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


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1.
  ... approach.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
Many types do not respond to the ordinary psychological approach.


2.
  ... approach.  BB Into Action, p.76
To some people we need not, and probably should not emphasize the spiritual feature on our first approach.


3.
  ... approach.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
But this was a man who had experienced many years of frightful drinking, who had had most all the drunkard's experiences known to man, but who had been cured by the very means I had been trying to employ, that is to say the spiritual approach.


4.
  ... approach an individual, who still smarts from ...  BB Into Action, p.77
It is seldom wise to approach an individual, who still smarts from our injustice to him, and announce that we have gone religious.


5.
  ... approach and aid others to health.  BB A Vision For You, p.153
In the chapter "Working With Others" you gathered an idea of how we approach and aid others to health.


6.
  ... approach and interpretation.  BB We Agnostics, p.53
We agnostically inclined would not feel satisfied with a proposal which does not lend itself to reasonable approach and interpretation.


7.
  ... approach and to effect a contact with ...  BB We Agnostics, p.46
Our own conception, however inadequate, was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him.


8.
  ... approach does not catch your husband's interest, ...  BB To Wives, p.112
If this kind of approach does not catch your husband's interest, it may be best to drop the subject, but after a friendly talk your husband will usually revive the topic himself.


9.
  ... approach, encourage him to follow his own ...  BB Working With Others, p.95
If he thinks he can do the job in some other way, or prefers some other spiritual approach, encourage him to follow his own conscience.


10.
  ... approach has had the same difficulty, that ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.18
That the man who is making the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured -- these are the conditions we have found most effective.


11.
  ... approach him or her.  12&12 Step Five, p.61
Even when you've found the person, it frequently takes great resolution to approach him or her.


12.
  ... approach in such cases as yours.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.43
Though not a religious person, I have profound respect for the spiritual approach in such cases as yours.


13.
  ... approach into several classes.  12&12 Step Nine, p.83
After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflected carefully upon each instance, and have tried to possess ourselves of the right attitude in which to proceed, we will see that the making of direct amends divides those we should approach into several classes.


14.
  ... approach is made something like this:  BB To Employers, p.141
Suppose an approach is made something like this:


15.
  ... approach many take up their beds and ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
After such an approach many take up their beds and walk again.


16.
  ... approach or conception seems to make little ...  BB We Agnostics, p.50
Whether we agree with a particular approach or conception seems to make little difference.


17.
  ... approach Step Ten we commence to put ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.88
But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul.


18.
  ... approach still other sick ones and fellowships ...  BB A Vision For You, p.153
They will approach still other sick ones and fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous may spring up in each city and hamlet, havens for those who must find a way out.


19.
  ... approach that is being made in this ...  BB Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
"I think that psychologically speaking there is a point of advantage in the approach that is being made in this movement that cannot be duplicated.


20.
  ... approach that worked with us.  BB Working With Others, p.95
We have no monopoly on God; we merely have an approach that worked with us.


21.
  ... approach the actual taking of Step Seven, ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
As we approach the actual taking of Step Seven, it might be well if we A.A.'s inquire once more just what our deeper objectives are.


22.
  ... approach the man we hated will arise.  BB Into Action, p.77
The question of how to approach the man we hated will arise.


23.
  ... approach these individuals, admitting my wrong.  BB Bill's Story, p.13
I expressed my entire willingness to approach these individuals, admitting my wrong.


24.
  Approach through a doctor or an institution ...  BB Working With Others, p.91
Approach through a doctor or an institution is a better bet.


25.
  ... approach to everything, we are perhaps not ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
What with our ultra-modern standards, our scientific approach to everything, we are perhaps not well equipped to apply the powers of good that lie outside our synthetic knowledge.


26.
  ... approach to his problems, the absence of ...  BB A Vision For You, p.160
The very practical approach to his problems, the absence of intolerance of any kind, the informality, the genuine democracy, the uncanny understanding which these people had were irresistible.


27.
  ... approach to one of his patients.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Every few days this doctor suggests our approach to one of his patients.


28.
  ... approach to that age-old public health and ...  BB Appendix IV, The Lasker Award, p.571
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma associated with this condition is being blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous to have been a great venture in social pioneering which forged a new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad other ills of mankind."


29.
  ... approach true tolerance and see what real ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.


30.
  ... approach was made to the vice president ...  BB To Employers, p.148
The other day an approach was made to the vice president of a large industrial concern.


31.
  ... approach we suggest.  BB To Employers, p.144
Perhaps you are not quite in sympathy with the approach we suggest.


32.
  ... approach will accomplish several things.  BB To Employers, p.148
We think this method of approach will accomplish several things.


33.
  ... approach will apply at the office or ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.84
Much the same approach will apply at the office or factory.


34.
  ... approach you if the tables were turned.  BB Working With Others, p.90
You need this information to put yourself in his place, to see how you would like him to approach you if the tables were turned.


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