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


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1.
  ... told, and soon realizes for himself, that ...  12&12 Step Seven, pp.72-73
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.


2.
  ... told anything about alcohol by one who ...  BB Working With Others, p.103
We would not even do the cause of temperate drinking any good, for not one drinker in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by one who hates it.


3.
  ... told her to say that I was ...  BB To Employers, p.136
I told her to say that I was not interested.


4.
  ... told her what he would try to ...  BB Into Action, p.79
He told her what he would try to do in the future.


5.
  ... told him about the course of action ...  BB A Vision For You, p.157
The two friends spoke of their spiritual experience and told him about the course of action they carried out.


6.
  ... told him about their drinking experiences.  BB A Vision For You, p.157
For an hour, the two friends told him about their drinking experiences.


7.
  ... told him he was through -- finally and ...  BB To Employers, p.136
I told him he was through -- finally and forever.


8.
  ... told him my own story.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.152
But I told him my own story.


9.
  ... told him that if he ever drank ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
"The doctor told him that if he ever drank again it would kill him, but there he is all lit up again."


10.
  ... told him this was his last chance."  BB To Employers, p.138
He has just returned from a three-months leave of absence, has taken a cure, looks fine, and to clinch the matter, the board of directors told him this was his last chance."


11.
  ... told him what we knew about alcoholism.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
We told him what we knew about alcoholism.


12.
  ... told him what we knew of alcoholism ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.35
We told him what we knew of alcoholism and the answer we had found.


13.
  ... told himself he came to the hospital ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
Far from admitting he was an alcoholic, he told himself he came to the hospital to rest his nerves.


14.
  ... told how he lived in constant worry ...  BB A Vision For You, p.155
He told how he lived in constant worry about those who might find out about his alcoholism.


15.
  ... told how his family had been reunited; ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.143
He paid a fine tribute to the Fellowship; he told how his family had been reunited; he extolled the virtue of honesty; he recalled the joys of Twelfth Step work; and then he lowered the boom.


16.
  ... told: "How I do my Twelfth Step ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.173
Committees have instructed many an A.A. to stop working on a chronic backslider, only to be told: "How I do my Twelfth Step work is my business.


17.
  ... told how two men had appeared in ...  BB Bill's Story, p.9
In a matter of fact way he told how two men had appeared in court, persuading the judge to suspend his commitment.


18.
  ... told innumerable lies to protect our pride ...  BB To Wives, p.105
We have told innumerable lies to protect our pride and our husbands' reputations.


19.
  ... told is most instructive, for here was ...  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.


20.
  ... told me about an executive of the ...  BB To Employers, p.138
One day he told me about an executive of the same bank who, from his description, was undoubtedly alcoholic.


21.
  ... told me about yourself and your problems ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
But from what you've told me about yourself and your problems and how you propose to lick them, I think I know what's wrong.'


22.
  ... told me, how they prophesied that if ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
I now remembered what my alcoholic friends had told me, how they prophesied that if I had an alcoholic mind, the time and place would come -- I would drink again.


23.
  ... told me of cases where pressure of ...  BB To Employers, p.140
I well remember the shock I received when a prominent doctor in Chicago told me of cases where pressure of the spinal fluid actually ruptured the brain.


24.
  ... told me the market had gone to ...  BB Bill's Story, p.6
A morning paper told me the market had gone to hell again.


25.
  ... told me they would attempt to struggle ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
But they were much disgusted and told me they would attempt to struggle along without my presence.


26.
  ... told my wife of my mistress -- sex ...  BB How It Works, p.65
Mr. Brown -- told my wife of my mistress -- sex relations; self esteem (fear).


27.
  ... told myself I would manage better next ...  BB Bill's Story, p.6
As the whisky rose to my head I told myself I would manage better next time, but I might as well get good and drunk then.


28.
  ... told now.  BB We Agnostics, p.55
His story is so interesting that some of it should be told now.


29.
  ... told of a simple religious idea and ...  BB Bill's Story, p.9
They had told of a simple religious idea and a practical program of action.


30.
  ... told of the acute poisoning from which ...  BB A Vision For You, p.157
The man in the bed was told of the acute poisoning from which he suffered, how it deteriorates the body of an alcoholic and warps his mind.


31.
  ... told, promising beginnings have been made in ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
All told, promising beginnings have been made in some 50 foreign countries and U.S. possessions.


32.
  ... told small tots that father was sick, ...  BB To Wives, p.106
We have told small tots that father was sick, which was much nearer the truth than we realized.


33.
  ... told someone else all their life 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.


34.
  ... told that he was back in the ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
One day we were told that he was back in the hospital.


35.
  ... told that our Society has no president ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.132
When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no board of directors who can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and enforce obedience, our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be. There must be an angle somewhere."


36.
  ... told that so far as alcohol is ...  12&12 Step One, p.22
Then we had been told that so far as alcohol is concerned, self-confidence was no good whatever; in fact, it was a total liability.


37.
  ... told that the majority of A.A. members ...  12&12 Step Four, p.46
First off, they can be told that the majority of A.A. members have suffered severely from self-justification during their drinking days.


38.
  ... told that we could not control our ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
It did not satisfy us to be told that we could not control our drinking just because we were maladjusted to life, that we were in full flight from reality, or were outright mental defectives.


39.
  ... told the glorious news.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.137
I drew her aside and told the glorious news.


40.
  ... told them.  12&12 Step Five, p.60
Lacking both practice and humility, they had deluded themselves and were able to justify the most arrant nonsense on the ground that this was what God had told them.


41.
  ... told them the whole truth nor have ...  BB Into Action, p.73
We have seldom told them the whole truth nor have we followed their advice.


42.
  ... told they understood our men as we ...  BB To Wives, p.106
How heartbreaking was this discovery; how cruel to be told they understood our men as we did not!


43.
  ... told us of his belief in ours.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
We are greatly indebted to the doctor in attendance there, for he, although it might prejudice his own work, has told us of his belief in ours.


44.
  ... told us that such things cannot happen ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
We admit we have some of these symptoms, but we have not gone to the extremes you fellows did, nor are we likely to, for we understand ourselves so well after what you have told us that such things cannot happen again.


45.
  ... told us that the use of sweets ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.133
One of the many doctors who had the opportunity of reading this book in manuscript form told us that the use of sweets was often helpful, of course depending upon a doctor's advice.


46.
  ... told us there was nothing man couldn't ...  12&12 Step Two, p.29
Scientific progress told us there was nothing man couldn't do.


47.
  ... told what alcoholism was, so we'd educate ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
People needed to be told what alcoholism was, so we'd educate the public, even rewrite school and medical textbooks.


48.
  ... told you about alcoholism?"  12&12 Step One, p.23
Why don't you try some more controlled drinking, bearing in mind meanwhile what we have told you about alcoholism?"


49.
  ... told you, made him a free man.  BB There Is A Solution, p.28
Here was the terrible dilemma in which our friend found himself when he had the extraordinary experience, which as we have already told you, made him a free man.


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