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1.
... work.
BB
Bill's Story, p.8
2.
... work.
BB
Bill's Story, p.10
3.
... work.
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
4.
... work.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.19
A
few are
fortunate enough to be so
situated that
they can
give nearly all their
time to the
work.
5.
... work.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.22
6.
... work.
BB
We Agnostics, p.52
7.
... work.
BB
How It Works, p.62
It didn't work.
8.
... work.
BB
Into Action, p.87
Many of us have
wasted a
lot of
time doing that and it doesn't
work.
9.
... work.
BB
Working With Others, p.99
If their
old relationship
is to be
resumed it
must be
on a
better basis, since the
former did not
work.
10.
... work.
BB
To Wives, p.119
11.
... work.
BB
A Vision For You, p.160
This
couple has since
become
so
fascinated that they have
dedicated their
home to the
work.
12.
... work.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
When I
got the
fog out of my
brain, I
decided that
quitting school was
very foolish and that I had
better
return and
continue my
work.
13.
... work.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
Occasionally, I would
yield to the
morning craving, but if I did, it would be only a
few hours before I would be
quite unfit for
work.
14.
... work.
12&12
Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
15.
... work.
12&12
Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
16.
... work.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
An
example: the "
A.A. Center" that didn't
work.
17.
... work.
12&12
Foreword, p.17
18.
... work?
12&12
Step Three, p.37
19.
... work.
12&12
Step Ten, p.90
Before we
ask what a
spot-
check inventory is,
let's
look at the
kind of
setting in which
such an
inventory can do
its work.
20.
... work.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.110
Nor is this the only
kind of
Twelfth Step work.
21.
... work.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.110
22.
... work.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.110
There are
many opportunities even for
those of us who
feel unable to
speak at
meetings or who are so
situated that we cannot do
much
face-to-
face Twelfth Step work.
23.
... work?
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
Can we
actually carry the
A.A. spirit into our
daily work?
24.
... work.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
We are
sober and
happy in our
A.A. work.
25.
... work.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.142
26.
... work.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.151
27.
... work.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.170
Yet not a
single one of them had been
hired to do
A.A.'s
Twelfth Step work.
28.
... work.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.187
29.
... work against
marriage partnership and compatible union.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.117
30.
... work against
their own deepest instinct.
12&12
Step Six, p.64
31.
... work almost
frantically upon alcoholics arriving in ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
32.
... work, and
even of their sleeping moments, ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
33.
... work and
live together.
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.178
They were
just part and
parcel of
learning to
work and
live together.
34.
... work and
paid-for services.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Eight), p.11
35.
... work and
self-sacrifice for others, he could ...
BB
Bill's Story, pp.14-15
36.
... work and
the chances it may afford ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.102
Perhaps we
think of our
day's
work and the
chances it may
afford us to be
useful and
helpful, or of
some
special problem that
it may
bring.
37.
... work; and
then he lowered the boom.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
38.
... work as
a salesman for the business ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.35
39.
... work as
individuals in these wider fields.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.171
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.
... work, as
such, needed to be publicized.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.186
Our
work, as
such,
needed to be
publicized.
41.
... work at
Akron continued through the summer ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
42.
... work at
it.
BB
Into Action, p.86
It
works, if we have the
proper attitude and
work at it.
43.
... work at
it very hard, either.
12&12
Step Two, p.26
You won't have to
work at it
very hard,
either.
44.
... Work better.
Having a better time."
BB
A Vision For You, p.151
Now and then a
serious drinker,
being dry at the
moment says, "I don't
miss it at all.
Feel better.
Work better. Having a
better time."
45.
... work, but
not its individual members.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.182
46.
... work during
these three years.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
I
lost only a
half day's
work during these
three years.
47.
... work for.
12&12
Step Four, p.45
This
being so, we
think it
logically follows that
sobriety --
first,
last, and all the
time -- is the
only
thing we
need to
work for.
48.
... work for
humility as something to be ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.73
49.
... work for
me too."
BB
Preface, p.xii
If you have a
drinking problem, we
hope that you may
pause in
reading one of the
forty-
two personal stories and
think: "
Yes, that
happened to me"; or,
more important, "
Yes, I've
felt like that"; or, most
important, "
Yes, I
believe this
program can
work for me too."
