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

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wisely
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WISH   occurs   41 times 25 in BB  •  15 in 12&12  •  1 in GV Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... wish.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it -- this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.


2.
  ... wish.  BB Into Action, p.85
We can exercise our will power along this line all we wish.


3.
  ... wish, but it happens that because of ...  BB Working With Others, p.89
Ministers and doctors are competent and you can learn much from them if you wish, but it happens that because of your own drinking experience you can be uniquely useful to other alcoholics.


4.
  ... wish, correspond with you about your special ...  BB Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
This headquarters will give the location of the nearest family group and will, if you wish, correspond with you about your special problems.


5.
  ... wish for the end.  BB A Vision For You, p.152
He will wish for the end.


6.
  ... wish he could devote himself to his ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.150
Every doctor concerned would at times wish he could devote himself to his chosen field rather than work only with the group.


7.
  ... wish I had what that man has.  BB We Agnostics, p.47
When people presented us with spiritual approaches, how frequently did we all say, "I wish I had what that man has.


8.
  ... wish, make A.A. itself your 'higher power.'  12&12 Step Two, p.27
You can, if you wish, make A.A. itself your 'higher power.'


9.
  ... wish, of our sins.  12&12 Step Six, p.65
That is the measure of our character defects, or, if you wish, of our sins.


10.
  ... wish or will them away by ourselves.  12&12 Step Five, p.58
And we soon found that we could not wish or will them away by ourselves.


11.
  ... wish them above all else, and be ...  BB A Vision For You, p.153
Should you wish them above all else, and be willing to make use of our experience, we are sure they will come.


12.
  ... wish them away any more than alcohol.  BB How It Works, p.66
We could not wish them away any more than alcohol.


13.
  ... wish to be.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
Not many of us can be leaders of prominence, nor do we wish to be.


14.
  ... wish to be helpful to those who ...  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiv
We simply wish to be helpful to those who are afflicted.


15.
  ... wish to be moral, we could wish ...  BB We Agnostics, p.45
We could wish to be moral, we could wish to be philosophically comforted, in fact, we could will these things with all our might, but the needed power wasn't there.


16.
  ... wish to be philosophically comforted, in fact, ...  BB We Agnostics, p.45
We could wish to be moral, we could wish to be philosophically comforted, in fact, we could will these things with all our might, but the needed power wasn't there.


17.
  ... wish to be reasonably certain that we ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.84
First we will wish to be reasonably certain that we are on the A.A. beam.


18.
  ... wish to become:  12&12 Step Eleven, p.99
And as he came out the other side of that painful experience, this prayer was his expression of what he could then see, feel, and wish to become:


19.
  ... wish to discover what can be done ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
Employers learn that great corporations have set their approval upon us, and wish to discover what can be done about alcoholism in their own firms.


20.
  ... wish to do.  BB To Employers, p.147
There is another thing you might wish to do.


21.
  ... wish to do a lot for other ...  BB To Employers, p.146
He may wish to do a lot for other alcoholics and something of the sort may come up during business hours.


22.
  ... wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it has been revealed to us out of bitter experience.


23.
  ... wish to engage in any controversy, neither ...  Grapevine Preamble
A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes.


24.
  ... wish to give him another chance.  BB To Employers, p.147
If, on the contrary, you are sure he is doing his utmost, you may wish to give him another chance.


25.
  ... wish to have all our defects of ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
At Step Six, many of us balked -- for the practical reason that we did not wish to have all our defects of character removed, because we still loved some of them too much.


26.
  ... wish to hide a bad motive underneath ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
This odd trait of mind and emotion, this perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one, permeates human affairs from top to bottom.


27.
  ... wish to lay down no rule of ...  BB Into Action, p.81
Though there may be justifiable exceptions, and though we wish to lay down no rule of any sort, we have often found this the best course to take.


28.
  ... wish to look squarely at the unhappiness ...  12&12 Step Four, p.43
We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves.


29.
  ... wish to make contact with or take ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.131
Though the family has no religious connections, they may wish to make contact with or take membership in a religious body.


30.
  ... wish to make terms.  BB To Employers, p.145
If he owes you money you may wish to make terms.


31.
  ... wish to marry and are in a ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.119
A.A. has many single alcoholics who wish to marry and are in a position to do so.


32.
  ... wish to meet.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxii
I see him now and then and he is as fine a specimen of manhood as one could wish to meet.


33.
  ... wish to recover.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover.


34.
  ... wish to recover.  12&12 Tradition Three (Long), p.189
Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover.


35.
  ... wish to retaliate, snatching all they can ...  BB How It Works, p.61
And do not his actions make each of them wish to retaliate, snatching all they can get out of the show?


36.
  ... wish to say that any alcoholic capable ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.568
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problems in the light of our experience can recover, provided he does not close his mind to all spiritual concepts.


37.
  ... wish to share our knowledge of that ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.125
We have been talking about problems because we are problem people who have found a way up and out, and who wish to share our knowledge of that way with all who can use it.


38.
  ... wish to shut the door on it.  BB Into Action, p.83
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.


39.
  ... wish to work as individuals in these ...  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.


40.
  ... wish us well.  BB Into Action, p.78
Our former enemies sometimes praise what we are doing and wish us well.


41.
  ... wish, you can join us on the ...  BB We Agnostics, p.55
If our testimony helps sweep away prejudice, enables you to think honestly, encourages you to search diligently within yourself, then, if you wish, you can join us on the Broad Highway.


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