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


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1.
  ... every A.A. group can manage its affairs ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.146
But in relation to us, it means very simply that every A.A. group can manage its affairs exactly as it pleases, except when A.A. as a whole is threatened.


2.
  ... "every A.A. group had many membership rules.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.139
"At one time," he says, "every A.A. group had many membership rules.


3.
  ... Every A.A. group ought to be fully ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Seven -- Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.


4.
  ... "Every A.A. group ought to be fully ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Seven), p.11
Tradition Seven -- "Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions."


5.
  "Every A.A. group ought to be fully ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.160
"Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions."


6.
  Every A.A. has found that he can ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.77
Every A.A. has found that he can make little headway in this new adventure of living until he first backtracks and really makes an accurate and unsparing survey of the human wreckage he has left in his wake.


7.
  ... every A.A. heart that one day our ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
Perhaps the fear will always lurk in every A.A. heart that one day our name will be exploited by somebody for real cash.


8.
  ... every A.A. hit bottom?  12&12 Contents (Step One), p.5
Why must every A.A. hit bottom?


9.
  ... every A.A. meeting is an assurance that ...  12&12 Step Two, p.33
True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to Him.


10.
  ... every A.A. member declares that no satisfaction ...  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.


11.
  ... every A.A. member's name -- and story, too ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.185
Clearly, every A.A. member's name -- and story, too -- had to be confidential, if he wished.


12.
  ... every A.A. must hit bottom first?  12&12 Step One, p.24
Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first?


13.
  ... every A.A. who has a religious connection ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
It is to be hoped that every A.A. who has a religious connection which emphasizes meditation will return to the practice of that devotion as never before.


14.
  ... every abnormal drinker.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.30
The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker.


15.
  ... every alcoholic has been marked by escapades, ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.123
Now and then the family will be plagued by spectres from the past, for the drinking career of almost every alcoholic has been marked by escapades, funny, humiliating, shameful or tragic.


16.
  ... every alcoholic has -- that his long period ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
Then he fell victim to a belief which practically every alcoholic has -- that his long period of sobriety and self-discipline had qualified him to drink as other men.


17.
  ... every alcoholic, he passes into a state ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail.


18.
  ... every alcoholic to read this book through, ...  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.


19.
  ... every alcoholic who journeys will find a ...  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Some day we hope that every alcoholic who journeys will find a Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.


20.
  ... every alcoholic who journeys will find the ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
Our earliest printing voiced the hope "that every alcoholic who journeys will find the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.


21.
  ... every alcoholic would shrug and say, "Oh, ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.164
Relieved of responsibility, every alcoholic would shrug and say, "Oh, the Foundation is wealthy -- why should I bother?"


22.
  ... every argument, but that now he has ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.129
Dad may feel that for years his drinking has placed him on the wrong side of every argument, but that now he has become a superior person with God on his side.


23.
  ... every aspect of our lives.  BB How It Works, p.67
This short word somehow touches about every aspect of our lives.


24.
  Every attempt failed.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
Every attempt failed.


25.
  ... every barrier of race, creed, politics, and ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.141
Could any then imagine a society which would include every conceivable kind of character, and cut across every barrier of race, creed, politics, and language with ease?


26.
  ... every bit of information about ourselves and ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.80
While the purpose of making restitution to others is paramount, it is equally necessary that we extricate from an examination of our personal relations every bit of information about ourselves and our fundamental difficulties that we can.


27.
  ... every boy in the United States dreams ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
Practically every boy in the United States dreams of becoming our President.


28.
  ... every brand of fire, only to emerge ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.146
Children of chaos, we have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge unharmed and, we think, wiser.


29.
  ... every case long before it is suspected.  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
This tragic situation has already arrived in practically every case long before it is suspected.


30.
  ... every case, pain had been the price ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
In every case, pain had been the price of admission into a new life.


31.
  ... every century, and it characterizes the lives ...  12&12 Step Five, p.56
It has been validated in every century, and it characterizes the lives of all spiritually centered and truly religious people.


32.
  ... every chance for legitimate security and a ...  12&12 Step Four, p.44
These people often throw to the winds every chance for legitimate security and a happy family life.


33.
  ... every conceivable A.A. problem ranging from a ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
Sacks of letters on every conceivable A.A. problem ranging from a lonely-heart Eskimo to the growing pains of thousands of groups must be answered by people who know.


