From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... will.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
There was, they said, no such thing as the personal conquest of this
compulsion by the unaided will.
2.
... will.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
3.
... will.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
All of the Twelve Steps require sustained and personal exertion to conform to their principles and so, we trust, to God's will.
4.
... will."
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."
5.
... will.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
All of us, without exception, pass through times when we can pray only with the greatest
exertion of will.
6.
... will.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
In a vague way their families and friends sense that these drinkers
are abnormal, but everybody hopefully awaits the day when the sufferer will rouse himself from his lethargy and assert his power of will.
7.
... will.
BB p.63,
How It Works
8.
... will.
BB p.85,
Into Action
9.
... will.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
10.
... will!
BB p.116,
To Wives
11.
... will?
BB p.140,
To Employers
Can you discard the feeling that you are dealing only with habit, with
stubbornness, or a weak will?
12.
... will.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity to recover
-- if he can and will.
13.
... will abundantly
confirm this.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
14.
... will accomplish
several things.
BB p.148,
To Employers
15.
... will admire
him for what he is ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
But the wise family will admire him for what he is trying to be, rather than for
what he is trying to get.
16.
... will affect
others favorably, but criticism or ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
A man may criticize or laugh at himself and it will affect others favorably, but criticism or ridicule coming from another often produces the contrary effect.
17.
... will afford
all who read it a ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
It is hoped that this volume will afford all who read it a close-up view of the principles and
forces which have made Alcoholics Anonymous
what it is.
18.
... will agree
upon one point: that there ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
But all who are in the least reasonable will agree upon one point: that there is plenty wrong with us alcoholics about which plenty will have to be done if we are to expect sobriety, progress, and
any real ability to cope with life.
19.
... will also
be doing everything in his ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
If your husband is trying
to live on a spiritual basis, he will also be doing everything in his power to
avoid disagreement or
contention.
20.
... will also
report that out of every ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when
the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered,
and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."
21.
... will always!"
BB p.63,
How It Works
22.
... will always
be found which oppose the ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
23.
... will always
be matters of serious concern.
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
Composition, qualifications, induction procedures,
and rights and duties
will always be matters of serious concern.
24.
... will always
lurk in every A.A. heart ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Perhaps the fear will always lurk in every A.A. heart that one day our name will be exploited by somebody
for real cash.
25.
... will always
materialize if we work for ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
26.
... will always
remain democratic in thought and ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of
unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by
discussion, vote, and,
whenever possible, by
substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and
that, like the Society it
serves, it will always remain democratic in thought
and action.
27.
... will always
respond the moment we again ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness.
28.
... will and
action.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
29.
... will, and
are careful to make no ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no request for ourselves
only.
30.
... will, and
has suffered enough under its ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
Each of us has had his own near-fatal encounter with the juggernaut of self-will, and has suffered enough under its weight to be willing to look for something better.
31.
... will and
his life over to the ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
So how, exactly, can the willing person continue to turn his will and his life over to the Higher Power?
32.
... will and
his own life over to ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
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?
33.
... will, and
in others it may not.
BB p.144,
To Employers
34.
... will and
life over to a newfound ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
35.
... will and
one's own ideas about the ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Already a willingness has been achieved to cast out one's own
will and one's own ideas about the alcohol problem in favor of those suggested by A.A.
36.
... will and
our life over to God ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
Being convinced, we were
at Step Three, which is that
we decided to turn our
will and our life over to God as we understood Him.
37.
... will and
our lives over to a ...
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.
38.
... will and
our lives over to the ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
39.
... will and
our lives over to the ...
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."
40.
... will and
our lives over to the ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
Consequently, in Step
Three we turned our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
41.
... will and
our lives over to the ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
42.
... will and
run the show ourselves.
BB p.76,
Into Action
We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves.
43.
... will anxiously
ask, "that in A.A. the ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
44.
... will appeal,
can stay dry anything like ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
45.
... will appear
as big setbacks at the ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
These will appear as big setbacks at the time, but will be seen later as stepping-stones to better things.
46.
... will appear
to be an impossible job ...
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.
47.
... will apply
at the office or factory.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
48.
... will apply
to nearly everyone bound by ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
49.
... will appreciate
knowing you are not bothering ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
He will appreciate knowing you are not bothering your head about
him, that you are not suspicious nor are you trying to run his life so he will be shielded from temptation to drink.
50.
... will appreciate
that dad's current behavior is ...
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.
51.
... will approach
still other sick ones and ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
They will approach still other sick ones and fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous
may spring up in each city and hamlet, havens for those who must find a way out.
52.
... will arise.
BB p.77,
Into Action
53.
... will arise.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
54.
... will arise
in the occasional situation where ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
That will arise in the occasional situation
where to make a full revelation would seriously harm the one to whom we are making amends.
55.
... will, as
time passes, be more and ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
Nevertheless, we find
that our thinking will, as
time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration.
56.
... will ask,
"Just how do I go ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
57.
... will ask
you to drink.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
58.
... will at
first look like a purposeless ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
This reopening of emotional wounds, some old, some perhaps forgotten, and some still
painfully festering,
will at first look like a purposeless and pointless piece of surgery.
59.
... will at
once ask, "How can we ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
60.
... will awaken
to a new sense of ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
61.
... will be
a full answer to these ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
62.
... will be
a strictly personal matter, that ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
While on the subject of confidence, can you adopt
the attitude that so far as
you are concerned this will be a strictly personal matter, that his
alcoholic derelictions, the treatment about to be undertaken, will never be discussed without his consent?
63.
... will be
a very different occasion, and ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
This will be a very different occasion, and
in sharp contrast with those hangover mornings when we alternated between reviling ourselves and
blaming the family (and
everyone else) for our troubles.
64.
... will be
able to get away with ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
If he says yes, does he really mean it, or down inside does he think he is fooling you, and
that after rest and treatment he will be able to get away with a few drinks now and then?
65.
... will be
able to take a position ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
66.
... will be
absolutely unable to stop drinking ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
But the actual or potential alcoholic,
with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge.
67.
... will be
affected also, pleasantly at first, ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
The family will be affected also, pleasantly at first, as
they feel their money troubles are about to be solved, then not so pleasantly as they find themselves neglected.
68.
... will be
alluring shortcuts and by-paths down ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
69.
... will be
amazed before we are half ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development,
we will be amazed before we are half way through.
70.
... will be
an aid to clear thinking ...
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
71.
