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We gloated over the hypocrisy, bigotry, and crushing self-righteousness that clung
to so many 'believers' even in their Sunday best.
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'Bill, haven't you often said right here in this meeting that sometimes the good is the enemy of the best?
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The "12 Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous
are, we A.A.'s believe, the
best answers that our experience has yet given to those ever-urgent questions, "How can A.A. best function?" and, "How can A.A. best stay
whole and so survive?"
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10.
He left us a note saying you were the best boss he ever had, and that you were
not to blame in any way."
11.
After high school came four years in one of the best colleges in the country
where drinking seemed to
be a major extra-curricular activity.
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Though there may be justifiable exceptions, and though we
wish to lay down no rule
of any sort, we have often found this the best course to take.
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He may, for example, reveal
that he has padded his expense account or that he
has planned to take your
best customers away from you.
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Change of scene, the best efforts of family, friends, doctors, and clergymen got no place
with my alcoholism.
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We found it very desirable to take this spiritual step with an understanding person, such as our wife, best friend, or spiritual adviser.
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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.
20.
We've repeatedly strained the patience of
our best friends to a snapping point, and have brought out the very worst in those who didn't think much of us to begin with.
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The "12 Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous
are, we A.A.'s believe, the
best answers that our experience has yet given to those ever-urgent questions, "How can A.A. best function?" and, "How can A.A. best stay
whole and so survive?"
22.
Then he had, in effect, been raised from the dead, suddenly taken from the scrap heap to a level of life better than the best he had ever known!
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Using his best judgment of what has been right and what has been wrong, he
might make a rough survey of his conduct with respect to his primary instincts for sex, security, and society.
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Neither is reason, as most
of us use it, entirely dependable, though it emanate from our best minds.
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My old manner of life was by no means a bad one, but I would not exchange its best moments for the worst I have now.
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Unless they actually need protection from their father, it is best not to take sides in any argument he has with them while drinking.
32.
Best of all, I met a kind doctor who explained that though certainly selfish and foolish, I had been seriously ill, bodily and mentally.
33.
And we, who have imposed on the best of employers, can scarcely blame them if they
have been short with us.
34.
Unless each A.A. member follows to the best of his ability our suggested Twelve Steps to recovery, he almost certainly signs his own death warrant.
35.
With the best of intentions, he tends to force his own will into all sorts of situations and problems
with the comfortable assurance that he is acting
under God's specific direction.
36.
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.
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Students of ancient history tell us that the intellect of men in those days was equal to the best of today.
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Even then the best of us will discover to our dismay that there is always a
sticking point, a point at which we say, "No, I can't give this up yet."
39.
I had been obliged to discharge him for drinking, though he was brilliant, alert, and one of the best organizers I have ever known.
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So Step Six -- "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character" -- is
A.A.'s way of stating the best possible attitude one can take in order to make a beginning on this lifetime
job.
41.
... best possible
committees, corporate service directors, executives, ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XI. The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives,
staffs, and consultants. Composition, qualifications, induction procedures,
and rights and duties will always be matters of serious concern.
42.
Though you are providing
him with the best possible
medical attention, he
should understand that he must undergo a change of heart.
43.
Therefore, a great responsibility fell upon us to develop the best possible public relations policy for Alcoholics Anonymous.
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First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have
been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop
the best possible relations with every human being we know.
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When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself.
46.
It resulted in more favorable publicity of Alcoholics Anonymous
than could possibly have been obtained through all the arts and abilities of A.A.'s best press agents.
47.
Almost no recovery from alcoholism
has ever been brought about
by the world's best professionals, whether
medical or religious.
48.
We had long talks when I would
still her forebodings by
telling her that men of genius conceived their best projects when drunk; that the most majestic
constructions of philosophic thought were
so derived.
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Dr. G. Kirby Collier, psychiatrist:
"I have felt that A.A. is a group unto themselves and their best results can be had under their
own guidance, as a result of their philosophy.
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The wife usually goes on doing the best she knows how, but meanwhile the alcoholic
alternately loves and hates her maternal care.
55.
The "12 Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous
are, we A.A.'s believe, the
best answers that our experience has yet given to those ever-urgent questions, "How can A.A. best function?" and, "How can A.A. best stay
whole and so survive?"
56.
When the man is presented
with this volume it is best
that no one tell him he must abide by its suggestions.
57.
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.
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Tradition One -- "Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity." Without unity, A.A. dies. Individual liberty, yet great unity. Key to paradox: each A.A.'s life depends on obedience to spiritual principles.
The group must survive or the individual
will not. Common welfare comes first. How best to live and work together as groups.
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We ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of His will that we can have for that day,
and that we be given the grace
by which we may carry it out.
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Perhaps the best way of treating you to a glimpse of your future will be to describe the growth of the fellowship among us.
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Having opened our channel
as best we can, we try to ask for those right things of which we and others are in the greatest need.
64.
We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from
which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of
our intolerable situation as best we could;
and the other, to accept spiritual help.
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The key words "entirely ready" underline the fact that we want to aim at the very best we know or can learn.
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