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1.
  ... done.  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
We shall tell you what we have done.


2.
  ... done."  BB How It Works, p.67
Thy will be done."


3.
  ... done.  BB Into Action, p.75
Returning home we find a place where we can be quiet for an hour, carefully reviewing what we have done.


4.
  ... done."  BB Into Action, p.85
"How can I best serve Thee -- Thy will (not mine) be done."


5.
  ... done."  BB Into Action, pp.87-88
We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done."


6.
  ... done.  BB The Family Afterward, p.130
That is where our fellow travelers are, and that is where our work must be done.


7.
  ... done?  BB To Employers, pp.139-140
When sober, does he not work hard and have a knack of getting things done?


8.
  ... done?  12&12 Step One, p.24
Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done?


9.
  ... done."  12&12 Step Two, p.32
We had always said, "Grant me my wishes" instead of "Thy will be done."


10.
  ... done."  12&12 Step Three, pp.40-41
In all times of emotional disturbance or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done."


11.
  ... done.  12&12 Step Five, pp.57-58
This vital Step was also the means by which we began to get the feeling that we could be forgiven, no matter what we had thought or done.


12.
  ... done?  12&12 Step Eight, p.79
What real harm, therefore, had we done?


13.
  ... done.  12&12 Step Nine, p.86
There can only be one consideration which should qualify our desire for a complete disclosure of the damage we have done.


14.
  ... done."  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
When in doubt we can always pause, saying, "Not my will, but Thine, be done."


15.
  ... done."  12&12 Step Eleven, pp.102-103
As the day goes on, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request: "Thy will, not mine, be done."


16.
  ... done.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
Practically every A.A. member declares that no satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well done.


17.
  ... done, a genuine gratitude for blessings received, ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.95
An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude for blessings received, and a willingness to try for better things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek.


18.
  ... done a wrong he could not possibly ...  BB Into Action, p.80
He felt that he had done a wrong he could not possibly make right.


19.
  ... done about alcoholism in their own firms.  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
Employers learn that great corporations have set their approval upon us, and wish to discover what can be done about alcoholism in their own firms.


20.
  ... done about our vengeful resentments, self-pity, and ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
But in A.A. we slowly learned that something had to be done about our vengeful resentments, self-pity, and unwarranted pride.


21.
  ... done about them.  12&12 Step Five, p.58
Something had to be done about them.


22.
  ... done, and chalking up debits where due.  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
Here we cast up a balance sheet, crediting ourselves with things well done, and chalking up debits where due.


23.
  ... done and, God willing, it shall not ...  BB Into Action, p.81
We are sorry for what we have done and, God willing, it shall not be repeated.


24.
  ... done, and have the honest desire to ...  BB How It Works, p.70
If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson.


25.
  ... done, and having searched our hearts with ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.95
Having so considered our day, not omitting to take due note of things well done, and having searched our hearts with neither fear nor favor, we can truly thank God for the blessings we have received and sleep in good conscience.


26.
  ... done and make our apologies.  12&12 Step Nine, p.84
Against this background we can freely admit the damage we have done and make our apologies.


27.
  ... done, and the paper was printed in ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
This was done, and the paper was printed in the American Journal of Psychiatry for November 1949.


28.
  ... done; and third, having thus cleaned away ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.77
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.


29.
  ... done another, we resentfully focus on the ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.78
To escape looking at the wrongs we have done another, we resentfully focus on the wrong he has done us.


30.
  ... done any good.  BB Bill's Story, p.11
I honestly doubted whether, on balance, the religions of mankind had done any good.


31.
  ... done anything for me!"  BB We Agnostics, p.56
Our friend's gorge rose as he bitterly cried out: "If there is a God, He certainly hasn't done anything for me!"


32.
  ... done better?  BB Into Action, p.86
What could we have done better?


33.
  ... done better, and resolve with God's help ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
Here we need only recognize that we did act or think badly, try to visualize how we might have done better, and resolve with God's help to carry these lessons over into tomorrow, making, of course, any amends still neglected.


34.
  ... done, but it has hazards.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.103
This can be done, but it has hazards.


35.
  ... done by our drinking.  12&12 Step Nine, pp.83-84
After coming from our first meeting, or perhaps after we have finished reading the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," we usually want to sit down with some member of the family and readily admit the damage we have done by our drinking.


36.
  ... done drinking.  BB To Employers, p.138
But I'm sure this man is done drinking.


37.
  ... done for him.  BB There Is A Solution, p.22
We are not sure why, once a certain point is reached, little can be done for him.


38.
  ... done for him.  BB A Vision For You, p.159
He suffered horribly from his sprees, but it seemed as if nothing could be done for him.


39.
  ... done for him what he could not ...  BB Bill's Story, p.11
But my friend sat before me, and he made the point-blank declaration that God had done for him what he could not do for himself.


40.
  ... done for others as well as for ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.104
It is A.A.'s experience that particularly in these cases we ought to pray that God's will, whatever it is, be done for others as well as for ourselves.


41.
  ... done formerly, it was because of misunderstanding.  BB To Employers, p.142
Next he can be assured that you do not intend to lecture, moralize, or condemn; that if this was done formerly, it was because of misunderstanding.


42.
  ... done harm, provided that we do not ...  BB How It Works, p.69
We must be willing to make amends where we have done harm, provided that we do not bring about still more harm in so doing.


43.
  ... done him and, though we may have ...  BB Into Action, p.77
It may be he has done us more harm than we have done him and, though we may have acquired a better attitude toward him, we are still not too keen about admitting our faults.


