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


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1.
  ... story.  BB Into Action, p.73
But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all their life story.


2.
  ... story.  BB Working With Others, p.91
Usually the family should not try to tell your story.


3.
  ... story?  BB To Employers, p.138
Why not at least afford him an opportunity to hear my story?


4.
  ... story.  12&12 Step Five, p.61
Perhaps, though, your relation to him is such that you would care to reveal only a part of your story.


5.
  ... story:  12&12 Tradition Five, p.151
Highlighting the wisdom of A.A.'s single purpose, a member tells this story:


6.
  ... story.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.152
But I told him my own story.


7.
  ... story.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.162
In this connection, Bill likes to tell the following pointed story.


8.
  ... story about money.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.163
There is another story about money.


9.
  ... story about one of our friends.  BB Into Action, p.80
This brings to mind a story about one of our friends.


10.
  ... story after story of how humility had ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
We heard story after story of how humility had brought strength out of weakness.


11.
  ... story and airplane travel was in full ...  BB We Agnostics, p.52
Only thirty years later the conquest of the air was almost an old story and airplane travel was in full swing.


12.
  ... story, but do not insist upon it ...  BB Working With Others, p.96
Let him know you are available if he wishes to make a decision and tell his story, but do not insist upon it if he prefers to consult someone else.


13.
  ... story came out.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.144
In fragments, his story came out.


14.
  ... Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other ...  BB Preface, p.xi
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.


15.
  ... story, for in this case not only ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.158
But that wasn't the whole story, for in this case not only was an A.A. member to break his anonymity at a public level, he was to link the name Alcoholics Anonymous to this particular educational project in the minds of millions.


16.
  ... story has been added to Part I, ...  BB Preface, p.xii
One new story has been added to Part I, and two that originally appeared in Part III have been repositioned there; six stories have been deleted.


17.
  ... story he told is most instructive, for ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
The story he told is most instructive, for here was a chap absolutely convinced he had to stop drinking, who had no excuse for drinking, who exhibited splendid judgment and determination in all his other concerns, yet was flat on his back nevertheless.


18.
  ... story: "I came to work on Tuesday ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.36
This is his story: "I came to work on Tuesday morning.


19.
  ... story in his words.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
Here is the story in his words.


20.
  ... story is so interesting that some of ...  BB We Agnostics, p.55
His story is so interesting that some of it should be told now.


21.
  ... story of Eddie Rickenbacker and his courageous ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.131
Countless times, in as many cities and hamlets, we reenacted the story of Eddie Rickenbacker and his courageous company when their plane crashed in the Pacific.


22.
  ... story of how humility had brought strength ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
We heard story after story of how humility had brought strength out of weakness.


23.
  ... story of how you and your wife ...  BB Working With Others, p.100
The story of how you and your wife settled your difficulties is worth any amount of criticism.


24.
  ... story of my opportunity.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.137
At once I burst into the story of my opportunity.


25.
  ... story of some man whose experience closely ...  BB A Vision For You, p.160
Impressed by those who visited him at the hospital, he capitulated entirely when, later, in an upper room of this house, he heard the story of some man whose experience closely tallied with his own.


26.
  ... story of the early days of our ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
He had also been greatly helped by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, a New York specialist in alcoholism who is now accounted no less than a medical saint by A.A. members, and whose story of the early days of our Society appears in the next pages.


27.
  ... story opens the text of this book; ...  BB A Vision For You (Note), p.155
(*) This refers to Bill's first visit with Dr. Bob. These men later became co-founders of A.A. Bill's story opens the text of this book; Dr. Bob's heads the Story Section.


28.
  ... story or two about himself which will ...  12&12 Step Five, p.62
Before long, your listener may well tell a story or two about himself which will place you even more at ease.


29.
  ... story repeats itself.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
At the Foundation, the same story repeats itself.


30.
  ... Story Section.  BB A Vision For You (Note), p.155
(*) This refers to Bill's first visit with Dr. Bob. These men later became co-founders of A.A. Bill's story opens the text of this book; Dr. Bob's heads the Story Section.


31.
  ... story section was divided into three parts, ...  BB Preface, pp.xi-xii
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.


32.
  ... story speaks for itself.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.43
Fred's story speaks for itself.


33.
  ... story they would sober up drunks and ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.147
Beginning on the ground floor there would be a club; in the second story they would sober up drunks and hand them currency for their back debts; the third deck would house an educational project -- quite noncontroversial, of course.


34.
  ... story to other patients here and with ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
Later, he requested the privilege of being allowed to tell his story to other patients here and with some misgiving, we consented.


35.
  ... story, too -- had to be confidential, if ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.185
Clearly, every A.A. member's name -- and story, too -- had to be confidential, if he wished.


36.
  ... story unless it will serve some good ...  BB Working With Others, p.92
Doctors are rightly loath to tell alcoholic patients the whole story unless it will serve some good purpose.


37.
  ... story we tell to someone who will ...  BB Into Action, p.74
Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected.


38.
  ... story, we waste no time.  BB Into Action, p.75
When we decide who is to hear our story, we waste no time.


39.
  ... story will help him see where he ...  BB Working With Others, p.93
Perhaps your story will help him see where he has failed to practice the very precepts he knows so well.


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