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1.
... few.
BB
To Employers, p.148
2.
... few A.A.'s
have ever worked the Twelfth ...
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.
3.
... few A.A.
meetings and at first decided ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
4.
... few A.A.
members are left who deliberately ...
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.183
5.
... few alcoholics
have enough desire to stop ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
6.
... few are
fortunate enough to be so ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.19
A
few are
fortunate enough to be so
situated that
they can
give nearly all their
time to the
work.
7.
... few, at
present to handle the overwhelming ...
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
8.
... few, at
present, to handle the overwhelming ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.184
9.
... few bottles,
or cases, of liquor as ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
I
knew everyone would
buy a
few bottles, or
cases, of
liquor as their
exchequers
permitted, and that it would
soon be
gone.
10.
... few brief
moments of temptation the thought ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.57
11.
... few can.
BB
To Wives, p.104
As
wives of
Alcoholics Anonymous, we would
like you
to
feel that we
understand
as
perhaps few can.
12.
... few, can
ignore the many, and can ...
12&12
Step Ten, pp.92-93
The
idea that we can be
possessively loving of a
few, can
ignore the
many, and can
continue to
fear or
hate anybody, has to be
abandoned, if only a
little
at a
time.
13.
... few casual
apologies.
12&12
Step Eight, p.79
14.
... few chapters
a number of sudden revolutionary ...
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
15.
... few conservative
dissenters among the alcoholics.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.148
16.
... few could
stay sober.
12&12
Contents (Step Five), p.6
17.
... few days.
BB
Working With Others, p.96
Perhaps you
will want to
take the
man into your
home for a
few days.
18.
... few days
ago at this writing (1939).
BB
A Vision For You, p.163
This was only a
few days ago at this
writing (
1939).
19.
... few days
he was depressed about his ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.39
For a
few days he was
depressed about his
condition.
20.
... few days,
the news came in.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.144
At the
end of a
few days, the
news came in.
21.
... few days
this doctor suggests our approach ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.162
22.
... few did,
and when these laid hold ...
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.
23.
... few distressing
failures, but in those cases ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.159
24.
... few do.
BB
A Vision For You, p.152
Then he
will know loneliness such as
few do.
25.
... few doctors,
ministers, priests or hospitals.
BB
Working With Others, p.89
26.
... few drinks
-- drinks which they see others ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, pp.xxviii-xxix
27.
... few drinks
now and then?
BB
To Employers, p.142
If he
says yes, does he
really mean it, or
down inside does he
think he is
fooling you, and
that
after rest and
treatment he
will be
able to
get away with a
few drinks now and then?
28.
... few drinks
that night, and one bottle ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, pp.179-180
He
came and
got me
home and to
bed,
gave me a
few drinks that
night, and
one bottle of
beer the
next morning.
29.
... few drunks
could ever get well on ...
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.
30.
... few exceptions,
all of us had been ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.120
With a
few exceptions, all
of us had been
spendthrifts.
31.
... few exceptions,
our book thus far has ...
BB
To Wives, p.104
32.
... few exceptions
our members find that they ...
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
33.
... few excursions
into major publicity, which were ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.186
34.
... few full-time
secretaries hired.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.161
35.
... few hemorrhage
so badly that -- drained of ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.135
36.
... few hours.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.18
37.
... few hours
at a time, so it ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
38.
... few hours
before I would be quite ...
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
Occasionally, I would
yield to the
morning craving, but if I did, it would be only a
few hours before I would be
quite unfit for
work.
39.
... few hundred
dollars, and I would pay ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.5
40.
Few indeed
are the practicing alcoholics who ...
12&12
Step Two, p.32
41.
Few indeed
were those who, so assailed, ...
12&12
Step One, p.22
42.
... few instances
has there been a lack ...
BB
To Employers, p.137
In only a
few instances has
there been a
lack of
patience and
tolerance.
43.
... few instances
where people, who showed definite ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.32
44.
... few instances
where we have given these ...
BB
Into Action, p.73
We
know but
few instances where we have
given
these
doctors a
fair break.
45.
... few interruptions
for seventeen years.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
46.
... few into
hundreds overnight.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.186
47.
... few knew
of his drinking.
BB
A Vision For You, p.155
48.
... few knew
of it at first but, ...
BB
To Employers, p.145
49.
... few knew
of our drinking.
12&12
Step Eight, p.79
50.
... few meetings
is very good indeed, but ...
