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BECAUSE   occurs   95 times 38 in BB  •  57 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... because a great many of us have ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
The emphasis on inventory is heavy only because a great many of us have never really acquired the habit of accurate self-appraisal.


2.
  Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the common good, we realize that the sacrificial spirit -- well symbolized by anonymity -- is the foundation of them all.


3.
  ... because all people are fallible, and even ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.115
We had refused to learn the very hard lesson that overdependence upon people is unsuccessful because all people are fallible, and even the best of them will sometimes let us down, especially when our demands for attention become unreasonable.


4.
  ... because although he was not an alcoholic ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.99
We won't be biased or scared off by that fact, because although he was not an alcoholic he did, like us, go through the emotional wringer.


5.
  ... because at home we were smothered with ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
We had to drink because at home we were smothered with love or got none at all.


6.
  ... because at work we were great successes ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
We had to drink because at work we were great successes or dismal failures.


7.
  ... because each wants to play the lead?  BB The Family Afterward, p.122
Is it not because each wants to play the lead?


8.
  ... Because every time I do it I ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.


9.
  ... because God deserted us.  12&12 Step Two, p.31
More often, though, we had met up with some major calamity, and to our way of thinking lost out because God deserted us.


10.
  ... because God has failed to fulfill their ...  12&12 Step Two, p.28
There will be those who have drifted into indifference, those filled with self-sufficiency who have cut themselves off, those who have become prejudiced against religion, and those who are downright defiant because God has failed to fulfill their demands.


11.
  ... because God has not delivered us the ...  12&12 Step Two, p.31
Sometimes it's because God has not delivered us the good things of life which we specified, as a greedy child makes an impossible list for Santa Claus.


12.
  ... because he can now see and accept ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
He's still ambitious, but not absurdly so, because he can now see and accept actual reality.


13.
  ... because he cannot use alcohol to kill ...  12&12 Step Three, p.39
He relies upon the assurance that his many troubles, now made more acute because he cannot use alcohol to kill the pain, can be solved, too.


14.
  ... because he drank heavily yesterday, he cannot ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.88
When a drunk has a terrific hangover because he drank heavily yesterday, he cannot live well today.


15.
  ... because he had picked them up in ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
He knew all the answers, and certainly not because he had picked them up in his reading.


16.
  ... because he has laid hold of a ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
In a very real sense he has been transformed, because he has laid hold of a source of strength which, in one way or another, he had hitherto denied himself.


17.
  ... because he is alcoholic.  BB To Employers, p.148
It boils right down to this: No man should be fired just because he is alcoholic.


18.
  ... because he is warped and sickened that ...  BB To Wives, p.108
Of course, there is such a thing as incompatibility, but in nearly every instance the alcoholic only seems to be unloving and inconsiderate; it is usually because he is warped and sickened that he says and does these appalling things.


19.
  ... because he must, but later he discovers ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.130
At first he goes along because he must, but later he discovers a way of life he really wants to live.


20.
  ... because here and there members had tried ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.161
We took this violent new tack because here and there members had tried to make money out of their A.A. connections, and we feared we'd be exploited.


21.
  ... because hundreds may be suffering within reach ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.133
He feels a spiritual and ethical compulsion, because hundreds may be suffering within reach of his help.


22.
  ... because I did not understand alcoholism as ...  BB To Employers, p.137
Here were three exceptional men lost to this world because I did not understand alcoholism as I do now.


23.
  ... because I find some person, place, thing ...  BB Acceptance, p.417
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.


24.
  ... because I would surely get tight, and ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
We could not be invited out because I would surely get tight, and my wife dared not invite people in for the same reason.


25.
  ... because if I did not drink my ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
I was between Scylla and Charybdis now, because if I did not drink my stomach tortured me, and if I did my nerves did the same thing.


26.
  ... Because in so doing I am paying ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
3. Because in so doing I am paying my debt to the man who took time to pass it on to me.


27.
  ... because it had been humbly willing to ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.149
Moreover, it had performed a great service for Alcoholics Anonymous, because it had been humbly willing to apply the lessons it learned.


28.
  ... because it had to.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.160
So our Fellowship stayed poor because it had to.


29.
  ... because it is impossible to explain what ...  BB We Agnostics, p.48
Simply because it is impossible to explain what we see, feel, direct, and use, without a reasonable assumption as a starting point.


30.
  ... because it seemed inadequate.  BB We Agnostics, p.45
Perhaps we rejected this particular conception because it seemed inadequate.


31.
  ... because many alcoholics, being warped and drugged, ...  BB To Employers, p.142
You ask, because many alcoholics, being warped and drugged, do not want to quit.


32.
  ... because none will really want to stop, ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
We doubt if many of them can do it, because none will really want to stop, and hardly one of them, because of the peculiar mental twist already acquired, will find he can win out.


33.
  ... because of an overpowering desire to do ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
We have heard of a few instances where people, who showed definite signs of alcoholism, were able to stop for a long period because of an overpowering desire to do so.


