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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
  ... ever.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever.


2.
  ... ever.  BB Working With Others, p.101
If the alcoholic tries to shield himself he may succeed for a time, but he usually winds up with a bigger explosion then ever.


3.
  ... ever.  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
Some of us had this experience, only to enjoy, in a few months, a finer intimacy than ever.


4.
  ... ever.  BB To Employers, p.138
The only answer I could make was that if the man followed the usual pattern, he would go on a bigger bust than ever.


5.
  ... ever.  12&12 Step Five, p.55
If we have swept the searchlight of Step Four back and forth over our careers, and it has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather not remember, if we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others, then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever.


6.
  ... ever.  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
We began to fear pain less, and desire humility more than ever.


7.
  ... ever.  12&12 Tradition Two, pp.136-137
I thought of a few of my alcoholic friends, who were making as much money as ever.


8.
  ... ever advancing Creation, we agnostics and atheists ...  BB We Agnostics, p.49
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.


9.
  ... ever becoming blacker.  BB A Vision For You, p.151
It thickened, ever becoming blacker.


10.
  ... ever been brought about by the world's ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.166
Almost no recovery from alcoholism has ever been brought about by the world's best professionals, whether medical or religious.


11.
  ... ever before.  BB To Wives, p.108
Today most of our men are better husbands and fathers than ever before.


12.
  ... ever cut off the supply of current.  12&12 Step Three, p.36
We are delighted with this dependence; our main hope is that nothing will ever cut off the supply of current.


13.
  ... ever depend upon money or conformity.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
Nor ought A.A. membership ever depend upon money or conformity.


14.
  ... ever depend upon money or conformity.  12&12 Tradition Three (Long), p.189
Nor ought A.A. membership ever depend upon money or conformity.


15.
  ... ever drank again it would kill him, ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
"The doctor told him that if he ever drank again it would kill him, but there he is all lit up again."


16.
  ... ever drink again, even beer, he might ...  BB To Employers, p.142
If he temporizes and still thinks he can ever drink again, even beer, he might as well be discharged after the next bender which, if an alcoholic, he is almost certain to have.


17.
  ... ever drunk on the job, taking a ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties, switching from scotch to brandy, drinking only natural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off forever (with and without a solemn oath), taking more physical exercise, reading inspirational books, going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums -- we could increase the list ad infinitum.


18.
  ... ever get started again?"  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
How often have some of us begun to drink in this nonchalant way, and after the third or fourth, pounded on the bar and said to ourselves, "For God's sake, how did I ever get started again?"


19.
  ... ever get well on their own steam, ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.152
I insisted that few drunks could ever get well on their own steam, but that in our groups we could do together what we could not do separately.


20.
  ... ever going to be happy again.  12&12 Step Twelve, pp.118-119
Both of them blame each other and ask when their marriage is ever going to be happy again.


21.
  ... ever got.  BB How It Works, p.66
To conclude that others were wrong was as far as most of us ever got.


22.
  ... ever got drunk on beer.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
It was harmless; nobody ever got drunk on beer.


23.
  ... ever had.  BB To Employers, p.137
It was the obituary of one of the best salesmen I ever had.


24.
  ... ever had a more urgent need for ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
Therefore, no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity.


25.
  ... ever had, and that you were not ...  BB To Employers, p.136
He left us a note saying you were the best boss he ever had, and that you were not to blame in any way."


26.
  ... ever had, that in the future he ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
Following his physical rehabilitation, he had a talk with me in which he frankly stated he thought the treatment a waste of effort, unless I could assure him, which no one ever had, that in the future he would have the "will power" to resist the impulse to drink.


27.
  ... ever had to throw me down and ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
So it doesn't behoove me to squawk about it for, after all, nobody ever had to throw me down and pour liquor down my throat.


28.
  ... ever have.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.187
We are sure that humility, expressed by anonymity, is the greatest safeguard that Alcoholics Anonymous can ever have.


29.
  ... ever have imagined.  BB Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiii
Like so much of A.A.'s basic text, those words have proved to be far more visionary than the founding members could ever have imagined.


30.
  ... ever hear of a nation, a church, ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.172
Did anyone ever hear of a nation, a church, a political party, even a benevolent association that had no membership rules?


31.
  ... ever hear of a society which couldn't ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.172
Did anyone ever hear of a society which couldn't somehow discipline its members and enforce obedience to necessary rules and regulations?


