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


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1.
  ... need.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
Having opened our channel as best we can, we try to ask for those right things of which we and others are in the greatest need.


2.
  ... need.  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.181
People who symbolize causes and ideas fill a deep human need.


3.
  ... need a bodyguard nor is he confined.  BB There Is A Solution, p.26
He does not need a bodyguard nor is he confined.


4.
  ... need a mental uplift, I often think ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
When I need a mental uplift, I often think of another case brought in by a physician prominent in New York.


5.
  ... need a moral inventory.  12&12 Step Four, p.45
Our present anxieties and troubles, we cry, are caused by the behavior of other people -- people who really need a moral inventory.


6.
  ... need always maintain personal anonymity at the ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Eleven -- Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.


7.
  ... need always maintain personal anonymity at the ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Eleven), p.12
Tradition Eleven -- "Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films."


8.
  ... need always maintain personal anonymity at the ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
"Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films."


9.
  ... need and inquired if she had a ...  BB A Vision For You, p.156
They explained their need and inquired if she had a first class alcoholic prospect.


10.
  ... need be.  BB Working With Others, p.97
You have to act the Good Samaritan every day, if need be.


11.
  ... need bracing air and an abundance of ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
Most certainly we shall need bracing air and an abundance of food.


12.
  ... need comforting.  12&12 Step Four, p.46
These newcomers scarcely need comforting.


13.
  ... need every human being has for practical ...  12&12 Step Five, p.56
Psychiatrists and psychologists point out the deep need every human being has for practical insight and knowledge of his own personality flaws and for a discussion of them with an understanding and trustworthy person.


14.
  ... need, fearing we shall never have enough.  12&12 Step Four, p.49
We eat, drink, and grab for more of everything than we need, fearing we shall never have enough.


15.
  ... need for a list of the more ...  12&12 Step Four, p.48
Now let's ponder the need for a list of the more glaring personality defects all of us have in varying degrees.


16.
  ... need for all of A.A.'s Twelve Steps ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
We temporarily cease to grow because we feel satisfied that there is no need for all of A.A.'s Twelve Steps for us.


17.
  ... need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity.  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.


18.
  Need for discretion.  12&12 Contents (Step Nine), p.8
Need for discretion.


19.
  ... need for moral inventory, confession of personality ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
Though he could not accept all the tenets of the Oxford Groups, he was convinced of the need for moral inventory, confession of personality defects, restitution to those harmed, helpfulness to others, and the necessity of belief in and dependence upon God.


20.
  ... need fresh interests and a great cause ...  BB To Wives, p.119
Therefore, you probably need fresh interests and a great cause to live for as much as your husband.


21.
  ... need God.  BB To Wives, p.116
But it was a silly idea that we were too good to need God.


22.
  ... need have difficulty with the spirituality of ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.568
We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program.


23.
  ... need have no apprehension.  BB Working With Others, p.102
If you answer these questions satisfactorily, you need have no apprehension.


24.
  ... need him.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.133
He needs other alcoholics as much as they need him.


25.
  ... need is a key, and the decision ...  12&12 Step Three, p.34
All we need is a key, and the decision to swing the door open.


26.
  ... need is a truly open mind.  12&12 Step Two, p.26
Third, all you really need is a truly open mind.


27.
  ... need is the open mind."  12&12 Step Two, p.26
Again I say, all you need is the open mind."


28.
  ... need is there for a moral inventory ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
If we were pretty nice people all along, except for our drinking, what need is there for a moral inventory now that we are sober?


29.
  ... need it, and I won't have it! ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.143
Cried Ed, "I can't stand this God stuff! It's a lot of malarkey for weak folks. This group doesn't need it, and I won't have it! To hell with it!"


30.
  ... need it badly.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
I spend a great deal of time passing on what I learned to others who want and need it badly.


31.
  ... need it before daylight.  BB Bill's Story, p.8
I would need it before daylight.


32.
  ... need it to carry green recruits through ...  BB Working With Others, p.102
We often need it to carry green recruits through a severe hangover.


33.
  ... need look no further for Utopia.  BB Bill's Story, p.16
Most of us feel we need look no further for Utopia.


