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


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1.
  ... find a cure for cancer, and upon ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.150
Alcoholics Anonymous can be likened to a group of physicians who might find a cure for cancer, and upon whose concerted work would depend the answer for sufferers of this disease.


2.
  ... find a customer for a car at ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.36
I also had the notion that I might find a customer for a car at this place, which was familiar for I had been going to it for years.


3.
  ... find a drunk to work on.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.151
But first I'd have to find a drunk to work on.


4.
  ... find a faith that works?  12&12 Step Two, p.28
Can A.A. experience tell all these they may still find a faith that works?


5.
  ... find a Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at ...  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Some day we hope that every alcoholic who journeys will find a Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.


6.
  ... find a good public relations man in ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
If they could find a good public relations man in our ranks, why wouldn't he be ideal?


7.
  ... find a mate of the opposite sex ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.117
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at some time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.


8.
  ... find a means of reducing these demands.  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
Therefore, no peace was to be had unless we could find a means of reducing these demands.


9.
  ... find a new joy of living in ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.112
Can we find a new joy of living in trying to do something about all these things?


10.
  ... find a place where we can be ...  BB Into Action, p.75
Returning home we find a place where we can be quiet for an hour, carefully reviewing what we have done.


11.
  ... find a power by which we could ...  BB We Agnostics, p.45
We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves.


12.
  ... find a Power greater than yourself which ...  BB We Agnostics, p.45
Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem.


13.
  ... find a solitary self-appraisal insufficient.  BB Into Action, p.72
In actual practice, we usually find a solitary self-appraisal insufficient.


14.
  ... find a solution for the pressing problem ...  BB To Wives, p.117
If you and your husband find a solution for the pressing problem of drink you are, of course, going to be very happy.


15.
  ... find a spiritual basis of life -- or ...  BB We Agnostics, p.44
But after a while we had to face the fact that we must find a spiritual basis of life -- or else.


16.
  ... find a spiritual experience, we ask that ...  BB Into Action, p.79
Reminding ourselves that we have decided to go to any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we be given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be.


17.
  ... find a way out.  BB A Vision For You, p.153
They will approach still other sick ones and fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous may spring up in each city and hamlet, havens for those who must find a way out.


18.
  ... find a way to do so.  BB To Wives, p.110
He clings to the notion that he will yet find a way to do so.


19.
  ... find a wide variation in the way ...  BB We Agnostics, p.50
In our personal stories you will find a wide variation in the way each teller approaches and conceives of the Power which is greater than himself.


20.
  ... find A.A. in your locality, visit our ...  BB Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
If you cannot find A.A. in your locality, visit our Web site: www.aa.org; or a letter addressed to Alcoholics Anonymous, Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, USA, will receive a prompt reply from this world center, referring you to the nearest A.A. group.


21.
  ... find among our western friends.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
There are the same fast friendships, there is the same helpfulness to one another as you find among our western friends.


22.
  ... find an easier, softer way.  BB How It Works, p.58
We thought we could find an easier, softer way.


23.
  ... find and do the will of our ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
And we will be comforted and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and do the will of our own Creator.


24.
  ... find and join us.  BB A Vision For You, p.164
Give freely of what you find and join us.


25.
  ... find, and talked to everyone who I ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
I read everything I could find, and talked to everyone who I thought knew anything about it.


26.
  ... find application outside A.A. itself.  12&12 Foreword, p.15
Though the essays which follow were written mainly for members, it is thought by many of A.A.'s friends that these pieces might arouse interest and find application outside A.A. itself.


27.
  ... find companionship and release.  BB A Vision For You, p.154
In there he would find companionship and release.


28.
  ... find, depends upon able example and not ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
True leadership, we find, depends upon able example and not upon vain displays of power or glory.


29.
  ... find emotional security by being dominating or ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
We were still trying to find emotional security by being dominating or dependent upon others.


30.
  ... find emotional sobriety.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.106
Here we begin to practice all Twelve Steps of the program in our daily lives so that we and those about us may find emotional sobriety.


31.
  ... find exactly how, when, and where our ...  12&12 Step Four, p.43
We want to find exactly how, when, and where our natural desires have warped us.


32.
  ... find God in a hurry, or exhibit ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.128
He may demand that the family find God in a hurry, or exhibit amazing indifference to them and say he is above worldly considerations.


33.
  ... find God, the desire must come from ...  BB Working With Others, p.95
If he is to find God, the desire must come from within.


34.
  ... find guiding.  BB Into Action, p.79
Although these reparations take innumerable forms, there are some general principles which we find guiding.


35.
  ... find hard to match.  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.182
Ever since, these friends have reported A.A. with an enthusiasm which the most ardent members would find hard to match.


36.
  ... find he can win out.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
We doubt if many of them can do it, because none will really want to stop, and hardly one of them, because of the peculiar mental twist already acquired, will find he can win out.