... will be
answered with a prompt affirmative ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
Of course, the often disputed question of whether God can -- and will, under certain conditions -- remove defects of character will be answered with a prompt affirmative by almost any A.A. member.
72.
... will be
apparent to both parties.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
73.
... will be
"Are we ready?"
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
74.
... will be
at the jumping-off place.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
75.
... will be
bound to them with new ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
You will be bound to them
with new and wonderful ties, for you will escape disaster together and you will commence shoulder to shoulder your common journey.
76.
... will be
cases where our disclosure would ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
77.
... will be
comforted and assured that our ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
And we will be comforted
and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and
do the will of our own Creator.
78.
... will be
constructive if they can be ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
These family talks will be constructive if they
can be carried on without heated argument, self-pity, self-justification or resentful criticism.
79.
... will be
curious to learn why his ...
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.
80.
... will be
done."
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
81.
... will be
done."
BB p.67,
How It Works
82.
... will be
done."
BB p.88,
Into Action
We constantly remind
ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done."
83.
... will be
drunk the day after making ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
84.
... will be
enough.
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
85.
... will be
exploited by somebody for real ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Perhaps the fear will always lurk in every A.A. heart that one day our name will be exploited by somebody
for real cash.
86.
... will be
fired.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
87.
... will be
fired and become unemployable?
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Do we instantly confess our irregularities to the firm, in the practical certainty that we will be fired and become unemployable?
88.
... will be
following the intent of Step ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
At these critical moments, if we remind ourselves that "it is better to comfort than to be
comforted, to understand than to be understood, to love than to
be loved," we will be following the intent of Step Eleven.
89.
... will be
forgiven and will have learned ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson.
90.
... will be
forgotten and the fact that ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
If you take it, your past
will be forgotten and the
fact that you went away for treatment will not be mentioned.
91.
... will be
found further on in this ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Some of the recommendations of A.A.'s early medical and religious friends will be found further on in this book.
92.
... will be
fuller for doing so.
BB p.120,
To Wives
93.
... will be
glad to hear from you.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You (Note)
94.
... will be
glad to help; they will ...
BB p.75,
Into Action
95.
... will be
glad to talk to him ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
You should be described to him as one of a fellowship who, as
part of their own recovery, try to help others and who will be glad to talk to him if he cares to see you.
96.
... will be
good.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
If you have developed a high confidence in him, and
his temperament and problems are close to your
own, then such a choice will be good.
97.
... will be
gratified with the result.
BB p.78,
Into Action
98.
... will be
handicapped if you arouse it.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
99.
... will be
heard and personal grievances receive ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
V. Throughout our structure, a traditional "Right of Appeal" ought to prevail, so that minority
opinion will be heard and personal grievances receive careful consideration.
100.
... will be
helped.
BB p.87,
Into Action
101.
... will be
helped by such contacts.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
102.
... will be
helpful.
BB p.146,
To Employers
103.
... will be
helpful, but we think we ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
The experiment of quitting for a period of time will be helpful, but we think we can
render an even greater service to alcoholic sufferers and
perhaps to the medical
fraternity.
104.
... will be
honored by our confidence.
BB p.75,
Into Action
105.
... will be
immune to alcohol.
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
If we are planning to stop
drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol.
106.
... will be
in for a very pleasant ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
107.
... will be
in the long run wiser ...
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.
108.
... will be
interested enough to continue.
BB p.113,
To Wives
109.
... will be
interested in the medical estimate ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
We of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that
the reader will be interested in the medical estimate of the plan of recovery described in this book.
110.
... will be
invited to carry on a ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
If there is none nearby, you
will be invited to carry on a correspondence which will do much to insure your sobriety no matter how isolated you are.
111.
... will be
just about the largest fact ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
To him, this proposition will be no theory at all; it will be just about the largest fact in his life.
112.
... will be
just the opposite.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
If, however, our natural disposition is inclined to self-righteousness or grandiosity, our reaction will be just the opposite.
113.
... will be
learning to live.
BB p.117,
To Wives
These work-outs should be regarded as part of your education, for thus you
will be learning to live.
114.
... will be
less likely to drink again, ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
115.
... will be
lessened.
BB p.115,
To Wives
116.
... will be
lessened as one obstacle after ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
But if a willing start is
made, then the great advantages of doing this
will so quickly reveal themselves that
the pain will be lessened as one obstacle after another melts away.
117.
... will be
likely to rise up under ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
They need to be as sure as possible that no deep-lying emotional handicap in either will be likely to rise up under later pressures to cripple them.
118.
... will be
little need to criticize each ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
If you both show a willingness to remedy
your own defects, there
will be little need to criticize each other.
119.
... will be
making it possible for him ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
120.
... will be
more likely to follow your ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
121.
... will be
more reconciled to discussing ourselves ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
We will be more reconciled to discussing ourselves
with another person when
we see good reasons why we should do so.
122.
... will be
most successful with alcoholics if ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
You will be most successful with alcoholics if you do not exhibit any passion for crusade or reform.
123.
... will be
necessary.
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
For them, we hope these pages
will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be
necessary.
124.
... will be
no home if he doesn't.
BB p.82,
Into Action
125.
... will be
no stopping until everyone in ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity to recover
-- if he can and will.
126.
... will be
no theory at all; it ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
To him, this proposition will be no theory at all; it will be just about the largest fact in his life.
127.
... will be
noticed.
BB p.120,
To Wives
The slightest disposition on your part
to guide his appointments or his affairs so he will not be tempted will be noticed.
128.
... will be
obliged to admit that they ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
But even these people, if
they construct a list of
still milder defects, will be obliged to admit that they prefer to hang on to some of
them.
129.
... will be
offended at A.A.'s suggested inventory.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
130.
... will be
on a firmer foundation than ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
Though some of his manifestations are alarming and disagreeable, we think
dad will be on a firmer foundation than
the man who is placing business or professional success
ahead of spiritual development.
131.
... will be
only too glad to assist ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
132.
... will be
other cases where action ought ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
There will be other cases where action ought to be deferred, and still others in which by the
very nature of the situation we shall never be able to make direct personal contact at all.
133.
... will be
other profound changes in the ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
134.
... will be
our steadfast aim.
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
135.
... will be
persuaded to say, "Yes, I ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this thing."
136.
... will be
placed on a much higher ...
BB p.86,
Into Action
Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is
cleared of wrong motives.
137.
... will be
plagued by spectres from the ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Now and then the family will be plagued by spectres from the past, for
the drinking career of
almost every alcoholic has been marked
by escapades, funny, humiliating, shameful
or tragic.
138.
