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

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TWO   occurs   84 times 47 in BB  •  37 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... two.  BB To Wives, p.109
Three: This husband has gone much further than husband number two.


2.
  ... two.  BB To Wives, p.112
Suppose, however, that your husband fits the description of number two.


3.
  ... Two.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.141
On the A.A. calendar it was Year Two.


4.
  ... two about himself which will place you ...  12&12 Step Five, p.62
Before long, your listener may well tell a story or two about himself which will place you even more at ease.


5.
  ... two alcoholic employees, who produce as much ...  BB To Employers, p.149
There are two alcoholic employees, who produce as much as five normal salesmen.


6.
  ... two alternatives: One was to go on ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.25
We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help.


7.
  ... two and a half years, but I ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
I gave the matter much time and study for the next two and a half years, but I still got tight every night nevertheless.


8.
  ... two, and a veteran of foreign wars, ...  BB Bill's Story, p.1
Twenty-two, and a veteran of foreign wars, I went home at last.


9.
  ... Two, and learn that the sole authority ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.132
These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience.


10.
  ... two and one-half years of abstinence.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
Unlike most of our crowd, I did not get over my craving for liquor much during the first two and one-half years of abstinence.


11.
  ... two and three, where the alcoholic sickness ...  BB To Employers, p.140
If this presents difficulty, re-reading chapters two and three, where the alcoholic sickness is discussed at length might be worth while.


12.
  ... two bottles a day, and often three, ...  BB Bill's Story, p.5
"Bathtub" gin, two bottles a day, and often three, got to be routine.


13.
  ... two bottles, and -- oblivion.  BB Bill's Story, p.6
So two bottles, and -- oblivion.


14.
  ... Two -- "Came to believe that a Power ...  12&12 Contents (Step Two), p.5
Step Two -- "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."


15.
  ... two cars in the garage, began to ...  12&12 Step One, p.23
Alcoholics who still had their health, their families, their jobs, and even two cars in the garage, began to recognize their alcoholism.


16.
  ... two classes known in A.A. slang as ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.135
Ultimately, they divide into two classes known in A.A. slang as "elder statesmen" and "bleeding deacons."


17.
  ... two concepts which are sometimes poles apart.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.174
It is the difference between the spirit of vested authority and the spirit of service, two concepts which are sometimes poles apart.


18.
  ... two contrasting ideas -- attraction and promotion -- work ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.181
Let's see how these two contrasting ideas -- attraction and promotion -- work out.


19.
  Two days later, a future fellow of ...  BB A Vision For You, p.157
Two days later, a future fellow of Alcoholics Anonymous stared glassily at the strangers beside his bed.


20.
  ... two directions.  BB The Family Afterward, p.125
At the beginning of recovery a man will take, as a rule, one of two directions.


21.
  ... two disastrous pitfalls.  12&12 Step Four, p.53
Our egomania digs two disastrous pitfalls.


22.
  ... two distinct phobias.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
During the next few years, I developed two distinct phobias.


23.
  ... two emotions quite as unhealthy as the ...  12&12 Step Four, p.44
Demands made upon other people for too much attention, protection, and love can only invite domination or revulsion in the protectors themselves -- two emotions quite as unhealthy as the demands which evoked them.


24.
  ... two examples:  12&12 Tradition Three, p.141
Here are two examples:


25.
  Two examples of experience.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Three), p.10
Two examples of experience.


26.
  Two -- For our group purpose there is ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Two -- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.


27.
  ... Two -- "For our group purpose there is ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Two), p.9
Tradition Two -- "For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern."


28.
  Two -- For our group purpose there is ...  12&12 Tradition Two (Long), p.189
Two -- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.


29.
  ... two friends.  BB A Vision For You, p.156
But life was not easy for the two friends.


30.
  ... two friends spoke of their spiritual experience ...  BB A Vision For You, p.157
The two friends spoke of their spiritual experience and told him about the course of action they carried out.


31.
  ... two friends told him about their drinking ...  BB A Vision For You, p.157
For an hour, the two friends told him about their drinking experiences.


32.
  ... Two gently and very gradually began to ...  12&12 Step Two, p.27
Right there, Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life.


33.
  ... two he became worse.  BB To Wives, p.109
Though once like number two he became worse.


34.
  ... two hours talking about alcoholism, the malady, ...  BB To Employers, p.138
This seemed to me like an opportunity to be helpful, so I spent two hours talking about alcoholism, the malady, and described the symptoms and results as well as I could.


35.
  ... Two is a rallying point to sanity.  12&12 Contents (Step Two), p.5
Step Two is a rallying point to sanity.


36.
  ... Two is the rallying point for all ...  12&12 Step Two, p.33
Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us.


37.
  ... two larger centers.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Little clusters of twos and threes and fives of us have sprung up in other communities, through contact with our two larger centers.


38.
  ... two men had appeared in court, persuading ...  BB Bill's Story, p.9
In a matter of fact way he told how two men had appeared in court, persuading the judge to suspend his commitment.


39.
  ... two men set to work almost frantically ...  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.


40.
  ... two million.  BB A Vision For You (Note), p.162
(*) Written in 1939. In 2016, there are over 117,748 groups. There is A.A. activity in approximately 180 countries, with an estimated membership of over two million.


41.
  ... two million have recovered through A.A.  12&12 Foreword (Note), p.15
(*) In 2016, it is estimated that over two million have recovered through A.A.


42.
  ... two million or more, with nearly 100,800 ...  BB Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiii
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.


43.
  ... two months ago and the result was ...  BB Bill's Story, p.9
That was two months ago and the result was self-evident.


44.
  ... two months before I could venture out ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
Finally my father had to send a doctor out from my home town who managed to get me back there in some way, and I was in bed about two months before I could venture out of the house.


