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

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ALONE   occurs   51 times 22 in BB  •  29 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... alone.  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
They can take it or leave it alone.


2.
  ... alone.  BB To Wives, p.105
We came to live almost alone.


3.
  ... alone.  BB To Wives, p.113
If he is lukewarm or thinks he is not an alcoholic, we suggest you leave him alone.


4.
  ... alone.  BB To Employers, p.139
As a moderate drinker, you can take your liquor or leave it alone.


5.
  ... alone.  BB To Employers, p.144
Meanwhile, we are sure a great deal can be accomplished by the use of the book alone.


6.
  ... alone."  BB A Vision For You, p.158
Then he added, "He sure didn't do much for me when I was trying to fight this booze racket alone."


7.
  ... alone.  BB A Vision For You, p.163
You are saying to yourself: "I'm jittery and alone.


8.
  ... alone.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
We alcoholics see that we must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone.


9.
  ... alone.  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
He finally realizes that he has undergone a profound alteration in his reaction to life; that such a change could hardly have been brought about by himself alone.


10.
  ... alone.  12&12 Step Two, p.29
Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brainpower alone.


11.
  ... alone.  12&12 Step Three, p.37
We'll listen politely to those who would advise us, but all the decisions are to be ours alone.


12.
  ... alone.  12&12 Step Three, p.40
They have become persuaded, and rightly so, that many problems besides alcohol will not yield to a headlong assault powered by the individual alone.


13.
  ... alone.  12&12 Step Twelve, pp.106-107
When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do before on his unaided strength and resources alone.


14.
  ... alone.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.120
Surrounded by so many A.A. friends, these so-called loners tell us they no longer feel alone.


15.
  ... alone.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.185
Enthusiastic over the spectacular recovery of a brother alcoholic, we'd sometimes discuss those intimate and harrowing aspects of his case meant for his sponsor's ear alone.


16.
  ... alone and afraid.  12&12 Step Four, p.43
In time all his protectors either flee or die, and he is once more left alone and afraid.


17.
  ... alone any more.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.117
Through it we begin to learn right relations with people who understand us; we don't have to be alone any more.


18.
  ... alone any more in a social sense, ...  12&12 Step Five, p.57
But we soon discovered that while we weren't alone any more in a social sense, we still suffered many of the old pangs of anxious apartness.


19.
  ... alone at perfect peace and ease.  BB Into Action, p.75
We can be alone at perfect peace and ease.


20.
  ... alone can avail nothing.  12&12 Step Three, p.34
Faith, to be sure, is necessary, but faith alone can avail nothing.


21.
  ... alone can judge our sex situation.  BB How It Works, p.69
God alone can judge our sex situation.


22.
  ... alone digest.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
Then perhaps life, as it has a way of doing, suddenly hands us a great big lump that we can't begin to swallow, let alone digest.


23.
  ... alone, for drinking many times isolates the ...  BB To Wives, p.119
It is probably true that you and your husband have been living too much alone, for drinking many times isolates the wife of an alcoholic.


24.
  ... alone for one year.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
If anyone questions whether he has entered this dangerous area, let him try leaving liquor alone for one year.


25.
  ... alone, he may soon become convinced that ...  BB Working With Others, p.96
If you leave such a person alone, he may soon become convinced that he cannot recover by himself.


26.
  ... alone, he'd soon solve his alcohol problem.  12&12 Tradition Five, pp.151-152
He shouts that if his partner would treat him better, and his wife would leave him alone, he'd soon solve his alcohol problem.


27.
  ... alone; how much they suffered of irritability, ...  12&12 Step Five, p.56
They will tell how they tried to carry the load alone; how much they suffered of irritability, anxiety, remorse, and depression; and how, unconsciously seeking relief, they would sometimes accuse even their best friends of the very character defects they themselves were trying to conceal.


28.
  ... alone, if possible.  BB Working With Others, p.91
See your man alone, if possible.


29.
  ... alone in his room, he asked himself ...  BB We Agnostics, p.56
But later, alone in his room, he asked himself this question: "Is it possible that all the religious people I have known are wrong?"


30.
  ... alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
Service, gladly rendered, obligations squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in the world outside we are partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.


31.
  ... alone in spiritual matters is dangerous.  12&12 Step Five, p.60
Going it alone in spiritual matters is dangerous.


32.
  ... alone in the world, we still vainly ...  12&12 Step Twelve, pp.116-117
Even when our fortunes had not ebbed that much and we nevertheless found ourselves alone in the world, we still vainly tried to be secure by some unhealthy kind of domination or dependence.


33.
  ... alone is insufficient.  BB Working With Others, p.93
He may be an example of the truth that faith alone is insufficient.


34.
  ... alone! Let him try it by himself ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.144
"Leave him alone! Let him try it by himself for once; maybe he'll learn a lesson!"


35.
  ... alone may be garbled by our own ...  12&12 Step Five, p.60
The second difficulty is this: what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking.


36.
  ... alone meditation and prayer?  12&12 Step One, p.24
Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer?


37.
  ... alone mete out any punishment.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.173
Neither its General Service Conference, its Foundation Board,(*) nor the humblest group committee can issue a single directive to an A.A. member and make it stick, let alone mete out any punishment.


38.
  ... alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties, switching from scotch to brandy, drinking only natural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off forever (with and without a solemn oath), taking more physical exercise, reading inspirational books, going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums -- we could increase the list ad infinitum.


39.
  ... alone, no matter how great the necessity ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it -- this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.


40.
  Alone now, he reflects that he may ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.132
Alone now, he reflects that he may not be able to stay sober, or even alive, unless he passes on to other alcoholics what was so freely given him.


41.
  ... alone on the street to depend upon ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
But when self-will had driven everybody away and our isolation had become complete, it caused us to play the big shot in cheap barrooms and then fare forth alone on the street to depend upon the charity of passersby.


42.
  ... alone, or in the company of our ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
Then there are those occasions when alone, or in the company of our sponsor or spiritual adviser, we make a careful review of our progress since the last time.


43.
  ... alone sin.  12&12 Step Four, p.48
Some will become quite annoyed if there is talk about immorality, let alone sin.


44.
  ... alone than with one who might misunderstand.  BB How It Works, p.63
But it is better to meet God alone than with one who might misunderstand.


45.
  ... alone, that is your affair.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
If you still think you are strong enough to beat the game alone, that is your affair.


46.
  ... alone. Why can't he?"  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
How many times people have said to us: "I can take it or leave it alone. Why can't he?"


47.
  ... alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing ...  12&12 Step Five, p.60
Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person.


48.
  ... alone with our conflicts, and in honesty ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
We knew we would have to quit the deadly business of living alone with our conflicts, and in honesty confide these to God and another human being.


49.
  ... alone with our pressing problems and the ...  12&12 Step Five, p.55
A.A. experience has taught us we cannot live alone with our pressing problems and the character defects which cause or aggravate them.


50.
  ... alone, wouldn't be enough.  12&12 Step Twelve, pp.107-108
Looking at Step Five, we decided that an inventory, taken alone, wouldn't be enough.


51.
  ... alone, wouldn't be nearly enough.  12&12 Step Five, p.59
Hence it was most evident that a solitary self-appraisal, and the admission of our defects based upon that alone, wouldn't be nearly enough.


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