... will be
precarious.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
139.
... will be
prejudiced for as long as ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
Sometimes this was a tedious process; we hope no one
else will be prejudiced for as long as
some of us were.
140.
... will be
put to the test.
BB p.117,
To Wives
141.
... will be
rapid.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
142.
... will be
reflected back to you from ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
143.
... will be
revived the moment we quit ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
144.
... will be
rivalries and, arising out of ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
Wherever men are gathered together in business there will be rivalries and, arising out of these, a certain amount of office politics.
145.
... will be
secure for so long as ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
And we will be comforted
and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and
do the will of our own Creator.
146.
... will be
seen later as stepping-stones to ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
These will appear as big setbacks at the time, but will be seen later as stepping-stones to better things.
147.
... will be
shielded from temptation to drink.
BB p.147,
To Employers
He will appreciate knowing you are not bothering your head about
him, that you are not suspicious nor are you trying to run his life so he will be shielded from temptation to drink.
148.
... will be
shy of a spiritual remedy, ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
149.
... will be
smoother.
BB p.114,
To Wives
150.
... will be
so helpful to your husband ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
We urge you to try our program, for nothing will be so helpful to your husband as the radically
changed attitude toward him which God will show you how to have.
151.
... will be
so interested that he becomes ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
152.
... will be
so interesting and profitable that ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Once this healthy practice has become grooved, it will be so interesting and profitable that the time it
takes won't be missed.
153.
... will be
such abundance that everybody can ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
Poverty will disappear, and there will be
such abundance that everybody can have all the security and personal satisfactions he desires.
154.
... will be
terrible.
BB p.141,
To Employers
155.
... will be
the development of self-restraint.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
156.
... will be
the first tangible evidence of ...
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
157.
... will be
the first to say it ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
Your husband will be the first to say it was your devotion and care which brought him to the point
where he could have a spiritual experience.
158.
... will be
the permanent assets we shall ...
12&12 p.95,
Step Ten
An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude for blessings received, and
a willingness to try for
better things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek.
159.
... will be
the person.
BB p.74,
Into Action
160.
... will be
this: How, by ignorance, compulsion, ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
So our question will be
this: How, by ignorance, compulsion, and self-will, do we misuse this gift for our own destruction?
161.
... will be
those to whom we can ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
There will be those to whom
we can make only partial restitution, lest complete disclosures
do them or others more harm than good.
162.
... will be
those who have drifted into ...
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
There will be those who have
drifted into indifference, those filled with self-sufficiency who have cut themselves off, those who
have become prejudiced
against religion, and
those who are downright
defiant because God has failed to fulfill their demands.
163.
... will be
those who ought to be ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
There will be those who ought to be dealt with just as soon as we become reasonably confident that we can maintain our sobriety.
164.
... will be
to ask for specific solutions ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Our immediate temptation will be to ask for specific solutions to specific problems, and for the ability to help other people as we have already thought they should
be helped.
165.
... will be
to bury these skeletons in ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
166.
... will be
to describe the growth of ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Perhaps the best way of treating you to a glimpse of your future will be to describe the growth of the fellowship
among us.
167.
... will be
to discover the person in ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
168.
... will be
unable to imagine life either ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
169.
... will be
ups and downs.
BB p.117,
To Wives
170.
... will be
used politically.
BB p.145,
To Employers
171.
... will be
welcomed.
BB xiv,
Foreword to First Edition
172.
... will be
welcomed by your family, and ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
Be certain he will be welcomed by your family,
and that he is not trying to impose upon you for money, connections, or shelter.
173.
... will be
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.
174.
... will be
well to add to each ...
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."
175.
... will be
well with us, here and ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
176.
... will be
willing to term themselves "problem ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Some will be willing to term themselves "problem drinkers," but
cannot endure the suggestion that they are in fact mentally ill.
177.
... will be
worth it.
BB p.112,
To Wives
178.
... will beat
the game.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
179.
... will become
fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
Some of them may sink and perhaps never get up, but if our experience is a criterion, more than half of those approached will become fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.
180.
... will become
more and more evident as ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
It will become more and more evident as we go forward that it is pointless to become angry, or to get hurt by people who, like us, are suffering from
the pains of growing up.
181.
... will become
of me?
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
If I keep on turning my life and my will over to the care of Something or Somebody else, what will become of me?
182.
... will become
quite annoyed if there is ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
183.
... will become
the guiding principle.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
184.
... will become
true alcoholics after a while.
BB p.109,
To Wives
185.
... will befall
you and the children.
BB p.116,
To Wives
You may be afraid your husband will lose his position; you are thinking of the disgrace
and hard times which will befall you and the children.
186.
... will bring
us punishment anyway.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
187.
... will, but
Thine, be done."
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
188.
... will call
it an index of maladjustments.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
189.
... will can
hardly be a success.
BB p.60,
How It Works
The first requirement
is that we be convinced that any life run
on self-will can hardly be a success.
190.
... will cannot
do it.
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
191.
... will capitalize
them.
BB p.117,
To Wives
192.
... will certainly
forgive our derelictions.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
193.
... will change.
BB p.84,
Into Action
194.
... will change
in time.
BB p.83,
Into Action
195.
... will come.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Should you wish them above
all else, and be willing to
make use of our experience, we are sure
they will come.
196.
... will come,
if we want it.
BB p.69,
How It Works
197.
... will come,
if your own house is ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
198.
... will come
to mind easily in each ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Questions like these, more of which will come to mind easily in each individual case, will help turn up the root causes.
199.
... will come
to pass for you and ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others.
200.
... will come
to pass naturally and in ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
These things will come to pass naturally and in good time provided, however, the
alcoholic continues
to demonstrate that he can be sober, considerate, and
helpful, regardless
of what anyone says or does.
201.
... will command
undying loyalty.
BB p.145,
To Employers
202.
... will commence
shoulder to shoulder your common ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
You will be bound to them
with new and wonderful ties, for you will escape disaster together and you will commence shoulder to shoulder your common journey.
203.
... will comprehend
the word serenity and we ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
204.
... will conform
with God's that we begin ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
205.
... will conquer.
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness
which only a spiritual experience will conquer.
206.
... will consider
these self-revealing accounts in bad ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
207.
... will constantly
disclose more to you and ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
208.
... will control
and enjoy his drinking is ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker.
209.
... will convince
them more than our words.
BB p.83,
Into Action
210.
... will decide
that the way of good ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
It may be that both will decide that the way of good sense and loving kindness is to let by-gones be by-gones.
