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

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CALLED   occurs   40 times 24 in BB  •  16 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... called a man who is sincerely trying ...  12&12 Step Six, p.63
He goes on to explain that any person capable of enough willingness and honesty to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.


2.
  ... called a professional A.A.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.168
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got sponsorship for ten newcomers, and was gently diplomatic with the irate drunk who complained about the job she was doing and how she was overpaid, then such a person could surely not be called a professional A.A.


3.
  ... called a spiritual awakening.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.106
Our Twelfth Step also says that as a result of practicing all the Steps, we have each found something called a spiritual awakening.


4.
  ... called acts of God.  12&12 Step Two, p.31
Loved ones, upon whom we heartily depended, were taken from us by so-called acts of God.


5.
  ... called again.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
The next day she called again.


6.
  ... called "Alcoholics and God."  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
In the fall of 1939 Fulton Oursler, then editor of Liberty, printed a piece in his magazine, called "Alcoholics and God."


7.
  ... called "Alcoholics Anonymous," and from it the ...  12&12 Foreword, p.17
The book was called "Alcoholics Anonymous," and from it the Fellowship took its name.


8.
  ... called Alcoholics Anonymous, from the title of ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
The fledgling society, which had been nameless, now began to be called Alcoholics Anonymous, from the title of its own book.


9.
  ... called alcoholics, are astonished at their inability ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
Certain drinkers, who would be greatly insulted if called alcoholics, are astonished at their inability to stop.


10.
  ... called an alcoholic.  BB To Wives, p.109
He would probably be insulted if he were called an alcoholic.


11.
  ... called anything else?  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
How can such a lack of proportion, of the ability to think straight, be called anything else?


12.
  ... called beer experiment.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
For the benefit of those experimentally inclined, I should mention the so-called beer experiment.


13.
  ... called belladonna treatment my brain cleared.  BB Bill's Story, p.7
Under the so-called belladonna treatment my brain cleared.


14.
  ... called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
(This address is now available in pamphlet form at nominal cost through most A.A. groups or from Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, under the title "Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W." -- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the Illness.")


15.
  ... called guidance.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.104
He may have forgotten the possibility that his own wishful thinking and the human tendency to rationalize have distorted his so-called guidance.


16.
  ... called in, and the weary round of ...  BB To Wives, p.110
Maybe the doctor has been called in, and the weary round of sanitariums and hospitals has begun.


17.
  ... called intergroup associations are found under the ...  BB Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
These so-called intergroup associations are found under the listing "A.A." or "Alcoholics Anonymous" in telephone directories.


18.
  ... called it.  12&12 Step One, p.22
Relentlessly deepening our dilemma, our sponsors pointed out our increasing sensitivity to alcohol -- an allergy, they called it.


19.
  ... called it "Alcoholics Anonymous."  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
When the Big Book appeared in 1939, we called it "Alcoholics Anonymous."


20.
  ... called leading with the chin.  BB Into Action, p.77
In the prize ring, this would be called leading with the chin.


21.
  ... called, let's take a universally recognized list ...  12&12 Step Four, p.48
To avoid falling into confusion over the names these defects should be called, let's take a universally recognized list of major human failings -- the Seven Deadly Sins of pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth.


22.
  ... called loners tell us they no longer ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.120
Surrounded by so many A.A. friends, these so-called loners tell us they no longer feel alone.


23.
  ... called los Doce Pasos in one country, ...  BB Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii
The Twelve Steps that summarize the program may be called los Doce Pasos in one country, les Douze Etapes in another, but they trace exactly the same path to recovery that was blazed by the earliest members of Alcoholics Anonymous.


24.
  ... called me from Hartford on two successive ...  BB To Employers, p.136
Not long afterward he had called me from Hartford on two successive days, so drunk he could hardly speak.


25.
  ... called meditation, perhaps our very first attempt ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
This much could be a fragment of what is called meditation, perhaps our very first attempt at a mood, a flier into the realm of spirit, if you like.


26.
  ... called "moral psychology," and we doubted if ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
His alcoholic problem was so complex, and his depression so great, that we felt his only hope would be through what we then called "moral psychology," and we doubted if even that would have any effect.


27.
  ... called my friend, the doctor, to ask ...  BB Bill's Story, p.14
For a moment I was alarmed, and called my friend, the doctor, to ask if I were still sane.


28.
  ... called on for recitation.  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.


29.
  ... called problem drinkers.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
When A.A. was quite young, a number of eminent psychologists and doctors made an exhaustive study of a good-sized group of so-called problem drinkers.


30.
  ... called rotating committee, very sharply limited in ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.134
In either case, the group now has a so-called rotating committee, very sharply limited in its authority.


31.
  ... called self-forgetting.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
This he would try to do by what he called self-forgetting.


32.
  ... called "short form" the form in general ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
On the next page, A.A.'s "12 Traditions" are seen in their so-called "short form" the form in general use today.


33.
  ... called "The Doctor's Opinion" has been kept ...  BB Preface, p.xi
The section called "The Doctor's Opinion" has been kept intact, just as it was originally written in 1939 by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, our Society's great medical benefactor.


34.
  ... called to see me, and I experienced ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
One year later he called to see me, and I experienced a very strange sensation.


35.
  ... called up my wife one Saturday afternoon ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
About this time a lady called up my wife one Saturday afternoon saying she wanted me to come over that evening to meet a friend of hers who might help me.


36.
  ... called up the head nurse of a ...  BB A Vision For You, p.156
One day they called up the head nurse of a local hospital.


37.
  ... called upon only in an emergency.  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
We began to get over the idea that the Higher Power was a sort of bush-league pinch hitter, to be called upon only in an emergency.


38.
  ... called vital spiritual experiences.  BB There Is A Solution, p.27
Here and there, once in a while, alcoholics have had what are called vital spiritual experiences.


39.
  ... called will power becomes practically nonexistent.  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent.


40.
  ... called willingness.  12&12 Step Three, p.34
There is only one key, and it is called willingness.


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