12&12
Step Three, p.39
51.
... few men
in this city have found ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.163
When a
few men in this
city have
found themselves, and have
discovered the
joy of
helping others to
face life again, there
will be
no stopping until everyone in that
town has had his
opportunity
to
recover -- if he can and
will.
52.
... few months,
a finer intimacy than 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.
53.
... few months
could seldom have been accomplished ...
BB
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
54.
... few months,
he saw that his predicament ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.154
55.
... few months,
the effect on a man's ...
BB
Working With Others, p.99
If
persisted in for a
few
months, the
effect on a
man's
family is
sure to be
great.
56.
... few months,
you may be able to ...
BB
To Employers, p.146
57.
Few muddled
attitudes have caused us more ...
12&12
Step Five, p.56
58.
... few of
my alcoholic friends, who were ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.136
59.
... few of
the jobs which A.A. members ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.170
These are only a
few of the
jobs
which
A.A. members as
individuals have been
asked
to
fill.
60.
... few of
them.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.113
We are
doing fine on a
few of them.
61.
... few of
them may be, but with ...
12&12
Step Six, p.65
A
few of them may be, but with most of them we
shall have to be
content with
patient improvement.
62.
... few of
us can quickly or easily ...
12&12
Step Six, p.68
63.
... few of
us have had these growing ...
BB
The Family Afterward, p.124
A
few of us have had these
growing pains and they
hurt a
great deal.
64.
... few of
us would seriously think of ...
12&12
Step Six, p.67
65.
Few people
have been more victimized by ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.90
66.
Few people
really are, for that means ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.10
67.
... few people
understand, meets our simplest daily ...
12&12
Step Three, p.36
68.
... few people
who know all about our ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.84
We
shall at
once think of a
few people who
know all about our
drinking, and who have been most
affected by it.
69.
... few people
will ask you to drink.
BB
Working With Others, p.102
If you do this
thoroughly,
few people will ask you to
drink.
70.
... few people
will sincerely try to practice ...
12&12
Step One, p.24
71.
... few rare
cases, neither he nor any ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.43
72.
... few realize.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.23
How
true this is,
few realize.
73.
... few seconds
he was overwhelmed by a ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.56
74.
... few set
prayers which emphasize the principles ...
BB
Into Action, p.87
75.
... few simple
requirements.
BB
We Agnostics, p.50
76.
... few simple
rules.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
77.
... few skeletons
in the closet.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.125
78.
... few social
engagements.
BB
To Wives, p.105
79.
... few Steps
are harder to take than ...
12&12
Step Five, p.55
80.
... few subjects
have been the cause of ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.166
81.
... few such
experiences, often years before the ...
12&12
Step One, p.23
82.
... few; that
we have been quite indifferent ...
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.
83.
... few, to
whom this book will appeal, ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.34
84.
... few trusted
friends.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.184
85.
... few twinges
of conscience until I saw ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.136
86.
... few weeks.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.34
Some
will be
drunk the
day after making their
resolutions;
most of them
within a
few weeks.
87.
... few weeks
he breaks both legs.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.38
88.
... few weeks
that for which we struggled ...
BB
To Wives, p.118
We do not
like the
thought
that the
contents of a
book
or the
work of
another alcoholic has
accomplished in a
few weeks that for which we
struggled for
years.
89.
... few weeks
when he found that the ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.163
90.
... few were
disturbed and skeptical.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.148
These
few were
disturbed
and
skeptical.
91.
... few women
in A.A., this chapter assumes ...
BB
To Wives (Note), p.104
92.
... few women)
with quite similar social, ethnic, ...
BB
Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiii
93.
... few words
on a subject which is ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
94.
... few words
with the boss, but nothing ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.36
I had a
few words with the
boss, but
nothing serious.
95.
... few years.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.33
96.
... few years
ago, that the action of ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
97.
... few years
before his time.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.21
It may
cause him to
die a
few years before his
time.
98.
... few years,
but they found themselves as ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.33
99.
... few years
fortune threw money and applause ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.3
100.
... few years
he became so violent when ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.35
In a
few years he
became so
violent when
intoxicated that he had to be
committed.
101.
... few years,
I developed two distinct phobias.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
102.
... few years
in spite of friendly warnings.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.37
103.
... few years
they had completely lost their ...
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.178
104.
... few years
with an alcoholic, a wife ...
BB
Into Action, p.81
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