44.
  ... done I would enter upon a new ...  BB Bill's Story, p.13
My friend promised when these things were done I would enter upon a new relationship with my Creator; that I would have the elements of a way of living which answered all my problems.


45.
  ... done if any results are to be ...  BB Working With Others, pp.98-99
In many homes this is a difficult thing to do, but it must be done if any results are to be expected.


46.
  ... done if we are to expect sobriety, ...  12&12 Step Four, p.48
But all who are in the least reasonable will agree upon one point: that there is plenty wrong with us alcoholics about which plenty will have to be done if we are to expect sobriety, progress, and any real ability to cope with life.


47.
  ... done; in defeat we were bitter.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.123
In fitful successes we boasted of greater feats to be done; in defeat we were bitter.


48.
  ... done in red ink.  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
This is a good place to remember that inventory-taking is not always done in red ink.


49.
  ... done in the past.  BB Into Action, p.76
Now we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the past.


50.
  ... done in the past?  BB To Employers, p.140
If you concede that your employee is ill, can he be forgiven for what he has done in the past?


51.
  ... done instead?  BB How It Works, p.69
Where were we at fault, what should we have done instead?


52.
  ... done it.  BB To Wives, p.114
We know women who have done it.


53.
  ... done it in the chapter on alcoholism.  BB Working With Others, p.92
We suggest you do this as we have done it in the chapter on alcoholism.


54.
  ... done, meanwhile forgiving the wrongs done us, ...  12&12 Step Eight, pp.81-82
We shall want to hold ourselves to the course of admitting the things we have done, meanwhile forgiving the wrongs done us, real or fancied.


55.
  ... done miracles.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.97
We liked A.A. all right, and were quick to say that it had done miracles.


56.
  ... done on an individual basis.  12&12 Step Three, p.37
And everywhere the same thing is being done on an individual basis.


57.
  ... done or said?"  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
The question which might naturally come into your mind would be: "what did the man do or say that was different from what others had done or said?"


58.
  ... done others has not been great, the ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.79
In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has.


59.
  ... done others -- the kind that make daily ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
Such a roster of harms done others -- the kind that make daily living with us as practicing alcoholics difficult and often unbearable -- could be extended almost indefinitely.


60.
  ... done our part.  BB Into Action, p.78
We have made our demonstration, done our part.


61.
  ... done our utmost to straighten out the ...  BB Into Action, p.77
Simply we tell him that we will never get over drinking until we have done our utmost to straighten out the past.


62.
  ... done ourselves has.  12&12 Step Eight, p.79
In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has.


63.
  ... done so for the alcoholic is easily ...  BB To Employers, p.137
That he has not always done so for the alcoholic is easily understood.


64.
  ... done so with finality, only to be ...  BB To Wives, p.105
Our friends have counseled chucking the men and we have done so with finality, only to be back in a little while hoping, always hoping.


65.
  ... done so yet.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Science may one day accomplish this, but it hasn't done so yet.


66.
  ... done something right.  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
It's a poor day indeed when we haven't done something right.


67.
  ... done that sort of thing.  BB Into Action, p.78
Most of us have done that sort of thing.


68.
  ... done the impossible.  BB Bill's Story, p.11
Here was something at work in a human heart which had done the impossible.


69.
  ... done the very thing that all her ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.118
After the husband joins A.A., the wife may become discontented, even highly resentful that Alcoholics Anonymous has done the very thing that all her years of devotion had failed to do.


70.
  ... done their worst.  12&12 Step Four, p.51
In these areas fear, greed, possessiveness, and pride have too often done their worst.


71.
  ... done these drunks.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.133
Besides, look at all the good we've done these drunks.


72.
  ... done this when taking moral inventory, but ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.77
To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways.


73.
  ... done to others.  12&12 Contents (Step Eight), p.7
Kinds of harm done to others.


74.
  ... done to them.  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
As soon as we begin to feel confident in our new way of life and have begun, by our behavior and example, to convince those about us that we are indeed changing for the better, it is usually safe to talk in complete frankness with those who have been seriously affected, even those who may be only a little or not at all aware of what we have done to them.


75.
  ... done to them and to their mother.  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
Without saying so, they may cordially hate him for what he has done to them and to their mother.


76.
  ... done to us!  12&12 Step Two, p.25
How often have we heard them cry out, "Look what you people have done to us!


77.
  ... done us.  12&12 Step Eight, p.78
To escape looking at the wrongs we have done another, we resentfully focus on the wrong he has done us.


78.
  ... done us more harm than we have ...  BB Into Action, p.77
It may be he has done us more harm than we have done him and, though we may have acquired a better attitude toward him, we are still not too keen about admitting our faults.


79.
  ... done us, real or fancied.  12&12 Step Eight, pp.81-82
We shall want to hold ourselves to the course of admitting the things we have done, meanwhile forgiving the wrongs done us, real or fancied.


80.
  ... done, we are really able to leave ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
When this is done, we are really able to leave it behind us.


81.
  ... done, we resolutely looked for our own ...  BB How It Works, p.67
Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes.


82.
  ... done well enough in admitting these things ...  BB Into Action, p.72
We think we have done well enough in admitting these things to ourselves.


83.
  ... done well may dispute this, so let's ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Some who feel they have done well may dispute this, so let's try to think it through a little further.


84.
  ... done would have stopped me for, so ...  BB To Employers, p.141
I know, in my own particular case, that nothing my company could have done would have stopped me for, so long as I was able to hold my position, I could not possibly realize how serious my situation was.


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