211.
... will determine
that, so you must remember ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
212.
... will disappear.
BB p.84,
Into Action
213.
... will disappear,
and there will be such ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Poverty will disappear, and there will be
such abundance that everybody can have all the security and personal satisfactions he desires.
214.
... will disappear
when there is tolerance, love, ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
If they sense these things,
they will not take so seriously his periods of
crankiness, depression, or apathy,
which will disappear when
there is tolerance, love,
and spiritual understanding.
215.
... will disappear
with the growth of sympathetic ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
Barriers which have sprung up between you and your friends will disappear with the growth
of sympathetic understanding.
216.
... will discover
to our dismay that there ...
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Even then the best of us will discover to our dismay that there is always a
sticking point, a point at which we say, "No, I can't give this up yet."
217.
... will do!'
12&12 p.138,
Tradition Two
218.
... will do
anything to help.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
219.
... will do
better.
BB p.109,
To Wives
220.
... will do
incredible things.
BB p.141,
To Employers
When drinking, or getting over a bout, an alcoholic, sometimes the model of honesty when normal, will do incredible things.
221.
... will do
little good if you point ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
222.
... will do
more to insure his sobriety ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
During those first days of convalescence, this will
do more to insure his sobriety than anything else.
223.
... will do
much to insure your sobriety ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
If there is none nearby, you
will be invited to carry on a correspondence which will do much to insure your sobriety no matter how isolated you are.
224.
... will, do
we misuse this gift for ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
So our question will be
this: How, by ignorance, compulsion, and self-will, do we misuse this gift for our own destruction?
225.
... will do
wonders for you socially.
BB p.115,
To Wives
226.
... will drink
or not.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
Whether such a person can quit upon a nonspiritual basis depends upon the extent to which he has
already lost the power to choose whether he will drink or not.
227.
... will emerge
when they are overcome.
BB p.117,
To Wives
228.
... will encounter
are irritation, hurt feelings and ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
229.
... will escape
disaster together and you will ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
You will be bound to them
with new and wonderful ties, for you will escape disaster together and you will commence shoulder to shoulder your common journey.
230.
... will eventually
be replaced by finer ones, ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Though old buildings will eventually be replaced
by finer ones, the new structures will take years to complete.
231.
... will ever
cut off the supply of ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
We are delighted with this dependence; our main hope is that nothing will ever cut
off the supply of current.
232.
... will ever
know.
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.
233.
... will fare
better if placed in such ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
Your man will fare better if placed in such physical condition that
he can think straight and
no longer craves liquor.
234.
... will feel
he can deal with you ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
235.
... will feel
no reluctance to rid yourself ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
236.
... will fill
Madison Square Garden, and I ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
Some day this bunch of ex-drunks of yours will fill Madison Square Garden, and I don't see why you should starve meanwhile.
237.
... will finally
die alone.
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
We alcoholics see that we
must work together and hang together, else most of us
will finally die alone.
238.
... will find
a Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Some day we hope that every alcoholic who journeys will find a Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous
at his destination.
239.
... will find
a wide variation in the ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
In our personal stories
you will find a wide variation in the way each teller approaches and conceives of the Power
which is greater than himself.
240.
... will find
he can win out.
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.
241.
... will find
he has much in common ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Being possessed of a spiritual experience,
the alcoholic will find he has much in common with these people, though he may differ with
them on many matters.
242.
... will find
here nothing disturbing to their ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
Those having religious
affiliations will find here nothing disturbing to
their beliefs or ceremonies.
243.
... will find
life more bearable.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
244.
... will find
many members who have crossed ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
245.
... will find
none at all.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
246.
... will find
release from care, boredom and ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
247.
... will find
that his excess enthusiasm will ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
248.
... will find
that this has happened automatically.
BB p.85,
Into Action
249.
... will find
that you can dispose of ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
You and your husband will
find that you can dispose
of serious problems easier than you can the trivial ones.
250.
... will find
the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous ...
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
Our earliest printing
voiced the hope "that every alcoholic who journeys will find the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous
at his destination.
251.
... will fit
more or less into both ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
252.
... will flower,
as under the activity of ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
I now conceive the psychiatrist's job to be
the task of breaking down the patient's inner resistance so that
which is inside him will flower, as under the activity of the A.A. program."
253.
... will for
the person for whom we ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
Such prayers, of course, are fundamentally good acts, but often they are based upon a supposition that we know
God's will for the person for whom we pray.
254.
... will for
us.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
255.
... will for
us and the power to ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
"Sought through prayer and meditation to
improve our conscious
contact with God as we understood Him, praying
only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."
256.
... will for
us and the power to ...
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."
257.
... will for
us and the power to ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve
our conscious contact
with God as we understood
Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that
out.
258.
... will frequently
meet us more than halfway ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
Even our severest and most
justified critics
will frequently meet us more than halfway on the first trial.
259.
... will get
out of the occasion.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
260.
... will get
us by.
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.
261.
... will get
us by in life, according, ...
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.
262.
... will get
well or you are not.
BB p.142,
To Employers
263.
... will give
such inquirers an inside view ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The second section of
this volume, though designed for A.A.'s membership, will give such inquirers an inside view of A.A. never before possible.
264.
... will give
the location of the nearest ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
This headquarters will
give the location of the
nearest family group and will, if you wish, correspond with you
about your special problems.
265.
... will go
to any extreme to do ...
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.
266.
... will gratify
you.
BB p.144,
To Employers
267.
... will had
driven everybody away and our ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
But when self-will had driven everybody away and our isolation had
become complete, it caused us to play the big shot in cheap barrooms and then fare forth alone on the street to depend upon the charity of passersby.
268.
... will had
failed.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
269.
... will happen.
BB p.100,
Working With Others
270.
... will happen
in a succession of cases, ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Perhaps this will happen in a succession of
cases, and we may be deeply
discouraged as to our ability to carry A.A.'s message.
271.
... will hardly
accommodate its weekly visitors, for ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Now, this house will hardly accommodate its weekly visitors, for they
number sixty or eighty as a rule.
272.
... will has
blocked you off from Him.
BB p.71,
How It Works
273.
... will have
created a new atmosphere.
BB p.115,
To Wives
When you have carefully explained to such people that he is a sick person, you will have created a new atmosphere.
274.
... will have
learned our lesson.
BB p.70,
How It Works
If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson.
275.
... will have
no further reason for covering ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
276.
... will have
returned.
BB p.84,
Into Action
277.
... will have
shaped their own destiny.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
278.
