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

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CAME   occurs   77 times 46 in BB  •  31 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... came.  BB Bill's Story, p.12
There had been a humble willingness to have Him with me -- and He came.


2.
  ... came.  BB We Agnostics, p.56
Then, like a thunderbolt, a great thought came.


3.
  ... came.  12&12 Step Two, p.31
We prayed for promotions at business, and none came.


4.
  ... came along, he found he could talk ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.186
When opportunities to be helpful came along, he found he could talk easily about A.A. to almost anyone.


5.
  ... came and got me home and to ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
He came and got me home and to bed, gave me a few drinks that night, and one bottle of beer the next morning.


6.
  ... came away with an answer.  BB A Vision For You, p.160
Many an alcoholic who entered there came away with an answer.


7.
  ... came back.  BB Bill's Story, p.4
As I drank, the old fierce determination to win came back.


8.
  ... came back again.  BB Bill's Story, p.10
That war-time day in old Winchester Cathedral came back again.


9.
  ... came back at them.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.143
With great sarcasm Ed came back at them.


10.
  ... came back, I thought that I was ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
When beer first came back, I thought that I was safe.


11.
  ... came back too soon.  BB Working With Others, p.100
We have seen others slip when the family came back too soon.


12.
  ... came by confessing the sins of other ...  12&12 Step Five, p.56
They always discovered that relief never came by confessing the sins of other people.


13.
  ... came faintly over long distance from Virginia.  BB To Employers, p.137
Still another experience: A woman's voice came faintly over long distance from Virginia.


14.
  ... came first.  12&12 Step Two, p.26
Just resign from the debating society and quit bothering yourself with such deep questions as whether it was the hen or the egg that came first.


15.
  ... came first.  12&12 Tradition One, p.131
How well they saw that their common welfare came first.


16.
  ... came for him to speak in a ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.143
At length the time came for him to speak in a meeting.


17.
  ... came four years in one of the ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
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.


18.
  ... came his carpet slippers and a bottle.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
Out came his carpet slippers and a bottle.


19.
  ... came home drunk.  BB Bill's Story, p.5
Shortly afterward I came home drunk.


20.
  ... came home exhausted, but very happy.  BB A Vision For You, p.156
At midnight he came home exhausted, but very happy.


21.
  ... came in.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.144
At the end of a few days, the news came in.


22.
  ... came in my direction, and I reached ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.163
The hat came in my direction, and I reached into my pocket.


23.
  ... came in saying that Mr. B___ insisted ...  BB To Employers, p.136
One day my secretary came in saying that Mr. B___ insisted on speaking with me.


24.
  ... came into contact with us.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.35
On leaving the asylum he came into contact with us.


25.
  ... came into view.  BB Bill's Story, p.12
A new world came into view.


26.
  ... came near putting Galileo to death for ...  BB We Agnostics, p.51
Others came near putting Galileo to death for his astronomical heresies.


27.
  ... came off badly.  BB A Vision For You, p.153
From a business standpoint, his trip came off badly.


28.
  ... came off press in 1976, achieved a ...  BB Preface, p.xi
The third edition, which came off press in 1976, achieved a circulation of approximately 19,550,000 in all formats.


29.
  ... came off press in November 2001, at ...  BB Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiii
This fourth edition of "Alcoholics Anonymous" came off press in November 2001, at the start of a new millennium.


30.
  ... came off well, I was pleased and ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
My business came off well, I was pleased and knew my partners would be too.


31.
  ... came our first few excursions into major ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.186
Then came our first few excursions into major publicity, which were breathtaking.


32.
  ... came our way, we indulged ourselves in ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
When temporary good fortune came our way, we indulged ourselves in fantasies of still greater victories over people and circumstances.


33.
  ... came out.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.144
In fragments, his story came out.


34.
  ... came out the other side of that ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.99
And as he came out the other side of that painful experience, this prayer was his expression of what he could then see, feel, and wish to become:


35.
  ... came over them.  BB We Agnostics, p.51
They show how the change came over them.


36.
  ... came right out of the Bible -- a ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.137
In fact, it came right out of the Bible -- a voice kept saying to me, 'The laborer is worthy of his hire.'


37.
  ... came, scarcely daring to be hopeful, though ...  BB A Vision For You, p.158
His wife came, scarcely daring to be hopeful, though she thought she saw something different about her husband already.


38.
  ... came that God does "move in a ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.105
He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."


39.
  ... came that there were thousands of hopeless ...  BB Bill's Story, p.14
While I lay in the hospital the thought came that there were thousands of hopeless alcoholics who might be glad to have what had been so freely given me.


40.
  ... came the expression of an aspiration and ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
Next came the expression of an aspiration and a hope for himself.


41.
  ... came the hospital with unbearable mental and ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
Then came the hospital with unbearable mental and physical suffering.