50.
... work for
something new which does?
BB
We Agnostics, p.52
Is not our
age characterized by the
ease
with which we
discard old ideas for
new, by the
complete readiness with
which we
throw away the
theory or
gadget which does not
work for
something new which does?
51.
... work for
them.
BB
How It Works, p.70
We
think of their
needs and
work for them.
52.
... work for
them.
BB
Into Action, p.84
They
will always materialize if we
work for
them.
53.
... work for
us.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.117
54.
... work for
us.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.166
We do not
decry professionalism in
other fields, but we
accept the
sober fact that it does not
work for us.
55.
... work forms
a group, another discovery is ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
56.
... work full
time, and you're broke.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.136
But you're
giving this
work full time, and you're
broke.
57.
... work grudgingly
and under half steam.
12&12
Step Four, p.49
58.
... work hard
and have a knack of ...
BB
To Employers, pp.139-140
When
sober, does he not
work hard and have a
knack of
getting things done?
59.
... work hard
and they play hard.
BB
To Employers, p.146
They
work hard and they
play hard.
60.
... work hard
at the elimination of the ...
12&12
Step Four, p.50
61.
... work hard
with no better motive than ...
12&12
Step Six, p.67
And how
often we
work hard with
no better motive than to be
secure and
slothful later on -- only we
call that "
retiring."
62.
... work, has
told us of his belief ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.162
We are
greatly indebted
to the
doctor in
attendance there, for he,
although it might
prejudice his
own work, has
told us of his
belief in
ours.
63.
... work, he
can do this with an ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.162
Understanding our
work,
he can do this with an
eye to
selecting those who are
willing and
able to
recover on a
spiritual basis.
64.
... work, he
would surely drink again, and ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
If he did not
work, he would
surely drink again, and if he
drank, he would
surely die.
65.
... work, his
wife gets a divorce and ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.38
66.
... work if
I could only believe as ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.47
I'm
sure it would
work if I
could only
believe as he
believes.
67.
... work in
a department store, coming home ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.4
68.
... work in
a human heart which had ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.11
Here was
something at
work in a
human heart which had
done the
impossible.
69.
... work in
every department of our lives.
BB
To Wives, p.116
70.
... work in
here?
12&12
Tradition Two, p.136
So
why don't you
move your
work in
here?
71.
... work in
the very best sense of ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.110
This is
Twelfth Step work in the
very best sense of the
word.
72.
... work in
unity.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.187
73.
... work is
an avocation.
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
We would
like it
understood that our
alcoholic work is an
avocation.
74.
... work is
my business.
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
75.
... work is
necessary to maintain his sobriety.
BB
To Employers, p.146
76.
... work is
never paid for, but those ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Eight), p.11
Twelfth Step work is
never paid for, but
those who
labor in
service for us are
worthy of their
hire.
77.
... work is
never to be paid for.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
But our
usual A.A. "
12 Step"
work
is
never to be
paid for.
78.
... work is
never to be paid for.
12&12
Tradition Eight (Long), p.191
But our
usual A.A. Twelfth Step work is
never to be
paid for.
79.
... work; it
was to make Twelfth Step ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.168
The
job was not to do
Twelfth
Step work; it was to
make Twelfth Step work possible.
80.
... work like
the devil and thank you ...
BB
To Employers, p.149
He
will work like the
devil and
thank you to his
dying day.
81.
... work long
beyond a reasonable period.
BB
To Employers, p.137
82.
... work must
be done.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.130
That is where our
fellow travelers are, and that is where our
work must be
done.
83.
... work, nor
do we think its effectiveness ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.19
None of us
makes a
sole vocation of this
work,
nor do we
think its effectiveness would be
increased if we did.
84.
... work of
a simple matter.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.40
I had
no trouble refusing drinks, and
began to
wonder if I had not
been
making too
hard work of a
simple matter.
85.
... work of
another alcoholic has accomplished in ...
BB
To Wives, p.118
We do not
like the
thought
that the
contents of a
book
or the
work of
another alcoholic has
accomplished in a
few weeks that for which we
struggled for
years.
86.
... work of
present-day staff members has no ...
12&12
Tradition Eight (Note), p.169
87.
... work on.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.151
But
first I'd have to
find a
drunk to
work on.
88.
