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1.
... going.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
It is a
design for
living
that
works in
rough going.
2.
... going back
in our own drinking histories, ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
By
going back in our
own drinking histories, we
could
show that
years before
we
realized it we were out of
control, that our
drinking
even then was no
mere habit,
that it was
indeed the
beginning of a
fatal progression.
3.
... going beautifully
he dismays you by coming ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
Perhaps your
husband will make a
fair start on the new
basis, but just as things are
going beautifully he
dismays you by
coming home drunk.
4.
... going human
concerns is complete.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
5.
... going into
a detailed discussion, it may ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Before
going into a
detailed discussion, it
may be well to
summarize some
points as we see them.
6.
... going is
thoroughly good.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
But be
sure you are on
solid
spiritual ground before
you
start and that your
motive in
going is
thoroughly good.
7.
Going it
alone in spiritual matters is ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
8.
... going much
too far in the opposite ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
Upon
entering A.A., these
attitudes were
sharply reversed, often
going much
too far in the
opposite direction.
9.
... going of
life.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
10.
... going on.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
11.
... "going on
the wagon for keeps."
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
They are always "
going on the
wagon for
keeps."
12.
... going out
of our way to understand ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
With those we
dislike we can
begin to
practice justice and
courtesy,
perhaps
going out of our way to
understand and
help them.
13.
... going somewhere,
that life is not a ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
He has been
set on a
path which
tells him he is really
going somewhere, that
life is not a
dead end, not something to be
endured or
mastered.
14.
... going there
is little doubt that much ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
If we
keep on the way we are
going there is
little doubt that much
good will
result, but the
surface of
the
problem would
hardly
be
scratched.
15.
... going to
back away from their individual ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Nor does it
mean that the
members of
Alcoholics Anonymous, now
restored
as
citizens of the
world,
are
going to back away from their
individual responsibilities to
act as they see the
right upon
issues of our
time.
16.
... going to
be happy again.
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
Both of them
blame each other and
ask when their
marriage is
ever
going to be
happy again.
17.
... going to
be inspired at all times.
BB p.87,
Into Action
Being still
inexperienced and having just
made
conscious contact
with
God, it is not
probable that we are
going to
be
inspired at all
times.
18.
... going to
be more interested in a ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
He is
going to be more
interested in a
demonstration of
good
will than in our
talk of
spiritual discoveries.
19.
... going to
be our Director.
BB p.62,
How It Works
Next, we
decided that
hereafter in this
drama of
life,
God was
going to be our
Director.
20.
... going to
be so rigidly righteous about ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Are we
going to be so
rigidly righteous about
making amends that we
don't
care what
happens to
the
family and
home?
21.
... going to
be that way with you.
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
Perhaps it is going to be that way with you.
22.
... going to
be very happy.
BB p.117,
To Wives
If you and your
husband find a
solution for the
pressing
problem of
drink you are,
of
course,
going to be very
happy.
23.
... going to
bed, so I stepped into ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
When I
returned to the
hotel it
struck me a
highball would be
fine before
going to
bed, so I
stepped into the
bar and had
one.
24.
... going to
believe they are in that ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Despite all we can say, many who are
real alcoholics are not
going to
believe they are
in that
class.
25.
... going to
describe.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
All of us
spend much of our
spare time in the
sort of
effort which we are
going to
describe.
26.
... going to
disappear over night.
BB p.100,
Working With Others
You should
point out that his
defects of
character are
not
going to
disappear
over
night.
27.
... going to
do about a thing like ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
In
fairness we
must say
that she may
understand, but what are we
going to do about a thing like that?
28.
... going to
function, it has to be ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
If a
club is
going to
function, it has to be
habitable and
hospitable.
29.
... going to
get drunk?
BB p.70,
How It Works
Does this
mean we are
going to
get
drunk?
30.
... going to
health farms and sanitariums, accepting ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Here are some of the
methods we have
tried:
Drinking beer only,
limiting the
number of
drinks,
never drinking alone,
never drinking in the
morning,
drinking only at
home,
never having it in the
house,
never drinking during
business
hours,
drinking only at
parties,
switching
from
scotch to
brandy,
drinking only
natural wines,
agreeing to
resign if ever
drunk on the
job,
taking a
trip, not
taking a
trip,
swearing off
forever (with and without a
solemn oath),
taking more
physical exercise,
reading inspirational books,
going to
health farms and
sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to
asylums --
we could
increase the
list
ad infinitum.
31.
... going to
hurry any.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
Sure, I'll
head toward perfection, but
I'm
certainly not
going
to
hurry any.
32.
... going to
it for years.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
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.
33.
... going to
know a new freedom and ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
We are
going to
know a new
freedom and a new
happiness.
34.
... going to
meddle with our personal independence ...
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
35.
... going to
meet these new friends in ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
You are
going to
meet these
new
friends in your
own community.
36.
... going to
need them."
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
We're
going to
need them."
37.
... going to
pay its bills, that's really ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
When a
society composed
entirely of
alcoholics says it's
going
to
pay its bills, that's really
news.
38.
... going to
perform those services for which ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Eight (Long)
But we may
employ alcoholics where they are
going to
perform those
services for which we might
otherwise have to
engage
nonalcoholics.
39.
... going to
perform those services for which ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But we may
employ alcoholics where they are
going to
perform those
services for which we might
otherwise have to
engage
nonalcoholics.
40.
... going to
play an effective part in ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
At the very
beginning, the
couple ought to
frankly face the
fact that each will have
to
yield here and there if the
family is
going to
play an
effective part in the new
life.
41.
... going to
sleep, many of us draw ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
When
evening comes,
perhaps just before
going to
sleep, many of us
draw up a
balance sheet for the
day.
42.
... going to
some of them on a ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
As we
look over the
list of
business acquaintances and
friends we have
hurt, we may
feel diffident about
going to some of them on a
spiritual basis.
43.
... going to
spoil your relations with your ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
Be
determined that your
husband's
drinking is not
going to
spoil your
relations with your
children or your
friends.
44.
... going to
talk about God.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
And it
means, of
course,
that we are
going to
talk
about
God.
45.
Going to
the extreme, he can become ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Going to the
extreme, he
can
become a
miser, or even
a
recluse who
denies
himself both
family and
friends.
46.
... going to
the other extreme, we had ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
Or,
going to the other
extreme, we had
wallowed
in
emotionalism and had
mistaken it for
true religious feeling.
47.
... going to
this place?
BB p.101,
Working With Others
Therefore,
ask yourself on
each
occasion, "Have I any
good social,
business, or
personal reason for
going to this place?
48.
... going to
try the program, the process ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
The
moment we tell our
families that we are really
going to
try the
program, the
process has
begun.
49.
... going to
turn me into a nonentity.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
Nothing is
going to
turn me into a
nonentity.
50.
... going to
wonder how you can add ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
In that
case he is
going to
wonder how you can
add anything
to what he already
knows.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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