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

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FAR   occurs   68 times 35 in BB  •  33 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... far.  BB We Agnostics, p.53
We were grateful that Reason had brought us so far.


2.
  ... far?  BB Into Action, p.75
Is our work solid so far?


3.
  ... far.  BB To Wives, p.110
Perhaps you enjoy drinking with him yourself when he doesn't go too far.


4.
  ... far.  BB To Employers, p.141
But there are many men who want to stop, and with them you can go far.


5.
  ... far above 150,000 recovered alcoholics.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
In that brief space, Alcoholics Anonymous has mushroomed into nearly 6,000 groups whose membership is far above 150,000 recovered alcoholics.


6.
  ... far above the average.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
The general moral standard was, as I recall it, far above the average.


7.
  ... far advanced as most of you fellows, ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
I reasoned I was not so far advanced as most of you fellows, that I had been usually successful in licking my other personal problems, and that I would therefore be successful where you men failed.


8.
  ... far advanced, there is scant chance of ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
If he is a real alcoholic and very far advanced, there is scant chance of success.


9.
  ... far and near.  BB A Vision For You, p.161
Alcoholics are being attracted from far and near.


10.
  ... far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
While an A.A. group may cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ought never go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or implied.


11.
  ... far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or ...  12&12 Tradition Six (Long), p.190
While an A.A. group may cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ought never to go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or implied.


12.
  ... far as alcohol is concerned, self-confidence was ...  12&12 Step One, p.22
Then we had been told that so far as alcohol is concerned, self-confidence was no good whatever; in fact, it was a total liability.


13.
  ... far as alcoholics are concerned, A.A. would ...  12&12 Step Five, p.56
So far as alcoholics are concerned, A.A. would go even further.


14.
  ... far as faith was concerned.  12&12 Step Two, p.30
This phony form of respectability was our undoing, so far as faith was concerned.


15.
  ... far as he likes in helping other ...  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.


16.
  ... far as I had gone.  BB Bill's Story, p.10
But that was as far as I had gone.


17.
  ... far as it went, but it didn't ...  BB How It Works, p.68
Self-reliance was good as far as it went, but it didn't go far enough.


18.
  ... far as may be possible in a ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.87
But all of them do require a complete willingness to make amends as fast and as far as may be possible in a given set of conditions.


19.
  ... far as memory will reach, we shall ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
Then, as year by year we walk back through our lives as far as memory will reach, we shall be bound to construct a long list of people who have, to some extent or other, been affected.


20.
  ... far as most of us ever got.  BB How It Works, p.66
To conclude that others were wrong was as far as most of us ever got.


21.
  ... far as the alcoholic is concerned, are ...  BB To Employers, p.139
Drinking occasionally, and understanding your own reactions, it is possible for you to become quite sure of many things which, so far as the alcoholic is concerned, are not always so.


22.
  ... far as we are concerned, it has ...  BB To Employers, p.144
By no means do we offer it as the last word on this subject, but so far as we are concerned, it has worked with us.


23.
  ... far as we are concerned, there is ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
So far as we are concerned, there is nothing obligatory about it.


24.
  ... far as we can see, except for ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.35
He is an intelligent man, normal so far as we can see, except for a nervous disposition.


25.
  ... far as we know, it is nowhere ...  12&12 Step Six, p.65
So far as we know, it is nowhere on the record that God has completely removed from any human being all his natural drives.


26.
  ... far as you are concerned this will ...  BB To Employers, p.143
While on the subject of confidence, can you adopt the attitude that so far as you are concerned this will be a strictly personal matter, that his alcoholic derelictions, the treatment about to be undertaken, will never be discussed without his consent?


27.
  ... far better job of living than he ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.118
She naturally feels that for years she has made a far better job of living than he has.


28.
  ... far better to let our friends do ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.181
Obviously, A.A. had to be publicized somehow, so we resorted to the idea that it would be far better to let our friends do this for us.


29.
  ... far beyond those things which were superficially ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.80
We can go far beyond those things which were superficially wrong with us, to see those flaws which were basic, flaws which sometimes were responsible for the whole pattern of our lives.


30.
  ... far cry from permanent sobriety and a ...  12&12 Step Three, p.39
More sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life.


31.
  ... far deeper faith than mine.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
'Perhaps far deeper faith than mine.


32.
  ... far down the scale we have gone, ...  BB Into Action, p.84
No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.


33.
  ... far enough.  BB How It Works, p.68
Self-reliance was good as far as it went, but it didn't go far enough.


34.
  ... far exceed their intended purpose.  12&12 Step Six, p.65
Since most of us are born with an abundance of natural desires, it isn't strange that we often let these far exceed their intended purpose.


