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

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COMMENCE   occurs   14 times 6 in BB  •  8 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... commence at a simpler level.  BB We Agnostics, p.47
So it was comforting to learn that we could commence at a simpler level.


2.
  ... commence shoulder to shoulder your common journey.  BB A Vision For You, pp.152-153
You will be bound to them with new and wonderful ties, for you will escape disaster together and you will commence shoulder to shoulder your common journey.


3.
  ... commence spiritual growth, to effect our first ...  BB We Agnostics, p.47
At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him.


4.
  ... commence the search for his own defects, ...  12&12 Step Four, p.50
Now willing to commence the search for his own defects, he will ask, "Just how do I go about this? How do I take inventory of myself?"


5.
  ... commence to call some groups "wet," others ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.147
There would be real danger should we commence to call some groups "wet," others "dry," still others "Republican" or "Communist," and yet others "Catholic" or "Protestant."


6.
  ... commence to change profoundly.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.115
After we come into A.A., if we go on growing, our attitudes and actions toward security -- emotional security and financial security -- commence to change profoundly.


7.
  ... commence to describe yourself as an alcoholic.  BB Working With Others, p.91
When he sees you know all about the drinking game, commence to describe yourself as an alcoholic.


8.
  ... commence to outgrow fear.  BB How It Works, p.68
At once, we commence to outgrow fear.


9.
  ... commence to put our A.A. way of ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.88
But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul.


10.
  ... commence to quest for the principles through ...  12&12 Tradition One, pp.130-131
As we had once struggled and prayed for individual recovery, just so earnestly did we commence to quest for the principles through which A.A. itself might survive.


11.
  ... commence to ransack memory for the people ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
Having carefully surveyed this whole area of human relations, and having decided exactly what personality traits in us injured and disturbed others, we can now commence to ransack memory for the people to whom we have given offense.


12.
  ... commence to see the full implication of ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
It marked the time when we could commence to see the full implication of Step Seven: "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."


13.
  ... commence to solve their problems.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.43
Most alcoholics have to be pretty badly mangled before they really commence to solve their problems.


14.
  ... commence to watch us with speculative eyes, ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.132
Then they commence to watch us with speculative eyes, pick up a fragment of A.A. history, and soon have the solid facts.


The 164 and More™ Book, eBook, and Web Site are all CONCORDANCES which display passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, and the A.A. Grapevine (A.A. Preamble only).  Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and More concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc., or the A.A. Grapevine, Inc.  Further A.A.W.S. Inc. and the A.A. Grapevine Inc. have no objection to the use of this material in the 164 and More concordance.

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