37.
  ... find he has much in common with ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.131
Being possessed of a spiritual experience, the alcoholic will find he has much in common with these people, though he may differ with them on many matters.


38.
  ... find here nothing disturbing to their beliefs ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.28
Those having religious affiliations will find here nothing disturbing to their beliefs or ceremonies.


39.
  ... find Him now!  BB How It Works, p.59
May you find Him now!


40.
  ... find him reading the book once more.  BB To Wives, p.113
Sooner or later, you are likely to find him reading the book once more.


41.
  ... find his home ruined.  BB Into Action, p.82
He is like the farmer who came up out of his cyclone cellar to find his home ruined.


42.
  ... find how different we were from one ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.123
The doctors weren't trying to find how different we were from one another; they sought to find whatever personality traits, if any, this group of alcoholics had in common.


43.
  ... find human opinions running to extremes -- absurd ...  BB How It Works, p.68
Here we find human opinions running to extremes -- absurd extremes, perhaps.


44.
  ... find, in measure to transcend all the ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.131
And this they did find, in measure to transcend all the defects of their frail craft, every test of uncertainty, pain, fear, and despair, and even the death of one.


45.
  ... find in this book.  BB We Agnostics, p.47
This applies, too, to other spiritual expressions which you find in this book.


46.
  ... find it a real mistake to dampen ...  BB To Wives, p.119
We find it a real mistake to dampen his enthusiasm for alcoholic work.


47.
  ... find it a waste of time to ...  BB Working With Others, p.96
We find it a waste of time to keep chasing a man who cannot or will not work with you.


48.
  ... find it better, when possible, to stick ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.125
We find it better, when possible, to stick to our own stories.


49.
  ... find it difficult and troublesome and may ...  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.


50.
  ... find it hard to re-establish friendly relations ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children.


51.
  ... find, it is essentially an individual adventure, ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way.


52.
  ... find it much more beneficial to us.  BB Into Action, p.77
It is harder to go to an enemy than to a friend, but we find it much more beneficial to us.


53.
  ... find it necessary, until they told someone ...  BB Into Action, p.73
But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all their life story.


54.
  ... find it solves our problems too; the ...  BB To Wives, p.116
When we do that, we find it solves our problems too; the ensuing lack of fear, worry and hurt feelings is a wonderful thing.


55.
  ... find life more bearable.  BB Working With Others, p.97
And even though he continues to drink, the family will find life more bearable.


56.
  ... find loving and understanding companionship among women ...  BB A Vision For You, p.160
Many a distracted wife has visited this house to find loving and understanding companionship among women who knew her problem, to hear from the lips of their husbands what had happened to them, to be advised how her own wayward mate might be hospitalized and approached when next he stumbled.


57.
  ... find many members who have crossed the ...  12&12 Step Two, p.27
You will find many members who have crossed the threshold just this way.


58.
  ... find me drunk.  BB Bill's Story, p.4
My wife began to work in a department store, coming home exhausted to find me drunk.


59.
  ... find needed care.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
Now and then, A.A. members have bought farms or rest homes where badly beat-up topers could find needed care.


60.
  ... find new avenues of usefulness and pleasure.  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
If he does not argue about religion, he will make new friends and is sure to find new avenues of usefulness and pleasure.


61.
  ... find no enduring strength until we first ...  12&12 Step One, p.22
The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered.


62.
  ... find no serenity until I accept that ...  BB Acceptance, p.417
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.


63.
  ... find none at all.  12&12 Step One, p.21
Of real happiness he will find none at all.


64.
  ... find one in the pages of this ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xxi
Yet it is our great hope that all those who have as yet found no answer may begin to find one in the pages of this book and will presently join us on the high road to a new freedom.


65.
  ... find one much better.  BB To Wives, p.120
You will lose the old life to find one much better.


66.
  ... find others, a fourth turned up.  BB A Vision For You, p.158
After several failures to find others, a fourth turned up.


67.
  ... find ourselves getting tangled up.  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
There's the spot-check inventory, taken at any time of the day, whenever we find ourselves getting tangled up.


68.
  ... find ourselves more independent personally.  12&12 Step Three, p.36
By so accepting our dependence upon this marvel of science, we find ourselves more independent personally.


69.
  ... find out about his alcoholism.  BB A Vision For You, p.155
He told how he lived in constant worry about those who might find out about his alcoholism.


70.
  ... find out all you can about him.  BB Working With Others, p.90
When you discover a prospect for Alcoholics Anonymous, find out all you can about him.


71.
  ... find recovery, there exists strong sentiment within ...  12&12 Introduction, p.14
However, because the book has helped so many alcoholics find recovery, there exists strong sentiment within the Fellowship against any change to it.


72.
  ... find release from care, boredom and worry.  BB A Vision For You, p.152
There you will find release from care, boredom and worry.


73.
  ... find some by asking a few doctors, ...  BB Working With Others, p.89
You can easily find some by asking a few doctors, ministers, priests or hospitals.