35.
  ... far exceed their proper functions.  12&12 Step Four, p.42
Yet these instincts, so necessary for our existence, often far exceed their proper functions.


36.
  ... far-fetched, for this kind of thinking has ...  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.


37.
  Far from admitting he was an alcoholic, ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
Far from admitting he was an alcoholic, he told himself he came to the hospital to rest his nerves.


38.
  ... far from being a weakness, this dependence ...  12&12 Step Three, p.38
And far from being a weakness, this dependence was their chief source of strength.


39.
  Far from it.  BB To Employers, p.149
Far from it.


40.
  ... far gone.  BB To Wives, p.110
Many of our husbands were just as far gone.


41.
  ... far greater importance than the weight we ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.177
We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to be something of far greater importance than the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause.


42.
  ... far has spoken of men.  BB To Wives, p.104
With few exceptions, our book thus far has spoken of men.


43.
  ... far horizon, beyond which we shall seek ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.100
Let us look now upon the sea and ponder what its mystery is; and let us lift our eyes to the far horizon, beyond which we shall seek all those wonders still unseen.


44.
  ... far in any direction if he fails ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
He is not likely to get far in any direction if he fails to show unselfishness and love under his own roof.


45.
  ... far in the opposite direction.  12&12 Step Twelve, pp.120-121
Upon entering A.A., these attitudes were sharply reversed, often going much too far in the opposite direction.


46.
  ... far inside himself.  BB Into Action, p.73
As fast as he can, he pushes these memories far inside himself.


47.
  ... far lower than average?  12&12 Tradition Three, p.141
Was it credible that A.A. was to have a divorce rate far lower than average?


48.
  ... far more His success than ours.  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
As an insurance against "big-shot-ism" we can often check ourselves by remembering that we are today sober only by the grace of God and that any success we may be having is far more His success than ours.


49.
  ... far more importance was the fact that ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
Of far more importance was the fact that he was the first living human with whom I had ever talked, who knew what he was talking about in regard to alcoholism from actual experience.


50.
  ... far more specific than any direct guidance ...  12&12 Step Five, p.60
While the comment or advice of others may be by no means infallible, it is likely to be far more specific than any direct guidance we may receive while we are still so inexperienced in establishing contact with a Power greater than ourselves.


51.
  ... far more than a sound public relations ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.183
To us, however, it represents far more than a sound public relations policy.


52.
  ... far more visionary than the founding members ...  BB Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiii
Like so much of A.A.'s basic text, those words have proved to be far more visionary than the founding members could ever have imagined.


53.
  ... far off balance.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
This all meant, of course, that we were still far off balance.


54.
  ... far off the beam.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.112
Without necessarily taking that first drink, we often get quite far off the beam.


55.
  ... far over the Bridge of Reason toward ...  BB We Agnostics, p.53
Some of us had already walked far over the Bridge of Reason toward the desired shore of faith.


56.
  ... far removed from central government, isn't it?  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.174
Now, that attitude is far removed from central government, isn't it?


57.
  ... far short of such achievements as a ...  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.


58.
  ... far superior to yours.  BB Working With Others, p.93
His religious education and training may be far superior to yours.


59.
  ... far the greatest thing we have been ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
Dr. John F. Stouffer, Chief Psychiatrist, Philadelphia General Hospital, citing his experience with A.A., said: "The alcoholics we get here at Philadelphia General are mostly those who cannot afford private treatment, and A.A. is by far the greatest thing we have been able to offer them.


60.
  ... far, the penalty is sure and swift; ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.130
If he deviates too far, the penalty is sure and swift; he sickens and dies.


61.
  ... far to seek; the great men and ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.99
We won't have far to seek; the great men and women of all religions have left us a wonderful supply.


62.
  ... far too easy and superficial point of ...  12&12 Step Twelve, pp.112-113
We naturally congratulate ourselves on what later proves to be a far too easy and superficial point of view.


63.
  ... far too much.  12&12 Step Four, p.53
Either we insist upon dominating the people we know, or we depend upon them far too much.


64.
  ... far too smart for our own good.  12&12 Step Two, p.29
To these, many A.A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you -- far too smart for our own good.


65.
  ... far too vital.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.164
We can't let it shut down; it's far too vital.


66.
  ... far, upon the total problem of several ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
So far, upon the total problem of several million actual and potential alcoholics in the world, we have made only a scratch.


67.
  ... far we have progressed, desires will always ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
No matter how far we have progressed, desires will always be found which oppose the grace of God.


68.
  ... far we have to go, for we ...  BB Into Action, p.78
We must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go, for we are liable to drink if we are afraid to face them.


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