of the delusion that he can wrest
satisfaction and happiness out of this world if he only manages
well?
7.
... well.
BB p.63,
How It Works
Being all powerful, He provided what we needed, if
we kept close to Him and performed His work well.
8.
... well.
BB p.78,
Into Action
9.
... well.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Even though your protégé may not have entirely admitted his condition, he has become
very curious to know how you got well.
10.
... well.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
But he will be curious to
learn why his own convictions have not worked and why yours seem to work so well.
11.
... well.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Perhaps your story will help him see where he has failed to practice the very precepts he knows so well.
12.
... well.
BB p.109,
To Wives
13.
... well.
BB p.110,
To Wives
14.
... well.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
15.
... well.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
If the family will appreciate that dad's current behavior is but a
phase of his development, all will be
well.
16.
... 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?
17.
... well.
BB p.147,
To Employers
They often jeopardize
their own positions by trying to help serious drinkers who
should have been fired long
ago, or else given an opportunity to
get well.
18.
... well.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
19.
... well accepted
or solved with God's help, ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are
partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
20.
... well-advised by
its elders, will be in ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
This is the experience which has led us to the conclusion
that our group conscience, well-advised by its elders, will be in the long run wiser than any single leader.
21.
... well after
what you have told us ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
We admit we have some of these symptoms, but we have not gone to the extremes you fellows did, nor are we likely to, for we understand ourselves
so well after what you have
told us that such things cannot happen again.
22.
... well, ah
-- yes, those other alcoholics?
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
But what about his responsibilities --
his family and the men who
would die because they would
not know how to get well, ah -- yes,
those other alcoholics?
23.
... well and
as bravely as our nonalcoholic ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Can we now, with the help of God as we understand Him, handle them as well and as bravely as our nonalcoholic friends
often do?
24.
... well and
earnestly we have tried to ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
In fact, the effectiveness of the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have tried to come to "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."
25.
... well, and
make it possible for the ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
We'd gather up derelicts from skid rows, sort out those who could get well, and make it possible for the rest to earn their livelihood in a kind of quarantined confinement.
26.
... well and
making money.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
27.
... well, and
they earn what they get.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
28.
... well and
tries hard is a heartbreaking ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
To clergymen, doctors,
friends, and families,
the alcoholic who means
well and tries hard is a heartbreaking
riddle.
29.
... well as
an altruistic plane, we favor ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Though we work out our solution on the spiritual as well as an altruistic plane, we favor hospitalization
for the alcoholic who is very jittery or befogged.
30.
... well as
by word of mouth.
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
New groups started up and it was found, to the astonishment of everyone, that A.A.'s message could be transmitted in the mail as
well as by word of mouth.
31.
... well as
for ourselves.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
It is A.A.'s experience
that particularly in these cases we ought to pray that God's will, whatever it is, be done for others as well as for ourselves.
32.
... well as
frequently wrong, and then we ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves,
are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach
true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.
33.
... well as
his standing in the community.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
In such a case, this imperious urge can destroy his chances for material and emotional
security as well as his standing in the community.
34.
... well as
I could.
BB p.138,
To Employers
This seemed to me like an opportunity to be helpful, so I spent two hours talking about alcoholism, the malady,
and described the symptoms and results as
well as I could.
35.
... well as
law.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
36.
... well as
many political, economic, social, and ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
All sections of this country and many of its occupations are represented, as well as many political, economic, social, and religious backgrounds.
37.
... well as
moral.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
38.
... well as
other places of recuperation, ought ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
But hospitals, as well as
other places of recuperation, ought to
be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.
39.
... well as
other places of recuperation, ought ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But hospitals, as well as
other places of recuperation, ought to
be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.
40.
... well as
some who have not yet ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
Among us are wives, relatives and friends whose problem has been solved, as well as some who
have not yet found a happy solution.
41.
... well as
they?
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
Why shouldn't I do as well as
they?
42.
... well as
time-consumers?
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
43.
... well as
with the men of religion.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Neither does A.A. take any particular medical point of view, though we cooperate widely with the men of medicine as well as with the
men of religion.
44.
... well as
your husband, ought to think ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
You, as well as your husband, ought to think of what you can put into life instead of how much you can take out.
45.
... well assisted
by Sister Ignatia at St. ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
In this prodigy of service, he was well assisted by Sister Ignatia at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio, one of the greatest friends our Fellowship
will ever know.
46.
... well at
home and office.
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
47.
... well at
the time, and was plagued ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
48.
... well balanced
concerning everything except liquor, but ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He is often perfectly sensible and well balanced concerning everything except liquor, but in that respect
he is incredibly dishonest and selfish.
49.
... well balanced
individual.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
50.
... well-balanced with
respect to other problems.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
51.
... well be
discharged after the next bender ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
If he temporizes and still thinks he can ever drink again, even beer, he might as well be discharged after the next bender which, if an alcoholic, he is almost certain to have.
52.
... well be
discharged, the sooner the better.
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.
53.