... will have
to be discussion of matters ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Of necessity there will
have to be discussion of matters medical, psychiatric, social, and
religious.
279.
... will have
to be done if we ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
But all who are in the least reasonable will agree upon one point: that there is plenty wrong with us alcoholics about which plenty will have to be done if we are to expect sobriety, progress, and
any real ability to cope with life.
280.
... will have
to be torn out and ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure
at life; that unless he is
now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst
of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the
faulty foundation of
his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
281.
... will have
to call a doctor and ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
282.
... will have
to decide whether to let ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
283.
... will have
to go the way of ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
284.
... will have
to meet such conditions.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
285.
... will have
to yield here and there ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
At the very beginning,
the couple ought to frankly face the fact that each will have to yield here and there if the family is
going to play an effective part in the new life.
286.
Will he
take every necessary step, submit ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
287.
... will help
everyone to better understand the ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
288.
... will help
him see where he has ...
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.
289.
... will help
if we can drop all ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
290.
... will help
the man who is off ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
Nothing will help the man who is off on a spiritual tangent so much as the wife who adopts a sane spiritual program, making a better practical use of it.
291.
... will help
the public to a better ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
Some day we hope that Alcoholics Anonymous
will help the public to a better realization of the gravity of the alcoholic
problem, but we shall be
of little use if our attitude is one of bitterness or hostility.
292.
... will help
turn up the root causes.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
Questions like these, more of which will come to mind easily in each individual case, will help turn up the root causes.
293.
... will help
you plug up this sometimes ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
294.
... will hurt
them and make them unhappy.
BB p.74,
Into Action
It may be one of our own family, but we cannot disclose anything to our
wives or our parents which
will hurt them and make them unhappy.
295.
... will, if
you wish, correspond with you ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
This headquarters will
give the location of the
nearest family group and will, if you wish, correspond with you
about your special problems.
296.
... will inform
and comfort those who are, ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
297.
... will into
all of our activities.
BB p.85,
Into Action
298.
... will into
all sorts of situations and ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
With the best of intentions, he tends to force his own will into all sorts of situations and problems
with the comfortable assurance that he is acting under God's specific direction.
299.
... will intuitively
know how to handle situations ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
300.
... will is
amazingly weakened when it comes ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
It relieved me somewhat to learn that in alcoholics the will is amazingly weakened when
it comes to combating liquor, though it often remains strong in other respects.
301.
... will is
for other people.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
302.
... will is
of no value whatever.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
This statement may surprise newcomers who
have experienced nothing but constant deflation and a growing
conviction that human
will is of no value whatever.
303.
... will keep
you unharmed.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
304.
... will know
loneliness such as few do.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
305.
... will know
of it.
BB p.120,
To Wives
306.
... will know
peace.
BB p.84,
Into Action
307.
... will know
what it means to give ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
308.
... will later
be deducted from his pay.
BB p.143,
To Employers
If you propose such a procedure to him, it may be necessary to advance the
cost of treatment, but we
believe it should be made
plain that any expense will later be deducted from his
pay.
309.
... will laugh
it off, or become irritated ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
If you draw this fallacious reasoning
to the attention of an alcoholic, he will laugh it off, or become irritated and refuse to talk.
310.
... will learn
the full meaning of "Love ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
311.
... will learn
the grim truth about alcoholism.
BB p.144,
To Employers
312.
... will leave
us.
BB p.84,
Into Action
313.
... will let
him know it.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
314.
... will lift
the merciless obsession from us.
12&12 p.24,
Step One
315.
... will lose
his position; you are thinking ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
You may be afraid your husband will lose his position; you are thinking of the disgrace
and hard times which will befall you and the children.
316.
... will lose
interest in selfish things and ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
317.
... will lose
the old life to find ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
318.
... will make
a fair start on the ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
Perhaps your husband
will make a fair start on the new basis, but just as things are going beautifully he dismays you by coming home drunk.
319.
... will make
alcoholics of our kind like ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
Neither does there appear
to be any kind of treatment which will make alcoholics of our kind like other men.
320.
... will make
any difference.
BB p.108,
To Wives
We realize some men are thoroughly bad-intentioned, that no amount of patience will make any
difference.
321.
... will make
lifelong friends.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
322.
... will make
mistakes, but if you are ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
323.
... will make
new friends and is sure ...
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
If he does not argue about religion, he will make new friends and is sure to find new avenues of usefulness
and pleasure.
324.
... will make
the grade."
BB p.138,
To Employers
325.
... will make
will be cases where our ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
326.
... will match
your mental inconsistencies with some ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
327.
... will may
slam it shut again, as ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness.
328.
... will mean
a great deal.
BB p.113,
To Wives
329.
... will mean
something at last.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
330.
... will mean
that we have admitted to ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
This requires action on
our part, which, when completed, will mean that we have admitted to
God, to ourselves, and to
another human being, the exact nature of our defects.
331.
... will meet;
suppose we suggest how they ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Suppose we tell you some of
the obstacles a family
will meet; suppose we suggest how they
may be avoided -- even converted to good use for others.
332.
... will moderate
or stop altogether, and some ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
333.
... will more
surely keep our balance, provided ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
If at these points our emotional disturbance
happens to be great, we
will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to
us in our reading or meditation.
334.
... will mount
from minute to minute.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
335.
... will naturally
find that many of these ...
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
336.
... will necessarily
spend much time with other ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Father will necessarily spend much time with other alcoholics, but this
activity should be balanced.
337.
... will need
to begin.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
338.
... will need
to cross-examine themselves ruthlessly to ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
But all alcoholics who have drunk themselves out of jobs, family, and friends will need to cross-examine themselves ruthlessly
to determine how their own
personality defects
have thus demolished
their security.
339.
... will need
to determine what his individual ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
Human beings are never quite alike, so each of us, when making an inventory, will need to determine what his individual character
defects are.
340.
... will never
be discussed without his consent?
BB p.143,
To Employers
While on the subject of confidence, can you adopt
the attitude that so far as
you are concerned this will be a strictly personal matter, that his
alcoholic derelictions, the treatment about to be undertaken, will never be discussed without his consent?
341.
... will never
come back for one reason ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
342.
... will never
fully support the office.
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
343.
... will never
get over drinking until we ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
Simply we tell him that we
will never get over drinking until we have done our utmost to straighten out the past.
344.
... will never
give up!"
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
345.
... will never
give up!"
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
Perhaps we shall be obliged in some cases still to say, "This I cannot give up yet...," but we should not say to
ourselves, "This I will
never give up!"
