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1.
  ... even a benevolent association that had no ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.172
Did anyone ever hear of a nation, a church, a political party, even a benevolent association that had no membership rules?


2.
  ... even a first-rater in the heartbreaking struggle ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
In later life he finds that real happiness is not to be found in just trying to be a number one man, or even a first-rater in the heartbreaking struggle for money, romance, or self-importance.


3.
  ... even a glass of beer do not ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
The almost certain consequences that follow taking even a glass of beer do not crowd into the mind to deter us.


4.
  ... even a glimpse of God's will, the ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.105
The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all the seeming evidence to the contrary that surrounds us in purely human affairs.


5.
  ... even a nodding acquaintance with humility as ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.70
Many people haven't even a nodding acquaintance with humility as a way of life.


6.
  ... even a recluse who denies himself both ...  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.


7.
  ... even a small degree the assurance of ...  12&12 Step Two, p.28
He cannot attain in even a small degree the assurance of the believer, the agnostic, or the atheist.


8.
  ... even a week or a month ago.  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago.


9.
  ... even a willingness to believe in a ...  BB We Agnostics, p.46
We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or comprehend that Power, which is God.


10.
  ... even a worthy one.  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
As by some deep instinct, we A.A.'s have known from the very beginning that we must never, no matter what the provocation, publicly take sides in any fight, even a worthy one.


11.
  Even A.A. oldtimers, sober for years, often ...  12&12 Step Five, p.56
Even A.A. oldtimers, sober for years, often pay dearly for skimping this Step.


12.
  ... even against organized religion.  BB We Agnostics, p.49
We, who have traveled this dubious path, beg you to lay aside prejudice, even against organized religion.


13.
  ... even alcohol.  BB Into Action, p.84
And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone -- even alcohol.


14.
  ... even alive, unless he passes on to ...  12&12 Tradition Two, pp.132-133
Alone now, he reflects that he may not be able to stay sober, or even alive, unless he passes on to other alcoholics what was so freely given him.


15.
  Even among those who occasionally land back ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
Even among those who occasionally land back in here again, we observe a profound change in personality.


16.
  ... even Bacchus boomeranged on us; we were ...  12&12 Step Five, p.57
But even Bacchus boomeranged on us; we were finally struck down and left in terrified loneliness.


17.
  ... even beer, he might as well be ...  BB To Employers, p.142
If he temporizes and still thinks he can ever drink again, even beer, he might as well be discharged after the next bender which, if an alcoholic, he is almost certain to have.


18.
  Even before our drinking got bad and ...  12&12 Step Five, p.57
Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong.


19.
  ... even begin to suspect it had never ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.119
They may even begin to suspect it had never been any good in the first place.


20.
  ... even blinder than he.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.109
Even the newest of newcomers finds undreamed rewards as he tries to help his brother alcoholic, the one who is even blinder than he.


21.
  ... even calamity turned to good use by ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.112
We know this because we see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.


22.
  ... even casual reference to spiritual things made ...  BB We Agnostics, p.48
Many of us have been so touchy that even casual reference to spiritual things made us bristle with antagonism.


23.
  ... even come close to a solution.  12&12 Step Two, p.27
In this respect they are certainly a power greater than you, who have not even come close to a solution.


24.
  ... even come to mind.  BB Bill's Story, p.5
It hadn't even come to mind.


25.
  ... even converted to good use for others.  BB The Family Afterward, p.123
Suppose we tell you some of the obstacles a family will meet; suppose we suggest how they may be avoided -- even converted to good use for others.


26.
  ... even cowardly.  BB We Agnostics, pp.45-46
We were bothered with the thought that faith and dependence upon a Power beyond ourselves was somewhat weak, even cowardly.


27.
  ... even dangerously anti-social.  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
Yet let him drink for a day, and he frequently becomes disgustingly, and even dangerously anti-social.


28.
  ... even do the cause of temperate drinking ...  BB Working With Others, p.103
We would not even do the cause of temperate drinking any good, for not one drinker in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by one who hates it.


29.
  ... even dreamed.  BB There Is A Solution, p.25
We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed.


30.
  ... even dreamed.  12&12 Step Twelve, pp.109-110
His own character may still be gravely defective, but he somehow knows that God has enabled him to make a mighty beginning, and he senses that he stands at the edge of new mysteries, joys, and experiences of which he had never even dreamed.


