From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... world.
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
2.
... world.
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
3.
... world?
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
4.
... world.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
5.
... world.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
We forgot that most alcoholics in A.A. have an earning power considerably above average; we forgot the immense goodwill of our brother A.A.'s who were only too
eager to help us to better jobs when we deserved them; we forgot
the actual or potential
financial insecurity of every human being in the world.
6.
... world.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
In the next years alcoholics flocked to A.A. by tens of thousands, largely as the
result of excellent and
continuous publicity freely given by magazines and newspapers throughout
the world.
7.
... world.
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
We might transform the world.
8.
... world.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
His connection with A.A.
would be valuable, because the Fellowship
stood high in public favor and hadn't an enemy in the world.
9.
... world.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Eight tons of books and literature per month do not package and channel themselves all over the
world.
10.
... world.
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
11.
... world.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
12.
... world.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
These tiny bodies are governed by precise laws, and these laws hold true throughout the material
world.
13.
... world.
BB p.74,
Into Action
14.
... world.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
15.
... world.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
16.
... world.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
He may bring new hope and new courage to many a priest, minister, or rabbi, who gives his all to minister to our troubled
world.
17.
... world.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
It was now time, the struggling groups thought, to place their message and unique experience before the
world.
18.
... world.
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Since the third edition
was published in 1976, worldwide membership
of A.A. has just about doubled, to an estimated
two million or more, with nearly 100,800 groups meeting in approximately 150 countries around the world.
19.
... world.
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Taking advantage of technological advances, for example, A.A. members with computers can participate in meetings online, sharing with fellow alcoholics across the country or around the world.
20.
... world --
a society which said it wished ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
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.
21.
... world abound.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
Of course the depressive and the power-driver are personality extremes,
types with which A.A. and the
whole world abound.
22.
... world about
it, the way it lives ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
They outline the means by
which A.A. maintains its unity and relates itself to the world about it, the way it lives and grows.
23.
... world about
us, and with Him who ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
For it is only by accepting and solving our problems that
we can begin to get right with ourselves and
with the world about us, and with Him who presides over us all.
24.
... world about
us we saw personalities destroying ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
25.
... world affairs.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
II. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience
of our whole Society in its world affairs.
26.
... world, and
considerable stomach trouble.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
27.
... world and
its people really dominated us.
BB p.66,
How It Works
28.
... world and
its people were often quite ...
BB p.66,
How It Works
29.
... world and
life as we see it, ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
When, however, the perfectly logical assumption is suggested that underneath the material
world and life as we see it, there is an All Powerful, Guiding, Creative Intelligence, right
there our perverse streak comes to the surface and we laboriously set out to convince ourselves it isn't so.
30.
... world, are
going to back away from ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Nor does it mean that the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, now restored as citizens of
the world, are going to back away from their individual responsibilities to act as they see the right upon issues of our time.
31.
... world arteries
would no longer carry the ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; our world arteries would no longer carry the life-giving grace of God; His gift to us would be spent aimlessly.
32.
... world as
on what needs to be ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
I need to concentrate
not so much on what needs to
be changed in the world as
on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.
33.
... world at
large?
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
34.
... world because
I did not understand alcoholism ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
Here were three exceptional men lost to this world because I did not understand alcoholism
as I do now.
35.
... world's best
professionals, whether medical or religious.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Almost no recovery from alcoholism has ever been brought about by the world's
best professionals,
whether medical or religious.
36.
... world but
his family?
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
If he means to right his past wrongs, why all this concern for everyone in the world but his
family?
37.
... world by
mistake.
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
38.
... world came
into view.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
39.
... world center,
referring you to the nearest ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
If you cannot find A.A. in your
locality, visit our Web site: www.aa.org; or a letter addressed to Alcoholics Anonymous,
Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, USA, will receive a prompt reply from this world center, referring you to the nearest A.A. group.
40.
... world clearing
house for the Al-Anon Family ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
This is a world clearing
house for the Al-Anon Family Groups, composed largely of the wives, husbands and friends of A.A. members.
41.
... world ever
made a worse mess of ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
But we are sure that no class of people in the world ever made a worse mess of trying to live by this formula than alcoholics.
42.
... world's finest
women.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
43.
... world has
been replaced by a great ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
This dream world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing consciousness
of the power of God in our lives.
44.
... world have
set their approval upon us.
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Since Dr. Silkworth's first endorsement of Alcoholics Anonymous,
medical societies and
physicians throughout the world have
set their approval upon us.
45.
... world he
presents his stage character.
BB p.73,
Into Action
46.
... world I
was important.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
47.
... world if
he only manages well?
BB p.61,
How It Works
Is he not a victim of the delusion that he can wrest
satisfaction and happiness out of this world if he only manages well?
48.
... world, immense
and favorable publicity of every ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
Throughout the world, immense and favorable publicity of every description has been the principal means of bringing alcoholics
into our Fellowship.
49.
... world in
the eye.
BB p.75,
Into Action
50.
... world in
which we lived.
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
In Step Eight, we continued our housecleaning, for we saw
that we were not only in conflict with ourselves, but also with people and situations in
the world in which we lived.
51.
... world is
dependent upon publicized leadership.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
Much of the political, economic, and religious
life of the world is dependent upon publicized leadership.
52.
... world is
full of people like him.
BB p.109,
To Wives
53.
... world itself
-- into protective parents.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
We had failed to see that though adult in years we were still behaving childishly, trying to turn everybody -- friends, wives, husbands, even the world itself -- into protective
parents.
54.
... world's libraries
and places of worship are ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
55.
... world, no
matter what your present circumstances!
BB p.100,
Working With Others
Follow the dictates of a
Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!
56.