74.
  ... find some of these treasures, too.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
He hoped, God willing, that he might be able to find some of these treasures, too.


75.
  ... find some person, place, thing or situation ...  BB Acceptance, p.417
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.


76.
  ... find someone desperate enough to accept with ...  BB Working With Others, p.96
You are sure to find someone desperate enough to accept with eagerness what you offer.


77.
  ... find such a person quick to see ...  BB Into Action, p.74
We often find such a person quick to see and understand our problem.


78.
  ... find such convictions no great obstacle to ...  BB There Is A Solution, pp.28-29
Surprisingly enough, we find such convictions no great obstacle to a spiritual experience.


79.
  ... find that at some time in the ...  BB How It Works, p.62
Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt.


80.
  ... find that "Faith without works is dead."  BB Into Action, p.76
Now we need more action, without which we find that "Faith without works is dead."


81.
  ... find that his excess enthusiasm will tone ...  BB To Wives, p.119
If you cooperate, rather than complain, you will find that his excess enthusiasm will tone down.


82.
  ... find that I took it piecemeal myself.  12&12 Step Two, p.26
Looking back, I find that I took it piecemeal myself.


83.
  ... find that many of these questions apply ...  12&12 Step Four, p.51
Businesswomen in A.A. will naturally find that many of these questions apply to them, too.


84.
  ... find that most of this embarrassment is ...  BB To Wives, p.115
We find that most of this embarrassment is unnecessary.


85.
  ... find that no one need have difficulty ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.568
We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program.


86.
  ... find that our old attitudes toward our ...  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.
  ... find that our thinking will, as time ...  BB Into Action, p.87
Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration.


88.
  ... find that they have tapped an unsuspected ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves.


89.
  ... find that this has happened automatically.  BB Into Action, pp.84-85
We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically.


90.
  ... find that this is so simply because ...  12&12 Step Four, pp.53-54
Because our surface record hasn't looked too bad, we have frequently been abashed to find that this is so simply because we have buried these selfsame defects deep down in us under thick layers of self-justification.


91.
  ... find that though the harm done others ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.79
In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has.


92.
  ... find that we can always open it ...  12&12 Step Three, p.35
Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more.


93.
  ... find that we still need to exercise ...  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.


94.
  ... find that we were as tight as ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.161
We were astounded to find that we were as tight as the bark on a tree.


95.
  ... find that's what we have to be.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.160
Yet we find that's what we have to be.


96.
  ... find that when drinking is stopped the ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
Couples are occasionally dismayed to find that when drinking is stopped the man tends to be impotent.


97.
  ... find that you can dispose of serious ...  BB To Wives, p.118
You and your husband will find that you can dispose of serious problems easier than you can the trivial ones.


98.
  ... find the fellowship, and so will you.  BB A Vision For You, p.152
Thus we find the fellowship, and so will you.


99.
  ... find the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
Our earliest printing voiced the hope "that every alcoholic who journeys will find the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.


100.
  ... find the fellowship they seek.  BB Bill's Story, p.15
We meet frequently so that newcomers may find the fellowship they seek.


101.
  ... find the grace by which such a ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
If that degree of humility could enable us to find the grace by which such a deadly obsession could be banished, then there must be hope of the same result respecting any other problem we could possibly have.


102.
  ... find the grace in his own religion ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
Finally, he saw that I wasn't attempting to change his religious views, that I wanted him to find the grace in his own religion that would aid his recovery.


103.
  ... find the more one member of the ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.122
We find the more one member of the family demands that the others concede to him, the more resentful they become.


104.
  ... find their real strength.  12&12 Tradition One, p.131
Each needed to consider the others, and in abiding faith they knew they must find their real strength.


105.
  ... find themselves neglected.  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
The family will be affected also, pleasantly at first, as they feel their money troubles are about to be solved, then not so pleasantly as they find themselves neglected.


106.
  ... find these people?"  BB A Vision For You, p.152
"How is that to come about?" you ask. "Where am I to find these people?"


107.
  ... find this Power?  BB We Agnostics, p.45
But where and how were we to find this Power?


108.
  ... find twoscore of sure recoveries in all ...  12&12 Foreword, p.17
Even then it was hard to find twoscore of sure recoveries in all three groups.


109.
  ... find understanding companionship and approval.  BB A Vision For You, p.151
Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find understanding companionship and approval.


110.
  ... find us even more unapproachable than do ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.18
Strangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.


111.
  ... find us only through a few trusted ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
New prospects could find us only through a few trusted friends.


112.
  ... find we are soon overcome by them.  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
But those of us who have tried to shoulder the entire burden and trouble of others find we are soon overcome by them.


113.
  ... find we need something much better in ...  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.


114.
  ... find whatever personality traits, if any, this ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.123
The doctors weren't trying to find how different we were from one another; they sought to find whatever personality traits, if any, this group of alcoholics had in common.


115.
  ... find you cannot quit entirely, or if ...  BB We Agnostics, p.44
If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic.


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