34.
  ... every conceivable deviation from our Twelve Steps ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.146
Over the years, every conceivable deviation from our Twelve Steps and Traditions has been tried.


35.
  ... every conceivable kind of character, and cut ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.141
Could any then imagine a society which would include every conceivable kind of character, and cut across every barrier of race, creed, politics, and language with ease?


36.
  ... every confidence in his ability to recover?  BB To Employers, p.143
Can you have every confidence in his ability to recover?


37.
  ... every dark cranny of the past.  BB Into Action, p.75
We pocket our pride and go to it, illuminating every twist of character, every dark cranny of the past.


38.
  ... every day.  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
Those of us who live in large cities are overcome by the reflection that close by hundreds are dropping into oblivion every day.


39.
  ... every day.  BB Working With Others, p.101
We meet these conditions every day.


40.
  ... every day and every night.  BB Bill's Story, pp.3-4
Golf permitted drinking every day and every night.


41.
  ... every day, if need be.  BB Working With Others, p.97
You have to act the Good Samaritan every day, if need be.


42.
  Every day is a day when we ...  BB Into Action, p.85
Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities.


43.
  ... every denomination have given A.A. their blessing.  BB Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
Clergymen of practically every denomination have given A.A. their blessing.


44.
  ... every department of our lives.  BB To Wives, p.116
Now we try to put spiritual principles to work in every department of our lives.


45.
  ... every description has been the principal means ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
Throughout the world, immense and favorable publicity of every description has been the principal means of bringing alcoholics into our Fellowship.


46.
  ... every detail where we have since gone ...  12&12 Step Five, p.59
If the Creator gave us our lives in the first place, then He must know in every detail where we have since gone wrong.


47.
  ... every direction with the purpose of pleasing ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.120
We threw money about in every direction with the purpose of pleasing ourselves and impressing other people.


48.
  ... every distinguished person whose support can be ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.181
A worthy charity wants to raise money; forthwith, its letterhead shows the name of every distinguished person whose support can be obtained.


49.
  Every doctor concerned would at times wish ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.150
Every doctor concerned would at times wish he could devote himself to his chosen field rather than work only with the group.


50.
  ... every evidence that women regain their health ...  BB To Wives, p.104
There is every evidence that women regain their health as readily as men if they try our suggestions.


51.
  Every few days this doctor suggests our ...  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Every few days this doctor suggests our approach to one of his patients.


52.
  ... every form of self-deception and experimentation, they ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic.


53.
  ... every form of society, has to be ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.172
Therefore, every nation, in fact every form of society, has to be a government administered by human beings.


54.
  ... every friend and newcomer.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.132
This, too, is a puzzler for every friend and newcomer.


55.
  ... every friend who looks at A.A. for ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.129
Every newcomer, every friend who looks at A.A. for the first time is greatly puzzled.


56.
  ... every group.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
Soon A.A. was beset by these very problems on every side and in every group.


57.
  Every group had the right to be ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.147
Every group had the right to be wrong.


58.
  Every group manages its affairs as it ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
Every group manages its affairs as it pleases, except when A.A. as a whole is threatened.


59.
  ... every human being has for practical insight ...  12&12 Step Five, p.56
Psychiatrists and psychologists point out the deep need every human being has for practical insight and knowledge of his own personality flaws and for a discussion of them with an understanding and trustworthy person.


60.
  ... every human being he could.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
Then he asked for the grace to bring love, forgiveness, harmony, truth, faith, hope, light, and joy to every human being he could.


61.
  ... every human being in the world.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
We forgot that most alcoholics in A.A. have an earning power considerably above average; we forgot the immense goodwill of our brother A.A.'s who were only too eager to help us to better jobs when we deserved them; we forgot the actual or potential financial insecurity of every human being in the world.


62.
  ... every human being we know.  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.


63.
  ... every imaginable remedy.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
We have tried every imaginable remedy.


64.
  ... every instance the alcoholic only seems to ...  BB To Wives, p.108
Of course, there is such a thing as incompatibility, but in nearly every instance the alcoholic only seems to be unloving and inconsiderate; it is usually because he is warped and sickened that he says and does these appalling things.


65.
  ... every kind.  BB To Wives, p.114
Since this book was first published, A.A. has released thousands of alcoholics from asylums and hospitals of every kind.


