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WONDER   occurs   10 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... wonder an alcoholic is strangely irrational.   BB p.140, To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
No wonder an alcoholic is strangely irrational.


2.
... wonder as I talked.   BB p.14, Bill's Story   Go to page 14 in the Big Book
He listened in wonder as I talked.

3.
... wonder as they move from darkness into ...   12&12 p.110, Step Twelve
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled, to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in full citizenship, and above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.


4.
... wonder, but it was fleeting and soon ...   BB p.46, We Agnostics   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
There was a feeling of awe and wonder, but it was fleeting and soon lost.


5.
... wonder, for such an appalling lack of ...   BB p.5, Bill's Story   Go to page 5 in the Big Book
I began to wonder, for such an appalling lack of perspective seemed near being just that.

6.
... wonder how and why A.A. functions as ...   12&12 p.16, Foreword
Students of human relations are beginning to wonder how and why A.A. functions as a society.


7.
... wonder how you can add anything to ...   BB p.93, Working With Others   Go to page 93 in the Big Book
In that case he is going to wonder how you can add anything to what he already knows.


8.
... wonder if I had not been making ...   BB p.40, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 40 in the Big Book
I had no trouble refusing drinks, and began to wonder if I had not been making too hard work of a simple matter.


9.
... wonder many in the medical profession have ...   BB p.73, Into Action   Go to page 73 in the Big Book
Small wonder many in the medical profession have a low opinion of alcoholics and their chance for recovery!


10.
... wonder that we have accepted and encouraged ...   BB xxviii(xxvi), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire 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.


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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