346.
... will never
have a professional class.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
347.
... will never
have much money again.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
348.
... will never
let you down!
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
349.
... will never
see the light of day.
BB p.73,
Into Action
350.
... will never
take advantage of the situation.
BB p.146,
To Employers
351.
... will no
longer be misled by ordinary ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
352.
... will no
longer be self-conscious or feel ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
You will no longer be self-conscious or feel that you
must apologize as though your husband were a
weak character.
353.
... will not.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
354.
... will not.
BB p.109,
To Wives
355.
... will not
be fair weather.
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
356.
... will not
be mentioned.
BB p.148,
To Employers
If you take it, your past
will be forgotten and the
fact that you went away for treatment will not be mentioned.
357.
... will not
be satisfied drives us to ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
Unreasonable fear that
our instincts will not be
satisfied drives us to
covet the possessions
of others, to lust for sex and power, to become angry when our instinctive demands are
threatened, to be envious when the ambitions of others seem to be realized while ours are not.
358.
... will not
be solved at once.
BB p.117,
To Wives
359.
... will not
be tempted will be noticed.
BB p.120,
To Wives
The slightest disposition on your part
to guide his appointments or his affairs so he will not be tempted will be noticed.
360.
... will not
be upset by anything he ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
If he feels free to discuss his problems with
you, if he knows you understand and will not be
upset by anything he wishes to say, he will probably be off to a fast start.
361.
... will not
budge; they make him desperately ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
362.
... will not
completely give themselves to this ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
Those who do not recover
are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.
363.
... will not
deflect us from our steady ...
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.
364.
... will not
drag you down.
BB p.117,
To Wives
365.
... will not
enter to expel our destructive ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
It seems plain that the grace of God will not enter to expel our destructive obsessions until we are willing to try this.
366.
... will not
for, like yourself, he is ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
367.
... will not
get over alcoholism.
BB p.114,
To Wives
368.
... will not
have the benefit of contact ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
369.
... will not
impose.
BB p.149,
To Employers
He will not impose.
370.
... will not
let go, we ask God ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
371.
... will not
listen to a paid twelfth-stepper.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
372.
... will, not
mine, be done."
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
In all times of emotional disturbance
or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness
simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to
know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done."
373.
... will, not
mine, be done."
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
As the day goes on, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request: "Thy will, not mine, be done."
374.
... will (not
mine) be done."
BB p.85,
Into Action
375.
... will, not
our own, in the moment ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
Just saying it over and over will often enable us to clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or misunderstanding, and permit us to return to the surest help of all -- our search for God's will, not our own, in the moment of stress.
376.
... will not
regret the past nor wish ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
377.
... will not
stand for it.
BB p.103,
Working With Others
378.
... will not
stop.
BB p.148,
To Employers
379.
... will not
stop drinking, I think you ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
380.
... will not
take long for you to ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
381.
... will not
take so seriously his periods ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
If they sense these things,
they will not take so seriously his periods of
crankiness, depression, or apathy,
which will disappear when
there is tolerance, love,
and spiritual understanding.
382.
... will not
take space to relate all ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
383.
... will not
try to change our plan.
BB p.75,
Into Action
It is important that he be able to keep a confidence; that he fully
understand and approve what we are driving
at; that he will not try to change our plan.
384.
... will not
want this sort of thing.
BB p.149,
To Employers
385.
... will not
want to miss it.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
386.
... will not
wonder that we have accepted ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for
alcoholics we appear
somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the
most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged
this movement.
387.
... will not
work with you.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
388.
... will not
yield to a headlong assault ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
They have become persuaded, and rightly
so, that many problems besides alcohol will not yield to a headlong assault powered by the individual alone.
389.
... will note
that we made an important ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
390.
... will now
measure up to that cherished ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
It is the most natural thing in the world, once his liquor problem is solved, to feel that he will now measure up to that cherished vision.
391.
... will number
many hundreds.(*)
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
392.
... will object
to many of the questions ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
Some will object to many of the questions posed, because they think their own character defects have
not been so glaring.
393.
... will of
our own Creator.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
And we will be comforted
and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and
do the will of our own Creator.
394.
... will offer
assistance.
BB p.78,
Into Action
395.
... will offer
you any one of a ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
If you ask him why he started on that last bender, the chances are he
will offer you any one of a hundred alibis.
396.
... will often
astonish us.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
397.
... will often
come strongly.
BB p.75,
Into Action
398.
... will often
enable us to clear a ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
Just saying it over and over will often enable us to clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or misunderstanding, and permit us to return to the surest help of all -- our search for God's will, not our own, in the moment of stress.
399.
... will often
manufacture plausible excuses for dodging ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
400.
... will, or
else fall by the wayside.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
But again we are driven on
by the inescapable conclusion which we draw
from A.A. experience, that
we surely must try with a will, or else fall by the wayside.
401.
... will over
to the care of Something ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
If I keep on turning my life and my will over to the care of Something or Somebody else, what will become of me?
402.
... will pay
-- and pay handsomely.
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
403.
... will pay
dividends.
BB p.141,
To Employers
404.
... will pay
dividends only if he mines ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
He may not see at once that he
has barely scratched a
limitless lode which
will pay dividends only if he mines
it for the rest of his life
and insists on giving away the entire product.
405.
... will perceive
that his spiritual growth is ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
He will perceive that his
spiritual growth is lopsided, that for an average man like himself, a spiritual life which does
not include his family obligations may not be so perfect after all.
406.
... will perform
this miracle.
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
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.
407.
... will perhaps
want to go along.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
408.
... will perish
if it does.
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
In this respect, we do not enter into public controversy, because we
know that our Society will perish if it does.
409.
... will permit
the rehabilitation of good men.
BB p.148,
To Employers
410.
... will place
you even more at ease.
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.
411.
... will power.
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Young people may be encouraged by this man's experience to think that
they can stop, as he did, on their own will power.
412.
... will power.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
As we look back, we feel we had gone on drinking many years beyond the point where we could quit on our
will power.
413.
... will power.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Show him, from your own experience, how the queer
mental condition surrounding that first drink prevents normal functioning of
the will power.
414.
... will power?
BB p.107,
To Wives
415.
... will power
along this line all we ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
416.
... will power
and guts, he will make ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
417.
... will power
and keeping on guard.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
I felt I had every right to be self-confident, that it would be only a matter of exercising my
will power and keeping on guard.
418.
... will power
and self-knowledge would not help ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
419.
... will power
becomes practically nonexistent.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
420.
