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


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1.
  ... point.  BB Bill's Story, p.12
I saw that growth could start from that point.


2.
  ... point.  BB We Agnostics, p.48
Simply because it is impossible to explain what we see, feel, direct, and use, without a reasonable assumption as a starting point.


3.
  ... point.  BB How It Works, p.59
We stood at the turning point.


4.
  ... point.  BB To Employers, p.149
Their cost of production is figured to a fine decimal point.


5.
  ... point.  BB A Vision For You, p.153
You will want to know more of how to proceed from that point.


6.
  ... point:  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
So let's consider briefly what we have been trying to do up to this point:


7.
  ... point.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
Of course, they would use the resources of radio, press, and films to make their point.


8.
  ... point.  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.182
Then they got the point.


9.
  ... point, a point at which we say, ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Even then the best of us will discover to our dismay that there is always a sticking point, a point at which we say, "No, I can't give this up yet."


10.
  ... point, about a hundred of our Society ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.182
At one point, about a hundred of our Society were breaking anonymity at the public level.


11.
  ... point, and have brought out the very ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.78
We've repeatedly strained the patience of our best friends to a snapping point, and have brought out the very worst in those who didn't think much of us to begin with.


12.
  ... point, and I was thoroughly miserable.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
I was self conscious and ill at ease most of the time, my health was at the breaking point, and I was thoroughly miserable.


13.
  Point at which we abandon limited objectives ...  12&12 Contents (Step Six), p.7
Point at which we abandon limited objectives and move toward God's will for us.


14.
  ... point at which we abandon limited objectives, ...  12&12 Step Six, p.69
This is the exact point at which we abandon limited objectives, and move toward God's will for us.


15.
  ... point at which we depart from the ...  12&12 Step Six, p.65
When they drive us blindly, or we willfully demand that they supply us with more satisfactions or pleasures than are possible or due us, that is the point at which we depart from the degree of perfection that God wishes for us here on earth.


16.
  ... point at which we say, "No, I ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Even then the best of us will discover to our dismay that there is always a sticking point, a point at which we say, "No, I can't give this up yet."


17.
  ... point-blank declaration that God had done for ...  BB Bill's Story, p.11
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.


18.
  ... point-blank why he could not recover.  BB There Is A Solution, p.26
So he returned to this doctor, whom he admired, and asked him point-blank why he could not recover.


19.
  ... point for all of us.  12&12 Step Two, p.33
Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us.


20.
  ... point has helped many of us.  BB To Employers, p.142
A firm attitude at this point has helped many of us.


21.
  ... point he firmly but lovingly commences to ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.119
At this point he firmly but lovingly commences to behave like a partner instead of like a bad boy.


22.
  ... point imagination toward the right objectives.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.100
Perhaps the real trouble was our almost total inability to point imagination toward the right objectives.


23.
  ... point in our lives came when we ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
A great turning point in our lives came when we sought for humility as something we really wanted, rather than as something we must have.


24.
  ... point in the drinking of every alcoholic, ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail.


25.
  ... point insistently.  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
This will tempt us to argue, or to press our point insistently.


26.
  ... point is reached, little can be done ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.22
We are not sure why, once a certain point is reached, little can be done for him.


27.
  ... point is, that we are willing to ...  BB How It Works, p.60
The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines.


28.
  ... point, it might be well to explain ...  BB To Employers, p.142
At this point, it might be well to explain alcoholism, the illness.


29.
  ... point of 1932, and I had somehow ...  BB Bill's Story, p.5
Stocks were at the low point of 1932, and I had somehow formed a group to buy.


30.
  ... point of advantage in the approach that ...  BB Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
"I think that psychologically speaking there is a point of advantage in the approach that is being made in this movement that cannot be duplicated.


31.
  ... point of despair that nothing but oblivion ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
As we morbidly pursue this melancholy activity, we may sink to such a point of despair that nothing but oblivion looks possible as a solution.


32.
  ... point of divorce or bankruptcy are mystified ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.35
Friends who have reasoned with him after a spree which has brought him to the point of divorce or bankruptcy are mystified when he walks directly into a saloon.