42.
  ... came the inevitable explosion -- something like that ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.149
Then came the inevitable explosion -- something like that day the boiler burst in Wombley's Clapboard Factory.


43.
  ... came the insidious insanity of that first ...  BB Bill's Story, p.8
Then came the insidious insanity of that first drink, and on Armistice Day 1934, I was off again.


44.
  ... came the night when the physical and ...  BB Bill's Story, p.6
Then came the night when the physical and mental torture was so hellish I feared I would burst through my window, sash and all.


45.
  ... came the opposition.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.164
Then came the opposition.


46.
  ... came through an acquaintance who had heard ...  BB A Vision For You, p.158
He came through an acquaintance who had heard the good news.


47.
  ... came through the receiver: "I just wanted ...  BB To Employers, p.136
I still expected a plea for clemency, but these words came through the receiver: "I just wanted to tell you Paul jumped from a hotel window in Hartford last Saturday.


48.
  ... came to a few A.A. meetings and ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
Other thousands came to a few A.A. meetings and at first decided they didn't want the program.


49.
  ... came to A.A. and really tried, 50% ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
Of alcoholics who came to A.A. and really tried, 50% got sober at once and remained that way; 25% sobered up after some relapses, and among the remainder, those who stayed on with A.A. showed improvement.


50.
  ... came to A.A. because of such conversations.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.186
Many a new man and woman came to A.A. because of such conversations.


51.
  ... came to A.A., we had to recognize ...  12&12 Step Two, p.30
After we came to A.A., we had to recognize that this trait had been an ego-feeding proposition.


52.
  ... came to believe in a Higher Power, ...  12&12 Step Two, p.28
Relieved of the alcohol obsession, their lives unaccountably transformed, they came to believe in a Higher Power, and most of them began to talk of God."


53.
  ... came to believe in a Power greater ...  12&12 Step Two, p.27
I can't say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now.


54.
  ... Came to believe that a Power greater ...  BB How It Works, p.59
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.


55.
  ... "Came to believe that a Power greater ...  12&12 Contents (Step Two), p.5
Step Two -- "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."


56.
  "Came to believe that a Power greater ...  12&12 Step Two, p.25
"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."


57.
  ... came to believe that a Power greater ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
It is really saying to us that we now ought to be willing to try humility in seeking the removal of our other shortcomings just as we did when we admitted that we were powerless over alcohol, and came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.


58.
  ... came to believe was the great panacea ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
Without this proof the expectant purchaser would be forced to depart empty handed with none of what I later came to believe was the great panacea for all human ills.


59.
  ... came to live almost alone.  BB To Wives, p.105
We came to live almost alone.


60.
  ... came to mind that it would be ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
As I crossed the threshold of the dining room, the thought came to mind that it would be nice to have a couple of cocktails with dinner.


61.
  ... came to scoff, he may remain to ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxii
I earnestly advise every alcoholic to read this book through, and though perhaps he came to scoff, he may remain to pray.


62.
  ... came to see me.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
"Two of the members of Alcoholics Anonymous came to see me.


63.
  ... came to shipwreck during our drinking careers.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
These were reefs upon which many of us came to shipwreck during our drinking careers.


64.
  ... came to the conclusion that it was ...  BB Into Action, p.80
After consulting with his wife and partner he came to the conclusion that it was better to take those risks than to stand before his Creator guilty of such ruinous slander.


65.
  ... came to the hospital to rest his ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
Far from admitting he was an alcoholic, he told himself he came to the hospital to rest his nerves.


66.
  ... came to us when we put ourselves ...  BB Working With Others, p.100
When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned.


67.
  ... came to work on Tuesday morning.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.36
This is his story: "I came to work on Tuesday morning.


68.
  ... came under our care in this hospital ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
Many years ago one of the leading contributors to this book came under our care in this hospital and while here he acquired some ideas which he put into practical application at once.


69.
  ... came up behind Walter.  BB Bill's Story, p.3
Liquor caught up with me much faster than I came up behind Walter.


70.
  ... came up out of his cyclone cellar ...  BB Into Action, p.82
He is like the farmer who came up out of his cyclone cellar to find his home ruined.


71.
  ... came up with a conclusion that shocked ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.123
They finally came up with a conclusion that shocked the A.A. members of that time.


72.
  ... came up with a fifty-cent piece.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.163
Still working on my prospect, I fumbled and came up with a fifty-cent piece.


73.
  ... came up with an old financial statement.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
Charlie fished in his desk and came up with an old financial statement.


74.
  ... came up with the right answer for ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
"Thank heaven I came up with the right answer for that one.


75.
  ... came when I drank once more.  BB Bill's Story, p.7
But it was not, for the frightful day came when I drank once more.


76.
  ... came when we sought for humility as ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
A great turning point in our lives came when we sought for humility as something we really wanted, rather than as something we must have.


77.
  ... came with a heavy sedative.  BB Bill's Story, p.6
A doctor came with a heavy sedative.


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