... well before
taking this step making sure ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
We thought well before taking this step making sure we were ready; that we
could at last abandon ourselves utterly to Him.
54.
... well before
we choose the person or ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
Rightly and naturally,
we think well before we choose the person or persons with whom
to take this intimate and
confidential step.
55.
... well-being always
followed spiritual progress; it never ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
56.
... well-being of
employees.
BB p.149,
To Employers
57.
... well-being of
his help, and he tries ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
Nearly every modern employer feels a moral responsibility for the well-being of his help, and he tries to meet these responsibilities.
58.
... well-being of
others at the same time, ...
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
For the readiness to take
the full consequences
of our past acts, and to take responsibility for
the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine.
59.
... well carry
on our occupations in such ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
Being mostly business or professional folk, we
could not well carry on our
occupations in such an
event."
60.
... well carry
on our occupations in such ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
Being mostly business or professional folk, we
could not well carry on our
occupations in such an
event.
61.
... well defined.
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
X. Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority, with
the scope of such authority well defined.
62.
... well defined
by that part of Step ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
And we think that the whole
range of our needs is well defined by that part of Step Eleven which says: "...knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that
out."
63.
... well discharged
already.
BB p.147,
To Employers
But you should feel under no obligation to keep him on, for your obligation has been well discharged already.
64.
... well does
it actually work?
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
This brave philosophy,
wherein each man plays God, sounds good in the speaking, but it
still has to meet the acid test: how well does it actually work?
65.
... well done.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
Practically every A.A. member declares that no satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well done.
66.
... well done,
and chalking up debits where ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Here we cast up a balance sheet, crediting ourselves with things
well done, and chalking up debits where due.
67.
... well done,
and having searched our hearts ...
12&12 p.95,
Step Ten
Having so considered our day, not omitting to take due note of things well done, and having searched our hearts with neither fear nor favor, we can truly thank God for the blessings we have
received and sleep in good conscience.
68.
... well enough
in admitting these things to ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
69.
... well equipped
to apply the powers of ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
What with our ultra-modern
standards, our scientific approach to
everything, we are perhaps not well equipped to apply the powers of good that lie outside our synthetic knowledge.
70.
... well filled
with things that are constructive.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
71.
... well for
a time, but he failed ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
72.
... well get
good and drunk then.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
As the whisky rose to my head I told myself I would manage better next time, but I might as well get good and drunk then.
73.
... well-grounded A.A.'s
seem to have the ability, ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Our basic troubles are
the same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made "to practice these principles in all our affairs," well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by
God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.
74.
Well, hardly.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Well, hardly.
75.
... well have
a remedy for thousands of ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
76.
... well, I
was pleased and knew my ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
77.
... well if
we A.A.'s inquire once more ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
As we approach the actual taking of Step Seven, it might be well if we A.A.'s inquire once more just what our deeper objectives are.
78.
... "Well, I'll
stop with the sixth drink."
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
79.
... well in
advance, such reactions will not ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
But if we have prepared ourselves well in advance, such reactions will not deflect us from our steady
and even purpose.
80.
... well-intentioned, our
crippling handicap had been our ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
In all these strivings, so many of them well-intentioned, our crippling handicap had
been our lack of humility.
81.
... well-intentioned people
claim the guidance of God ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
How many times have we heard well-intentioned people claim the guidance of God when it was all too plain
that they were sorely mistaken.
82.
... well-intentioned unconscious
rationalizations.
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
83.
Well, it
did.
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
Well, it did.
84.
Well, just
that did happen and more, ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
Well, just that did happen and more, for what I had
learned of alcoholism
did not occur to me at all.
85.
... well known
accounting firm.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
86.
... well-known doctor,
chief physician at a nationally ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
A well-known doctor, chief physician at a nationally prominent
hospital specializing in alcoholic and drug addiction, gave Alcoholics Anonymous
this letter:
87.
... well-known hospital
for the treatment of alcoholic ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
88.
... well-known lawyer
in town, but just now ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
Understand he was once a
well-known lawyer in town, but just now we've got him strapped down tight.(*)
89.
... well-known stages
of a spree, emerging remorseful, ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again.
90.
... well-known surgeon
and a New York broker.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
Alcoholics Anonymous began in 1935 at Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a meeting between a well-known surgeon and a New York broker.
91.
Well, let's
see.
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
92.
... well, little
charity, in the ordinary sense ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
For the type of alcoholic
who is able and willing to
get well, little charity, in the ordinary sense of the word, is needed or wanted.
93.
... well-loved A.A.
group the higher power, would ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
From great numbers of such experiences, we could
predict that the doubter
who still claimed that he
hadn't got the "spiritual
angle," and who still considered his well-loved A.A. group the higher power, would presently love God and call Him by name.
94.
... well-loved clergyman
who happens to be one ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
95.
... well man.
BB p.141,
To Employers
Had they fired me first, and
had they then taken steps to
see that I was presented
with the solution contained in this book, I
might have returned to them six months later, a well man.
96.