33.
  ... point of professionalism, money and spirituality do ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.166
We have discovered that at the point of professionalism, money and spirituality do not mix.


34.
  ... point of self-destruction.  BB We Agnostics, p.56
Post-war disillusionment, ever more serious alcoholism, impending mental and physical collapse, brought him to the point of self-destruction.


35.
  ... point of view.  BB We Agnostics, p.52
We had to ask ourselves why we shouldn't apply to our human problems this same readiness to change our point of view.


36.
  ... point of view.  12&12 Step Twelve, pp.112-113
We naturally congratulate ourselves on what later proves to be a far too easy and superficial point of view.


37.
  ... point of view, the spiritual ideas of ...  12&12 Foreword, p.17
In it alcoholism was described from the alcoholic's point of view, the spiritual ideas of the Society were codified for the first time in the Twelve Steps, and the application of these Steps to the alcoholic's dilemma was made clear.


38.
  ... point of view the way he established ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.29
Each individual, in the personal stories, describes in his own language and from his own point of view the way he established his relationship with God.


39.
  ... point of view, though we cooperate widely ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
Neither does A.A. take any particular medical point of view, though we cooperate widely with the men of medicine as well as with the men of religion.


40.
  ... point on, progress will be rapid.  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
From that point on, progress will be rapid.


41.
  ... point: One of our friends is a ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.135
Here is a case in point: One of our friends is a heavy smoker and coffee drinker.


42.
  ... point out that his defects of character ...  BB Working With Others, p.100
You should point out that his defects of character are not going to disappear over night.


43.
  ... point out that we alcoholics have much ...  BB Working With Others, p.95
But point out that we alcoholics have much in common and that you would like, in any case, to be friendly.


44.
  ... point out the deep need every human ...  12&12 Step Five, p.56
Psychiatrists and psychologists point out the deep need every human being has for practical insight and knowledge of his own personality flaws and for a discussion of them with an understanding and trustworthy person.


45.
  ... point that out and urge more attention ...  BB To Wives, p.119
It will do little good if you point that out and urge more attention for yourself.


46.
  ... point: that there is plenty wrong with ...  12&12 Step Four, p.48
But all who are in the least reasonable will agree upon one point: that there is plenty wrong with us alcoholics about which plenty will have to be done if we are to expect sobriety, progress, and any real ability to cope with life.


47.
  ... point to sanity.  12&12 Contents (Step Two), p.5
Step Two is a rallying point to sanity.


48.
  ... point we got a divorce and took ...  BB To Wives, p.106
Perhaps at this point we got a divorce and took the children home to father and mother.


49.
  ... point, we were squarely confronted with the ...  BB We Agnostics, p.53
Arrived at this point, we were squarely confronted with the question of faith.


50.
  ... point we will want to summon all ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
But if no such opportunity presents itself, at some point we will want to summon all our courage, head straight for the person concerned, and lay our cards on the table.


51.
  ... point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it has been revealed to us out of bitter experience.


52.
  ... point where he could have a spiritual ...  BB To Wives, pp.118-119
Your husband will be the first to say it was your devotion and care which brought him to the point where he could have a spiritual experience.


53.
  ... point where he desperately wants to stop ...  BB To Wives, p.110
He may have come to the point where he desperately wants to stop but cannot.


54.
  ... point where it would hit them.  12&12 Step One, p.23
It was obviously necessary to raise the bottom the rest of us had hit to the point where it would hit them.


55.
  ... point where nature comes closest to the ...  BB Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
Edward Dowling, S.J.,(*) of the Queen's Work staff, says, "Alcoholics Anonymous is natural; it is natural at the point where nature comes closest to the supernatural, namely in humiliations and in consequent humility.


56.
  ... point where we could quit on our ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
As we look back, we feel we had gone on drinking many years beyond the point where we could quit on our will power.


57.
  ... point with pride to the good lives ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
No doubt we shall point with pride to the good lives we thought we led before the bottle cut us down.


58.
  ... point you would label him as a ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
Up to this point you would label him as a foolish chap having queer ideas of fun.


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