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

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IMPORTANT   occurs   35 times 20 in BB  •  15 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... important.  BB Bill's Story, p.2
I'd prove to the world I was important.


2.
  ... important.  BB To Wives, p.120
This is important.


3.
  ... important.  BB A Vision For You, pp.153-154
Had he been successful in his enterprise, he would have been set on his feet financially which, at the time, seemed vitally important.


4.
  ... important.  12&12 Contents (Step Six), p.7
"Being ready" is all-important.


5.
  ... important, an empty club couldn't answer its ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.167
Even more important, an empty club couldn't answer its telephone, but it was an open invitation to a drunk on a binge who possessed a spare key.


6.
  ... important and exhilarating part in my life.  BB Bill's Story, p.3
Drink was taking an important and exhilarating part in my life.


7.
  ... important appointment was not met.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, pp.xxix-xxx
They took a drink a day or so prior to the date, and then the phenomenon of craving at once became paramount to all other interests so that the important appointment was not met.


8.
  ... important decision must be made or engagement ...  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.


9.
  ... important decisions by discussion, vote, and, whenever ...  BB Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion, vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that it never perform acts of government, and that, like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and action.


10.
  ... important demonstration of our principles lies before ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs.


11.
  ... important exception to the foregoing.  BB To Wives, p.108
There is an important exception to the foregoing.


12.
  ... important fact of their lives, they present ...  BB We Agnostics, p.51
When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.


13.
  ... important for him to realize that your ...  BB Working With Others, p.94
It is important for him to realize that your attempt to pass this on to him plays a vital part in your own recovery.


14.
  ... important for the A.A.'s who marry "outside" ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.119
The considerations are equally true and important for the A.A.'s who marry "outside" A.A.


15.
  ... important in making amends.  12&12 Contents (Step Nine), p.7
Good timing is important in making amends.


16.
  ... important it is that he place the ...  BB Working With Others, p.94
Suggest how important it is that he place the welfare of other people ahead of his own.


17.
  ... important meaning of it is that he ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.106
When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do before on his unaided strength and resources alone.


18.
  ... important, murmurs are heard in the body ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.133
Still more important, murmurs are heard in the body politic, which swell into a loud cry: "Do these oldtimers think they can run this group forever?


19.
  ... important -- other people.  12&12 Step Nine, p.86
Or -- quite as important -- other people.


20.
  ... important part in bringing on my alcoholism.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
Unfortunately for me I was the only child, which perhaps engendered the selfishness which played such an important part in bringing on my alcoholism.


21.
  ... important place in society often tyrannize us.  12&12 Step Four, p.42
Our desires for sex, for material and emotional security, and for an important place in society often tyrannize us.


22.
  ... important qualification.  BB Working With Others, p.101
You will note that we made an important qualification.


23.
  ... important question.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.163
The agenda discussion included a very important question.


24.
  ... important tasks that make good Twelfth Step ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
We can be the ones who take on the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the coffee and cake after the meetings, where so many skeptical, suspicious newcomers have found confidence and comfort in the laughter and talk.


25.
  ... important than a right dependence upon God, ...  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.


26.
  ... important than freedom from want.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
We found that freedom from fear was more important than freedom from want.


27.
  ... important than whether we should see newsreels ...  BB We Agnostics, p.52
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people -- was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight?


28.
  ... important that he be able to keep ...  BB Into Action, p.74
It is important that he be able to keep a confidence; that he fully understand and approve what we are driving at; that he will not try to change our plan.


29.
  ... important that we remain anonymous because we ...  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
It is important that we remain anonymous because we are too few, at present to handle the overwhelming number of personal appeals which may result from this publication.


30.
  ... important that we remain anonymous because we ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
Its foreword made this revealing statement: "It is important that we remain anonymous because we are too few, at present, to handle the overwhelming number of personal appeals which may result from this publication.


31.
  ... important, the proof that love freely given ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
Service, gladly rendered, obligations squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in the world outside we are partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.


32.
  ... important to A.A.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Eleven), p.12
Public relations are important to A.A.


33.
  ... important was the discovery that spiritual principles ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
"Quite as important was the discovery that spiritual principles would solve all my problems.


34.
  ... important, "Yes, I believe this program can ...  BB Preface, p.xii
If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may pause in reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think: "Yes, that happened to me"; or, more important, "Yes, I've felt like that"; or, most important, "Yes, I believe this program can work for me too."


35.
  ... important, "Yes, I've felt like that"; or, ...  BB Preface, p.xii
If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may pause in reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think: "Yes, that happened to me"; or, more important, "Yes, I've felt like that"; or, most important, "Yes, I believe this program can work for me too."


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