45.
  ... two months he was in a hospital, ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
In two months he was in a hospital, puzzled and humiliated.


46.
  ... two months, looked like a pig, and ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
I put on thirty pounds of weight in about two months, looked like a pig, and was uncomfortable from shortness of breath.


47.
  ... two more quarters and remain absolutely dry, ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
I was, of course, soon on the carpet and the upshot was that I had to go back for two more quarters and remain absolutely dry, if I wished to graduate.


48.
  ... two more years.  BB Bill's Story, p.6
The mind and body are marvelous mechanisms, for mine endured this agony two more years.


49.
  ... Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with ...  12&12 Step Two, p.25
The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma, sometimes a serious one.


50.
  ... two of the greatest reservoirs of power ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.569
Dr. Foster Kennedy, neurologist: "This organization of Alcoholics Anonymous calls on two of the greatest reservoirs of power known to man, religion and that instinct for association with one's fellows ... the 'herd instinct.'


51.
  "Two of the members of Alcoholics Anonymous ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
"Two of the members of Alcoholics Anonymous came to see me.


52.
  ... two of them, the First Step and ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
Maybe we are doing fine on only two of them, the First Step and that part of the Twelfth where we "carry the message."


53.
  ... two of you men, whose stories I ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.43
As to two of you men, whose stories I have heard, there is no doubt in my mind that you were 100% hopeless, apart from divine help.


54.
  ... two or three alcoholics gathered together for ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.


55.
  ... two or three alcoholics gathered together for ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.146
So confident of this had we become that the original statement of A.A. tradition carried this significant sentence: "Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group provided that as a group they have no other affiliation."


56.
  ... two or three alcoholics gathered together for ...  12&12 Tradition Three (Long), p.189
Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.


57.
  ... two or three high hurdles, the course ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
But once over the first two or three high hurdles, the course ahead began to look easier.


58.
  ... two others, and in confidence laid the ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.142
The oldest member summoned two others, and in confidence laid the explosive facts in their laps.


59.
  ... two out of three -- began to return ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
But great numbers of these -- about two out of three -- began to return as time passed.


60.
  ... two people: one devoted secretary and myself.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.162
"Our office staff," Bill says, "consisted of two people: one devoted secretary and myself.


61.
  ... two personal stories and think: "Yes, that ...  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."


62.
  ... two points, yet, there it was.  BB We Agnostics, p.54
We could not prove life in the sense that you can prove a straight line is the shortest distance between two points, yet, there it was.


63.
  ... two principal reasons: the large numbers of ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
For this there were two principal reasons: the large numbers of recoveries, and reunited homes.


64.
  ... Two right now.  12&12 Step Two, p.26
Second, to get sober and to stay sober, you don't have to swallow all of Step Two right now.


65.
  ... "two-step" illusion.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
The best-intentioned of us can fall for the "two-step" illusion.


66.
  "Two-stepping."  12&12 Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
"Two-stepping."


67.
  ... "two-stepping."  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
In A.A. slang, that blissful state is known as "two-stepping."


68.
  ... "two-stepping" to "twelve-stepping," if we are willing ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
Well, we surely have a chance if we switch from "two-stepping" to "twelve-stepping," if we are willing to receive that grace of God which can sustain and strengthen us in any catastrophe.


69.
  ... two Steps are concerned with personal relations.  12&12 Contents (Step Eight), p.7
This and the next two Steps are concerned with personal relations.


70.
  ... two Steps we were engaged in reflection.  12&12 Step Three, p.34
In the first two Steps we were engaged in reflection.


71.
  ... two stories were written, with new titles; ...  BB Preface, pp.xi-xii
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.


72.
  Two storm signals -- a group ought not ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
Two storm signals -- a group ought not do anything which would injure A.A. as a whole, nor affiliate itself with outside interests.


73.
  ... two storm signals: A group ought not ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.147
In charting this enormous expanse of freedom, we found it necessary to post only two storm signals: A group ought not do anything which would greatly injure A.A. as a whole, nor ought it affiliate itself with anything or anybody else.


74.
  ... two struggling, nameless groups of alcoholics trying ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.141
In that time nothing could be seen but two struggling, nameless groups of alcoholics trying to hold their faces up to the light.


75.
  ... two successive days, so drunk he could ...  BB To Employers, p.136
Not long afterward he had called me from Hartford on two successive days, so drunk he could hardly speak.


76.
  ... two that originally appeared in Part III ...  BB Preface, p.xii
One new story has been added to Part I, and two that originally appeared in Part III have been repositioned there; six stories have been deleted.


77.
  ... two that were transferred to Part I).  BB Preface, p.xii
Part III now includes twelve new stories; eight were removed (in addition to the two that were transferred to Part I).


78.
  ... Two we saw that since we could ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
In Step Two we saw that since we could not restore ourselves to sanity, some Higher Power must necessarily do so if we were to survive.


79.
  ... two weeks later, Ed stole by night ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.144
About two weeks later, Ed stole by night into an A.A. member's house and, unknown to the family, went to bed.


80.
  ... two weeks of drinking, he had placed ...  BB To Employers, p.137
After two weeks of drinking, he had placed his toe on the trigger of a loaded shotgun -- the barrel was in his mouth.


81.
  ... two years.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
I conducted myself so creditably that I was able to secure a much coveted internship in a western city, where I spent two years.


82.
  ... two years I was kept so busy ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
During these two years I was kept so busy that I hardly left the hospital at all.


83.
  ... two years were up, I opened an ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
When those two years were up, I opened an office downtown.


84.
  Two: Your husband is showing lack of ...  BB To Wives, p.109
Two: Your husband is showing lack of control, for he is unable to stay on the water wagon even when he wants to.


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