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

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LARGE   occurs   37 times 25 in BB  •  12 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... large?  12&12 Step Twelve, p.112
Can we meet our newly recognized responsibilities to the world at large?


2.
  ... large amount of failure in getting alcoholics ...  12&12 Foreword, p.16
After three years of trial and error in selecting the most workable tenets upon which the Society could be based, and after a large amount of failure in getting alcoholics to recover, three successful groups emerged -- the first at Akron, the second at New York, and the third at Cleveland.


3.
  ... large, but who should be committed.  BB To Wives, p.114
Perhaps you have a husband who is at large, but who should be committed.


4.
  ... large cities are overcome by the reflection ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
Those of us who live in large cities are overcome by the reflection that close by hundreds are dropping into oblivion every day.


5.
  ... large cities, groups often maintain local offices ...  BB Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
In large cities, groups often maintain local offices where alcoholics or their families may arrange for interviews or hospitalization.


6.
  ... large community.  BB A Vision For You, p.163
We know of an A.A. member who was living in a large community.


7.
  ... large donation.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.162
As my total income was thirty dollars a week at the time, this was a fairly large donation.


8.
  ... large doses of sedatives to make it ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
It was really a horrible nightmare, this earning money, getting liquor, smuggling it home, getting drunk, morning jitters, taking large doses of sedatives to make it possible for me to earn more money, and so on ad nauseam.


9.
  ... large doses of sedatives to quiet the ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
Most of the time, therefore, I did not take the morning drink which I craved so badly, but instead would fill up on large doses of sedatives to quiet the jitters, which distressed me terribly.


10.
  ... large enterprises often have little idea how ...  BB To Employers, p.149
We believe that managers of large enterprises often have little idea how prevalent this problem is.


11.
  ... large expense account.  BB Bill's Story, p.3
At the end of it, my reports to Wall Street procured me a position there and the use of a large expense account.


12.
  ... large farm owned by a friend of ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
This went from bad to worse until sophomore spring when, after a prolonged period of drinking, I made up my mind that I could not complete my course, so I packed my grip and went South to spend a month on a large farm owned by a friend of mine.


13.
  ... large gifts from any source, or of ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


14.
  ... large gifts from any source, or of ...  12&12 Tradition Seven (Long), p.190
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


15.
  ... large group its rotating committee, and the ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary.


16.
  ... large group its rotating committee, and the ...  12&12 Tradition Nine (Long), p.191
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary.


17.
  ... large group of people who have solved ...  12&12 Step Two, p.27
Here's a very large group of people who have solved their alcohol problem.


18.
  ... large home at the disposal of this ...  BB A Vision For You, p.160
One man and his wife placed their large home at the disposal of this strangely assorted crowd.


19.
  ... large industrial concern.  BB To Employers, p.148
The other day an approach was made to the vice president of a large industrial concern.


20.
  ... large manufacturing concern, selling railway supplies, gas ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
The next three years I spent in Boston, Chicago, and Montreal in the employ of a large manufacturing concern, selling railway supplies, gas engines of all sorts, and many other items of heavy hardware.


21.
  ... large metropolitan area their central or intergroup ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary.


22.
  ... large metropolitan area their central or intergroup ...  12&12 Tradition Nine (Long), p.191
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary.


23.
  ... large numbers of alcoholic men and women ...  BB Preface, p.xi
Because this book has become the basic text for our Society and has helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists strong sentiment against any radical changes being made in it.


24.
  ... large numbers of erstwhile erratic alcoholics successfully ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
The test that it faced was this: Could these large numbers of erstwhile erratic alcoholics successfully meet and work together?


25.
  ... large numbers of incoming people might break ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
Between these lines, it is easy to read our fear that large numbers of incoming people might break our anonymity wide open.


26.
  ... large numbers of potential alcoholics among young ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
We, who are familiar with the symptoms, see large numbers of potential alcoholics among young people everywhere.


27.
  ... large numbers of recoveries, and reunited homes.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
For this there were two principal reasons: the large numbers of recoveries, and reunited homes.


28.
  ... large on the man's face as he ...  BB A Vision For You, p.157
Hopelessness was written large on the man's face as he replied, "Oh, but that's no use.


29.
  ... large one, your junior executives might be ...  BB To Employers, p.147
If your organization is a large one, your junior executives might be provided with this book.


30.
  ... large order.  12&12 Step Eight, p.77
This is a very large order.


31.
  ... large place, there are hundreds.  BB A Vision For You, p.152
If you live in a large place, there are hundreds.


32.
  ... large place, we think that some day ...  BB A Vision For You, p.161
Being a large place, we think that some day its Fellowship will number many hundreds.(*)


33.
  ... large public hospital to select still others ...  BB A Vision For You, p.163
Arrangements were also made with the chief psychiatrist of a large public hospital to select still others from the stream of misery which flows through that institution.


34.
  ... large sum of money still owing my ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
I thought of the large sum of money still owing my Wall Street creditors.


35.
  ... large sums of money to carry on ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
Maybe these places would make large sums of money to carry on our other good works.


36.
  ... large supply of liquor and smuggle it ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
If my wife was planning to go out in the afternoon, I would get a large supply of liquor and smuggle it home and hide it in the coal bin, the clothes chute, over door jambs, over beams in the cellar, and in cracks in the cellar tile.


37.
  ... large that many of us have suffered ...  12&12 Step Four, p.53
But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most.


The 164 and More™ Book, eBook, and Web Site are all CONCORDANCES which display passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, and the A.A. Grapevine (A.A. Preamble only).  Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and More concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc., or the A.A. Grapevine, Inc.  Further A.A.W.S. Inc. and the A.A. Grapevine Inc. have no objection to the use of this material in the 164 and More concordance.

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