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1.
  ... well.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
But we are sure that our bodies were sickened as well.


2.
  ... well.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
"In this frame of mind, I went about my business and for a time all was well.


3.
  ... well.  BB How It Works, p.61
The show doesn't come off very well.


4.
  ... well?  BB How It Works, p.61
Is he not a victim of the delusion that he can wrest satisfaction and happiness out of this world if he only manages well?


5.
  ... 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.


6.
  ... well.  BB Into Action, p.78
Our former enemies sometimes praise what we are doing and wish us well.


7.
  ... well.  BB Working With Others, pp.92-93
Even though your protégé may not have entirely admitted his condition, he has become very curious to know how you got well.


8.
  ... 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.


9.
  ... well.  BB Working With Others, p.93
Perhaps your story will help him see where he has failed to practice the very precepts he knows so well.


10.
  ... well.  BB To Wives, p.109
Perhaps he can still tend to business fairly well.


11.
  ... well.  BB To Wives, p.110
Yet they got well.


12.
  ... well.  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
He is striving to recover fortune and reputation and feels he is doing very well.


13.
  ... well.  BB The Family Afterward, p.129
If the family will appreciate that dad's current behavior is but a phase of his development, all will be well.


14.
  ... well?  BB To Employers, p.142
Say that you believe he is a gravely ill person, with this qualification -- being perhaps fatally ill, does he want to get well?


15.
  ... well.  BB To Employers, p.147
They often jeopardize their own positions by trying to help serious drinkers who should have been fired long ago, or else given an opportunity to get well.


16.
  ... well.  12&12 Step One, p.22
But a few did, and when these laid hold of A.A. principles with all the fervor with which the drowning seize life preservers, they almost invariably got well.


17.
  ... well.  12&12 Step Five, p.57
That's one reason we loved alcohol too well.


18.
  ... well.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.142
He soon proved that his was a desperate case, and that above all he wanted to get well.


19.
  ... well accepted or solved with God's help, ...  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.


20.
  ... well-advised by its elders, will be in ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.135
This is the experience which has led us to the conclusion that our group conscience, well-advised by its elders, will be in the long run wiser than any single leader.


21.
  ... well after what you have told us ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
We admit we have some of these symptoms, but we have not gone to the extremes you fellows did, nor are we likely to, for we understand ourselves so well after what you have told us that such things cannot happen again.


22.
  ... well, ah -- yes, those other alcoholics?  BB A Vision For You, p.154
But what about his responsibilities -- his family and the men who would die because they would not know how to get well, ah -- yes, those other alcoholics?


23.
  ... well and as bravely as our nonalcoholic ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
Can we now, with the help of God as we understand Him, handle them as well and as bravely as our nonalcoholic friends often do?


24.
  ... well and earnestly we have tried to ...  12&12 Step Three, p.34
In fact, the effectiveness of the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have tried to come to "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."


25.
  ... well, and make it possible for the ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
We'd gather up derelicts from skid rows, sort out those who could get well, and make it possible for the rest to earn their livelihood in a kind of quarantined confinement.


26.
  ... well and making money.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
All around you these drunks are getting well and making money.


27.
  ... well, and they earn what they get.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
We pay them well, and they earn what they get.


28.
  ... well and tries hard is a heartbreaking ...  12&12 Step Two, p.32
To clergymen, doctors, friends, and families, the alcoholic who means well and tries hard is a heartbreaking riddle.


29.
  ... well as an altruistic plane, we favor ...  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.


30.
  ... well as by word of mouth.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
New groups started up and it was found, to the astonishment of everyone, that A.A.'s message could be transmitted in the mail as well as by word of mouth.


31.
  ... well as debits.  12&12 Contents (Step Ten), p.8
Let's look at credits as well as debits.


32.
  ... well as for ourselves.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.104
It is A.A.'s experience that particularly in these cases we ought to pray that God's will, whatever it is, be done for others as well as for ourselves.


