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

appreciative
apprehension
approach
APPROACHED   occurs   9 times 7 in BB  •  2 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
approaches
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1.
  ... approached A.A. expecting to be taught self-confidence.  12&12 Step One, p.22
We had approached A.A. expecting to be taught self-confidence.


2.
  ... approached, as he has then a better ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
More often than not, it is imperative that a man's brain be cleared before he is approached, as he has then a better chance of understanding and accepting what we have to offer.


3.
  ... approached by an alcoholic who had known ...  BB We Agnostics, p.56
One night, when confined in a hospital, he was approached by an alcoholic who had known a spiritual experience.


4.
  ... approached by those in whom the problem ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.25
When, therefore, we were approached by those in whom the problem had been solved, there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet.


5.
  Approached in this way, the most ruthless ...  BB Into Action, p.78
Approached in this way, the most ruthless creditor will sometimes surprise us.


6.
  ... approached in this way will be glad ...  BB Into Action, p.75
Most people approached in this way will be glad to help; they will be honored by our confidence.


7.
  ... approached paid any attention; most of those ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.139
Hardly an alcoholic we approached paid any attention; most of those who did join us were like flickering candles in a windstorm.


8.
  ... approached when next he stumbled.  BB A Vision For You, p.160
Many a distracted wife has visited this house to find loving and understanding companionship among women who knew her problem, to hear from the lips of their husbands what had happened to them, to be advised how her own wayward mate might be hospitalized and approached when next he stumbled.


9.
  ... approached will become fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.  BB A Vision For You, p.163
Some of them may sink and perhaps never get up, but if our experience is a criterion, more than half of those approached will become fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.


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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