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1.
... problem.
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
Here's a very
large group of
people who have
solved their
alcohol problem.
2.
... problem.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
Oh yes, we'll
weigh the
pros and
cons of every
problem.
3.
... problem.
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
He made a
beginning, we have seen, when he
commenced to
rely upon
A.A. for the
solution of his
alcohol problem.
4.
... problem.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
The
sponsors of those who
feel they
need no
inventory are
confronted with quite another
problem.
5.
... problem.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
He
shouts that if his
partner would
treat him
better, and his
wife would
leave him alone, he'd soon
solve his
alcohol problem.
6.
... problem.
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
It
stood to
reason that if
alcoholism could be
licked, so could any
problem.
7.
... problem.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
He'd
certainly know the
problem.
8.
... problem.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
9.
... problem.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
They have
solved the
drink
problem.
10.
... problem.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
This should
suggest a
useful program for anyone
concerned with a
drinking problem.
11.
... problem.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
So we shall
describe some of the
mental states that
precede a
relapse into
drinking, for
obviously
this is the
crux of the
problem.
12.
... problem.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
Fred would not
believe
himself an
alcoholic, much
less accept a
spiritual remedy for his
problem.
13.
... problem.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
Its main object is to
enable you to
find a
Power greater than
yourself which will
solve
your
problem.
14.
... problem.
BB p.69,
How It Works
In other
words, we
treat sex as we would any other
problem.
15.
... problem.
BB p.74,
Into Action
We often find such a
person quick to see and
understand our
problem.
16.
... problem.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
Ask any
woman who has
sent her
husband to
distant places on the
theory he would
escape the
alcohol problem.
17.
... problem.
BB p.111,
To Wives
This may
lay the
groundwork for a
friendly talk about his
alcoholic problem.
18.
... problem.
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
This
painful past may be of
infinite value to other
families still
struggling with their
problem.
19.
... problem.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
20.
... problem.
BB p.139,
To Employers
To you,
liquor is no
real
problem.
21.
... problem.
BB p.144,
To Employers
To
return to the
subject
matter of this book: It
contains full suggestions by which the
employee may
solve his
problem.
22.
... problem."
BB p.149,
To Employers
I don't see how you can be of any
help to us for, as
you see, we don't have any
alcoholic problem."
23.
... problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an ...
BB p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
24.
... problem, along with everything else, in God's ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
If a
repetition is to be
prevented, place the
problem, along with
everything
else, in
God's
hands.
25.
... problem and help others to recover from ...
Grapevine,
Preamble
Alcoholics Anonymous is a
fellowship of
men and
women who
share their
experience,
strength
and
hope with each other that they may
solve their
common problem and
help others to
recover from
alcoholism.
26.
... problem and will no longer be misled ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
But at
least he will
understand the
problem and
will no
longer be
misled
by
ordinary promises.
27.
... problem and you and your husband are ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
After all, your
family is
reunited,
alcohol is no
longer a
problem and you and
your
husband are
working
together toward an
undreamed-of
future.
28.
... problem as a whole.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
29.
... problem as we see it.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
We have
concluded to
publish an
anonymous volume setting forth the
problem as we see it.
30.
... problem be attacked on the flank rather ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
Good generalship may
decide that the
problem be
attacked on the
flank rather
than
risk a
face-to-
face combat.
31.
... problem, but we shall be of little ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
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.
32.
... problem by the method of substitution.
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
Many a
man like you has
begun
to
solve the
problem by the
method of
substitution.
33.
... problem can be seen as a case ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
34.
... problem drinker who has found this solution, ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
But the
ex-
problem drinker who has
found this
solution, who is
properly
armed with
facts about
himself, can
generally win
the
entire confidence
of another
alcoholic in a few
hours.
35.
... problem drinker will be lessened.
BB p.115,
To Wives
Then that
terrible tension which
grips the
home of every
problem drinker will be
lessened.
36.
... problem drinkers.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
37.
... problem drinkers.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
They
think that the
Twelve
Steps can
mean more than
sobriety for
problem drinkers.
38.
... problem drinkers -- alcoholics -- should not drink at ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
They
wanted to say that
liquor should be
enjoyed,
not
misused;
hard drinkers ought to
slow down,
and
problem drinkers --
alcoholics -- should not
drink at all.
39.
... problem drinkers as others seldom can.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
Just as
firmly bound by
obligation are the
members of
Alcoholics Anonymous, who have
demonstrated that they can
help problem drinkers as others
seldom
can.
40.
... "problem drinkers," but cannot endure the suggestion ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Some will be
willing to
term themselves "
problem drinkers," but cannot
endure the
suggestion
that they are in
fact mentally ill.
41.
... problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Our very
lives, as
ex-
problem drinkers,
depend upon our
constant thought of others and how we may
help meet their
needs.
42.
... problem drinkers of us in the first ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Still
goaded by
sheer necessity, we
reluctantly come to
grips with those
serious character flaws that made
problem drinkers of us in
the
first place,
flaws which
must be
dealt with to
prevent a
retreat into
alcoholism once again.
43.
... problem drinkers, we can say that his ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
But as
ex-
problem drinkers, we can say that his
explanation makes
good sense.
44.
... problem drinkers, we smile at such a ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
As
ex-
problem drinkers, we
smile at such a
sally.
45.
... problem had been solved.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
We
thought the
isolation problem had been
solved.
46.
