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

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FORMER   occurs   10 times 8 in BB  •  2 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... former believer, we can stand together on ...  12&12 Step Two, p.33
Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step.


2.
  ... former days, the moment an A.A. hired ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
In former days, the moment an A.A. hired out to such enterprises, he was immediately tempted to use the name Alcoholics Anonymous for publicity or money-raising purposes.


3.
  ... former did not work.  BB Working With Others, p.99
If their old relationship is to be resumed it must be on a better basis, since the former did not work.


4.
  ... former enemies sometimes praise what we are ...  BB Into Action, p.78
Our former enemies sometimes praise what we are doing and wish us well.


5.
  ... former excessive indulgence.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
I soon discovered that a couple of drinks would alleviate my gastric distress, at least for a few hours at a time, so it was not at all difficult for me to return to my former excessive indulgence.


6.
  ... former ill feeling and expressing our regret.  BB Into Action, p.77
We go to him in a helpful and forgiving spirit, confessing our former ill feeling and expressing our regret.


7.
  ... former mistakes, no matter how grievous, out ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.124
We think each family which has been relieved owes something to those who have not, and when the occasion requires, each member of it should be only too willing to bring former mistakes, no matter how grievous, out of their hiding places.


8.
  ... former patients, go there to help.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Many of us, former patients, go there to help.


9.
  ... former thinking was soft and mushy when ...  BB We Agnostics, p.53
Hence we are at pains to tell why we think our present faith is reasonable, why we think it more sane and logical to believe than not to believe, why we say our former thinking was soft and mushy when we threw up our hands in doubt and said, "We don't know."


10.
  ... former years.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
This had little effect however for I kept on drinking and used a great deal more hard liquor than in former years.


The 164 and More™ Book, eBook, and Web Site are all CONCORDANCES which display passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, and the A.A. Grapevine (A.A. Preamble only).  Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and More concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc., or the A.A. Grapevine, Inc.  Further A.A.W.S. Inc. and the A.A. Grapevine Inc. have no objection to the use of this material in the 164 and More concordance.

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