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... whatever.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
2.
... whatever.
BB
We Agnostics, p.49
3.
... whatever.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
4.
... whatever.
12&12
Step Three, p.40
This statement may surprise newcomers who
have experienced nothing but constant deflation and a growing conviction that human will is of no value whatever.
5.
... whatever.
12&12
Step Eleven, pp.96-97
6.
... whatever.
12&12
Tradition Ten (Long), p.192
7.
... whatever against
the first drink.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.41
8.
... whatever can
its members govern or direct ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
9.
... whatever cards
life deals him.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.122
10.
... whatever description,
is a moving and fascinating ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.77
Learning how to live in the
greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and
women, of whatever description, is a moving
and fascinating adventure.
11.
... whatever except
the sincere desire to be ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.18
That the man who is making the
approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole
deportment shouts at the
new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no
axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured --
these are the conditions we have found most effective.
12.
... whatever for
them to go.
12&12
Step Two, p.28
Since both ways have proved bitterly disappointing, they have concluded there is no place whatever for them to go.
13.
... whatever for
three years, and this in ...
BB
To Employers, p.138
I pointed out that I had had
nothing to drink whatever for three years, and this in the face of difficulties that would have made nine out
of ten men drink their heads off.
14.
... whatever God
he thinks there is?
12&12
Step Three, p.35
No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can he turn his own will and his own life over
to the care of whatever God he thinks there is?
15.
... whatever --
has indeed come a long way ...
12&12
Step Six, p.63
He goes on to explain that any person capable of enough willingness and honesty
to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be
called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.
16.
... whatever He
will perform this miracle.
12&12
Step Two, p.25
Some of us won't believe in God, others can't, and still others who do believe that God exists have no faith whatever He will perform this miracle.
17.
... whatever; in
fact, it was a total ...
12&12
Step One, p.22
Then we had been told that so far
as alcohol is concerned,
self-confidence was no good whatever; in fact, it was a total liability.
18.
... whatever in
the total field of alcoholism.
12&12
Tradition Six, p.155
The A.A. groups, many thought, could go into business, might finance any enterprise whatever in the total field of alcoholism.
19.
... whatever into
his system, something happens, both ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.22
We are equally positive
that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system, something happens, both in the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to stop.
20.
... whatever, is
unwise.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is
highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance
of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying
any obligation whatever, is unwise.
21.
... whatever, is
unwise.
12&12
Tradition Seven (Long), p.190
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is
highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance
of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying
any obligation whatever, is unwise.
22.
... whatever it
is, be done for others ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.104
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.
23.
... whatever obligations,
financial or otherwise, we owe.
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
24.
Whatever our
ideal turns out to be, ...
BB
How It Works, p.69
25.
Whatever our
protestations, are not most of ...
BB
How It Works, p.62
Whatever our protestations, are not most of us concerned with ourselves,
our resentments, or our self-pity?
26.
... whatever our
race, creed, or color are ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.28
If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our
race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we
may form a relationship
upon simple and understandable terms as
soon as we are willing and honest enough to try.
27.
... whatever over
alcohol.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.26
28.
... whatever personal
cost.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
In the radiance of such a miraculous discovery, any doctor would set his other ambitions aside, at whatever personal cost.
29.
... whatever personality
traits, if any, this group ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.123
The doctors weren't trying to find how different we were from one another; they sought to find whatever personality traits, if any, this group of alcoholics had in common.
30.
... whatever price
in humility we must pay, ...
12&12
Step Two, p.31
31.
... whatever self-will
has blocked you off from ...
BB
How It Works, p.71
32.
... whatever sort
of life we try to ...
12&12
Step Four, p.49
These fears are the termites that ceaselessly devour the foundations of whatever sort of life we try to build.
33.
... whatever tested
principles would guarantee survival.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
We saw that the group, exactly like the individual, must eventually conform to
whatever tested principles would guarantee survival.
34.
... whatever that
happens to be.
BB
To Employers, p.144
We hope the doctor will tell the patient the truth about his condition, whatever that happens to be.
35.
Whatever the
defects, they have finally ambushed ...
12&12
Step Four, p.54
36.
... whatever the
human frailties of various faiths ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.49
We have learned that whatever
the human frailties of various faiths may be, those faiths have given purpose and direction to millions.
37.
Whatever the
method, its object is to ...
BB
To Employers, p.143
38.
Whatever the
precise definition of the word ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.37
39.
Whatever the
situation, we usually have to ...
BB
Into Action, p.81
40.
... whatever they
were.
12&12
Step Four, p.47
41.
... whatever we
need to take care of ...
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.
42.
... whatever with
becoming a lay therapist.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.136
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