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

abolition
abound
about
ABOVE   occurs   20 times 14 in BB  •  6 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
abroad
abruptly
absence

Click the page number or the book cover icon    to view that page in the literature.


1.
  ... above 150,000 recovered alcoholics.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
In that brief space, Alcoholics Anonymous has mushroomed into nearly 6,000 groups whose membership is far above 150,000 recovered alcoholics.


2.
  ... above all else, and be willing to ...  BB A Vision For You, p.153
Should you wish them above all else, and be willing to make use of our experience, we are sure they will come.


3.
  Above all, he believed he had acquired ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.26
Above all, he believed he had acquired such a profound knowledge of the inner workings of his mind and its hidden springs that relapse was unthinkable.


4.
  ... above all he is finally convinced that ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.119
And above all he is finally convinced that reckless romancing is not a way of life for him.


5.
  ... above all he wanted to get well.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.142
He soon proved that his was a desperate case, and that above all he wanted to get well.


6.
  ... above all things to regain self-control.  BB There Is A Solution, p.26
He wished above all things to regain self-control.


7.
  ... above all to watch these people awaken ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled, to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in full citizenship, and above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.


8.
  Above all, we should try to be ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.87
Above all, we should try to be absolutely sure that we are not delaying because we are afraid.


9.
  ... above all, we tried to be sensible ...  BB How It Works, p.68
But above all, we tried to be sensible on this question.


10.
  ... above average; we forgot the immense goodwill ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
We forgot that most alcoholics in A.A. have an earning power considerably above average; we forgot the immense goodwill of our brother A.A.'s who were only too eager to help us to better jobs when we deserved them; we forgot the actual or potential financial insecurity of every human being in the world.


11.
  ... above-board chap could be so involved.  BB To Employers, p.140
You may be at a loss to understand how such a seemingly above-board chap could be so involved.


12.
  ... above everything, for without recovery we would ...  BB To Employers, p.143
We all had to place recovery above everything, for without recovery we would have lost both home and business.


13.
  Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid ...  BB How It Works, p.62
Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness.


14.
  ... above selfishness or dishonesty.  BB To Wives, p.116
We wives found that, like everybody else, we were afflicted with pride, self-pity, vanity and all the things which go to make up the self-centered person; and we were not above selfishness or dishonesty.


15.
  ... above the average.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
The general moral standard was, as I recall it, far above the average.


16.
  ... above the average in intelligence.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
Both father and mother were considerably above the average in intelligence.


17.
  ... above the rest of the folks on ...  12&12 Step Two, p.29
Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brainpower alone.


18.
  ... above their problems.  BB We Agnostics, p.55
Yet we had been seeing another kind of flight, a spiritual liberation from this world, people who rose above their problems.


19.
  ... above water.  BB Into Action, p.79
He had commenced our way of life, had secured a position, and was getting his head above water.


20.
  ... above worldly considerations.  BB The Family Afterward, p.128
He may demand that the family find God in a hurry, or exhibit amazing indifference to them and say he is above worldly considerations.


The 164 and More™ Book, eBook, and Web Site are all CONCORDANCES which display passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, and the A.A. Grapevine (A.A. Preamble only).  Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and More concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc., or the A.A. Grapevine, Inc.  Further A.A.W.S. Inc. and the A.A. Grapevine Inc. have no objection to the use of this material in the 164 and More concordance.

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