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

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INDIVIDUAL   occurs   44 times 16 in BB  •  28 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   individuals
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1.
  ... individual.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
To all appearance he is a stable, well balanced individual.


2.
  ... individual.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.103
The A.A., or indeed any man, who tries to run his life rigidly by this kind of prayer, by this self-serving demand of God for replies, is a particularly disconcerting individual.


3.
  ... individual adventure.  12&12 Contents (Step Eleven), p.8
An individual adventure.


4.
  ... individual adventure, something which each one of ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way.


5.
  ... individual alcoholic could live, so we had ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
As we discovered the principles by which the individual alcoholic could live, so we had to evolve principles by which the A.A. groups and A.A. as a whole could survive and function effectively.


6.
  ... individual alone.  12&12 Step Three, p.40
They have become persuaded, and rightly so, that many problems besides alcohol will not yield to a headlong assault powered by the individual alone.


7.
  ... individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself.


8.
  ... individual basis.  12&12 Step Three, p.37
And everywhere the same thing is being done on an individual basis.


9.
  ... individual can do.  12&12 Step Three, p.40
But now it appears that there are certain things which only the individual can do.


10.
  ... individual case, will help turn up the ...  12&12 Step Four, pp.52-53
Questions like these, more of which will come to mind easily in each individual case, will help turn up the root causes.


11.
  ... individual character defects are.  12&12 Step Four, p.48
Human beings are never quite alike, so each of us, when making an inventory, will need to determine what his individual character defects are.


12.
  ... individual's desire for prestige becomes uncontrollable, whether ...  12&12 Step Four, p.44
When an individual's desire for prestige becomes uncontrollable, whether in the sewing circle or at the international conference table, other people suffer and often revolt.


13.
  ... individual doesn't count for much? Is he ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.129
"Does this mean," some will anxiously ask, "that in A.A. the individual doesn't count for much? Is he to be dominated by his group and swallowed up in it?"


14.
  ... individual entity, strictly reliant on its own ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.147
This meant, of course, that we had been given the courage to declare each A.A. group an individual entity, strictly reliant on its own conscience as a guide to action.


15.
  ... individual, in the personal stories, describes in ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.29
Each individual, in the personal stories, describes in his own language and from his own point of view the way he established his relationship with God.


16.
  ... Individual liberty, yet great unity. Key to ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition One), p.9
Tradition One -- "Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity." Without unity, A.A. dies. Individual liberty, yet great unity. Key to paradox: each A.A.'s life depends on obedience to spiritual principles. The group must survive or the individual will not. Common welfare comes first. How best to live and work together as groups.


17.
  ... individual may be entirely outside of A.A. ...  12&12 Step Five, p.61
This individual may be entirely outside of A.A. -- for example, your clergyman or your doctor.


18.
  ... individual may prove a blessing to him.  BB To Employers, p.141
Firing such an individual may prove a blessing to him.


19.
  ... individual members.  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.182
Here was something rare in the world -- a society which said it wished to publicize its principles and its work, but not its individual members.


20.
  ... individual members; surely there is none which ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.129
We believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which lavishes more devoted care upon its individual members; surely there is none which more jealously guards the individual's right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.


21.
  ... individual members waxed prosperous.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.161
So A.A., the movement, started and stayed broke, while its individual members waxed prosperous.


22.
  ... individual, must eventually conform to principles that ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
The group, like the individual, must eventually conform to principles that guarantee survival.


23.
  ... individual, must eventually conform to whatever tested ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.146
We saw that the group, exactly like the individual, must eventually conform to whatever tested principles would guarantee survival.


24.
  ... individual of today is a stickler for ...  BB We Agnostics, p.48
The practical individual of today is a stickler for facts and results.


25.
  ... individual recovery, just so earnestly did we ...  12&12 Tradition One, pp.130-131
As we had once struggled and prayed for individual recovery, just so earnestly did we commence to quest for the principles through which A.A. itself might survive.


26.
  ... individual responsibilities to act as they see ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.177
Nor does it mean that the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, now restored as citizens of the world, are going to back away from their individual responsibilities to act as they see the right upon issues of our time.


27.
  ... individual's right to think, talk, and act ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.129
We believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which lavishes more devoted care upon its individual members; surely there is none which more jealously guards the individual's right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.


28.
  ... individual should consult his own conscience.  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
Each individual should consult his own conscience.


29.
  ... individual should ever take any action that ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
And no group, regional committee, or individual should ever take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.


30.
  ... individual should ever take any action that ...  12&12 Tradition Four (Long), p.189
And no group, regional committee, or individual should ever take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.


31.
  ... individual skills.  12&12 Tradition Five, pp.150-151
The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends upon his learning, eloquence, or on any special individual skills.


32.
  ... individual spells sheer anarchy.  12&12 Tradition One, p.129
To many minds all this liberty for the individual spells sheer anarchy.


33.
  ... individual strength and intelligence, for just that ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
For just so long as we were convinced that we could live exclusively by our own individual strength and intelligence, for just that long was a working faith in a Higher Power impossible.


34.
  ... individual to settle for himself.  BB We Agnostics, p.50
They are questions for each individual to settle for himself.


35.
  ... individual was always making friendly little jokes ...  BB To Employers, p.145
One instance comes to mind in which a malicious individual was always making friendly little jokes about an alcoholic's drinking exploits.


36.
  ... individual ways.  BB There Is A Solution, p.17
Unlike the feelings of the ship's passengers, however, our joy in escape from disaster does not subside as we go our individual ways.


37.
  ... individual welfare follows close afterward.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
But individual welfare follows close afterward.


38.
  ... individual welfare follows close afterward.  12&12 Tradition One (Long), p.189
But individual welfare follows close afterward.


39.
  ... individual, who still smarts from our injustice ...  BB Into Action, p.77
It is seldom wise to approach an individual, who still smarts from our injustice to him, and announce that we have gone religious.


40.
  ... individual will not.  12&12 Tradition One, p.130
It becomes plain that the group must survive or the individual will not.


41.
  ... individual will not. Common welfare comes first. ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition One), p.9
Tradition One -- "Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity." Without unity, A.A. dies. Individual liberty, yet great unity. Key to paradox: each A.A.'s life depends on obedience to spiritual principles. The group must survive or the individual will not. Common welfare comes first. How best to live and work together as groups.


42.
  ... individual with a passion, say, for jay-walking.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
Our behavior is as absurd and incomprehensible with respect to the first drink as that of an individual with a passion, say, for jay-walking.


43.
  ... individual with alcoholic tendencies, he has probably ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
When this sort of thinking is fully established in an individual with alcoholic tendencies, he has probably placed himself beyond human aid, and unless locked up, may die or go permanently insane.


44.
  ... individual, your chances are good at this ...  BB To Wives, p.113
If your husband is otherwise a normal individual, your chances are good at this stage.


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