... problem had been solved, there was nothing ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
When, therefore, we were
approached by those in
whom the
problem had been
solved, there was
nothing left for us but to
pick up the
simple kit of
spiritual tools laid at our
feet.
47.
... problem had them hopelessly defeated.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
I had
never been able to
understand people who said that a
problem had them
hopelessly defeated.
48.
... problem has been removed.
BB p.85,
Into Action
Instead, the
problem has been
removed.
49.
... problem has been solved, as well as ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
Among us are
wives,
relatives and
friends
whose
problem has been
solved, as well as some who have not
yet found a
happy solution.
50.
... problem has disappeared will often come strongly.
BB p.75,
Into Action
The
feeling that the
drink
problem has
disappeared
will often
come strongly.
51.
... problem, if a doctor is honest with ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
Faced with this
problem, if a
doctor is
honest with
himself, he
must sometimes
feel his
own inadequacy.
52.
... problem in all its ramifications.
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
In all
probability, we shall
never be able to
touch more
than a
fair fraction of
the
alcohol problem in all
its ramifications.
53.
... problem in detail, let's have a closer ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Before
tackling the
inventory problem in
detail, let's have a
closer
look at what the
basic problem is.
54.
... problem in favor of those suggested by ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Already a
willingness has been
achieved to
cast out one's
own will and one's
own ideas about the
alcohol problem in
favor of those
suggested by
A.A.
55.
... problem in industry, when some became nurses ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
56.
... problem is.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Before
tackling the
inventory problem in
detail, let's have a
closer
look at what the
basic problem is.
57.
... problem is.
BB p.149,
To Employers
58.
... problem is not how we are to ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Our
main problem is not how we
are to
stay married; it is
how to be more
happily married by
eliminating
the
severe emotional twists that have so often
stemmed from
alcoholism.
59.
... problem is solved, to feel that he ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
It is the most
natural thing in the
world, once his
liquor problem is
solved, to
feel that he will now
measure
up to that
cherished vision.
60.
... problem is to help them discover a ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
The
problem is to
help them
discover a
chink in the
walls their
ego has
built, through which the
light
of
reason can
shine.
61.
... problem, it might pay to take another ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
Even if you
feel your
organization has no
alcoholic problem, it might
pay to take another
look down
the
line.
62.
... problem left over from yesterday.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
63.
... problem now becomes just how and by ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Therefore our
problem now
becomes just how and by what
specific means shall we be
able to let Him in?
64.
... problem of drink you are, of course, ...
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.
65.
... problem of mental control.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
I do not
hold with those who
believe that
alcoholism
is
entirely a
problem of
mental control.
66.
... problem of several million actual and potential ...
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
So far, upon the
total problem of several
million actual and
potential alcoholics in the
world,
we have made only a
scratch.
67.
... problem of the alcoholic centers in his ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
Therefore, the
main problem of
the
alcoholic centers
in his
mind, rather than in his
body.
68.
... problem, or any other.
BB p.68,
How It Works
Some of us once had
great self-
confidence, but it
didn't
fully solve the
fear problem, or any other.
69.
... problem or business deal which was to ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
I have had many
men who had, for
example,
worked a
period of
months on some
problem or
business deal which was to be
settled
on a
certain date,
favorably to them.
70.
... problem or He has not.
BB p.120,
To Wives
God has either
removed your
husband's
liquor problem or He has not.
71.
... problem people who have found a way ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
We have been
talking about
problems because we are
problem people who have
found a way
up and out, and who
wish to
share our
knowledge of that
way with all who can use it.
72.
... problem ranging from a lonely-heart Eskimo to ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
73.
... problem that it may bring.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Perhaps we
think of our
day's
work and the
chances it may
afford us to be
useful and
helpful, or of some
special problem that it may
bring.
74.
... problem: the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
Now we
come to another
kind of
problem: the
intellectually self-
sufficient man or
woman.
75.
... problem: There may be divorce, separation, or ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Now, the
domestic problem:
There may be
divorce,
separation, or just
strained relations.
76.
... problem, to hear from the lips of ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Many a
distracted wife
has
visited this
house to
find
loving and
understanding companionship among
women who
knew her
problem, to
hear from the
lips of their
husbands what
had
happened to them, to be
advised how her
own wayward mate might be
hospitalized and
approached when
next he
stumbled.
77.
... problem was so complex, and his depression ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
His
alcoholic problem was
so
complex, and his
depression so
great, that
we
felt his only
hope would be
through what we then called "
moral psychology," and we
doubted if even that would have any
effect.
78.
... problem was taken away.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
His
alcoholic problem was
taken away.
79.
... problem we could possibly have.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
If that
degree of
humility could
enable us to
find the
grace by which such a
deadly obsession could be
banished, then there
must
be
hope of the same
result
respecting any other
problem we could
possibly have.
80.
... problem, we hope that you may pause ...
BB xii,
Preface
If you have a
drinking problem, we
hope that you may
pause in
reading one of the
forty-
two personal stories and
think: "Yes, that
happened
to me"; or, more
important, "Yes, I've
felt like that"; or, most
important, "Yes, I
believe this
program can
work for me too."
81.
... problem, what character defects contributed to my ...
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
82.
... problem which money could buy was at ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
Every
means of
solving his
problem which
money could
buy was at his
disposal.
83.
... problem will be to discover the person ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
Our
next problem will be to
discover the
person in whom
we are to
confide.
84.
... problem with which you struggle usually falls ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
The
problem with which you
struggle usually
falls within one of
four categories:
85.
... problem would hardly be scratched.
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.
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