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


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1.
  ... again.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
The broker had gone to Akron on a business venture which had collapsed, leaving him greatly in fear that he might start drinking again.


2.
  ... again.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again.


3.
  ... again.  BB Bill's Story, p.5
Renewing my resolve, I tried again.


4.
  ... again.  BB Bill's Story, p.6
A morning paper told me the market had gone to hell again.


5.
  ... again.  BB Bill's Story, p.8
Then came the insidious insanity of that first drink, and on Armistice Day 1934, I was off again.


6.
  ... again.  BB Bill's Story, p.10
That war-time day in old Winchester Cathedral came back again.


7.
  ... again.  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
After such an approach many take up their beds and walk again.


8.
  ... again."  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."


9.
  ... again.  BB There Is A Solution, p.22
Then comes the day when he simply cannot make it and gets drunk all over again.


10.
  ... again?"  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
How often have some of us begun to drink in this nonchalant way, and after the third or fourth, pounded on the bar and said to ourselves, "For God's sake, how did I ever get started again?"


11.
  ... again.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.36
Yet he got drunk again.


12.
  ... again.  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.


13.
  ... again.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
Let him tell you about it: "I was much impressed with what you fellows said about alcoholism, and I frankly did not believe it would be possible for me to drink again.


14.
  ... again.  BB More About Alcoholism, pp.41-42
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.


15.
  ... again.  BB How It Works, p.66
The insanity of alcohol returns and we drink again.


16.
  ... again.  BB How It Works, p.67
Referring to our list again.


17.
  ... again.  BB Working With Others, p.96
Search out another alcoholic and try again.


18.
  ... again.  BB To Wives, p.116
Ask him what you should do if he places you in such a position again.


19.
  ... again.  BB The Family Afterward, p.123
Perhaps he will never have much money again.


20.
  ... again.  BB A Vision For You, p.158
He never drank again.


21.
  ... again.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
The next day she called again.


22.
  ... again.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
I got tight that night, stayed sober Monday till after the dinner, and then proceeded to get tight again.


23.
  ... again.  12&12 Step One, p.23
It was then discovered that when one alcoholic had planted in the mind of another the true nature of his malady, that person could never be the same again.


24.
  ... again!"  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
I'll never have to go through that again!"


25.
  ... again.  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
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.


26.
  ... again.  12&12 Step Twelve, pp.118-119
Both of them blame each other and ask when their marriage is ever going to be happy again.


27.
  ... again.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
This made us misers and penny pinchers all over again.


28.
  ... again, always with the open mind.  12&12 Step Two, pp.26-27
Time after time, my instructors held up to me the basic principle of all scientific progress: search and research, again and again, always with the open mind.


29.
  ... again and again, always with the open ...  12&12 Step Two, pp.26-27
Time after time, my instructors held up to me the basic principle of all scientific progress: search and research, again and again, always with the open mind.


30.
  ... again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic."


31.
  ... again and again that faith did for ...  BB How It Works, p.70
In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves.


32.
  ... again, and all would be lost anyhow.  BB Into Action, p.80
He saw that he had to place the outcome in God's hands or he would soon start drinking again, and all would be lost anyhow.


33.
  ... again, and anything is preferable to that.  BB The Family Afterward, p.130
He will be less likely to drink again, and anything is preferable to that.


34.
  ... again, and if he drank, he would ...  BB Bill's Story, p.15
If he did not work, he would surely drink again, and if he drank, he would surely die.


35.
  ... again and many people went to the ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
News of this got on the world wires; inquiries poured in again and many people went to the bookstores to get the book "Alcoholics Anonymous."


36.
  ... again and my generous friend had to ...  BB Bill's Story, p.4
But drinking caught up with me again and my generous friend had to let me go.


37.
  ... again and this time has a fractured ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
Presently he is hit again and this time has a fractured skull.


38.
  ... again and we would forgive and try ...  BB To Wives, p.106
Next day they would be themselves again and we would forgive and try to forget.


39.
  ... again, as it frequently does, it will ...  12&12 Step Three, p.35
Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness.


40.
  ... again, as so many do, and the ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again.


41.
  ... again, ask him to read this book ...  BB Working With Others, p.95
If he is sincerely interested and wants to see you again, ask him to read this book in the interval.


