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1.
... gone.    BB p.10,  Bill's Story   Go to page 10 in the Big Book
But that was as far as I had gone.


2.
... gone.    BB p.105,  To Wives   Go to page 105 in the Big Book
Positions were always in jeopardy or gone.


3.
... gone.    BB p.110,  To Wives   Go to page 110 in the Big Book
Many of our husbands were just as far gone.


4.
... gone.    BB p.151,  A Vision For You   Go to page 151 in the Big Book
The old pleasures were gone.

5.
... gone all out in confusing the ends ...    12&12 p.71,  Step Seven
Quite characteristically, we had gone all out in confusing the ends with the means.

6.
... gone all out to carry A.A.'s message.    12&12 p.181,  Tradition Eleven
Veteran newsmen, trained doubters that they are, have gone all out to carry A.A.'s message.


7.
... gone along without drinking for a few ...    BB p.146,  To Employers   Go to page 146 in the Big Book
After your man has gone along without drinking for a few months, you may be able to make use of his services with other employees who are giving you the alcoholic run-around -- provided, of course, they are willing to have a third party in the picture.

8.
... gone astray, have been the primary cause ...    12&12 p.50,  Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure at life; that unless he is now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the faulty foundation of his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.


9.
... gone beyond recall in a few years.    BB p.33,  More About Alcoholism   Go to page 33 in the Big Book
Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years.


10.
... gone much further than husband number two.    BB p.109,  To Wives   Go to page 109 in the Big Book
Three: This husband has gone much further than husband number two.

11.
... gone, no matter how grave your emotional ...    12&12 p.139,  Tradition Three
No matter who you are, no matter how low you've gone, no matter how grave your emotional complications -- even your crimes -- we still can't deny you A.A.


12.
... gone on before.    BB p.8,  Bill's Story   Go to page 8 in the Big Book
Now I was to plunge into the dark, joining that endless procession of sots who had gone on before.


13.
... gone on drinking many years beyond the ...    BB p.34,  More About Alcoholism   Go to page 34 in the Big Book
As we look back, we feel we had gone on drinking many years beyond the point where we could quit on our will power.

14.
... gone on to better things.    12&12 p.149,  Tradition Four
It had picked itself up with a laugh and gone on to better things.


15.
... gone out deliberately to get drunk, feeling ...    BB p.37,  More About Alcoholism   Go to page 37 in the Big Book
In some circumstances we have gone out deliberately to get drunk, feeling ourselves justified by nervousness, anger, worry, depression, jealousy or the like.

16.
... gone peaceable, and become one great big ...    12&12 p.177,  Tradition Ten
Maybe this sounds as though the alcoholics in A.A. had suddenly gone peaceable, and become one great big happy family.


17.
... gone religious.    BB p.77,  Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
It is seldom wise to approach an individual, who still smarts from our injustice to him, and announce that we have gone religious.

18.
... gone through.    12&12 p.23,  Step One
They were spared that last ten or fifteen years of literal hell the rest of us had gone through.


19.
... gone through hell for him.    BB p.81,  Into Action   Go to page 81 in the Big Book
A man so involved often feels very remorseful at times, especially if he is married to a loyal and courageous girl who has literally gone through hell for him.

20.
... gone through this process in some degree.    12&12 p.135,  Tradition Two
Nearly every oldtimer in our Society has gone through this process in some degree.


21.
... gone through what you have.    BB p.119,  To Wives   Go to page 119 in the Big Book
They need the counsel and love of a woman who has gone through what you have.


22.
... gone to Akron on a business venture ...    BB xvi,  Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
The broker had gone to Akron on a business venture which had collapsed, leaving him greatly in fear that he might start drinking again.


23.
... gone to Europe, placing himself in the ...    BB p.26,  There Is A Solution   Go to page 26 in the Big Book
Then he had gone to Europe, placing himself in the care of a celebrated physician (the psychiatrist, Dr. Jung) who prescribed for him.


24.
... gone to hell again.    BB p.6,  Bill's Story   Go to page 6 in the Big Book
A morning paper told me the market had gone to hell again.


25.
... gone to my old hospital in despair.    BB p.15,  Bill's Story   Go to page 15 in the Big Book
Many times I have gone to my old hospital in despair.


26.
... gone to pieces long ago.    BB p.119,  To Wives   Go to page 119 in the Big Book
Without you he would have gone to pieces long ago.


27.
... gone to recover from a bad case ...    BB p.39,  More About Alcoholism   Go to page 39 in the Big Book
We first saw Fred about a year ago in a hospital where he had gone to recover from a bad case of jitters.


28.
... gone to the extremes you fellows did, ...    BB p.38,  More About Alcoholism   Go to page 38 in the Big Book
We admit we have some of these symptoms, but we have not gone to the extremes you fellows did, nor are we likely to, for we understand ourselves so well after what you have told us that such things cannot happen again.

29.
... gone to the other extreme and settled ...    12&12 p.156,  Tradition Six
We are all perfectionists who, failing perfection, have gone to the other extreme and settled for the bottle and the blackout.


30.
... gone, we will see how our experience ...    BB p.84,  Into Action   Go to page 84 in the Big Book
No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.

31.
... gone wrong.    12&12 p.59,  Step Five
If the Creator gave us our lives in the first place, then He must know in every detail where we have since gone wrong.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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