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

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BOTH   occurs   38 times 22 in BB  •  16 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... both A.A. and the public.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.165
The board would be isolated, and would fall under heavy attack of criticism from both A.A. and the public.


2.
  ... both alcoholic and nonalcoholic, to use the ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.178
Instead, the Washingtonians permitted politicians and reformers, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic, to use the society for their own purposes.


3.
  ... both among fellow alcoholics and before the ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.187
Moved by the spirit of anonymity, we try to give up our natural desires for personal distinction as A.A. members both among fellow alcoholics and before the general public.


4.
  ... both as its director of publicity and ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.158
The association wanted to use our member's full name in all its advertising; he was to be described both as its director of publicity and as a member of Alcoholics Anonymous.


5.
  ... both cases, we had been asking something ...  12&12 Step Two, p.32
In both cases, we had been asking something for nothing.


6.
  ... both classifications.  12&12 Step Four, p.48
But just as often some of us will fit more or less into both classifications.


7.
  ... both family and friends.  12&12 Step Four, p.43
Going to the extreme, he can become a miser, or even a recluse who denies himself both family and friends.


8.
  Both father and mother were considerably above ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
Both father and mother were considerably above the average in intelligence.


9.
  Both father and the family are mistaken, ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
Both father and the family are mistaken, though each side may have some justification.


10.
  ... both gin and sedative.  BB Bill's Story, p.7
Next day found me drinking both gin and sedative.


11.
  Both his pride and his fear beat ...  12&12 Step Four, p.49
Both his pride and his fear beat him back every time he tries to look within himself.


12.
  ... both home and business.  BB To Employers, p.143
We all had to place recovery above everything, for without recovery we would have lost both home and business.


13.
  ... both humanitarian and business, in the well-being ...  BB To Employers, p.149
There is a real interest, both humanitarian and business, in the well-being of employees.


14.
  ... both in deportment and scholastically.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
This I did, and proved myself satisfactory to the faculty, both in deportment and scholastically.


15.
  ... both in the bodily and mental sense, ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.22
We are equally positive that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system, something happens, both in the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to stop.


16.
  ... both legs.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
He tells you he has decided to stop jay-walking for good, but in a few weeks he breaks both legs.


17.
  ... both like parties which would be dull ...  BB To Wives, p.110
Perhaps you both like parties which would be dull without liquor.


18.
  ... both my father and mother were most ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
My father was a professional man of recognized ability and both my father and mother were most active in church affairs.


19.
  ... both of ourselves and of others involved.  12&12 Step Eight, p.82
We should avoid extreme judgments, both of ourselves and of others involved.


20.
  Both of them blame each other and ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.118
Both of them blame each other and ask when their marriage is ever going to be happy again.


21.
  Both of you will awaken to a ...  BB To Wives, p.119
Both of you will awaken to a new sense of responsibility for others.


22.
  ... both parties.  BB Working With Others, p.99
When the time for living together has come, it will be apparent to both parties.


23.
  ... both past and present, what sex situations ...  12&12 Step Four, p.52
Questioning directed to this end might run like this: Looking at both past and present, what sex situations have caused me anxiety, bitterness, frustration, or depression?


24.
  ... both practice and humility, they had deluded ...  12&12 Step Five, p.60
Lacking both practice and humility, they had deluded themselves and were able to justify the most arrant nonsense on the ground that this was what God had told them.


25.
  ... both propositions.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
I had to concede both propositions.


26.
  Both saw that they must keep spiritually ...  BB A Vision For You, p.156
Both saw that they must keep spiritually active.


27.
  ... both show a willingness to remedy your ...  BB To Wives, p.118
If you both show a willingness to remedy your own defects, there will be little need to criticize each other.


28.
  ... both, so that I did not touch ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
I think I must have been thoroughly scared by what had happened, or by the doctor, or probably both, so that I did not touch a drink again until the country went dry.


29.
  ... both sobriety and peace of mind will ...  12&12 Step Four, p.50
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure at life; that unless he is now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the faulty foundation of his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.


30.
  ... both take an interest in them.  BB To Wives, p.112
You might suggest that you both take an interest in them.


31.
  ... both the just and the unjust.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
Even the suggestion of such a thing never fails to whip up a hurricane, and we have discovered that hurricanes have a way of mauling with equal severity both the just and the unjust.


32.
  ... both the visitors burst into a laugh.  BB A Vision For You, p.157
At this both the visitors burst into a laugh.


33.
  ... both, then the following suggestions may be ...  BB To Employers, p.140
If your decision is yes, whether the reason be humanitarian or business or both, then the following suggestions may be helpful.


34.
  ... both ways have proved bitterly disappointing, they ...  12&12 Step Two, p.28
Since both ways have proved bitterly disappointing, they have concluded there is no place whatever for them to go.


35.
  Both were severe cases of alcoholism and ...  12&12 Foreword, p.16
Both were severe cases of alcoholism and were destined to become co-founders of the A.A. Fellowship.


36.
  ... both will decide that the way of ...  BB Into Action, p.82
It may be that both will decide that the way of good sense and loving kindness is to let by-gones be by-gones.


37.
  Both you and the new man must ...  BB Working With Others, p.100
Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress.


38.
  ... both you and your husband will be ...  BB To Wives, p.117
The faith and sincerity of both you and your husband will be put to the test.


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