34.
  ... because of his public relations ability and ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.158
Of course, there couldn't be the slightest objection if such an association hired an A.A. member solely because of his public relations ability and his knowledge of alcoholism.


35.
  ... because of misunderstanding.  BB To Employers, p.142
Next he can be assured that you do not intend to lecture, moralize, or condemn; that if this was done formerly, it was because of misunderstanding.


36.
  ... because of my jitters, not daring to ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
Many mornings I have gone to classes, and even though fully prepared, would turn and walk back to the fraternity house because of my jitters, not daring to enter the classroom for fear of making a scene should I be called on for recitation.


37.
  Because of resentment and drinking, he had ...  BB Into Action, p.79
Because of resentment and drinking, he had not paid alimony to his first wife.


38.
  ... because of selfishness or unreasonable demands?  12&12 Step Four, p.52
Did these perplexities beset me because of selfishness or unreasonable demands?


39.
  ... because of sheer self-righteousness while trying to ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
Others fell apart because of sheer self-righteousness while trying to enforce upon the rest of mankind some millennium of their own specification.


40.
  ... because of such conversations.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.186
Many a new man and woman came to A.A. because of such conversations.


41.
  Because of the employee's special ability, or ...  BB To Employers, p.137
Because of the employee's special ability, or of his own strong personal attachment to him, the employer has sometimes kept such a man at work long beyond a reasonable period.


42.
  ... because of the extraordinary possibilities of rapid ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxv
These facts appear to be of extreme medical importance; because of the extraordinary possibilities of rapid growth inherent in this group they may mark a new epoch in the annals of alcoholism.


43.
  ... because of the peculiar mental twist already ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
We doubt if many of them can do it, because none will really want to stop, and hardly one of them, because of the peculiar mental twist already acquired, will find he can win out.


44.
  ... because of their seeming poise, health, and ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
About the time of the beer experiment I was thrown in with a crowd of people who attracted me because of their seeming poise, health, and happiness.


45.
  ... because of your own drinking experience you ...  BB Working With Others, p.89
Ministers and doctors are competent and you can learn much from them if you wish, but it happens that because of your own drinking experience you can be uniquely useful to other alcoholics.


46.
  ... because our nation had won a war ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
We had to drink because our nation had won a war or lost a peace.


47.
  Because our surface record hasn't looked too ...  12&12 Step Four, p.53
Because our surface record hasn't looked too bad, we have frequently been abashed to find that this is so simply because we have buried these selfsame defects deep down in us under thick layers of self-justification.


48.
  ... because people who are driven by pride ...  12&12 Step Four, p.46
This is because people who are driven by pride of self unconsciously blind themselves to their liabilities.


49.
  ... because self-reliance failed us?  BB How It Works, p.68
Wasn't it because self-reliance failed us?


50.
  ... because that looked too easy.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
The water tank on the toilet I never used, because that looked too easy.


51.
  ... because the book has helped so many ...  12&12 Introduction, p.14
However, because the book has helped so many alcoholics find recovery, there exists strong sentiment within the Fellowship against any change to it.


52.
  ... because the Fellowship stood high in public ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
His connection with A.A. would be valuable, because the Fellowship stood high in public favor and hadn't an enemy in the world.


53.
  Because the "long form" is more explicit ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
Because the "long form" is more explicit and of possible historic value, it is also reproduced.


54.
  ... because their brains and bodies have not ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
That may be true of certain nonalcoholic people who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not been damaged as ours were.


55.
  ... because there is no other way.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.133
These are the growing group's hierarchy of service -- self-appointed, of course, because there is no other way.


56.
  ... because they could not make the admission ...  12&12 Step One, p.23
Many less desperate alcoholics tried A.A., but did not succeed because they could not make the admission of hopelessness.


57.
  ... because they develop slowly over a period ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
Most of our experiences are what the psychologist William James calls the "educational variety" because they develop slowly over a period of time.


58.
  ... because they don't believe in it, or ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.105
All this should be very encouraging news for those who recoil from prayer because they don't believe in it, or because they feel themselves cut off from God's help and direction.


59.
  ... because they feel themselves cut off from ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.105
All this should be very encouraging news for those who recoil from prayer because they don't believe in it, or because they feel themselves cut off from God's help and direction.


60.
  ... because they like the effect produced by ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol.


61.
  ... because they need to be "taught a ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
We sometimes hurt those we love because they need to be "taught a lesson," when we really want to punish.


62.
  ... because they think their own character defects ...  12&12 Step Four, p.53
Some will object to many of the questions posed, because they think their own character defects have not been so glaring.


63.
  ... because they were, as their critics angrily ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.167
Caretakers who swept floors, cooks who fried hamburgers, secretaries in offices, authors writing books -- all these we have seen hotly assailed because they were, as their critics angrily remarked, "making money out of A.A."