33.
  ... well as frequently wrong, and then we ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.


34.
  ... well as his standing in the community.  12&12 Step Four, p.43
In such a case, this imperious urge can destroy his chances for material and emotional security as well as his standing in the community.


35.
  ... well as I could.  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.


36.
  ... well as law.  BB Bill's Story, p.2
I studied economics and business as well as law.


37.
  ... well as many political, economic, social, and ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.17
All sections of this country and many of its occupations are represented, as well as many political, economic, social, and religious backgrounds.


38.
  ... well as moral.  BB We Agnostics, p.45
That means we have written a book which we believe to be spiritual as well as moral.


39.
  ... well as other places of recuperation, ought ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.


40.
  ... well as other places of recuperation, ought ...  12&12 Tradition Six (Long), p.190
But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.


41.
  ... well as some who have not yet ...  BB To Wives, p.104
Among us are wives, relatives and friends whose problem has been solved, as well as some who have not yet found a happy solution.


42.
  ... well as they?  12&12 Tradition Two, p.137
Why shouldn't I do as well as they?


43.
  ... well as time-consumers?  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
Aren't these practices joy-killers as well as time-consumers?


44.
  ... well as with the men of religion.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
Neither does A.A. take any particular medical point of view, though we cooperate widely with the men of medicine as well as with the men of religion.


45.
  ... well as your husband, ought to think ...  BB To Wives, p.120
You, as well as your husband, ought to think of what you can put into life instead of how much you can take out.


46.
  ... well assisted by Sister Ignatia at St. ...  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.


47.
  ... well at home and office.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.112
Things go well at home and office.


48.
  ... well at the time, and was plagued ...  BB Bill's Story, p.15
I was not too well at the time, and was plagued by waves of self-pity and resentment.


49.
  ... well balanced concerning everything except liquor, but ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
He is often perfectly sensible and well balanced concerning everything except liquor, but in that respect he is incredibly dishonest and selfish.


50.
  ... well balanced individual.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
To all appearance he is a stable, well balanced individual.


51.
  ... well-balanced with respect to other problems.  BB There Is A Solution, p.26
He seemed quite rational and well-balanced with respect to other problems.


52.
  ... well be discharged after the next bender ...  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.


53.
  ... well be discharged, the sooner the better.  BB To Employers, p.141
If you are sure your man does not want to stop, he may as well be discharged, the sooner the better.


54.
  ... well before taking this step making sure ...  BB How It Works, p.63
We thought well before taking this step making sure we were ready; that we could at last abandon ourselves utterly to Him.


55.
  ... well before we choose the person or ...  BB Into Action, p.74
Rightly and naturally, we think well before we choose the person or persons with whom to take this intimate and confidential step.


56.
  ... well-being always followed spiritual progress; it never ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
For us, material well-being always followed spiritual progress; it never preceded.


57.
  ... well-being of employees.  BB To Employers, p.149
There is a real interest, both humanitarian and business, in the well-being of employees.


58.
  ... well-being of his help, and he tries ...  BB To Employers, p.137
Nearly every modern employer feels a moral responsibility for the well-being of his help, and he tries to meet these responsibilities.


59.
  ... well-being of others at the same time, ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.87
For the readiness to take the full consequences of our past acts, and to take responsibility for the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine.


60.
  ... well-being of others is spirit of Step ...  12&12 Contents (Step Nine), p.8
Readiness to take consequences of our past and to take responsibility for well-being of others is spirit of Step Nine.


61.
  ... well carry on our occupations in such ...  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
Being mostly business or professional folk, we could not well carry on our occupations in such an event.


62.
  ... well carry on our occupations in such ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
Being mostly business or professional folk, we could not well carry on our occupations in such an event."


63.
  ... well defined.  BB Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
X. Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority, with the scope of such authority well defined.


64.
  ... well defined by that part of Step ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
And we think that the whole range of our needs is well defined by that part of Step Eleven which says: "...knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."


