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... work.
BB
Bill's Story, p.8
My wife was at work.
2.
... work.
BB
Bill's Story, p.10
My intellectual heroes, the chemists, the astronomers, even the evolutionists, suggested vast laws and forces at work.
3.
... work.
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
It was fortunate, for my old
business associates remained skeptical for a
year and a half, during which I found little work.
4.
... work.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.19
5.
... work.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.22
As matters grow worse, he begins to use a combination of high-powered sedative and liquor to quiet his nerves so he can go to work.
6.
... work.
BB
We Agnostics, p.52
Our ideas did not work.
7.
... work.
BB
How It Works, p.62
It didn't work.
8.
... work.
BB
Into Action, p.87
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
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
17.
... work.
12&12
Foreword, p.17
This present volume proposes to broaden and deepen the understanding
of the Twelve Steps as first written in the earlier work.
18.
... work?
12&12
Step Three, p.37
This brave philosophy, wherein each man plays God, sounds good in the speaking, but it still has to meet the acid test: how well does it actually work?
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
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
24.
... work.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.112
25.
... work.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.142
26.
... work.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.151
27.
... work.
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.170
28.
... work.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.187
29.
... work against
marriage partnership and compatible union.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.117
When alcoholism strikes, very unnatural situations may
develop which work against marriage partnership and compatible union.
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
Hence the two men set to work almost frantically upon alcoholics arriving in
the ward of the Akron City Hospital.
32.
... work, and
even of their sleeping moments, ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
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.
33.
... work and
live together.
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.178
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
For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he
could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead.
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
He paid a fine tribute to the Fellowship;
he told how his family had
been reunited; he extolled the virtue of honesty; he recalled the joys of Twelfth Step work; and then he lowered the boom.
38.
... work as
a salesman for the business ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.35
His family was re-assembled, and he began to
work as a salesman for the
business he had lost through drinking.
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
41.
... work at
Akron continued through the summer ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
42.
... work at
it.
BB
Into Action, p.86
43.
... work at
it very hard, either.
12&12
Step Two, p.26
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
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.
46.
... work during
these three years.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
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
To get completely away from our aversion to the
idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired for
itself, takes most of us a long, long time.
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
52.
... work for
them.
BB
Into Action, p.84
53.
... work for
us.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.117
We A.A.'s cannot pretend to offer full answers to age-old perplexities, but our own experience does provide certain answers that work for us.
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
The moment this Twelfth Step work forms a group, another discovery is made -- that most individuals cannot recover unless there is a group.
56.
... work full
time, and you're broke.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.136
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
59.
... work hard
and they play hard.
BB
To Employers, p.146
60.
... work hard
at the elimination of the ...
12&12
Step Four, p.50
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions:
that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary
cause of his drinking and
his failure at life; that unless he is now willing to work hard at the elimination of
the worst of these defects,
both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the faulty
foundation of his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
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
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
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
69.
... work in
every department of our lives.
BB
To Wives, p.116
70.
... work in
here?
12&12
Tradition Two, p.136
71.
... work in
the very best sense of ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.110
72.
... work in
unity.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.187
As we lay aside these very human aspirations, we believe
that each of us takes part in the weaving of a protective mantle which covers our whole Society and under which we may
grow and work in unity.
73.
... work is
an avocation.
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
74.
... work is
my business.
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
Committees have instructed many an A.A. to stop working on a chronic backslider, only to be told:
"How I do my Twelfth Step
work is my business.
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
78.
... work is
never to be paid for.
12&12
Tradition Eight (Long), p.191
79.
... work; it
was to make Twelfth Step ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.168
80.
... work like
the devil and thank you ...
BB
To Employers, p.149
81.
... work long
beyond a reasonable period.
BB
To Employers, p.137
Because of the employee's
special ability, or of his
own strong personal attachment to
him, the employer has sometimes kept such a man at work long beyond a reasonable period.
82.
... work must
be done.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.130
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
(*) The work of present-day staff members has no counterpart among the job categories of commercial organizations. These A.A.'s
bring a wide range of business and professional experience to their service at The General Service Office.
87.
... work on.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.151
88.
... work on
a service plane, the alcoholic ...
BB
Working With Others, p.98
The minute we put our work on a service plane, the alcoholic commences to rely upon our assistance rather than upon God.
89.
... work on
alcohol.
12&12
Step Six, p.63
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
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
Every doctor concerned would at times wish he could devote himself to his chosen field rather than work only with the group.
94.
... work out.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.181
95.
... work out
our solution on the spiritual ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
Though we work out our solution on the spiritual as well as an altruistic plane, we favor hospitalization
for the alcoholic who is very jittery or befogged.
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
98.
... work possible,
perhaps arranging for the coffee ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.110
We can be the ones who take on
the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the
coffee and cake after the meetings, where so
many skeptical, suspicious newcomers
have found confidence and
comfort in the laughter
and talk.
99.
... work, shocked
us.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.184
100.
... work sixteen
hours a day.
BB
To Employers, p.146
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
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
Edward Dowling, S.J.,(*) of the Queen's Work staff, says, "Alcoholics Anonymous is natural; it is
natural at the point where
nature comes closest to the supernatural, namely in
humiliations and in consequent humility.
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
The test that it faced was
this: Could these large numbers of erstwhile erratic alcoholics successfully meet and work together?
108.
... work together
and hang together, else most ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
We alcoholics see that we
must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone.
109.
... work together
as groups.
12&12
Contents (Tradition One), p.9
Tradition One -- "Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity." Without unity, A.A. dies. Individual liberty, yet great unity. Key to paradox: each A.A.'s life depends on obedience to spiritual principles.
The group must survive or the individual
will not. Common welfare comes first. How best to live and work together as groups.
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
But it was by no means sure that such great numbers of yet erratic people could live and work together with harmony and good effect.
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
115.
... work we
sometimes carry the message to ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.111
By a great deal of ardent Twelfth Step work we sometimes carry the message to so many alcoholics that they place
us in a position of trust.
116.
... work, we
stay lazy.
12&12
Step Four, p.49
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
121.
... work with
another alcoholic would save the ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
This sometimes nearly drove me back to drink, but I soon found that when all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic would save the day.
122.
... work with
other alcoholics.
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiv
We shall be interested to
hear from those who are getting results from this book, particularly from those who have commenced
work with other alcoholics.
123.
... work with
other alcoholics.
BB
Working With Others, p.89
Practical experience
shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive
work with other alcoholics.
124.
... work with
other alcoholics, he remains sober ...
BB
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
Learning to depend upon a higher power and absorb himself in his work with other alcoholics, he remains sober day by day.
125.
... work with
other people to maintain his ...
BB
To Wives, p.119
126.
... work with
others.
BB
Bill's Story, p.14
127.
... work with
others as he had worked ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.14
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
130.
... work would
depend the answer for sufferers ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
Alcoholics Anonymous
can be likened to a group of
physicians who might find
a cure for cancer, and upon whose concerted work would depend the answer for sufferers of this disease.
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