32.
  ... ever heard of such a thing?  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.160
Who ever heard of such a thing?


33.
  ... ever hoping that one day our loved ...  BB To Wives, p.105
Some of us veered from extreme to extreme, ever hoping that one day our loved ones would be themselves once more.


34.
  ... ever I can't stop."  BB A Vision For You, p.157
From what you tell me, I know more than ever I can't stop."


35.
  ... ever, in such a way as to ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
10. No A.A. group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues -- particularly those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.


36.
  ... ever, in such a way as to ...  12&12 Tradition Ten (Long), p.192
Ten -- No A.A. group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues -- particularly those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.


37.
  ... ever know.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
In this prodigy of service, he was well assisted by Sister Ignatia at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio, one of the greatest friends our Fellowship will ever know.


38.
  ... ever know.  12&12 Step Five, p.56
Not a soul must ever know.


39.
  ... ever known!  BB Bill's Story, p.11
Then he had, in effect, been raised from the dead, suddenly taken from the scrap heap to a level of life better than the best he had ever known!


40.
  ... ever known.  BB To Employers, p.137
I had been obliged to discharge him for drinking, though he was brilliant, alert, and one of the best organizers I have ever known.


41.
  ... ever loved personal triumphs more than we ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.91
For no people have ever loved personal triumphs more than we have loved them; we drank of success as of a wine which could never fail to make us feel elated.


42.
  ... ever made a worse mess of trying ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.71
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.


43.
  ... ever more serious alcoholism, impending mental and ...  BB We Agnostics, p.56
Post-war disillusionment, ever more serious alcoholism, impending mental and physical collapse, brought him to the point of self-destruction.


44.
  ... ever publicly taken sides on any question ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
Nor has our Fellowship ever publicly taken sides on any question in an embattled world.


45.
  ... ever recovers control.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.30
We know that no real alcoholic ever recovers control.


46.
  ... ever reminding us to place principles before ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Twelve -- Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.


47.
  ... ever reminding us to place principles before ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Twelve), p.13
Tradition Twelve -- "Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."


48.
  ... ever reminding us to place principles before ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."


49.
  ... ever since.  BB Bill's Story, p.13
And so it had been ever since.


50.
  ... ever since man had first crushed grapes.  12&12 Step One, p.22
And this had been true, apparently, ever since man had first crushed grapes.


51.
  Ever since, these friends have reported A.A. ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.182
Ever since, these friends have reported A.A. with an enthusiasm which the most ardent members would find hard to match.


52.
  ... ever skillful in separating justified from unjustified ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.90
Nor were we ever skillful in separating justified from unjustified anger.


53.
  ... ever so slightly open, we find that ...  12&12 Step Three, p.35
Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more.


54.
  ... ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
On the other hand -- and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand -- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.


55.
  ... ever straighten out that awful jam that ...  12&12 Step Three, p.39
And how shall he ever straighten out that awful jam that cost him the affection of his family and separated him from them?


56.
  ... ever take any action that might greatly ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
And no group, regional committee, or individual should ever take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.


57.
  ... ever take any action that might greatly ...  12&12 Tradition Four (Long), p.189
And no group, regional committee, or individual should ever take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.


58.
  ... ever take care of those awful debts, ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
How could we ever take care of those awful debts, possess a decent home, educate the kids, and set something by for old age?


59.
  ... ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends ...  12&12 Step Two, p.32
In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.


60.
  ... ever talked, who knew what he was ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
Of far more importance was the fact that he was the first living human with whom I had ever talked, who knew what he was talking about in regard to alcoholism from actual experience.


61.
  ... ever there was a successful business man, ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
If ever there was a successful business man, it is Fred.


62.
  ... ever-urgent questions, "How can A.A. best function?" ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
The "12 Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous are, we A.A.'s believe, the best answers that our experience has yet given to those ever-urgent questions, "How can A.A. best function?" and, "How can A.A. best stay whole and so survive?"


63.
  ... ever were to feel emotionally secure among ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
It became clear that if we ever were to feel emotionally secure among grown-up people, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop the sense of being in partnership or brotherhood with all those around us.


64.
  ... ever won through in singlehanded combat.  12&12 Step One, p.22
Few indeed were those who, so assailed, had ever won through in singlehanded combat.


65.
  ... ever worked the Twelfth Step for a ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.166
This has always been so obvious that only a very few A.A.'s have ever worked the Twelfth Step for a fee.


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