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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... within.   BB p.13, Bill's Story   Go to page 13 in the Big Book
I was to test my thinking by the new God-consciousness within.


2.
... within.   BB p.95, Working With Others   Go to page 95 in the Big Book
If he is to find God, the desire must come from within.


3.
... within a few weeks.   BB p.34, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 34 in the Big Book
Some will be drunk the day after making their resolutions; most of them within a few weeks.


4.
... within a short time, it was billboarded ...   BB p.145, To Employers   Go to page 145 in the Big Book
Only a few knew of it at first but, within a short time, it was billboarded throughout the entire company.

5.
... within a very few years they had ...   12&12 p.178, Tradition Ten
When the Washingtonians became temperance crusaders, within a very few years they had completely lost their effectiveness in helping alcoholics.


6.
Within a week after leaving the hospital ...   BB p.38, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 38 in the Big Book
Within a week after leaving the hospital a fast-moving trolley car breaks his arm.


7.
... within a year.   BB p.7, Bill's Story   Go to page 7 in the Big Book
My weary and despairing wife was informed that it would all end with heart failure during delirium tremens, or I would develop a wet brain, perhaps within a year.

8.
... within conventional bounds, many people have to ...   12&12 p.67, Step Six
And even while staying within conventional bounds, many people have to admit that their imaginary sex excursions are apt to be all dressed up as dreams of romance.


9.
... within four years.   BB p.33, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 33 in the Big Book
Though a robust man at retirement, he went to pieces quickly and was dead within four years.

10.
... within him must be silenced whenever these ...   12&12 p.130, Tradition One
He learns that the clamor of desires and ambitions within him must be silenced whenever these could damage the group.

11.
... within himself.   12&12 p.49, Step Four
Both his pride and his fear beat him back every time he tries to look within himself.

12.
... within its spirit.   12&12 p.186, Tradition Twelve
Though not in the strict letter of anonymity, such communications were well within its spirit.


13.
... within its walls.   BB p.162, A Vision For You   Go to page 162 in the Big Book
Many of us have felt, for the first time, the Presence and Power of God within its walls.


14.
... within myself.   BB p.13, Bill's Story   Go to page 12 in the Big Book
But soon the sense of His presence had been blotted out by worldly clamors, mostly those within myself.


15.
... within one of four categories:   BB p.108, To Wives   Go to page 108 in the Big Book
The problem with which you struggle usually falls within one of four categories:

16.
... within our Fellowship than professionalism.   12&12 p.166, Tradition Eight
Despite this certainty, it is nevertheless true that few subjects have been the cause of more contention within our Fellowship than professionalism.

17.
... within reach of all who want it.   12&12 p.175, Tradition Nine
Just as the aim of each A.A. member is personal sobriety, the aim of our services is to bring sobriety within reach of all who want it.

18.
... within reach of his help.   12&12 p.133, Tradition Two
He feels a spiritual and ethical compulsion, because hundreds may be suffering within reach of his help.

19.
... within reach of our highest expectations.   12&12 p.156, Tradition Six
Providence, through A.A., had brought us within reach of our highest expectations.


20.
... within the Fellowship.   BB xxiv, Foreword to Fourth Edition   Display entire Foreword to Fourth Edition
While our literature has preserved the integrity of the A.A. message, sweeping changes in society as a whole are reflected in new customs and practices within the Fellowship.


21.
... within us.   BB p.55, We Agnostics   Go to page 55 in the Big Book
We found the Great Reality deep down within us.

22.
... within us, and at other times to ...   12&12 p.52, Step Four
These stem from causes which sometimes seem to be within us, and at other times to come from without.


23.
... within you.   BB p.27, There Is A Solution   Go to page 27 in the Big Book
In fact, I have been trying to produce some such emotional rearrangement within you.


24.
... within yourself, then, if you wish, you ...   BB p.55, We Agnostics   Go to page 55 in the Big Book
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.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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