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WORD   occurs   27 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... word.   12&12 p.106, Step Twelve
The joy of living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step, and action is its key word.

2.
... word.   12&12 p.110, Step Twelve
This is Twelfth Step work in the very best sense of the word.

3.
... word.   12&12 p.146, Tradition Four
Autonomy is a ten-dollar word.


4.
... word.   BB xiv, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
We are not an organization in the conventional sense of the word.


5.
... word about sex relations.   BB p.134, The Family Afterward   Go to page 134 in the Big Book
A word about sex relations.

6.
... word and as an ideal, has a ...   12&12 p.70, Step Seven
Humility, as a word and as an ideal, has a very bad time of it in our world.

7.
... word and trying to take in the ...   12&12 p.99, Step Eleven
As beginners in meditation, we might now reread this prayer several times very slowly, savoring every word and trying to take in the deep meaning of each phrase and idea.

8.
... word "blame" from our speech and thought.   12&12 p.47, Step Four
Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our speech and thought.

9.
... word "dependence" is as distasteful to many ...   12&12 p.38, Step Three
We realize that the word "dependence" is as distasteful to many psychiatrists and psychologists as it is to alcoholics.


10.
... word "fear" is bracketed alongside the difficulties ...   BB p.67, How It Works   Go to page 67 in the Big Book
Notice that the word "fear" is bracketed alongside the difficulties with Mr. Brown, Mrs. Jones, the employer, and the wife.

11.
... word for that, too; we call it ...   12&12 p.67, Step Six
When gluttony is less than ruinous, we have a milder word for that, too; we call it "taking our comfort."


12.
... word "God" brought up a particular idea ...   BB p.45, We Agnostics   Go to page 45 in the Big Book
To others, the word "God" brought up a particular idea of Him with which someone had tried to impress them during childhood.


13.
... word God still aroused a certain antipathy.   BB p.12, Bill's Story   Go to page 12 in the Big Book
The word God still aroused a certain antipathy.

14.
... word "harm" in a practical way, we ...   12&12 p.80, Step Eight
To define the word "harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual damage to people.

15.
... word, in the mind of a rationalizing ...   12&12 p.69, Step Six
That word, in the mind of a rationalizing alcoholic, could certainly be given a long-term meaning.


16.
... word, is needed or wanted.   BB p.98, Working With Others   Go to page 97 in the Big Book
For the type of alcoholic who is able and willing to get well, little charity, in the ordinary sense of the word, is needed or wanted.

17.
... word itself is often intensely disliked.   12&12 p.70, Step Seven
Not only is the idea misunderstood; the word itself is often intensely disliked.


18.
... word may be, we call this plain ...   BB p.37, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 37 in the Big Book
Whatever the precise definition of the word may be, we call this plain insanity.


19.
... word of mouth.   BB xviii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
New groups started up and it was found, to the astonishment of everyone, that A.A.'s message could be transmitted in the mail as well as by word of mouth.

20.
... word-of-mouth method was too limited.   12&12 p.186, Tradition Twelve
But it became apparent that the word-of-mouth method was too limited.

21.
... word often misunderstood.   12&12 p.58, Step Five
Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another human being is humility -- a word often misunderstood.


22.
... word on this subject, but so far ...   BB p.144, To Employers   Go to page 144 in the Big Book
By no means do we offer it as the last word on this subject, but so far as we are concerned, it has worked with us.


23.
... word serenity and we will know peace.   BB p.84, Into Action   Go to page 83 in the Big Book
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.


24.
... word somehow touches about every aspect of ...   BB p.67, How It Works   Go to page 67 in the Big Book
This short word somehow touches about every aspect of our lives.

25.
... word 'spiritual' out of my mouth than ...   12&12 p.153, Tradition Five
I'd no sooner got the word 'spiritual' out of my mouth than he pounced.


26.
... word, the alpha and the omega, the ...   BB p.49, We Agnostics   Go to page 49 in the Big Book
Instead of regarding ourselves as intelligent agents, spearheads of God's ever advancing Creation, we agnostics and atheists chose to believe that our human intelligence was the last word, the alpha and the omega, the beginning and end of all.

27.
... word was said.   12&12 p.142, Tradition Three
Not another word was said.


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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