66.
  ... every known means to get the jay-walking ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
He tries every known means to get the jay-walking idea out of his head.


67.
  ... every known remedy.  BB To Employers, p.137
Some employers have tried every known remedy.


68.
  ... every lip were the words "You can't ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.161
On every lip were the words "You can't mix A.A. and money.


69.
  Every man and woman who has joined ...  12&12 Step Three, p.35
Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three.


70.
  ... every man that he can get well ...  BB Working With Others, p.98
Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone.


71.
  ... every man who drinks others are involved ...  BB To Wives, p.104
But for every man who drinks others are involved -- the wife who trembles in fear of the next debauch; the mother and father who see their son wasting away.


72.
  ... every man, woman, and child, is the ...  BB We Agnostics, p.55
Actually we were fooling ourselves, for deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God.


73.
  Every means of solving his problem which ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
Every means of solving his problem which money could buy was at his disposal.


74.
  ... every member to a single resolve: "Out ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.143
A great wave of outraged resentment engulfed the meeting, sweeping every member to a single resolve: "Out he goes!"


75.
  ... every modern employer feels a moral responsibility ...  BB To Employers, p.137
Nearly every modern employer feels a moral responsibility for the well-being of his help, and he tries to meet these responsibilities.


76.
  Every modern house has electric wiring carrying ...  12&12 Step Three, p.36
Every modern house has electric wiring carrying power and light to its interior.


77.
  ... every moment spent in getting them straightened ...  BB To Employers, p.150
I have enjoyed every moment spent in getting them straightened out.(*)


78.
  ... every nation, in fact every form of ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.172
Therefore, every nation, in fact every form of society, has to be a government administered by human beings.


79.
  Every natural instinct cries out against the ...  12&12 Step One, p.21
Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness.


80.
  ... every necessary step, submit to anything to ...  BB To Employers, p.142
Will he take every necessary step, submit to anything to get well, to stop drinking forever?


81.
  ... every nerve to make up for lost ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
He is straining every nerve to make up for lost time.


82.
  Every new alcoholic looks for this spirit ...  BB Working With Others, p.103
Every new alcoholic looks for this spirit among us and is immensely relieved when he finds we are not witch-burners.


83.
  Every newcomer, every friend who looks at ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.129
Every newcomer, every friend who looks at A.A. for the first time is greatly puzzled.


84.
  Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is told, ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.


85.
  ... every newcomer that more is being asked ...  12&12 Step Four, p.49
So when A.A. suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can do.


86.
  ... every news outlet in North America, setting ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.182
The Foundation(*) wrote letters to practically every news outlet in North America, setting forth our public relations policy of attraction rather than promotion, and emphasizing personal anonymity as A.A.'s greatest protection.


87.
  ... every newsfront, the men and women of ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.181
On almost every newsfront, the men and women of the press have attached themselves to us as friends.


88.
  ... every night.  BB Bill's Story, p.3
My drinking assumed more serious proportions, continuing all day and almost every night.


89.
  ... every night.  BB Bill's Story, pp.3-4
Golf permitted drinking every day and every night.


90.
  ... every night, but in order to get ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
My phobia for sleeplessness demanded that I get drunk every night, but in order to get more liquor for the next night, I had to stay sober during the day, at least up to four o'clock.


91.
  ... every night nevertheless.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
I gave the matter much time and study for the next two and a half years, but I still got tight every night nevertheless.


92.
  Every normal person wants, for example, to ...  12&12 Step Six, p.64
Every normal person wants, for example, to eat, to reproduce, to be somebody in the society of his fellows.


93.
  ... every oldtimer in our Society has gone ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.135
Nearly every oldtimer in our Society has gone through this process in some degree.


94.
  ... every one.  BB How It Works, p.67
We cannot be helpful to all people, but at least God will show us how to take a kindly and tolerant view of each and every one.


95.
  ... every one?  BB Into Action, p.76
Can He now take them all -- every one?


96.
  Every one of them has gained access ...  BB We Agnostics, p.50
Every one of them has gained access to, and believes in, a Power greater than himself.


97.
  Every one of them may be promptly ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.134
Every one of them may be promptly eliminated at the next election if they try this.


98.
  ... every one of us had been an ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.181
By temperament, nearly every one of us had been an irrepressible promoter, and the prospect of a society composed almost entirely of promoters was frightening.


