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


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1.
  ... little.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
As laymen, our opinion as to its soundness may, of course, mean little.


2.
  ... little.  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
His disposition while drinking resembles his normal nature but little.


3.
  ... little.  BB Working With Others, p.102
While you were drinking, you were withdrawing from life little by little.


4.
  ... little.  BB The Family Afterward, pp.127-128
Little by little, mother and children will see they ask too much, and father will see he gives too little.


5.
  ... little.  BB A Vision For You, p.164
We realize we know only a little.


6.
  ... little.  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.569
If we do not do so, we shall stand convicted of emotional sterility and of having lost the faith that moves mountains, without which medicine can do little.


7.
  ... little at a time.  12&12 Step Ten, pp.92-93
The idea that we can be possessively loving of a few, can ignore the many, and can continue to fear or hate anybody, has to be abandoned, if only a little at a time.


8.
  ... little by little.  BB Working With Others, p.102
While you were drinking, you were withdrawing from life little by little.


9.
  ... little by little I became interested in ...  BB Bill's Story, p.2
My work took me about Wall Street and little by little I became interested in the market.


10.
  Little by little, mother and children will ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
Little by little, mother and children will see they ask too much, and father will see he gives too little.


11.
  Little by little the family may see ...  BB Working With Others, p.99
Little by little the family may see their own defects and admit them.


12.
  ... little can be done for him.  BB There Is A Solution, p.22
We are not sure why, once a certain point is reached, little can be done for him.


13.
  ... little card about golf-score size.  12&12 Tradition Four, p.149
It all went on a little card about golf-score size.


14.
  ... little chance he can recover by himself.  BB Working With Others, p.92
But insist that if he is severely afflicted, there may be little chance he can recover by himself.


15.
  ... little charity, in the ordinary sense of ...  BB Working With Others, pp.97-98
For the type of alcoholic who is able and willing to get well, little charity, in the ordinary sense of the word, is needed or wanted.


16.
  ... little children; let the solving of these ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for alcoholics we appear somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged this movement.


17.
  Little clusters of twos and threes and ...  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Little clusters of twos and threes and fives of us have sprung up in other communities, through contact with our two larger centers.


18.
  ... little company.  BB To Employers, p.149
Today I own a little company.


19.
  ... little complaint, and often in good cheer.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
We have seen A.A.'s suffer lingering and fatal illness with little complaint, and often in good cheer.


20.
  ... little control over the amount you take, ...  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.


21.
  ... little cracked about religion.  BB Bill's Story, p.9
So that was it -- last summer an alcoholic crackpot; now, I suspected, a little cracked about religion.


22.
  ... little difference.  BB We Agnostics, p.50
Whether we agree with a particular approach or conception seems to make little difference.


23.
  ... little doc said.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.151
'Nothing too promising,' the little doc said.


24.
  ... little doubt that a mighty purpose and ...  BB Bill's Story, p.10
Despite contrary indications, I had little doubt that a mighty purpose and rhythm underlay all.


25.
  ... little doubt that much good will result, ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
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.


26.
  ... little effect however for I kept on ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
This had little effect however for I kept on drinking and used a great deal more hard liquor than in former years.


27.
  ... little else.  BB We Agnostics, p.54
In one form or another we had been living by faith and little else.


28.
  ... little else.  BB The Family Afterward, pp.125-126
He may either plunge into a frantic attempt to get on his feet in business, or he may be so enthralled by his new life that he talks or thinks of little else.


29.
  ... little else.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
That made good newspaper copy, but little else.


30.
  ... little financial assistance.  BB Working With Others, p.96
If he is, you might try to help him about getting a job, or give him a little financial assistance.


31.
  ... little further.  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Some who feel they have done well may dispute this, so let's try to think it through a little further.


32.
  ... little gathering of men and women, happy ...  BB A Vision For You, p.159
Seeing much of each other, scarce an evening passed that someone's home did not shelter a little gathering of men and women, happy in their release, and constantly thinking how they might present their discovery to some newcomer.


33.
  ... little good can come to any alcoholic ...  12&12 Step One, p.21
We know that little good can come to any alcoholic who joins A.A. unless he has first accepted his devastating weakness and all its consequences.


34.
  ... little good if you point that out ...  BB To Wives, p.119
It will do little good if you point that out and urge more attention for yourself.


35.
  ... little headway in this new adventure of ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.77
Every A.A. has found that he can make little headway in this new adventure of living until he first backtracks and really makes an accurate and unsparing survey of the human wreckage he has left in his wake.


36.
  ... little hope of his recovery.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
This is repeated over and over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is very little hope of his recovery.


37.
  ... little I became interested in the market.  BB Bill's Story, p.2
My work took me about Wall Street and little by little I became interested in the market.


38.
  ... little idea how prevalent this problem is.  BB To Employers, p.149
We believe that managers of large enterprises often have little idea how prevalent this problem is.


39.
  ... little impression upon the problem as a ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
Though the aggregate of recoveries resulting from psychiatric effort is considerable, we physicians must admit we have made little impression upon the problem as a whole.