31.
  ... even fewer alcoholic lapses or emotional binges ...  12&12 Step Three, p.38
They had even fewer alcoholic lapses or emotional binges than A.A.'s safe at home did.


32.
  ... even for our work, shocked us.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
The bare hint of publicity, even for our work, shocked us.


33.
  ... even for those of us who feel ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
There are many opportunities even for those of us who feel unable to speak at meetings or who are so situated that we cannot do much face-to-face Twelfth Step work.


34.
  ... even further.  12&12 Step Five, p.56
So far as alcoholics are concerned, A.A. would go even further.


35.
  ... even further than this.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.105
Occasionally we go even further than this.


36.
  ... even got tight ourselves -- the drunk to ...  BB To Wives, p.106
In desperation, we have even got tight ourselves -- the drunk to end all drunks.


37.
  Even greater furors were provoked when A.A. ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.167
Even greater furors were provoked when A.A. members began to run rest homes and farms for alcoholics, when some hired out to corporations as personnel men in charge of the alcoholic problem in industry, when some became nurses on alcoholic wards, when others entered the field of alcohol education.


38.
  ... even greater service to alcoholic sufferers and ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
The experiment of quitting for a period of time will be helpful, but we think we can render an even greater service to alcoholic sufferers and perhaps to the medical fraternity.


39.
  ... even had to coin a couple of ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.173
They even had to coin a couple of sentences which still go into half the letters they write: "Of course, you are at perfect liberty to handle this matter any way you please.


40.
  ... even happy under these conditions.  BB To Wives, p.111
We know women who are unafraid, even happy under these conditions.


41.
  ... even highly resentful that Alcoholics Anonymous has ...  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.


42.
  Even if he displays a certain amount ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.129
Even if he displays a certain amount of neglect and irresponsibility towards the family, it is well to let him go as far as he likes in helping other alcoholics.


43.
  ... even if he would.  BB We Agnostics, p.57
Seemingly he could not drink even if he would.


44.
  ... even if I could."  BB More About Alcoholism, p.43
I would not go back to it even if I could."


45.
  ... even if I should do some drinking.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
Therefore it would make no great difference, even if I should do some drinking.


46.
  ... even if it be only a matter ...  BB To Employers, p.141
He wants to quit drinking and you want to help him, even if it be only a matter of good business.


47.
  ... even if it means the loss of ...  BB To Employers, p.146
If he is, and is still trying to recover, he will tell you about it even if it means the loss of his job.


48.
  ... even if they did not love their ...  BB To Wives, p.107
And even if they did not love their families, how could they be so blind about themselves?


49.
  ... even if they failed us, we could ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
And even if they failed us, we could be understanding and not too seriously affected.


50.
  Even if you feel your organization has ...  BB To Employers, p.149
Even if you feel your organization has no alcoholic problem, it might pay to take another look down the line.


51.
  ... even imperative.  BB To Employers, pp.142-143
For most alcoholics who are drinking, or who are just getting over a spree, a certain amount of physical treatment is desirable, even imperative.


52.
  ... even impossible.  12&12 Step Three, p.35
To every worldly and practical-minded beginner, this Step looks hard, even impossible.


53.
  ... even in his best moments, a producer ...  BB How It Works, p.61
Is he not, even in his best moments, a producer of confusion rather than harmony?


54.
  ... even in our service centers.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
There was to be the least possible organization, even in our service centers.


55.
  ... even in part, we drank for oblivion.  12&12 Step Seven, p.71
When we were frustrated, even in part, we drank for oblivion.


56.
  Even in the present century, American newspapers ...  BB We Agnostics, p.51
Even in the present century, American newspapers were afraid to print an account of the Wright brothers' first successful flight at Kitty Hawk.


57.
  ... even in the worst of us, to ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
We will want the good that is in us all, even in the worst of us, to flower and to grow.


58.
  ... even in their Sunday best.  12&12 Step Two, p.30
We gloated over the hypocrisy, bigotry, and crushing self-righteousness that clung to so many 'believers' even in their Sunday best.


59.
  ... even in these cases, we may need ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.84
But even in these cases, we may need to use a little more discretion than we did with the family.