42.
  ... again at those defects we are still ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
Looking again at those defects we are still unwilling to give up, we ought to erase the hard-and-fast lines that we have drawn.


43.
  ... again, but acts worse than the last ...  12&12 Step Two, p.32
Following each, he not only drinks again, but acts worse than the last time.


44.
  ... again darken the doors of a church.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
This had the effect of making me resolve that when I was free from parental domination, I would never again darken the doors of a church.


45.
  ... again, even beer, he might as well ...  BB To Employers, p.142
If he temporizes and still thinks he can ever drink again, even beer, he might as well be discharged after the next bender which, if an alcoholic, he is almost certain to have.


46.
  ... again experience the sense of ease and ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks -- drinks which they see others taking with impunity.


47.
  ... again, for he isn't happy about his ...  BB A Vision For You, p.152
He will presently try the old game again, for he isn't happy about his sobriety.


48.
  Again I say, all you need is ...  12&12 Step Two, p.26
Again I say, all you need is the open mind."


49.
  Again I swayed dizzily before an open ...  BB Bill's Story, p.6
Again I swayed dizzily before an open window, or the medicine cabinet where there was poison, cursing myself for a weakling.


50.
  ... again if he doesn't want to.  BB Working With Others, p.94
Make it clear that he is not under pressure, that he needn't see you again if he doesn't want to.


51.
  ... again immediately?  BB To Wives, pp.107-108
Why was it, when these dangers were pointed out that they agreed, and then got drunk again immediately?


52.
  ... again in their caves, alcoholics would reproach ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.129
Back again in their caves, alcoholics would reproach us and say, "What a great thing A.A. might have been!"


53.
  Again it was the old, insidious insanity ...  BB A Vision For You, p.154
Again it was the old, insidious insanity -- that first drink.


54.
  ... again it would kill him, but there ...  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."


55.
  ... again John Barleycorn had other ideas.  12&12 Step Two, p.29
But again John Barleycorn had other ideas.


56.
  ... again just because your friends drink liquor.  BB Working With Others, p.102
Don't start to withdraw again just because your friends drink liquor.


57.
  ... again later.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
In the early days of our drinking we occasionally remained sober for a year or more, becoming serious drinkers again later.


58.
  ... again, often begins to assert himself.  BB The Family Afterward, p.131
Father, coming suddenly to life again, often begins to assert himself.


59.
  ... again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic."  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic."


60.
  ... again pick up the key of willingness.  12&12 Step Three, p.35
Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness.


61.
  ... again, regard it in a different light.  BB To Wives, p.116
Should it happen again, regard it in a different light.


62.
  ... again that faith did for us what ...  BB How It Works, p.70
In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves.


63.
  ... again, there will be no stopping until ...  BB A Vision For You, pp.163-164
When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity to recover -- if he can and will.


64.
  ... again, they would reply with some silly ...  BB To Wives, p.107
Asked why they commenced to drink again, they would reply with some silly excuse, or none.


65.
  ... again to make more passions possible.  12&12 Step Four, p.44
We have drunk to escape the guilt of passions, and then have drunk again to make more passions possible.


66.
  ... again to the deposed founder and his ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.135
Let's turn again to the deposed founder and his friends.


67.
  ... again try to carry A.A.'s message.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
If our turn comes to speak at a meeting, we again try to carry A.A.'s message.


68.
  ... again try to see what its inner ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
Once more we read our prayer, and again try to see what its inner essence is.


69.
  ... again turned to alcohol.  BB Bill's Story, p.1
I was very lonely and again turned to alcohol.


70.
  ... again until the country went dry.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
I think I must have been thoroughly scared by what had happened, or by the doctor, or probably both, so that I did not touch a drink again until the country went dry.


71.
  ... again up to the moment of his ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
He sobered, never to drink again up to the moment of his death in 1950.


72.
  ... again we are driven on by the ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
But again we are driven on by the inescapable conclusion which we draw from A.A. experience, that we surely must try with a will, or else fall by the wayside.


73.
  ... again we are presented with the temptation ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
Here again we are presented with the temptation to overmanage things, and sometimes this results in rebuffs and other consequences which are hard to take.


74.
  ... again, we observe a profound change in ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
Even among those who occasionally land back in here again, we observe a profound change in personality.


75.
  Again, you should not crowd him.  BB To Wives, p.113
Again, you should not crowd him.


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