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

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GETTING   occurs   30 times 19 in BB  •  11 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... getting.  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
Having been neglected and misused in the past, they think father owes them more than they are getting.


2.
  ... getting a job, or give him a ...  BB Working With Others, p.96
If he is, you might try to help him about getting a job, or give him a little financial assistance.


3.
  ... getting a misshapen and painful pleasure out ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
We wallow in this messy bog, often getting a misshapen and painful pleasure out of it.


4.
  ... getting a particular person sobered up, and ...  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.


5.
  ... getting alcoholics to recover, three successful groups ...  12&12 Foreword, p.16
After three years of trial and error in selecting the most workable tenets upon which the Society could be based, and after a large amount of failure in getting alcoholics to recover, three successful groups emerged -- the first at Akron, the second at New York, and the third at Cleveland.


6.
  ... getting another drink.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
It never fails, if you go about it with one half the zeal you have been in the habit of showing when you were getting another drink.


7.
  ... getting back into the social life of ...  BB Working With Others, p.102
Now you are getting back into the social life of this world.


8.
  ... getting control of his liquor situation, he ...  BB A Vision For You, p.155
Some time later, and just as he thought he was getting control of his liquor situation, he went on a roaring bender.


9.
  ... getting drunk, morning jitters, taking large doses ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
It was really a horrible nightmare, this earning money, getting liquor, smuggling it home, getting drunk, morning jitters, taking large doses of sedatives to make it possible for me to earn more money, and so on ad nauseam.


10.
  ... getting from self-sufficiency.  12&12 Step Three, p.37
Should his own image in the mirror be too awful to contemplate (and it usually is), he might first take a look at the results normal people are getting from self-sufficiency.


11.
  ... getting his head above water.  BB Into Action, p.79
He had commenced our way of life, had secured a position, and was getting his head above water.


12.
  ... getting it -- at least to our way ...  12&12 Step Five, p.57
Either we were shy, and dared not draw near others, or we were apt to be noisy good fellows craving attention and companionship, but never getting it -- at least to our way of thinking.


13.
  ... getting liquor, smuggling it home, getting drunk, ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
It was really a horrible nightmare, this earning money, getting liquor, smuggling it home, getting drunk, morning jitters, taking large doses of sedatives to make it possible for me to earn more money, and so on ad nauseam.


14.
  ... getting married to all kinds of enterprises, ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.156
In consternation, we saw ourselves getting married to all kinds of enterprises, some good and some not so good.


15.
  ... getting money rather than an opportunity for ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears.


16.
  ... getting out of it?'  12&12 Tradition Five, p.152
"His next question: 'What are you getting out of it?'


17.
  ... getting over a bout, an alcoholic, sometimes ...  BB To Employers, p.140
When drinking, or getting over a bout, an alcoholic, sometimes the model of honesty when normal, will do incredible things.


18.
  ... getting over a spree, a certain amount ...  BB To Employers, p.142
For most alcoholics who are drinking, or who are just getting over a spree, a certain amount of physical treatment is desirable, even imperative.


19.
  ... getting over alcoholism must remember he did ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
We know there are difficult wives and families, but the man who is getting over alcoholism must remember he did much to make them so.


20.
  ... getting results from this book, particularly from ...  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiv
We shall be interested to hear from those who are getting results from this book, particularly from those who have commenced work with other alcoholics.


21.
  ... getting rid of self without His aid.  BB How It Works, p.62
And there often seems no way of entirely getting rid of self without His aid.


22.
  ... getting serious.  BB To Wives, p.118
Next time you and he have a heated discussion, no matter what the subject, it should be the privilege of either to smile and say, "This is getting serious.


23.
  ... getting tangled up.  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
There's the spot-check inventory, taken at any time of the day, whenever we find ourselves getting tangled up.


24.
  ... getting them straightened out.(*)  BB To Employers, p.150
I have enjoyed every moment spent in getting them straightened out.(*)


25.
  ... getting things done?  BB To Employers, pp.139-140
When sober, does he not work hard and have a knack of getting things done?


26.
  ... getting tight at exactly the wrong moment, ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
He has a positive genius for getting tight at exactly the wrong moment, particularly when some important decision must be made or engagement kept.


27.
  ... getting well and making money.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
All around you these drunks are getting well and making money.


28.
  ... getting well organized by noon.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
Tuesday I started in the morning, getting well organized by noon.


29.
  ... getting what we really wanted.  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
With a proper display of honesty and morality, we'd stand a better chance of getting what we really wanted.


30.
  ... getting, will become the guiding principle.  BB The Family Afterward, p.128
Giving, rather than getting, will become the guiding principle.


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