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

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HAND   occurs   21 times 13 in BB  •  8 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   hands
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1.
  ... hand.  BB The Family Afterward, p.124
The miracle of reconciliation was at hand.


2.
  ... hand.  BB A Vision For You, pp.162-163
And so can you, though you be but one man with this book in your hand.


3.
  ... hand -- and strange as this may seem ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
On the other hand -- and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand -- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.


4.
  ... hand and we became alcoholics.  12&12 Step Four, p.47
We thought "conditions" drove us to drink, and when we tried to correct these conditions and found that we couldn't to our entire satisfaction, our drinking went out of hand and we became alcoholics.


5.
  ... hand, at the same time avoiding certain ...  BB A Vision For You, p.162
This practice enables us to lend a hand, at the same time avoiding certain alluring distractions of the road, about which any traveling man can inform you.(*)


6.
  ... hand brushed the bureau near by, touching ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.145
As he tossed on his bed, his hand brushed the bureau near by, touching a book.


7.
  ... hand, he may be mean, egotistical, selfish ...  BB How It Works, p.61
On the other hand, he may be mean, egotistical, selfish and dishonest.


8.
  ... hand in hand with the Spirit of ...  BB Into Action, p.75
We feel we are on the Broad Highway, walking hand in hand with the Spirit of the Universe.


9.
  ... hand in his domestic and business affairs?  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
Suppose I'd suggested that I'd take a hand in his domestic and business affairs?


10.
  ... hand of God.  BB There Is A Solution, p.28
What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God.


11.
  ... hand of God seemed heavy or even ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.105
He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."


12.
  ... hand of Providence early gave us a ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.145
So the hand of Providence early gave us a sign that any alcoholic is a member of our Society when he says so.


13.
  ... hand on a hot stove.  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
There is a complete failure of the kind of defense that keeps one from putting his hand on a hot stove.


14.
  ... hand on A.A. in this town.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.133
They say to one another, "Perhaps it would be a good idea if we continue to keep a firm hand on A.A. in this town.


15.
  ... hand that father has, at the outset, ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.128
Assume on the other hand that father has, at the outset, a stirring spiritual experience.


16.
  ... hand them currency for their back debts; ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.147
Beginning on the ground floor there would be a club; in the second story they would sober up drunks and hand them currency for their back debts; the third deck would house an educational project -- quite noncontroversial, of course.


17.
  ... hand, they took nothing, their self-pity made ...  BB To Wives, p.105
If, on the other hand, they took nothing, their self-pity made them killjoys.


18.
  ... hand trembled so I could not hold ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
When I went in to write the examinations, my hand trembled so I could not hold a pencil.


19.
  ... hand, we have warped our minds into ...  12&12 Step One, p.21
It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us.


20.
  ... hand when drinking.  BB To Wives, p.109
He often gets entirely out of hand when drinking.


21.
  ... hand with the Spirit of the Universe.  BB Into Action, p.75
We feel we are on the Broad Highway, walking hand in hand with the Spirit of the Universe.


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