34.
  ... need medical attention.  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
If a sufficiently strong reason -- ill health, falling in love, change of environment, or the warning of a doctor -- becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate, although he may find it difficult and troublesome and may even need medical attention.


35.
  ... need more action, without which we find ...  BB Into Action, p.76
Now we need more action, without which we find that "Faith without works is dead."


36.
  ... need no inventory are confronted with quite ...  12&12 Step Four, p.46
The sponsors of those who feel they need no inventory are confronted with quite another problem.


37.
  ... need no longer be square pegs in ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
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.


38.
  ... need no others.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.174
Great suffering and great love are A.A.'s disciplinarians; we need no others.


39.
  ... need not, and often should not show ...  BB To Employers, p.148
He need not, and often should not show it to his alcoholic prospect.


40.
  ... need not, and probably should not emphasize ...  BB Into Action, p.76
To some people we need not, and probably should not emphasize the spiritual feature on our first approach.


41.
  ... need not be alarmed.  BB To Wives, p.120
If you are satisfied he really wants to get over drinking, you need not be alarmed.


42.
  ... need not be disconcerted.  BB We Agnostics, p.44
Our experience shows that you need not be disconcerted.


43.
  ... need not be discouraged when we fall ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.91
We need not be discouraged when we fall into the error of our old ways, for these disciplines are not easy.


44.
  ... need not be worried.  BB We Agnostics, p.50
Experience has taught us that these are matters about which, for our purpose, we need not be worried.


45.
  ... need not discuss your husband at length, ...  BB To Wives, p.115
While you need not discuss your husband at length, you can quietly let your friends know the nature of his illness.


46.
  ... need not follow all of the program.  BB Working With Others, p.94
Your candidate may give reasons why he need not follow all of the program.


47.
  ... need not pass this way," and Fear ...  12&12 Step Four, p.49
Pride says, "You need not pass this way," and Fear says, "You dare not look!"


48.
  ... need not remind him of his spiritual ...  BB To Wives, p.120
You need not remind him of his spiritual deficiency -- he will know of it.


49.
  ... need of help really deluged us.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
Then Jack Alexander wrote a feature article in the Saturday Evening Post and placed such a compelling picture of A.A. before the general public that alcoholics in need of help really deluged us.


50.
  ... need only recognize that we did act ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
Here we need only recognize that we did act or think badly, try to visualize how we might have done better, and resolve with God's help to carry these lessons over into tomorrow, making, of course, any amends still neglected.


51.
  ... need our help would be broken.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.175
Our communications lines with those who need our help would be broken.


52.
  ... need protection from their father, it is ...  BB To Wives, p.115
Unless they actually need protection from their father, it is best not to take sides in any argument he has with them while drinking.


53.
  ... need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.91
In all these situations we need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is involved, a willingness to admit when the fault is ours, and an equal willingness to forgive when the fault is elsewhere.


54.
  ... need something much better in order to ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
Although these attitudes are common enough, we A.A.'s find we need something much better in order to keep our balance.


55.
  ... need the counsel and love of a ...  BB To Wives, p.119
They need the counsel and love of a woman who has gone through what you have.


56.
  ... need the light of God's reality, the ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.97
We all need the light of God's reality, the nourishment of His strength, and the atmosphere of His grace.


57.
  ... need them."  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.164
We're going to need them."


58.
  ... need this information to put yourself in ...  BB Working With Others, p.90
You need this information to put yourself in his place, to see how you would like him to approach you if the tables were turned.


59.
  ... need to authorize workers to serve us.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.174
It is clear now that we ought never to name boards to govern us, but it is equally clear that we shall always need to authorize workers to serve us.


60.
  ... need to be as sure as possible ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.119
They need to be as sure as possible that no deep-lying emotional handicap in either will be likely to rise up under later pressures to cripple them.


61.
  ... need to be solid A.A.'s and long ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.119
The prospective partners need to be solid A.A.'s and long enough acquainted to know that their compatibility at spiritual, mental, and emotional levels is a fact and not wishful thinking.