... work on
a service plane, the alcoholic ...
BB
Working With Others, p.98
89.
... work on
alcohol.
12&12
Step Six, p.63
My
own willpower just wouldn't
work on
alcohol.
90.
... work on
them, he might have deprived ...
BB
Working With Others, p.96
He
often says that if he had
continued to
work on them, he
might have
deprived many others, who have since
recovered, of their
chance.
91.
... work on
Tuesday morning.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.36
This is his
story: "I
came to
work on
Tuesday morning.
92.
... work, one
alcoholic with another, was vital ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
93.
... work only
with the group.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
94.
... work out.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.181
95.
... work out
our solution on the spiritual ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
96.
... work-outs should
be regarded as part of ...
BB
To Wives, p.117
These
work-
outs should be
regarded as
part of your
education, for
thus you
will be
learning to
live.
97.
... work possible.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.168
The
job was not to do
Twelfth
Step work; it was to
make Twelfth Step work possible.
98.
... work possible,
perhaps arranging for the coffee ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.110
99.
... work, shocked
us.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.184
The
bare hint of
publicity,
even for our
work,
shocked us.
100.
... work sixteen
hours a day.
BB
To Employers, p.146
You may have to
curb his
desire to
work sixteen hours a
day.
101.
... work so
well.
BB
Working With Others, p.93
But he
will be
curious to
learn why his
own convictions have not
worked and
why yours
seem to
work so
well.
102.
... work solid
so far?
BB
Into Action, p.75
Is our
work solid so
far?
103.
... work spreads
and our numbers increase, we ...
BB
To Employers, p.144
As our
work spreads and our
numbers increase, we
hope your
employees may be
put in
personal contact with some of us.
104.
... Work staff,
says, "Alcoholics Anonymous is natural; ...
BB
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
105.
... work the
first nine Steps, we prepare ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.88
106.
... work to
be restored financially, but he ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.123
Father knows he is to
blame; it may
take him
many seasons of
hard work to be
restored financially,
but he shouldn't be
reproached.
107.
... work together?
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
108.
... work together
and hang together, else most ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
109.
... work together
as groups.
12&12
Contents (Tradition One), p.9
110.
... work together
as groups became the prime ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
111.
... work together
with harmony and good effect.
12&12
Foreword, p.18
112.
... work took
me about Wall Street and ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.2
113.
... work toward
ourselves.
12&12
Step Six, p.65
114.
... work twenty-four
hours a day in and ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.16
Faith has to
work twenty-
four hours a
day in and
through us, or we
perish.
115.
... work we
sometimes carry the message to ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.111
116.
... work, we
stay lazy.
12&12
Step Four, p.49
And with
genuine alarm at
the
prospect of
work, we
stay lazy.
117.
... work we
were great successes or dismal ...
12&12
Step Four, p.47
118.
... work well.
BB
How It Works, p.63
Being all
powerful, He
provided what we
needed, if
we
kept close to Him and
performed His
work well.
119.
... work where
nothing else would.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.116
We
found that
dependence
upon His
perfect justice,
forgiveness, and
love was
healthy, and that it
would
work where
nothing else would.
120.
... work with
another alcoholic instead!
BB
Working With Others, p.102
But if you are
shaky, you had
better work with
another alcoholic instead!
121.
... work with
another alcoholic would save the ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
122.
... work with
other alcoholics.
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiv
123.
... work with
other alcoholics.
BB
Working With Others, p.89
124.
... work with
other alcoholics, he remains sober ...
BB
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
125.
... work with
other people to maintain his ...
BB
To Wives, p.119
The
fact is that he should
work
with
other people to
maintain his
own sobriety.
126.
... work with
others.
BB
Bill's Story, p.14
They in
turn might
work with
others.
127.
... work with
others as he had worked ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.14
Particularly was it
imperative to
work with
others as he had
worked with
me.
128.
... work with
the alcoholic who suffers could ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.166
Almost from the
beginning, we have been
positive that
face-to-
face work with the
alcoholic who
suffers could
be
based only on the
desire
to
help and be
helped.
129.
... work with
you.
BB
Working With Others, p.96
We
find it a
waste of
time to
keep chasing a
man who cannot or
will not
work with you.
130.
... work would
depend the answer for sufferers ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
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