60.
  ... even in this type of beginning we ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
But even in this type of beginning we are obliged to admit that our justification for a spree was insanely insufficient in the light of what always happened.


61.
  ... even in those cases where such a ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.86
And even in those cases where such a matter must be discussed, let's try to avoid harming third parties, whoever they may be.


62.
  Even inside A.A. we found it imperative ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
Even inside A.A. we found it imperative to remove the A.A. name from clubs and Twelfth Step houses.


63.
  ... even know how to begin?  12&12 Step Eleven, pp.98-99
But what about the rest of us who, less fortunate, don't even know how to begin?


64.
  ... even made a little money.  BB Bill's Story, p.7
I went to town regularly and even made a little money.


65.
  ... even modest and self-sacrificing.  BB How It Works, p.61
He may be kind, considerate, patient, generous; even modest and self-sacrificing.


66.
  ... even more at ease.  12&12 Step Five, p.62
Before long, your listener may well tell a story or two about himself which will place you even more at ease.


67.
  ... even more comfortable and secure.  12&12 Step Three, p.36
Not only are we more independent, we are even more comfortable and secure.


68.
  ... even more dangerous ground when we cry, ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
And we shall often tread on even more dangerous ground when we cry, "This I will never give up!"


69.
  Even more important, an empty club couldn't ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.167
Even more important, an empty club couldn't answer its telephone, but it was an open invitation to a drunk on a binge who possessed a spare key.


70.
  ... even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.18
Strangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.


71.
  ... even need medical attention.  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
If a sufficiently strong reason -- ill health, falling in love, change of environment, or the warning of a doctor -- becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate, although he may find it difficult and troublesome and may even need medical attention.


72.
  ... even of their sleeping moments, and the ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for alcoholics we appear somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged this movement.


73.
  ... even once, you will have to decide ...  BB To Employers, p.147
In case he does stumble, even once, you will have to decide whether to let him go.


74.
  ... even one publicly got drunk, or was ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.187
If even one publicly got drunk, or was lured into using A.A.'s name for his own purposes, the damage might be irreparable.


75.
  ... even our enemies, for we look on ...  BB How It Works, p.70
We have begun to learn tolerance, patience and good will toward all men, even our enemies, for we look on them as sick people.


76.
  Even our Foundation, once an independent board, ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.175
Even our Foundation, once an independent board, is today directly accountable to our Fellowship.


77.
  Even our severest and most justified critics ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.84
Even our severest and most justified critics will frequently meet us more than halfway on the first trial.


78.
  ... even plain ordinary whoopee parties.  BB Working With Others, p.101
That includes bars, nightclubs, dances, receptions, weddings, even plain ordinary whoopee parties.


79.
  ... even prayed rightly.  12&12 Step Two, p.32
We had not even prayed rightly.


80.
  ... even purpose.  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
But if we have prepared ourselves well in advance, such reactions will not deflect us from our steady and even purpose.


81.
  ... even quite a lot superior?  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Who, for example, doesn't like to feel just a little superior to the next fellow, or even quite a lot superior?


82.
  ... even rewrite school and medical textbooks.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
People needed to be told what alcoholism was, so we'd educate the public, even rewrite school and medical textbooks.


83.
  ... even sacrificed good stories to this end.  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.183
They have even sacrificed good stories to this end.


84.
  ... even send the Foundation a dollar apiece, ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.162
I felt especially virtuous as I thought of all the ex-drunks who wouldn't even send the Foundation a dollar apiece, and here I was gladly making a five-dollar investment to fix a hangover.


85.
  Even so has God restored us all ...  BB We Agnostics, p.57
Even so has God restored us all to our right minds.


86.
  Even so, when making specific requests, it ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
Even so, when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification: "...if it be Thy will."


87.
  ... even sworn off.  BB Into Action, p.85
We have not even sworn off.


88.
  ... even that hadn't been enough.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.164
The Foundation was really hard up just then; the groups weren't sending in enough for the support of the office; we had been tossing in all the book income and even that hadn't been enough.


89.
  ... even that would have any effect.  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.


90.
  ... even the ash container.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
I also made use of old trunks and chests, the old can container, and even the ash container.


