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


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1.
  ... seem as embarrassing as facing up to ...  12&12 Step Five, p.60
Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person.


2.
  ... seem bent upon self-destruction.  12&12 Step Six, p.64
Defying their instinctive desire for self-preservation, they seem bent upon self-destruction.


3.
  ... seem dull and boring, not gay and ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
If not irritable, he may seem dull and boring, not gay and affectionate as the family would like him to be.


4.
  ... seem inconsistent, but we think it is ...  BB Working With Others, p.98
This may seem inconsistent, but we think it is not.


5.
  ... seem incredible that these men are to ...  BB A Vision For You, p.153
It may seem incredible that these men are to become happy, respected, and useful once more.


6.
  ... seem like tempting Providence, but it isn't.  BB Working With Others, p.101
To a person who has had experience with an alcoholic, this may seem like tempting Providence, but it isn't.


7.
  ... seem severe, but it is usually the ...  BB To Employers, p.142
This may seem severe, but it is usually the best course.


8.
  ... seem so worth while to us now.  BB The Family Afterward, p.124
Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now.


9.
  ... seem to be of real help to ...  BB We Agnostics, p.52
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people -- was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight?


10.
  ... seem to be realized while ours are ...  12&12 Step Four, p.49
Unreasonable fear that our instincts will not be satisfied drives us to covet the possessions of others, to lust for sex and power, to become angry when our instinctive demands are threatened, to be envious when the ambitions of others seem to be realized while ours are not.


11.
  ... seem to be temporarily off the beam.  12&12 Step Twelve, pp.110-111
We may often pass through Twelfth Step experiences where we will seem to be temporarily off the beam.


12.
  ... seem to be these: The more we ...  12&12 Step Three, p.36
And the facts seem to be these: The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.


13.
  ... seem to be within us, and at ...  12&12 Step Four, p.52
These stem from causes which sometimes seem to be within us, and at other times to come from without.


14.
  ... seem to bother me so I tried ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.36
That didn't seem to bother me so I tried another."


15.
  ... seem to come from God are not ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.103
Quite often, however, the thoughts that seem to come from God are not answers at all.


16.
  ... seem to do the job for me.  12&12 Step Six, p.63
I simply couldn't stop drinking, and no human being could seem to do the job for me.


17.
  ... seem to every newcomer that more is ...  12&12 Step Four, p.49
So when A.A. suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can do.


18.
  ... seem to forgive and forget.  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
They cannot seem to forgive and forget.


19.
  ... seem to get on their feet moneywise, ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
Though the earning power of most A.A.'s is relatively high, we have some members who never seem to get on their feet moneywise, and still others who encounter heavy financial reverses.


20.
  ... seem to have been born that way.  BB How It Works, p.58
They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way.


21.
  ... seem to have been successful.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
Or we may encounter the reverse situation, in which we are highly elated because we seem to have been successful.


22.
  ... seem to have the ability, by God's ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
Our basic troubles are the same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made "to practice these principles in all our affairs," well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.


23.
  ... seem to have the gift of picking ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
For some reason, we alcoholics seem to have the gift of picking out the world's finest women.


24.
  ... seem to suggest..."  12&12 Tradition Nine, pp.173-174
But the majority experience in A.A. does seem to suggest..."


25.
  ... seem to those who do not understand ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
On the other hand -- and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand -- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.


26.
  ... seem to work so well.  BB Working With Others, p.93
But he will be curious to learn why his own convictions have not worked and why yours seem to work so well.


27.
  ... seem unwise to absent myself.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
This resolution I kept steadfastly for the next forty years, except when circumstances made it seem unwise to absent myself.


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