99.
  ... every one of us had wished to ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.156
Nearly every one of us had wished to do great good, perform great deeds, and embody great ideals.


100.
  ... every one of us is that we ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.17
The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution.


101.
  ... every one of us sense more deeply ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.125
With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more deeply the inner meaning of A.A.'s simple prayer:


102.
  ... every other difficulty or defect?  12&12 Step Six, p.64
Having been granted a perfect release from alcoholism, why then shouldn't we be able to achieve by the same means a perfect release from every other difficulty or defect?


103.
  ... every pore, and inflict that upon those ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
What happens when we wallow in depression, self-pity oozing from every pore, and inflict that upon those about us?


104.
  ... every practical purpose, the active voice and ...  BB Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
II. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience of our whole Society in its world affairs.


105.
  ... every problem.  12&12 Step Three, p.37
Oh yes, we'll weigh the pros and cons of every problem.


106.
  ... every problem drinker will be lessened.  BB To Wives, p.115
Then that terrible tension which grips the home of every problem drinker will be lessened.


107.
  ... every respect except in the effect alcohol ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxx
Then there are types entirely normal in every respect except in the effect alcohol has upon them.


108.
  ... every right to be self-confident, that it ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
I felt I had every right to be self-confident, that it would be only a matter of exercising my will power and keeping on guard.


109.
  ... every season of grief or suffering, when ...  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."


110.
  ... every serious drinker, "You are an A.A. ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.139
For A.A. is really saying to every serious drinker, "You are an A.A. member if you say so.


111.
  ... every serious emotional problem can be seen ...  12&12 Step Four, p.42
Nearly every serious emotional problem can be seen as a case of misdirected instinct.


112.
  ... Every service responsibility should be matched by ...  BB Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
X. Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority, with the scope of such authority well defined.


113.
  ... every side and in every group.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
Soon A.A. was beset by these very problems on every side and in every group.


114.
  ... every single defect of character which stands ...  BB Into Action, p.76
I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows.


115.
  ... every single one of us.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
To us it is not far-fetched, for this kind of thinking has been characteristic of every single one of us.


116.
  ... every society on earth give authority to ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.172
Doesn't nearly every society on earth give authority to some of its members to impose obedience upon the rest and to punish or expel offenders?


117.
  ... every sound human being experiences, at some ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.117
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at some time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.


118.
  ... every spree, he would say to himself, ...  12&12 Step One, p.23
Following every spree, he would say to himself, "Maybe those A.A.'s were right. ..."


119.
  ... every step at first.  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
Rebellion dogs our every step at first.


120.
  Every such pressure group, if it is ...  12&12 Step Three, p.37
Every such pressure group, if it is strong enough, self-righteously imposes its will upon the rest.


121.
  ... every test of uncertainty, pain, fear, and ...  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.


122.
  Every time a person imposes his instincts ...  12&12 Step Four, p.44
Every time a person imposes his instincts unreasonably upon others, unhappiness follows.


123.
  ... every time he tries to look within ...  12&12 Step Four, p.49
Both his pride and his fear beat him back every time he tries to look within himself.


124.
  ... every time I do it I take ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.


125.
  ... every time we are disturbed, no matter ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.90
It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us.


126.
  Every time we have tried to professionalize ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.166
Every time we have tried to professionalize our Twelfth Step, the result has been exactly the same: Our single purpose has been defeated.


127.
  ... every time we played the big shot, ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
We had to see that every time we played the big shot, we turned people against us.


128.
  ... every time you get drunk.  BB To Employers, p.147
You put me on the spot every time you get drunk.


129.
  ... every twist of character, every dark cranny ...  BB Into Action, p.75
We pocket our pride and go to it, illuminating every twist of character, every dark cranny of the past.


130.
  ... every woman who has an alcoholic husband.  BB To Wives, p.108
These are some of the questions which race through the mind of every woman who has an alcoholic husband.


131.
  ... every word and trying to take in ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.99
As beginners in meditation, we might now reread this prayer several times very slowly, savoring every word and trying to take in the deep meaning of each phrase and idea.


132.
  ... every worldly and practical-minded beginner, this Step ...  12&12 Step Three, p.35
To every worldly and practical-minded beginner, this Step looks hard, even impossible.


133.
  ... every year.  BB To Employers, p.149
This same company spends millions for research every year.


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