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... wish.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as
we know it -- this utter inability to leave it
alone, no matter how great
the necessity or the wish.
2.
... wish.
BB p.85,
Into Action
3.
... wish, but
it happens that because of ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
Ministers and doctors
are competent and you can learn much from them if you wish, but it happens that because
of your own drinking experience you can be uniquely useful to other alcoholics.
4.
... wish, correspond
with you about your special ...
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.
5.
... wish for
the end.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
He will wish for the end.
6.
... wish he
could devote himself to his ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
Every doctor concerned
would at times wish he could
devote himself to his chosen field rather than work only with the group.
7.
... wish I
had what that man has.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
When people presented us with spiritual approaches,
how frequently did we all say, "I wish I had what that man has.
8.
... wish, make
A.A. itself your 'higher power.'
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
9.
... wish, of
our sins.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
10.
... wish or
will them away by ourselves.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
And we soon found that we could not wish or will them away by ourselves.
11.
... wish them
above all else, and be ...
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.
12.
... wish them
away any more than alcohol.
BB p.66,
How It Works
We could not wish them away any more than alcohol.
13.
... wish to
be.
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
14.
... wish to
be helpful to those who ...
BB xiv,
Foreword to First Edition
15.
... wish to
be moral, we could wish ...
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.
16.
... wish to
be philosophically comforted, in fact, ...
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.
17.
... wish to
be reasonably certain that we ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
18.
... wish to
become:
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
And as he came out the other side of that painful experience, this prayer
was his expression of what he could then see,
feel, and wish to become:
19.
... wish to
discover what can be done ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
Employers learn that great corporations have
set their approval upon us,
and wish to discover what
can be done about alcoholism in their own firms.
20.
... wish to
do.
BB p.147,
To Employers
There is another thing you might wish to do.
21.
... wish to
do a lot for other ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
He may wish to do a lot for
other alcoholics and something of the sort may come up during business hours.
22.
... wish to
emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it has been revealed to us out of bitter experience.
23.
... wish to
engage in any controversy, neither ...
Grapevine,
Preamble
AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish
to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any
causes.
24.
... wish to
give him another chance.
BB p.147,
To Employers
25.
... wish to
have all our defects of ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
At Step Six, many of us balked -- for the practical reason that we
did not wish to have all our defects of character removed, because we still loved some of them too much.
26.
... wish to
hide a bad motive underneath ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
This odd trait of mind and emotion, this perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one, permeates human affairs from top to bottom.
27.
... wish to
lay down no rule of ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
Though there may be justifiable exceptions, and though we wish to lay down no rule of any sort, we have often
found this the best course to take.
28.
... wish to
look squarely at the unhappiness ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
29.
... wish to
make contact with or take ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Though the family has no religious connections, they may wish
to make contact with or take membership in a religious body.
30.
... wish to
make terms.
BB p.145,
To Employers
31.
... wish to
marry and are in a ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
32.
... wish to
meet.
BB xxxii(xxx),
The Doctor's Opinion
33.
... wish to
recover.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Three (Long)
34.
... wish to
recover.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
35.
... wish to
retaliate, snatching all they can ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
And do not his actions make each of them wish to retaliate, snatching all they can get out of the show?
36.
... wish to
say that any alcoholic capable ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic
capable of honestly facing his problems in the
light of our experience
can recover, provided
he does not close his mind to
all spiritual concepts.
37.
... wish to
share our knowledge of that ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
We have been talking about problems because we are problem people who have found
a way up and out, and who wish to share our knowledge of that
way with all who can use it.
38.
... wish to
shut the door on it.
BB p.83,
Into Action
39.
... wish to
work as individuals in these ...
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
We see that we have no right or need to discourage A.A.'s who wish to work as individuals in
these wider fields.
40.
... wish us
well.
BB p.78,
Into Action
41.
... wish, you
can join us on the ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
If our testimony helps
sweep away prejudice, enables you to think honestly, encourages
you to search diligently within yourself, then, if you wish,
you can join us on the Broad
Highway.
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