62.
  ... need to be "taught a lesson," when ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
We sometimes hurt those we love because they need to be "taught a lesson," when we really want to punish.


63.
  ... need to begin.  BB A Vision For You, p.163
We believe and hope it contains all you will need to begin.


64.
  ... need to bring anyone else into this?"  12&12 Step Five, p.59
Why do we need to bring anyone else into this?"


65.
  ... need to concentrate not so much on ...  BB Acceptance, p.417
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.


66.
  ... need to consider another's conception of God.  BB We Agnostics, p.46
Much to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider another's conception of God.


67.
  ... need to continue taking personal inventory, and ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
By this time, at Step Ten, we had begun to get a basis for daily living, and we keenly realized that we would need to continue taking personal inventory, and that when we were in the wrong we ought to admit it promptly.


68.
  ... need to criticize each other.  BB To Wives, p.118
If you both show a willingness to remedy your own defects, there will be little need to criticize each other.


69.
  ... need to cross-examine themselves ruthlessly to determine ...  12&12 Step Four, pp.51-52
But all alcoholics who have drunk themselves out of jobs, family, and friends will need to cross-examine themselves ruthlessly to determine how their own personality defects have thus demolished their security.


70.
  ... need to determine what his individual character ...  12&12 Step Four, p.48
Human beings are never quite alike, so each of us, when making an inventory, will need to determine what his individual character defects are.


71.
  ... need to discourage A.A.'s who wish to ...  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.


72.
  ... need to eliminate these hangovers.  12&12 Step Ten, p.88
If we would live serenely today and tomorrow, we certainly need to eliminate these hangovers.


73.
  ... need to encourage him to play once ...  BB To Employers, p.146
You may need to encourage him to play once in a while.


74.
  ... need to exercise special vigilance.  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
Now that we're in A.A. and sober, and winning back the esteem of our friends and business associates, we find that we still need to exercise special vigilance.


75.
  ... need to fetch ourselves up sharply.  12&12 Step Eight, p.78
Right here we need to fetch ourselves up sharply.


76.
  ... need to give constantly of ourselves without ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
We saw that we would need to give constantly of ourselves without demands for repayment.


77.
  ... need to go forward.  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
Out of them we receive the stimulation we need to go forward.


78.
  ... need to make a brand new venture ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
If we would gain any real advantage in the use of this Step on problems other than alcohol, we shall need to make a brand new venture into open-mindedness.


79.
  ... need to praise ourselves.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
There is never need to praise ourselves.


80.
  ... need to praise ourselves.  12&12 Tradition Eleven (Long), p.192
There is never need to praise ourselves.


81.
  ... need to quit living by ourselves with ...  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.


82.
  ... need to raise our eyes toward perfection, ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
We shall need to raise our eyes toward perfection, and be ready to walk in that direction.


83.
  ... need to share with this person facts ...  12&12 Step Five, p.61
Perhaps we shall need to share with this person facts about ourselves which no others ought to know.


84.
  ... need to take care of such problems.  BB Into Action, p.87
We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems.


85.
  ... need to tell me.  BB Bill's Story, p.7
They did not need to tell me.


86.
  ... need to undergo drastic revisions.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
And as we grow spiritually, we find that our old attitudes toward our instincts need to undergo drastic revisions.


87.
  ... need to use a little more discretion ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.84
But even in these cases, we may need to use a little more discretion than we did with the family.


88.
  ... need to wander morbidly around in the ...  12&12 Step Ten, pp.88-89
This doesn't mean we need to wander morbidly around in the past.


89.
  ... need to 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.


90.
  ... need us.  12&12 Tradition One, p.131
They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, which -- God willing -- shall sustain us in unity for so long as He may need us.


91.
  ... need was to quiet that disturbance, regardless ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
We learned that if we were seriously disturbed, our first need was to quiet that disturbance, regardless of who or what we thought caused it.


92.
  ... need when we take Step Nine.  12&12 Step Nine, p.83
Good judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage, and prudence -- these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine.


93.
  ... need, will see these pages, and we ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.29
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this thing."


94.
  ... need your companionship and your help.  BB To Wives, p.111
They need your companionship and your help.


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