... will power
he might muster could stop ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
When our friend related
his experience, the man
agreed that no amount of will power he might muster could stop his drinking for long.
421.
... will power
must be weak."
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
422.
... will power
that he still sometimes displays ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
What has become of the common sense and will power that he still sometimes displays with respect to
other matters?
423.
... "will power"
to resist the impulse to ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
Following his physical rehabilitation, he had a talk with me in which he frankly stated he thought the treatment a
waste of effort, unless I could assure him,
which no one ever had, that in the future he
would have the "will power"
to resist the impulse to
drink.
424.
... will presently
join us on the high ...
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Yet it is our great hope that all those who have as
yet found no answer may begin to find one in the pages of this book and will presently join us on the high road to a new freedom.
425.
... will presently
live in a new and ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
Follow the dictates of a
Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!
426.
... will presently
try the old game again, ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
427.
... will probably
be off to a fast ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
If he feels free to discuss his problems with
you, if he knows you understand and will not be
upset by anything he wishes to say, he will probably be off to a fast start.
428.
... will probably
not have long to wait.
BB p.113,
To Wives
429.
... will prove
a blessing!
BB p.116,
To Wives
430.
... will prove
so convincing that no further ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
For them, we hope these pages
will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be
necessary.
431.
... will quickly
disappear.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
In the midst of an understanding and sympathetic family,
these vagaries of dad's spiritual infancy will quickly disappear.
432.
... will reach,
we shall be bound to ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Then, as year by year we walk back through our lives as far as memory will reach, we shall be bound to construct a long list of people who have, to
some extent or other, been
affected.
433.
... will read
the experience of a man ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
434.
... will really
want to stop, and hardly ...
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.
435.
... will receive
a disproportionate amount of time ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
It is not to be expected that an alcoholic employee will receive a disproportionate amount of time and attention.
436.
... will receive
a prompt reply from this ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
If you cannot find A.A. in your
locality, visit our Web site: www.aa.org; or a letter addressed to Alcoholics Anonymous,
Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, USA, will receive a prompt reply from this world center, referring you to the nearest A.A. group.
437.
... will recover.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
Should they accept and practice spiritual principles, there is a much
better chance that the head of the family will recover.
438.
... will relapse
periodically until they really clean ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Some people are unable to
stay sober at all; others will relapse periodically
until they really clean house.
439.
... will remain
our secret.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
440.
... will require
a transformation of thought and ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
441.
... will rest
upon how well and earnestly ...
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."
442.
... will restore
us to sanity if we ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance
that God will restore us to sanity if we
rightly relate ourselves to Him.
443.
... will result,
but the surface of the ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
If we keep on the way we are going there is little doubt that much good will result, but the surface of
the problem would hardly
be scratched.
444.
... will return
to the practice of that ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
It is to be hoped that every
A.A. who has a religious connection which emphasizes meditation
will return to the practice of that devotion
as never before.
445.
... will reveal
what our true motives were.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
446.
... will rise
to their feet and march ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
447.
... will rouse
himself from his lethargy and ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
In a vague way their families and friends sense that these drinkers
are abnormal, but everybody hopefully awaits the day when the sufferer will rouse himself from his lethargy and assert his power of will.
448.
... will run
riot, though he usually doesn't ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme
example of self-will run riot,
though he usually doesn't
think so.
449.
... will save
many a heartbreak if you ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
We know these suggestions are sometimes difficult to
follow, but you will save many a heartbreak if you can succeed in observing
them.
450.
... will say,
"I bet they do it ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
Show any longshoreman a Sunday
supplement describing a proposal
to explore the moon by means of a rocket and he will say, "I bet they do it -- maybe not so long either."
451.
... will see
a continuation of a serious ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Possibly today will see a continuation of a serious and as yet unresolved problem left over from yesterday.
452.
... will see
at once that he must ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
Your husband will see at once that he must redouble his spiritual activities
if he expects to survive.
453.
... will see
he gives too little.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
Little by little, mother and children will see they ask too much, and father will see he gives too little.
454.
... will see
he is under no pressure.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
455.
... will see
how our experience can benefit ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
456.
... will see
that he is a new ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
457.
... will see
that our new attitude toward ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part.
458.
... will see
that the making of direct ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflected carefully upon each instance, and have tried to possess ourselves of the right attitude in which to proceed, we will see that the making of direct amends divides those we should approach into several classes.
459.
... will see
these pages, and we believe ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this thing."
460.
... will see
they ask too much, and ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
Little by little, mother and children will see they ask too much, and father will see he gives too little.
461.
... will seem
to be temporarily off the ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
We may often pass through Twelfth Step experiences where we
will seem to be temporarily off the beam.
462.
... will seize
upon it, to follow its ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Our hope is that when this chip of a book is launched on the world tide of alcoholism, defeated drinkers will seize upon it, to follow its suggestions.
463.
... will seldom
be interested in liquor.
BB p.84,
Into Action
464.
... will seldom
matter how haltingly we walk.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
465.
... will serve
any good purpose, we are ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
When it will serve any good purpose, we are willing to
announce our convictions with tact and
common sense.
466.
... will serve
some good purpose.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Doctors are rightly loath to tell alcoholic patients the
whole story unless it will serve some good purpose.
467.
... will show
us how to take a ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
We cannot be helpful to all people, but at least God will show us how to take a kindly and tolerant view of each and every one.
468.
... will show
you how to create the ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
469.
... will show
you how to have.
BB p.117,
To Wives
We urge you to try our program, for nothing will be so helpful to your husband as the radically
changed attitude toward him which God will show you how to have.
470.
... will sincerely
try to practice the A.A. ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom.
471.
... will slip
away.
BB p.84,
Into Action
472.
... will so
much insure immunity from drinking ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as
intensive work with other alcoholics.
473.
... will so
quickly reveal themselves that the ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
But if a willing start is
made, then the great advantages of doing this
will so quickly reveal themselves that
the pain will be lessened as one obstacle after another melts away.
474.
... will solve
your problem.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself
which will solve your problem.
475.
... will sometimes
be unreasonable and you will ...
BB p.117,
To Wives
476.
... will sometimes
let us down, especially when ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
We had refused to learn
the very hard lesson that overdependence upon people is unsuccessful
because all people are fallible, and even the best of them will sometimes let us down, especially when our
demands for attention
become unreasonable.
477.
... will sometimes
surprise us.
BB p.78,
Into Action
478.
... will soon
be back, they think.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
479.