... world of
alcoholism where everything is distorted ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
Perhaps your husband has
been living in that strange world of alcoholism where everything is distorted and exaggerated.
57.
... world of
big business.
BB p.136,
To Employers
Among many employers nowadays, we
think of one member who has spent much of his life in the world of big business.
58.
... world of
ignorance and misunderstanding.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
59.
... world of
meaning when we think about ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
60.
... world of
ours has made more material ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
This world of ours has made more material progress in the
last century than in all
the millenniums which went before.
61.
... world of
spiritual make-believe have eventually seen ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
Those of us who have spent
much time in the world of spiritual make-believe have eventually seen the childishness of it.
62.
... world of
the alcoholic.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
By late 1937, the number of members having substantial sobriety
time behind them was sufficient to convince
the membership that a new
light had entered the dark world of the alcoholic.
63.
... world of
the Spirit.
BB p.84,
Into Action
64.
... world of
warring individuals, warring theological systems, ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
We looked upon this world of warring individuals, warring theological systems,
and inexplicable calamity, with deep skepticism.
65.
... world, once
his liquor problem is solved, ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
It is the most natural thing in the world, once his liquor problem is solved, to feel that he will now measure up to that cherished vision.
66.
... world once
more.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
67.
... world outside
have to be maintained.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
68.
... world outside
we are partners in a ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
69.
... world owed
us a living, then the ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
When we had taken the opposite tack and had insisted, like infants ourselves, that
people protect and take care of us or that the world owed us a living, then the result had
been equally unfortunate.
70.
... world, people
who rose above their problems.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
Yet we had been seeing another kind of flight, a spiritual liberation from this world,
people who rose above their problems.
71.
... world, recovery
begins when one alcoholic talks ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength,
and hope.
72.
... world's religions,
I parted right there.
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
73.
... world-renowned hospital,
recently made this statement to ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
One of these men, staff member of a world-renowned hospital, recently made this statement to some
of us: "What you say about the general hopelessness
of the average alcoholic's plight is, in
my opinion, correct.
74.
... world riddled
with envy.
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
75.
... world service
affairs.
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
VII. The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees
to manage and conduct
world service affairs.
76.
... World Service
and revises the three sections ...
BB xii,
Preface
This fourth edition includes the Twelve Concepts for World Service and revises the three sections of personal stories as follows.
77.
... world service
leadership, once exercised by the ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
Primary world service leadership, once exercised by the founders, must necessarily be assumed
by the trustees.
78.
... world service
matters should be exercised by ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
VI. The Conference recognizes that the chief
initiative and active
responsibility in most world service matters should be exercised by the trustee
members of the Conference acting as the
General Service Board.
79.
... World Service
Office, 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
If there is no Al-Anon/Alateen listing in
your local telephone book, you may obtain further information on
Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups by writing to its World Service Office, 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617.
80.
... World Service
provide a group of related ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
Written by co-founder Bill W. in 1962, the Twelve Concepts for World Service provide a group of related principles to help ensure that various elements of A.A.'s service structure remain responsive and responsible to those they
serve.
81.
... world services.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
82.
... World Services,
Inc., and our monthly magazine, ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
The General Service Board of A.A. (the trustees) administers
A.A.'s General Service Office, A.A. World Services, Inc., and our monthly magazine, the A.A. Grapevine.
83.
... world services
should always reside in the ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
I. Final responsibility and ultimate authority for
A.A. world services should always reside in the collective
conscience of our whole
Fellowship.
84.
... world, statements
just like this are heard ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
85.
... world, that
outward appearances are not inward ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
It is being constantly
revealed, as mankind studies the material world, that outward appearances are not inward reality at all.
86.
... world, then
such a Higher Power was ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
In Step Eleven we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to
live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better, by as direct contact as possible.
87.
... world tide
of alcoholism, defeated drinkers will ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Our hope is that when this chip of a book is launched on the world tide of alcoholism, defeated drinkers will seize upon it, to follow its suggestions.
88.
... world to
play the role He assigns.
BB p.68,
How It Works
89.
... world's troubles
on our shoulders.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders.
90.
... World War
II broke out, this spiritual ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
91.
... World War
record.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
92.
... world, we
have made only a scratch.
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
So far, upon the total problem of several million actual and potential alcoholics in the world, we
have made only a scratch.
93.
... world we
live in.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
We are certain that our intelligence, backed by
willpower, can rightly
control our inner lives and guarantee us success in the world we live in.
94.
... world, we
still vainly tried to be ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Even when our fortunes had
not ebbed that much and we nevertheless found ourselves alone in the
world, we still vainly tried to be secure by some unhealthy
kind of domination or dependence.
95.
... world where
we can quiet down for ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Many of us also like the experience of an
occasional retreat
from the outside world
where we can quiet down for
an undisturbed day or so
of self-overhaul and meditation.
96.
... world which
does not understand the difference ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
They are abetted in this blindness by a world which
does not understand the difference between sane drinking and alcoholism.
97.
... world will
then turn happy and be ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
98.
... world wires;
inquiries poured in again and ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
News of this got on the world wires; inquiries poured in again and many people went to the bookstores to get the book "Alcoholics Anonymous."
99.
... world with
fine doctors, psychologists, and practitioners ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
God has abundantly supplied this world with fine doctors, psychologists, and practitioners of various kinds.
100.
... world would
only behave; the outlaw safe ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
He is like the retired business man who lolls in the Florida sunshine in the winter complaining of the sad state of the nation; the minister who sighs over the sins of the twentieth century; politicians and reformers who are sure all
would be Utopia if the rest
of the world would only behave; the outlaw safe cracker who thinks society has wronged him; and the alcoholic who has lost all
and is locked up.
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