64.
  ... because they were designed for, or tempted ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
All history affords us the spectacle of striving nations and groups finally torn asunder because they were designed for, or tempted into, controversy.


65.
  ... because they were "making money out of ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.168
They weren't asked to speak at A.A. meetings because they were "making money out of A.A."


66.
  ... because they would not know how to ...  BB A Vision For You, p.154
But what about his responsibilities -- his family and the men who would die because they would not know how to get well, ah -- yes, those other alcoholics?


67.
  Because this book has become the basic ...  BB Preface, p.xi
Because this book has become the basic text for our Society and has helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists strong sentiment against any radical changes being made in it.


68.
  ... because times were hard or times were ...  12&12 Step Four, pp.46-47
We had to drink because times were hard or times were good.


69.
  ... because unless each A.A. follows suggested Steps ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Nine), p.12
Absence of coercion works because unless each A.A. follows suggested Steps to recovery, he signs his own death warrant.


70.
  ... because we always paid the bills and ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.79
Our families didn't suffer, because we always paid the bills and seldom drank at home.


71.
  ... because we are afraid.  12&12 Step Nine, p.87
Above all, we should try to be absolutely sure that we are not delaying because we are afraid.


72.
  ... because we are problem people who have ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.125
We have been talking about problems because we are problem people who have found a way up and out, and who wish to share our knowledge of that way with all who can use it.


73.
  ... because we are too few, at present ...  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
It is important that we remain anonymous because we are too few, at present to handle the overwhelming number of personal appeals which may result from this publication.


74.
  ... because we are too few, at present, ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
Its foreword made this revealing statement: "It is important that we remain anonymous because we are too few, at present, to handle the overwhelming number of personal appeals which may result from this publication.


75.
  ... because we are very anxious that we ...  BB Into Action, p.74
We say this because we are very anxious that we talk to the right person.


76.
  ... because we feel satisfied that there is ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.113
We temporarily cease to grow because we feel satisfied that there is no need for all of A.A.'s Twelve Steps for us.


77.
  ... because we felt our lives and homes ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.140
We were grim because we felt our lives and homes were threatened, and that was no laughing matter.


78.
  ... because we have buried these selfsame defects ...  12&12 Step Four, pp.53-54
Because our surface record hasn't looked too bad, we have frequently been abashed to find that this is so simply because we have buried these selfsame defects deep down in us under thick layers of self-justification.


79.
  ... because we honestly wanted to, and were ...  BB There Is A Solution, pp.25-26
This we did because we honestly wanted to, and were willing to make the effort.


80.
  ... because we know that our Society will ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.177
In this respect, we do not enter into public controversy, because we know that our Society will perish if it does.


81.
  ... because we love the kind of life ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.174
So we of A.A. do obey spiritual principles, first because we must, and ultimately because we love the kind of life such obedience brings.


82.
  ... because we must, and ultimately because we ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.174
So we of A.A. do obey spiritual principles, first because we must, and ultimately because we love the kind of life such obedience brings.


83.
  ... because we see monotony, pain, and even ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.112
We know this because we see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.


84.
  ... because we seem to have been successful.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
Or we may encounter the reverse situation, in which we are highly elated because we seem to have been successful.


85.
  ... because we still enjoy them too much.  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
And we cling with a passionate persistence to others which are just as disturbing to our equilibrium, because we still enjoy them too much.


86.
  ... because we still loved some of them ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
At Step Six, many of us balked -- for the practical reason that we did not wish to have all our defects of character removed, because we still loved some of them too much.


87.
  ... because we were certain few knew of ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.79
Our reputations hadn't suffered, because we were certain few knew of our drinking.


88.
  ... because we were diverted by the ugliness ...  BB We Agnostics, p.50
We missed the reality and the beauty of the forest because we were diverted by the ugliness of some of its trees.


89.
  ... because we were maladjusted to life, that ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
It did not satisfy us to be told that we could not control our drinking just because we were maladjusted to life, that we were in full flight from reality, or were outright mental defectives.


90.
  Because we were still bothered by fear, ...  12&12 Step Five, p.59
Because we were still bothered by fear, self-pity, and hurt feelings, it was probable we couldn't appraise ourselves fairly at all.


91.
  ... because we were still trying to play ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
We could actually have earnest religious beliefs which remained barren because we were still trying to play God ourselves.


92.
  ... because we were usually on the job.  12&12 Step Eight, p.79
Our business associates didn't suffer, because we were usually on the job.


93.
  ... because you cannot put an A.A. group ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.156
Whereupon we tried A.A. hospitals -- they all bogged down because you cannot put an A.A. group into business; too many busybody cooks spoil the broth.


94.
  ... because you offer a solution.  BB Working With Others, p.92
But you may talk to him about the hopelessness of alcoholism because you offer a solution.


95.
  ... because your friends drink liquor.  BB Working With Others, p.102
Don't start to withdraw again just because your friends drink liquor.


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