40.
  ... little in glory.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.133
Being on the human side, the founder and his friends may bask a little in glory.


41.
  ... little jokes about an alcoholic's drinking exploits.  BB To Employers, p.145
One instance comes to mind in which a malicious individual was always making friendly little jokes about an alcoholic's drinking exploits.


42.
  ... little money.  BB Bill's Story, p.7
I went to town regularly and even made a little money.


43.
  ... little money, but we once worked on ...  BB Bill's Story, p.3
I had had some success at speculation, so we had a little money, but we once worked on a farm for a month to avoid drawing on our small capital.


44.
  ... little more closely.  BB We Agnostics, p.53
That was natural, but let us think a little more closely.


45.
  ... little more discretion than we did with ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.84
But even in these cases, we may need to use a little more discretion than we did with the family.


46.
  ... little more insurance for myself against a ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.


47.
  ... little, mother and children will see they ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
Little by little, mother and children will see they ask too much, and father will see he gives too little.


48.
  ... little mottoes which are apropos. Here they ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.135
We have three little mottoes which are apropos. Here they are:


49.
  ... little need to criticize each other.  BB To Wives, p.118
If you both show a willingness to remedy your own defects, there will be little need to criticize each other.


50.
  ... little New York office which meanwhile had ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
This brought a rush of 800 frantic inquiries into the little New York office which meanwhile had been established.


51.
  ... little now and then, began to evaporate.  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
The notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then, began to evaporate.


52.
  ... little of where I went or what ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
I know little of where I went or what I said and did.


53.
  ... little or not at all aware of ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
As soon as we begin to feel confident in our new way of life and have begun, by our behavior and example, to convince those about us that we are indeed changing for the better, it is usually safe to talk in complete frankness with those who have been seriously affected, even those who may be only a little or not at all aware of what we have done to them.


54.
  ... little or nothing can be accomplished.  BB There Is A Solution, p.18
Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished.


55.
  Little or nothing, we saw at last.  BB We Agnostics, p.54
Little or nothing, we saw at last.


56.
  ... little or nothing when drinking, and I ...  BB Bill's Story, p.7
I could eat little or nothing when drinking, and I was forty pounds under weight.


57.
  ... little permanent effect unless at once followed ...  BB How It Works, p.64
Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us.


58.
  ... little plans and designs.  BB How It Works, p.63
Established on such a footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs.


59.
  ... little ruefully, how much store we used ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.100
When such thoughts break in, we might recall, a little ruefully, how much store we used to set by imagination as it tried to create reality out of bottles.


60.
  ... little serious or effective thought during the ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
We now see that when we began to drink deliberately, instead of casually, there was little serious or effective thought during the period of premeditation of what the terrific consequences might be.


61.
  ... little sobriety or contentment for us.  12&12 Step Four, p.43
Without a willing and persistent effort to do this, there can be little sobriety or contentment for us.


62.
  ... little studies of A.A.'s Twelve Steps now ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.125
These little studies of A.A.'s Twelve Steps now come to a close.


63.
  ... little superior to the next fellow, or ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Who, for example, doesn't like to feel just a little superior to the next fellow, or even quite a lot superior?


64.
  ... little the family may see their own ...  BB Working With Others, p.99
Little by little the family may see their own defects and admit them.


65.
  ... little time to consider it, my own ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.137
"Although I asked Charlie for a little time to consider it, my own mind was about made up.


66.
  ... little to laugh about that I can ...  BB A Vision For You, p.157
Said the future Fellow Anonymous: "Damn little to laugh about that I can see."


67.
  ... little trouble in giving up liquor entirely ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
Moderate drinkers have little trouble in giving up liquor entirely if they have good reason for it.


68.
  ... little use if our attitude is one ...  BB Working With Others, p.103
Some day we hope that Alcoholics Anonymous will help the public to a better realization of the gravity of the alcoholic problem, but we shall be of little use if our attitude is one of bitterness or hostility.


69.
  ... little use to argue and only makes ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
It is of little use to argue and only makes the impasse worse.


70.
  ... little vicarious pleasure from the atmosphere of ...  BB Working With Others, p.101
Or am I expecting to steal a little vicarious pleasure from the atmosphere of such places?"


71.
  ... little whether it was repaid or not?  12&12 Step Four, p.51
Did I recklessly borrow money, caring little whether it was repaid or not?


72.
  ... little whether our resentments were justified or ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.90
It mattered little whether our resentments were justified or not.


73.
  ... little whether we had sat on the ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.123
It mattered little whether we had sat on the shore of life drinking ourselves into forgetfulness or had plunged in recklessly and willfully beyond our depth and ability.


74.
  ... little while hoping, always hoping.  BB To Wives, p.105
Our friends have counseled chucking the men and we have done so with finality, only to be back in a little while hoping, always hoping.


75.
  ... little work.  BB Bill's Story, p.15
It was fortunate, for my old business associates remained skeptical for a year and a half, during which I found little work.


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