... will soon
become eager.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
When your mission is carefully explained,
and it is seen by the recipient of your confidence how helpful
he can really be, the conversation will start easily and will soon become eager.
480.
... will soon
have friends galore.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
481.
... will soon
have your friend admitting he ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
482.
... will soon
see that he is suffering ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
483.
... will sooner
or later fail us, for ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
If we lean too heavily on
people, they will sooner or later fail us, for they are human,
too, and cannot possibly meet our incessant demands.
484.
... will start
easily and will soon become ...
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
When your mission is carefully explained,
and it is seen by the recipient of your confidence how helpful
he can really be, the conversation will start easily and will soon become eager.
485.
... will still
be with you.
BB p.117,
To Wives
486.
... will still
elude him; that all the ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure
at life; that unless he is
now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst
of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the
faulty foundation of
his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
487.
... will suddenly
realize that God is doing ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
488.
... will suggest
that we ought to take ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
489.
... will surely
die.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition One (Long)
490.
... will surely
die.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
491.
... will surely
meet some of us as ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit,
and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge
the Road of Happy Destiny.
492.
... will take
a turn for the better.
BB p.147,
To Employers
So, for one reason or another, they cover these men, hoping matters will take a turn for the better.
493.
... will take,
as a rule, one of ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
494.
... will take
care of them?
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
495.
... will take
on new meaning.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
496.
... will take
time, maybe a lot of ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
497.
... will take
time to clear away the ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
498.
... will take
years to complete.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Though old buildings will eventually be replaced
by finer ones, the new structures will take years to complete.
499.
... will, tell
him he has something in ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
500.
... will tell
how his affairs have taken ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
Almost any experienced A.A. will tell how his affairs have taken remarkable and unexpected turns for the
better as he tried to improve his conscious contact with God.
501.
... will tell
how they tried to carry ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
They will tell how they tried to carry the load alone; how much they suffered of irritability, anxiety,
remorse, and depression; and how, unconsciously seeking
relief, they would sometimes accuse even their best friends of the very character defects they themselves were trying to
conceal.
502.
... will tell
the patient the truth about ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
We hope the doctor will tell the patient the truth about his
condition, whatever
that happens to be.
503.
... will tell
you about it even if ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
If he is, and is still trying to recover, he will tell you about it even if it means the loss of his job.
504.
... will tell
you he is misunderstood.
BB p.111,
To Wives
505.
... will tell
you that, once across, their ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
506.
... will tempt
us to argue, or to ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
507.
... will tempt
us to discouragement and pessimism.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
508.
... will than
in our talk of spiritual ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
He is going to be more interested in a demonstration of good
will than in our talk of spiritual discoveries.
509.
... "will that
guy get drunk?"
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
510.
... will that
we can have for that ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
We ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of
His will that we can have for that day, and that we be given the grace by which we may carry it
out.
511.
... will, the
moment we begin to see ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all
the seeming evidence to
the contrary that surrounds us in purely human affairs.
512.
... will them
away by ourselves.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
513.
... will then
turn happy and be free ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
514.
... will these
things with all our might, ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
We could wish to be moral, we
could wish to be philosophically comforted, in fact, we could
will these things with all
our might, but the needed power wasn't there.
515.
... will think
of this list as defects ...
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
516.
... will thus
get a better idea of ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
517.
... will to
do this, we ask until ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
518.
... will to
men.
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
519.
... will to
resist its demands.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
Alcohol, now become the rapacious creditor, bleeds us of all
self-sufficiency and
all will to resist its demands.
520.
... will, to
these three statements.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
521.
... will to
win would carry us through.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
522.
... will tone
down.
BB p.119,
To Wives
523.
... will toward
all men, even our enemies, ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
We have begun to learn tolerance, patience and
good will toward all men, even our enemies, for we look on them as sick people.
524.
... will try
to help other alcoholics when ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Make it plain he is under no obligation to you, that you hope only that he will try to help other alcoholics when he
escapes his own difficulties.
525.
... will try
to prove themselves exceptions to ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic.
526.
... will try
to take advantage of your ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
527.
... will turn
the trick.
BB p.144,
To Employers
You are betting, of course, that your changed attitude plus the contents of this book will turn the trick.
528.
... will, under
certain conditions -- remove defects of ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
Of course, the often disputed question of whether God can -- and will, under certain conditions -- remove defects of character will be answered with a prompt affirmative by almost any A.A. member.
529.
... will understand!
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
530.
... will understand
the problem and will no ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
531.
... will understand,
yet be unaffected.
BB p.74,
Into Action
532.
... will understand
you at once.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
533.
... will upon
the rest.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
534.
... will use
that as an excuse to ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
535.
... will usually
offer his proof in a ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
536.
... will usually
revive the topic himself.
BB p.112,
To Wives
If this kind of approach
does not catch your husband's interest, it may
be best to drop the subject, but after a friendly talk your husband will usually revive the topic himself.
537.
... will want
the good that is in ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
538.
... will want
to be rid of some ...
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.
539.
... will want
to criticize.
BB p.117,
To Wives
540.
... will want
to go further.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
541.
... will want
to go to the properly ...
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.
542.
... will want
to know more of how ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
543.
... will want
to know who the woman ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
544.
... will want
to rest on our laurels.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
545.
... will want
to summon all our courage, ...
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.
546.
... will want
to take the man into ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
547.
... will was
for us; instead we had ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
At no time had we asked what God's will was for us; instead we had
been telling Him what it ought to be.
548.
... will, was
missing.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
549.
... will was
read, it was discovered she ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
When her will was read, it was
discovered she had left
Alcoholics Anonymous in trust with the
Alcoholic Foundation a sum of ten thousand dollars.
550.
... will, were
not sufficient; they failed utterly.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
551.
... will, whatever
it is, be done for ...
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.
552.
... will which
has always blocked the entry ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Like all the remaining Steps, Step Three calls for affirmative action, for
it is only by action that we can cut away the self-will which has always blocked the entry of God -- or, if you like, a Higher Power -- into our lives.
553.
... will wish
for the end.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
554.
... will wish
to be reasonably certain that ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
555.
... will work
like the devil and thank ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
556.
... will, "Yes,
respecting alcohol, I guess I ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
But suppose that instinct still cries out, as it certainly will, "Yes, respecting alcohol, I guess I have to be
dependent upon A.A., but in all other matters I must still maintain my independence.
557.
... will yet
find a way to do ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
558.
... will you?"
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
Or will you?"
559.
... will you?'
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
560.
... will you.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
561.
... "will you
let me join your group?
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
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