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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FRIEND occurs
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1.
... friend.
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
At
first that "somebody" is
likely to be his
closest A.A. friend.
2.
... friend.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
Upon a
foundation of
complete willingness I
might
build what I saw in my
friend.
3.
... friend.
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
We finally saw that
faith in some
kind of
God was a
part of our make-up, just as much as the
feeling we have for a
friend.
4.
... friend.
BB p.67,
How It Works
We
asked God to
help us
show them the same
tolerance,
pity, and
patience that we would
cheerfully grant a
sick friend.
5.
... friend.
BB p.74,
Into Action
If we cannot or would rather not do this, we
search
our
acquaintance for a
close-
mouthed,
understanding friend.
6.
... friend.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
If your
talk has been
sane,
quiet and
full of
human understanding,
you have perhaps made a
friend.
7.
... friend admitting he has many, if not ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
You will soon have your
friend admitting he has many, if not all, of the
traits of the
alcoholic.
8.
... friend among friends, to be a worker ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
We have not once
sought to be one in a
family, to be a
friend among
friends, to be a
worker
among
workers, to be a
useful member of
society.
9.
... friend and newcomer.
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
This, too, is a
puzzler for every
friend and
newcomer.
10.
... friend ask him if he wants to ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
Then let his
family or a
friend ask him if he
wants to
quit for
good and if he would go to any
extreme to do so.
11.
... friend asked if he might come over.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
The
cheery voice of an
old school friend asked if he might
come over.
12.
... friend, but we find it much more ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
It is
harder to go to an
enemy than to a
friend, but we
find it much more
beneficial to us.
13.
... friend's cornerstone fixed in place.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
Thus was our
friend's
cornerstone fixed in
place.
14.
... friend drinking their morning coffee.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
15.
... friend's face warmed my heart.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
16.
... friend felt as though the gates of ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Our
friend felt as though the
gates of
hell had
closed on him with a
clang.
17.
... friend found himself when he had the ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
Here was the
terrible dilemma in which our
friend found himself when he had the
extraordinary experience, which as we have already told you,
made him a
free man.
18.
... friend's gorge rose as he bitterly cried ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
Our
friend's
gorge rose as he
bitterly cried out: "If there is a
God, He
certainly hasn't done anything for me!"
19.
... friend had emphasized the absolute necessity of ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
20.
... friend had said it all.
12&12 p.159,
Tradition Six
Concerning endorsements, our
friend
had said it all.
21.
... friend had to let me go.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
But
drinking caught up
with me again and my
generous friend had to let me go.
22.
... friend had with his doctor.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Let us tell you the
rest of the
conversation our
friend
had with his
doctor.
23.
... friend have on the ball?
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
So he
inquired, what did our
friend have on the
ball?
24.
... friend in Montreal.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
25.
... friend is like a boy whistling in ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
We
know our
friend is like a
boy whistling in the
dark to
keep up his
spirits.
26.
... friend is still victimized by remorse and ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
Our
friend is still
victimized by
remorse
and
guilt when he
thinks of
yesterday.
27.
... friend's life is still unmanageable even though ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
Of
course the
sponsor points out that our
friend's
life is still
unmanageable even though he is
sober, that after all, only a
bare start on
A.A.'s
program has been made.
28.
... friend never took the first drink, thereby ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
29.
... friend of A.A., died in the spring ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
(*)
Father Ed, an
early and
wonderful friend of
A.A.,
died in the
spring of
1960.
30.
... friend of an alcoholic who shows no ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
31.
... friend of mine who was a one-time ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
So did a
friend of
mine who
was a one-
time vice-
president of the
American Atheist Society, but he got through with
room to
spare."
32.
... friend of the hotel lobby incident remained ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
All this
time our
friend of
the
hotel lobby incident remained in that
town.
33.
... friend, or spiritual adviser.
BB p.63,
How It Works
34.
... friend proceeded to tell him.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
Our
friend proceeded to
tell him.
35.
... friend promised when these things were done ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
My
friend promised when
these things were done I would
enter upon a new
relationship with my
Creator; that I would have the
elements of a way of
living
which
answered all my
problems.
36.
... friend related his experience, the man agreed ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
When our
friend related his
experience, the
man agreed that no
amount of will
power he might
muster could
stop his
drinking for
long.
37.
... friend sat before me, and he made ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
But my
friend sat before me,
and he made the
point-
blank
declaration that
God had
done for him what he could not do for himself.
38.
... friend says.
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
It will
help if we can
drop
all
resistance to what our
friend says.
39.
... friend; she's a gossip -- personal relationship; self ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
40.
... friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
Each
day my
friend's
simple talk in our
kitchen multiplies
itself in a
widening circle of
peace on
earth and
good will to
men.
41.
... friend suggested what then seemed a novel ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
My
friend suggested what
then
seemed a
novel idea.
42.
... Friend take them away, root and branch.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I
ruthlessly faced my
sins and
became willing to have my new-
found
Friend take them away,
root
and
branch.
43.
... friend, the doctor, to ask if I ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
For a
moment I was
alarmed, and called my
friend,
the
doctor, to
ask if I were
still
sane.
44.
... friend, the vice president, had in mind ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
What our
friend, the
vice president, had in
mind was
the
habitual or
whoopee
drinker.
45.
... friend there remained in me the vestiges ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
46.
... friend, "this chap is either through with ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
"
Oh no," said my
friend, "this
chap is either through with
liquor, or he is
minus a
job.
47.
... friend to his home.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
Being
intrigued, however, he
invited our
friend to his
home.
48.
... friend understand.
BB p.138,
To Employers
I
wanted to
throw up my
hands in
discouragement, for I saw that I had
failed to
help my
banker friend understand.
49.
... friend wants to talk further about himself, ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Unless your
friend wants to
talk further about himself, do not
wear out your
welcome.
50.
... friend was a minister's son.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
Our
friend was a
minister's
son.
51.
... friend was much more than inwardly reorganized.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
I saw that my
friend was much more than
inwardly reorganized.
52.
... friend was somewhat relieved, for he reflected ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Upon
hearing this, our
friend was somewhat
relieved,
for he
reflected that, after all, he was a
good church member.
53.
... friend was wrong -- dead wrong.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
Of
course our
friend was
wrong --
dead wrong.
54.
... friend we shall call Jim.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
Our
first example is a
friend we shall call
Jim.
55.
... friend who had been in contact with ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
56.
... friend who looks at A.A. for the ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
Every
newcomer, every
friend who
looks at
A.A. for the
first time is
greatly puzzled.
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