From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
WISHED occurs
8 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... wished.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
Clearly, every
A.A. member's
name -- and
story, too -- had to be
confidential, if he
wished.
2.
... wished above
all things to regain self-control.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
He
wished above all things to
regain self-
control.
3.
... wished he'd
paid some attention to A.A. ...
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
He said he
wished he'd
paid
some
attention to
A.A. experience.
4.
... wished, the
show would be great.
BB p.61,
How It Works
If his
arrangements would only
stay put, if only people would do
as he
wished, the
show would
be
great.
5.
... wished to
do great good, perform great ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
6.
... wished to
give me a message.
BB p.136,
To Employers
My
secretary returned
to say that is was not
Mr. B___ on the
phone; it was
Mr. B___'s
brother, and he
wished to
give me a
message.
7.
... wished to
grow we had to begin ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
That was
growth, but if we
wished to
grow we had to
begin somewhere.
8.
... wished to
publicize its principles and its ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
Here was something
rare in the
world -- a
society which said
it
wished to
publicize its principles and
its work, but not
its individual members.
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