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


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1.
  ... give.  BB Working With Others, p.98
It is not the matter of giving that is in question, but when and how to give.


2.
  ... give?  BB The Family Afterward, p.122
Is he not unconsciously trying to see what he can take from the family life rather than give?


3.
  ... give."  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.166
We have gained some understanding of the ancient words "Freely ye have received, freely give."


4.
  ... give a fair cross section of our ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.29
These give a fair cross section of our membership and a clear-cut idea of what has actually happened in their lives.


5.
  ... give-and-take basis.  12&12 Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
Putting our lives on give-and-take basis.


6.
  ... give-and-take basis; we would have to develop ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
It became clear that if we ever were to feel emotionally secure among grown-up people, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop the sense of being in partnership or brotherhood with all those around us.


7.
  ... give another a directive and enforce obedience, ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.132
When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no board of directors who can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and enforce obedience, our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be. There must be an angle somewhere."


8.
  ... give anything to take half a dozen ...  BB A Vision For You, p.152
Inwardly he would give anything to take half a dozen drinks and get away with them.


9.
  ... give at all.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
Perhaps we try to give them advice about their affairs which we aren't really competent to give or ought not give at all.


10.
  ... give authority to some of its members ...  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?


11.
  ... give comfort than to receive it; better ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
He thought it better to give comfort than to receive it; better to understand than to be understood; better to forgive than to be forgiven.


12.
  ... give constantly of ourselves without demands for ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
We saw that we would need to give constantly of ourselves without demands for repayment.


13.
  ... give endorsements, make alliances, or enter public ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
And in no circumstances should we give endorsements, make alliances, or enter public controversies.


14.
  ... give freely of himself.  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
But dad doesn't give freely of himself.


15.
  ... give freely of themselves, that their fellows ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.133
Most of them give freely of themselves, that their fellows may enjoy sound minds and bodies.


16.
  Give freely of what you find and ...  BB A Vision For You, p.164
Give freely of what you find and join us.


17.
  Give him a chance to think it ...  BB Working With Others, p.95
Give him a chance to think it over.


18.
  ... give him a chance to try our ...  BB To Wives, p.114
If he is already committed to an institution, but can convince you and your doctor that he means business, give him a chance to try our method, unless the doctor thinks his mental condition too abnormal or dangerous.


19.
  ... give him a little financial assistance.  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.


20.
  ... give him a sketch of your drinking ...  BB Working With Others, p.91
If he is not communicative, give him a sketch of your drinking career up to the time you quit.


21.
  Give him an account of the struggles ...  BB Working With Others, p.92
Give him an account of the struggles you made to stop.


22.
  ... give him another chance.  BB To Employers, p.147
If, on the contrary, you are sure he is doing his utmost, you may wish to give him another chance.


23.
  ... give him first aid and place what ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
When we see a man sinking into the mire that is alcoholism, we give him first aid and place what we have at his disposal.


24.
  ... give him mastery.  BB A Vision For You, pp.155-156
He saw that he would have to face his problems squarely that God might give him mastery.


25.
  ... give him much practical advice.  BB Working With Others, p.96
Having had the experience yourself, you can give him much practical advice.


26.
  ... give himself no satisfactory explanation for his ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.26
More baffling still, he could give himself no satisfactory explanation for his fall.


27.
  ... give..." is the core of this part ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
"Freely ye have received; freely give..." is the core of this part of Step Twelve.


28.
  ... give it away.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.151
It is the great paradox of A.A. that we know we can seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety unless we give it away.


29.
  ... give it; learn humility; gain honesty and ...  12&12 Contents (Step Five), p.6
Lose sense of isolation, receive forgiveness and give it; learn humility; gain honesty and realism about ourselves.


30.
  ... give it to us on order and ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.104
We discover that we do receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms.


31.
  ... give it, too.  12&12 Step Five, p.58
Our moral inventory had persuaded us that all-round forgiveness was desirable, but it was only when we resolutely tackled Step Five that we inwardly knew we'd be able to receive forgiveness and give it, too.


32.
  ... give man instincts to help him to ...  12&12 Step Six, p.64
He did not design man to destroy himself by alcohol, but He did give man instincts to help him to stay alive.


33.
  ... give me a letter-perfect definition of humility.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
I'll bet, too, that you could give me a letter-perfect definition of humility.