91.
  ... even the best, fall far short of ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.112
Of course all A.A.'s, even the best, fall far short of such achievements as a consistent thing.


92.
  ... even the best of them will sometimes ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.115
We had refused to learn the very hard lesson that overdependence upon people is unsuccessful because all people are fallible, and even the best of them will sometimes let us down, especially when our demands for attention become unreasonable.


93.
  Even the charitably disposed described them as ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.168
Even the charitably disposed described them as "a necessary evil."


94.
  Even the chief architect, standing in the ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.149
Even the chief architect, standing in the ruins of his dream, could laugh at himself -- and that is the very acme of humility.


95.
  ... even the death of one.  12&12 Tradition One, p.131
And this they did find, in measure to transcend all the defects of their frail craft, every test of uncertainty, pain, fear, and despair, and even the death of one.


96.
  ... even the evolutionists, suggested vast laws and ...  BB Bill's Story, p.10
My intellectual heroes, the chemists, the astronomers, even the evolutionists, suggested vast laws and forces at work.


97.
  ... even the ladies they sometimes brought home ...  BB To Wives, p.106
The bill collectors, the sheriffs, the angry taxi drivers, the policemen, the bums, the pals, and even the ladies they sometimes brought home -- our husbands thought we were so inhospitable.


98.
  ... even the militant atheist.  12&12 Step Two, p.28
The roadblocks of indifference, fancied self-sufficiency, prejudice, and defiance often prove more solid and formidable for these people than any erected by the unconvinced agnostic or even the militant atheist.


99.
  Even the newest of newcomers finds undreamed ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.109
Even the newest of newcomers finds undreamed rewards as he tries to help his brother alcoholic, the one who is even blinder than he.


100.
  ... even the smallest, is all that is ...  12&12 Step Three, p.35
We can further add that a beginning, even the smallest, is all that is needed.


101.
  Even the suggestion of such a thing ...  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.


102.
  ... even the world itself -- into protective parents.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.115
We had failed to see that though adult in years we were still behaving childishly, trying to turn everybody -- friends, wives, husbands, even the world itself -- into protective parents.


103.
  ... even their best friends of the very ...  12&12 Step Five, p.56
They will tell how they tried to carry the load alone; how much they suffered of irritability, anxiety, remorse, and depression; and how, unconsciously seeking relief, they would sometimes accuse even their best friends of the very character defects they themselves were trying to conceal.


104.
  Even then it was hard to find ...  12&12 Foreword, p.17
Even then it was hard to find twoscore of sure recoveries in all three groups.


105.
  Even then the best of us will ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Even then the best of us will discover to our dismay that there is always a sticking point, a point at which we say, "No, I can't give this up yet."


106.
  ... even then was no mere habit, that ...  12&12 Step One, p.23
By going back in our own drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that it was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression.


107.
  ... even there an Eskimo might turn up ...  BB Working With Others, p.101
His only chance for sobriety would be some place like the Greenland Ice Cap, and even there an Eskimo might turn up with a bottle of scotch and ruin everything!


108.
  Even these "last-gaspers" often had difficulty in ...  12&12 Step One, p.22
Even these "last-gaspers" often had difficulty in realizing how hopeless they actually were.


109.
  ... even these people, if they construct a ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
But even these people, if they construct a list of still milder defects, will be obliged to admit that they prefer to hang on to some of them.


110.
  Even this minimum of faith will be ...  12&12 Step Two, p.27
Even this minimum of faith will be enough.


111.
  ... even those who had faith already often ...  12&12 Step Five, p.62
And even those who had faith already often become conscious of God as they never were before.


112.
  ... even those who may be only a ...  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.


113.
  ... even though fully prepared, would turn and ...  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.


114.
  ... even though he continues to drink, the ...  BB Working With Others, p.97
And even though he continues to drink, the family will find life more bearable.


115.
  ... even though he does not go for ...  BB To Employers, p.144
That won't hurt him a bit, even though he does not go for this remedy.


116.
  ... even though he is sober, that after ...  12&12 Step Three, p.39
Of course the sponsor points out that our friend's life is still unmanageable even though he is sober, that after all, only a bare start on A.A.'s program has been made.


117.
  ... even though it was impossible for any ...  BB We Agnostics, p.46
We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or comprehend that Power, which is God.