65.
  ... well discharged already.  BB To Employers, p.147
But you should feel under no obligation to keep him on, for your obligation has been well discharged already.


66.
  ... well does it actually 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?


67.
  ... well done.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
Practically every A.A. member declares that no satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well done.


68.
  ... well done, and chalking up debits where ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
Here we cast up a balance sheet, crediting ourselves with things well done, and chalking up debits where due.


69.
  ... well done, and having searched our hearts ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.95
Having so considered our day, not omitting to take due note of things well done, and having searched our hearts with neither fear nor favor, we can truly thank God for the blessings we have received and sleep in good conscience.


70.
  ... well enough in admitting these things to ...  BB Into Action, p.72
We think we have done well enough in admitting these things to ourselves.


71.
  ... well equipped to apply the powers of ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
What with our ultra-modern standards, our scientific approach to everything, we are perhaps not well equipped to apply the powers of good that lie outside our synthetic knowledge.


72.
  ... well filled with things that are constructive.  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
As a matter of fact, the waking hours are usually well filled with things that are constructive.


73.
  ... well for a time, but he failed ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.35
All went well for a time, but he failed to enlarge his spiritual life.


74.
  ... well get good and drunk then.  BB Bill's Story, p.6
As the whisky rose to my head I told myself I would manage better next time, but I might as well get good and drunk then.


75.
  ... well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
Our basic troubles are the same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made "to practice these principles in all our affairs," well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.


76.
  Well, hardly.  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
Well, hardly.


77.
  ... well have a remedy for thousands of ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
These men may well have a remedy for thousands of such situations.


78.
  ... well, I was pleased and knew my ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
My business came off well, I was pleased and knew my partners would be too.


79.
  ... well if we A.A.'s inquire once more ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
As we approach the actual taking of Step Seven, it might be well if we A.A.'s inquire once more just what our deeper objectives are.


80.
  ... "Well, I'll stop with the sixth drink."  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
Only to have that thought supplanted by "Well, I'll stop with the sixth drink."


81.
  ... well in advance, such reactions will not ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
But if we have prepared ourselves well in advance, such reactions will not deflect us from our steady and even purpose.


82.
  ... well-intentioned, our crippling handicap had been our ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.71
In all these strivings, so many of them well-intentioned, our crippling handicap had been our lack of humility.


83.
  ... well-intentioned people claim the guidance of God ...  12&12 Step Five, p.60
How many times have we heard well-intentioned people claim the guidance of God when it was all too plain that they were sorely mistaken.


84.
  ... well-intentioned unconscious rationalizations.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.103
They prove to be well-intentioned unconscious rationalizations.


85.
  Well, it did.  12&12 Step Three, p.38
Well, it did.


86.
  Well, just that did happen and more, ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
Well, just that did happen and more, for what I had learned of alcoholism did not occur to me at all.


87.
  ... well known accounting firm.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
Fred is partner in a well known accounting firm.


88.
  ... well-known doctor, chief physician at a nationally ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxv
A well-known doctor, chief physician at a nationally prominent hospital specializing in alcoholic and drug addiction, gave Alcoholics Anonymous this letter:


89.
  ... well-known hospital for the treatment of alcoholic ...  BB A Vision For You, pp.161-162
In one of these there is a well-known hospital for the treatment of alcoholic and drug addiction.


90.
  ... well-known lawyer in town, but just now ...  BB A Vision For You, p.156
Understand he was once a well-known lawyer in town, but just now we've got him strapped down tight.(*)


91.
  ... well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again.


92.
  ... well-known surgeon and a New York broker.  12&12 Foreword, p.16
Alcoholics Anonymous began in 1935 at Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a meeting between a well-known surgeon and a New York broker.


93.
  Well, let's see.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.172
Well, let's see.


94.
  ... well, little charity, in the ordinary sense ...  BB Working With Others, pp.97-98
For the type of alcoholic who is able and willing to get well, little charity, in the ordinary sense of the word, is needed or wanted.


