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

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EXAMPLE   occurs   27 times 11 in BB  •  16 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   examples
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1.
  ... example:  BB How It Works, p.65
We were usually as definite as this example:


2.
  ... example.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.135
They do not drive by mandate; they lead by example.


3.
  ... example, A.A. members with computers can participate ...  BB Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiv
Taking advantage of technological advances, for example, A.A. members with computers can participate in meetings online, sharing with fellow alcoholics across the country or around the world.


4.
  ... example, about electricity.  BB We Agnostics, p.48
We have numerous theories, for example, about electricity.


5.
  ... example: An officer of one of the ...  BB To Employers, p.138
Here, for instance, is a typical example: An officer of one of the largest banking institutions in America knows I no longer drink.


6.
  ... example and not upon vain displays of ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
True leadership, we find, depends upon able example and not upon vain displays of power or glory.


7.
  ... example as we can find, it is ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way.


8.
  ... example, doesn't like to feel just a ...  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?


9.
  ... example is a friend we shall call ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.35
Our first example is a friend we shall call Jim.


10.
  ... example, my own case.  12&12 Step Two, p.26
The sponsor continues, "Take, for example, my own case.


11.
  ... example of my friend there remained in ...  BB Bill's Story, p.12
Despite the living example of my friend there remained in me the vestiges of my old prejudice.


12.
  ... example of self-will run riot, though he ...  BB How It Works, p.62
They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so.


13.
  ... example of the truth that faith alone ...  BB Working With Others, p.93
He may be an example of the truth that faith alone is insufficient.


14.
  ... example, reveal that he has padded his ...  BB To Employers, p.145
He may, for example, reveal that he has padded his expense account or that he has planned to take your best customers away from you.


15.
  ... example, should be in too much emotional ...  12&12 Step Three, p.38
No adult man or woman, for example, should be in too much emotional dependence upon a parent.


16.
  ... example that resolve a crisis.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.135
Theirs is the quiet opinion, the sure knowledge and humble example that resolve a crisis.


17.
  ... example, that we lacked honesty and tolerance, ...  12&12 Step Five, p.58
All of us saw, for example, that we lacked honesty and tolerance, that we were beset at times by attacks of self-pity or delusions of personal grandeur.


18.
  ... example: the "A.A. Center" that didn't work.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
An example: the "A.A. Center" that didn't work.


19.
  ... example they showed us that humility and ...  12&12 Step Two, p.30
By their example they showed us that humility and intellect could be compatible, provided we placed humility first.


20.
  ... example, to convince those about us that ...  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.


21.
  ... example, to eat, to reproduce, to be ...  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.


22.
  ... example, unload a detailed account of extramarital ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.86
We cannot, for example, unload a detailed account of extramarital adventuring upon the shoulders of our unsuspecting wife or husband.


23.
  ... example, was a stormy political issue then.  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.178
Abolition of slavery, for example, was a stormy political issue then.


24.
  ... example, we know of situations in which ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.124
For example, we know of situations in which the alcoholic or his wife have had love affairs.


25.
  ... example, we may set our hearts on ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
For example, we may set our hearts on getting a particular person sobered up, and after doing all we can for months, we see him relapse.


26.
  ... example, worked a period of months on ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
I have had many men who had, for example, worked a period of months on some problem or business deal which was to be settled on a certain date, favorably to them.


27.
  ... example, your clergyman or your doctor.  12&12 Step Five, p.61
This individual may be entirely outside of A.A. -- for example, your clergyman or your doctor.


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