... well-matured A.A.'s,
these distorted drives have been ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
But today, in well-matured A.A.'s, these distorted drives have been
restored to something
like their true purpose and direction.
97.
... well may
dispute this, so let's try ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Some who feel they have done
well may dispute this, so
let's try to think it through a little further.
98.
Well, meditation
is like that, too; it ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
Well, meditation is like that, too; it helps to envision our spiritual
objective before we try to move toward it.
99.
... well now,
and it would -- if only ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
100.
... well-nursed grudge
could make us miserably ineffective.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
101.
... well of
myself and my abilities, of ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
I, who had thought so well
of myself and my abilities, of my capacity to surmount obstacles, was cornered
at last.
102.
... well on
their own steam, but that ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
I insisted that few drunks could ever get well on their own steam, but that in our groups we could do together
what we could not do separately.
103.
... well or
you are not.
BB p.142,
To Employers
104.
... well organized
by noon.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
105.
... well outside
A.A. -- and medically supervised.
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
But hospitals, as well as
other places of recuperation, ought to
be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.
106.
... well outside
A.A. -- and medically supervised.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But hospitals, as well as
other places of recuperation, ought to
be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.
107.
... well play
God to our fellows nor ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
If we really depended upon God, we couldn't very well play God to our fellows nor would we feel the urge wholly to rely on human protection and care.
108.
... well received,
and learned that many knew ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
109.
... well recompensed.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Eight (Long)
110.
... well recompensed.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
111.
... well reestablished
in our business, these terrible ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
Even when we were well reestablished in our business, these terrible
fears often continued to haunt us.
112.
... well regardless
of anyone.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
113.
... well remember
how something deep inside us ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
We well remember how something deep inside us kept rebelling against the idea of bowing before any God.
114.
... well remember
the shock I received when ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
I well remember the shock I received when a prominent doctor in Chicago told me of cases where pressure of the
spinal fluid actually ruptured the brain.
115.
"'Well,' said
I, 'I think you're just ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
116.
... well said
that "almost the only scoffers ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at
prayer are those who never tried it enough."
117.
"Well," says
the newcomer, "I know you're ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
118.
Well, so
had I.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
Well, so had I.
119.
... well supplied
with churches and schools in ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
The town was well supplied with churches
and schools in which I pursued my early educational activities.
120.
... well symbolized
by anonymity -- is the foundation ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the
common good, we realize that the sacrificial spirit --
well symbolized by anonymity -- is the foundation of them all.
121.
... well tell
a story or two about ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
Before long, your listener may well tell a story or two about himself which will place you even more at ease.
122.
... well than
many badly.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
123.
... "Well, thank
God that's over!
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless over alcohol, we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, "Well, thank God that's over!
124.
... well that
a man exert himself there.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
125.
Well, that's
exactly what this book is ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
126.
... well that
I ordered another whiskey and ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
127.
... well, they
just don't believe they have ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
128.
... well, they
may -- to their surprise -- be ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
If the founder and his friends have served well, they may -- to their surprise -- be reinstated for a time.
129.
... well they
saw that their common welfare ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
130.
Well, this
is a plain case of ...
12&12 p.138,
Tradition Two
131.
... well to
add to each one of ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Even so, when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification: "...if it be Thy will."
132.
... well to
disregard your own drinking, or ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
133.
... well-to-do.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
134.
... well to
examine the principles by which ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
One more suggestion: Whether the
family has spiritual convictions or not, they may do well to examine the principles by which the alcoholic member is trying to live.
135.
... well to
explain alcoholism, the illness.
BB p.142,
To Employers
136.
... well to
have a long chat with ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
137.
... well to
let him go as far ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Even if he displays a certain amount of neglect and irresponsibility towards the family, it is
well to let him go as far as he likes in helping other alcoholics.
138.
... well, to
stop drinking forever?
BB p.142,
To Employers
139.
... well to
summarize some points as we ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
140.
... well to
talk with someone ordained by ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
Though we have no religious connection,
we may still do well to talk with someone ordained by an established religion.
141.
... well today.
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
142.
... well understood
as it is now.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
143.
... well-understood fact
that in God's sight all ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are
partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
144.
... well, we
have really disliked or hated ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Most of us must admit that we
have loved but a few; that we
have been quite indifferent to the many so
long as none of them gave us trouble; and as for
the remainder -- well, we
have really disliked or
hated them.
145.
Well, we
might start like this.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
146.
Well, we
surely have a chance if ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Well, we surely have a chance if we switch from "two-stepping" to "twelve-stepping," if we are
willing to receive that
grace of God which can sustain and strengthen
us in any catastrophe.
147.
... well we
understood each other.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
148.
Well, we
were frightened.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
Well, we were frightened.
149.
... "Well, what
about it?
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
Said he, "Well, what about it?
150.
... well whatever
cards life deals him.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
151.
... well whose
families have not returned at ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
152.
... well-wishers, A.A.
could never have grown as ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
153.
... well with
us, here and hereafter.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
154.
... well within
its spirit.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
155.
... well you
will do anything to help.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
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