95.
  ... well-loved A.A. group the higher power, would ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.109
From great numbers of such experiences, we could predict that the doubter who still claimed that he hadn't got the "spiritual angle," and who still considered his well-loved A.A. group the higher power, would presently love God and call Him by name.


96.
  ... well-loved clergyman who happens to be one ...  12&12 Step Six, p.63
So declares a well-loved clergyman who happens to be one of A.A.'s greatest friends.


97.
  ... well man.  BB To Employers, p.141
Had they fired me first, and had they then taken steps to see that I was presented with the solution contained in this book, I might have returned to them six months later, a well man.


98.
  ... well-matured A.A.'s, these distorted drives have been ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
But today, in well-matured A.A.'s, these distorted drives have been restored to something like their true purpose and direction.


99.
  ... well may dispute this, so let's try ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Some who feel they have done well may dispute this, so let's try to think it through a little further.


100.
  Well, meditation is like that, too; it ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.100
Well, meditation is like that, too; it helps to envision our spiritual objective before we try to move toward it.


101.
  ... well now, and it would -- if only ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
It should be doing just as well now, and it would -- if only you'd help me.


102.
  ... well-nursed grudge could make us miserably ineffective.  12&12 Step Ten, p.90
A burst of temper could spoil a day, and a well-nursed grudge could make us miserably ineffective.


103.
  ... well of myself and my abilities, of ...  BB Bill's Story, p.8
I, who had thought so well of myself and my abilities, of my capacity to surmount obstacles, was cornered at last.


104.
  ... well on their own steam, but that ...  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.


105.
  ... well or you are not.  BB To Employers, p.142
Either you are dealing with a man who can and will get well or you are not.


106.
  ... well organized by noon.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
Tuesday I started in the morning, getting well organized by noon.


107.
  ... well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.


108.
  ... well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.  12&12 Tradition Six (Long), p.190
But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.


109.
  ... well play God to our fellows nor ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
If we really depended upon God, we couldn't very well play God to our fellows nor would we feel the urge wholly to rely on human protection and care.


110.
  ... well received, and learned that many knew ...  BB A Vision For You, p.156
He found himself surprisingly well received, and learned that many knew of his drinking.


111.
  ... well recompensed.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
Such special services may be well recompensed.


112.
  ... well recompensed.  12&12 Tradition Eight (Long), p.191
Such special services may be well recompensed.


113.
  ... well reestablished in our business, these terrible ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
Even when we were well reestablished in our business, these terrible fears often continued to haunt us.


114.
  ... well regardless of anyone.  BB Working With Others, p.98
Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone.


115.
  ... well remember how something deep inside us ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.96
We well remember how something deep inside us kept rebelling against the idea of bowing before any God.


116.
  ... well remember the shock I received when ...  BB To Employers, p.140
I well remember the shock I received when a prominent doctor in Chicago told me of cases where pressure of the spinal fluid actually ruptured the brain.


117.
  "'Well,' said I, 'I think you're just ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
"'Well,' said I, 'I think you're just a conceited Irishman who thinks he can run the whole show.'


118.
  ... well said that "almost the only scoffers ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.97
It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at prayer are those who never tried it enough."


119.
  "Well," says the newcomer, "I know you're ...  12&12 Step Two, p.26
"Well," says the newcomer, "I know you're telling me the truth.


120.
  Well, so had I.  BB Bill's Story, p.6
Well, so had I.


121.
  ... well supplied with churches and schools in ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
The town was well supplied with churches and schools in which I pursued my early educational activities.


122.
  ... well symbolized by anonymity -- is the foundation ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the common good, we realize that the sacrificial spirit -- well symbolized by anonymity -- is the foundation of them all.


123.
  ... well tell a story or two about ...  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.


124.
  ... well than many badly.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Five), p.10
Better do one thing well than many badly.


125.
  ... well than many badly.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.150
"Shoemaker, stick to thy last!" ... better do one thing supremely well than many badly.