34.
  ... give me a message.  BB To Employers, p.136
My secretary returned to say that is was not Mr. B___ on the phone; it was Mr. B___'s brother, and he wished to give me a message.


35.
  ... give me over to the undertaker or ...  BB Bill's Story, p.7
She would soon have to give me over to the undertaker or the asylum.


36.
  ... give me release, my obsession to drink ...  12&12 Step Six, p.63
But when I became willing to clean house and then asked a Higher Power, God as I understood Him, to give me release, my obsession to drink vanished.


37.
  'Give me the business.'  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
'Give me the business.'


38.
  ... give money to alcoholics trying to stay ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.160
When you add to this the habitual supposition that people ought to give money to alcoholics trying to stay sober, it can be understood why we thought we deserved a pile of folding money.


39.
  ... give nearly all their time to the ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
A few are fortunate enough to be so situated that they can give nearly all their time to the work.


40.
  ... give of yourself that others may survive ...  BB A Vision For You, p.153
Then you will know what it means to give of yourself that others may survive and rediscover life.


41.
  ... give or ought not give at all.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
Perhaps we try to give them advice about their affairs which we aren't really competent to give or ought not give at all.


42.
  ... give reasons why he need not follow ...  BB Working With Others, p.94
Your candidate may give reasons why he need not follow all of the program.


43.
  ... give such inquirers an inside view of ...  12&12 Foreword, p.16
The second section of this volume, though designed for A.A.'s membership, will give such inquirers an inside view of A.A. never before possible.


44.
  ... give the location of the nearest family ...  BB Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
This headquarters will give the location of the nearest family group and will, if you wish, correspond with you about your special problems.


45.
  ... give the man coming in the door ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
She was helping to give the man coming in the door the break he ought to have.


46.
  ... give the reassurance and support which our ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
We sit in A.A. meetings and listen, not only to receive something ourselves, but to give the reassurance and support which our presence can bring.


47.
  ... give them advice about their affairs which ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
Perhaps we try to give them advice about their affairs which we aren't really competent to give or ought not give at all.


48.
  ... give them new life.  12&12 Step Six, p.64
Here their powerful instinct to live can cooperate fully with their Creator's desire to give them new life.


49.
  ... give them the nice times they used ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
They expect him to give them the nice times they used to have before he drank so much, and to show his contrition for what they suffered.


50.
  ... give themselves to this simple program, usually ...  BB How It Works, p.58
Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.


51.
  ... give this up yet."  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Even then the best of us will discover to our dismay that there is always a sticking point, a point at which we say, "No, I can't give this up yet."


52.
  ... give to make amends.  BB Bill's Story, p.8
What would I not give to make amends.


53.
  ... give to others what they had found, ...  BB A Vision For You, p.158
So, you see, there were three alcoholics in that town, who now felt they had to give to others what they had found, or be sunk.


54.
  ... give up!"  12&12 Step Six, p.66
And we shall often tread on even more dangerous ground when we cry, "This I will never give up!"


55.
  ... give up!"  12&12 Step Six, p.69
Perhaps we shall be obliged in some cases still to say, "This I cannot give up yet...," but we should not say to ourselves, "This I will never give up!"


56.
  ... give up our natural desires for personal ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.187
Moved by the spirit of anonymity, we try to give up our natural desires for personal distinction as A.A. members both among fellow alcoholics and before the general public.


57.
  ... give up personal desires for the common ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the common good, we realize that the sacrificial spirit -- well symbolized by anonymity -- is the foundation of them all.


58.
  ... give up, we ought to erase the ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
Looking again at those defects we are still unwilling to give up, we ought to erase the hard-and-fast lines that we have drawn.


59.
  ... give up yet...," but we should not ...  12&12 Step Six, p.69
Perhaps we shall be obliged in some cases still to say, "This I cannot give up yet...," but we should not say to ourselves, "This I will never give up!"


60.
  ... give us serenity.  12&12 Step Seven, p.74
Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie, it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give us serenity.


61.
  ... give way before some trivial reason for ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
They had said that though I did raise a defense, it would one day give way before some trivial reason for having a drink.


62.
  ... give you an office, a decent drawing ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
I'll give you an office, a decent drawing account, and a very healthy slice of the profits.


63.
  ... give your worthwhile man a chance.  BB To Employers, p.148
We think we are sensible when we urge that you stop this waste and give your worthwhile man a chance.


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