118.
  ... even though our motives are good.  BB How It Works, p.60
On that basis we are almost always in collision with something or somebody, even though our motives are good.


119.
  ... even though such disclosures were painful and ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these defects, even though such disclosures were painful and humiliating.


120.
  ... even though we had been surrounded by ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
For alcoholism had been a lonely business, even though we had been surrounded by people who loved us.


121.
  ... even though we had no resentment in ...  BB How It Works, p.68
We put them on paper, even though we had no resentment in connection with them.


122.
  ... even though we would have liked to.  BB How It Works, p.62
Many of us had moral and philosophical convictions galore, but we could not live up to them even though we would have liked to.


123.
  Even though your husband becomes unbearable and ...  BB To Wives, p.111
Even though your husband becomes unbearable and you have to leave him temporarily, you should, if you can, go without rancor.


124.
  Even though your protégé may not have ...  BB Working With Others, p.92
Even though your protégé may not have entirely admitted his condition, he has become very curious to know how you got well.


125.
  ... even through the day, though I was ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
I used to promise my wife, my friends, and my children that I would drink no more -- promises which seldom kept me sober even through the day, though I was very sincere when I made them.


126.
  ... even to begin.  12&12 Step Four, p.47
This required great willingness even to begin.


127.
  ... even to love him.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.109
He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him.


128.
  ... even to ourselves?  12&12 Step Five, p.59
How could we be certain that we had made a true catalog of our defects and had really admitted them, even to ourselves?


129.
  ... even two cars in the garage, began ...  12&12 Step One, p.23
Alcoholics who still had their health, their families, their jobs, and even two cars in the garage, began to recognize their alcoholism.


130.
  ... even under pressure and difficulty.  BB Bill's Story, p.15
The joy of living we really have, even under pressure and difficulty.


131.
  ... even unjust, new lessons for living were ...  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."


132.
  ... even want to try.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
I don't even want to try.


133.
  Even when he wanted to assert himself ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.130
Even when he wanted to assert himself he could not, for his drinking placed him constantly in the wrong.


134.
  ... even when he wants to.  BB To Wives, p.109
Two: Your husband is showing lack of control, for he is unable to stay on the water wagon even when he wants to.


135.
  Even when our fortunes had not ebbed ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
Even when our fortunes had not ebbed that much and we nevertheless found ourselves alone in the world, we still vainly tried to be secure by some unhealthy kind of domination or dependence.


136.
  ... even when trying to be kind?  BB How It Works, p.61
Is he not really a self-seeker even when trying to be kind?


137.
  ... even when we believed that God existed.  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
This was true even when we believed that God existed.


138.
  Even when we have tried hard and ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
Even when we have tried hard and failed, we may chalk that up as one of the greatest credits of all.


139.
  Even when we were well reestablished in ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
Even when we were well reestablished in our business, these terrible fears often continued to haunt us.


140.
  Even when you understand the malady better, ...  BB To Employers, p.139
Even when you understand the malady better, you may feel this feeling rising.


141.
  Even when you've found the person, it ...  12&12 Step Five, p.61
Even when you've found the person, it frequently takes great resolution to approach him or her.


142.
  ... even while staying within conventional bounds, many ...  12&12 Step Six, p.67
And even while staying within conventional bounds, many people have to admit that their imaginary sex excursions are apt to be all dressed up as dreams of romance.


143.
  ... even willing to believe, that there is ...  BB We Agnostics, p.47
"Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?"


144.
  ... even with your own parents.  BB To Wives, pp.114-115
You avoid the subject of drinking, even with your own parents.


145.
  ... even worse stigmatized than alcoholism, you may ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.142
"But," he asked, "will you let me join your group? Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alcoholism, you may not want me among you. Or will you?"


146.
  ... even worshiped science.  12&12 Step Two, p.26
Naturally I respected, venerated, even worshiped science.


147.
  ... even writing the people concerned now overwhelmed ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.79
But the prospect of actually visiting or even writing the people concerned now overwhelmed us, especially when we remembered in what poor favor we stood with most of them.


148.
  ... even your crimes -- we still can't deny ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.139
No matter who you are, no matter how low you've gone, no matter how grave your emotional complications -- even your crimes -- we still can't deny you A.A.


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