126.
  ... "Well, thank God that's over!  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless over alcohol, we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, "Well, thank God that's over!


127.
  ... well that a man exert himself there.  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
Since the home has suffered more than anything else, it is well that a man exert himself there.


128.
  Well, that's exactly what this book is ...  BB We Agnostics, p.45
Well, that's exactly what this book is about.


129.
  ... well that I ordered another whiskey and ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.36
The experiment went so well that I ordered another whiskey and poured it into more milk.


130.
  ... well, they just don't believe they have ...  BB To Employers, p.149
But alcoholism -- well, they just don't believe they have it.


131.
  ... well, they may -- to their surprise -- be ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.134
If the founder and his friends have served well, they may -- to their surprise -- be reinstated for a time.


132.
  ... well they saw that their common welfare ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.131
How well they saw that their common welfare came first.


133.
  Well, this is a plain case of ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.138
Well, this is a plain case of it.


134.
  ... well to add to each one of ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
Even so, when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification: "...if it be Thy will."


135.
  ... well to disregard your own drinking, or ...  BB To Employers, p.139
If you desire to help it might be well to disregard your own drinking, or lack of it.


136.
  ... well-to-do.  BB Bill's Story, p.4
I acquired the impeccable coat of tan one sees upon the well-to-do.


137.
  ... well to examine the principles by which ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.130
One more suggestion: Whether the family has spiritual convictions or not, they may do well to examine the principles by which the alcoholic member is trying to live.


138.
  ... well to explain alcoholism, the illness.  BB To Employers, p.142
At this point, it might be well to explain alcoholism, the illness.


139.
  ... well to have a long chat with ...  BB To Employers, p.143
It might be well to have a long chat with him on his return.


140.
  ... well to let him go as far ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.129
Even if he displays a certain amount of neglect and irresponsibility towards the family, it is well to let him go as far as he likes in helping other alcoholics.


141.
  ... well, to stop drinking forever?  BB To Employers, p.142
Will he take every necessary step, submit to anything to get well, to stop drinking forever?


142.
  ... well to summarize some points as we ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
Before going into a detailed discussion, it may be well to summarize some points as we see them.


143.
  ... well to talk with someone ordained by ...  BB Into Action, p.74
Though we have no religious connection, we may still do well to talk with someone ordained by an established religion.


144.
  ... well today.  12&12 Step Ten, p.88
When a drunk has a terrific hangover because he drank heavily yesterday, he cannot live well today.


145.
  ... well understood as it is now.  BB A Vision For You, pp.156-157
The use of spiritual principles in such cases was not so well understood as it is now.


146.
  ... well-understood fact that in God's sight all ...  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.


147.
  ... well, we have really disliked or hated ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
Most of us must admit that we have loved but a few; that we have been quite indifferent to the many so long as none of them gave us trouble; and as for the remainder -- well, we have really disliked or hated them.


148.
  Well, we might start like this.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.99
Well, we might start like this.


149.
  Well, we surely have a chance if ...  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.


150.
  ... well we understood each other.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.152
I explained what a wonderful Fellowship we had, how well we understood each other.


151.
  Well, we were frightened.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.140
Well, we were frightened.


152.
  ... "Well, what about it?  12&12 Tradition Three, p.142
Said he, "Well, what about it?


153.
  ... well whatever cards life deals him.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
He learns that he can be content as long as he plays well whatever cards life deals him.


154.
  ... well whose families have not returned at ...  BB Working With Others, p.100
We have seen men get well whose families have not returned at all.


155.
  ... well-wishers, A.A. could never have grown as ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
Without its legions of well-wishers, A.A. could never have grown as it has.


156.
  ... well with us, here and hereafter.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.105
We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us, here and hereafter.


157.
  ... well within its spirit.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.186
Though not in the strict letter of anonymity, such communications were well within its spirit.


158.
  ... well you will do anything to help.  BB Working With Others, p.95
Tell him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to help.


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