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1.
  ... long.  BB There Is A Solution, p.26
In the doctor's judgment he was utterly hopeless; he could never regain his position in society and he would have to place himself under lock and key or hire a bodyguard if he expected to live long.


2.
  ... long.  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
We do not know of many cases where this difficulty lasted long.


3.
  ... long.  BB A Vision For You, p.155
When our friend related his experience, the man agreed that no amount of will power he might muster could stop his drinking for long.


4.
  ... long.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.140
The total list was a mile long.


5.
  ... long absent.  BB A Vision For You, p.158
He has helped other men recover, and is a power in the church from which he was long absent.


6.
  ... long after the man with the double ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.143
Not long after the man with the double stigma knocked for admission, A.A.'s other group received into its membership a salesman we shall call Ed.


7.
  ... long after their mother has accepted dad's ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
This may hang on for months, long after their mother has accepted dad's new way of living and thinking.


8.
  ... long afterward he had called me from ...  BB To Employers, p.136
Not long afterward he had called me from Hartford on two successive days, so drunk he could hardly speak.


9.
  ... long ago.  BB We Agnostics, pp.44-45
If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us would have recovered long ago.


10.
  ... long ago.  BB To Wives, p.119
Without you he would have gone to pieces long ago.


11.
  ... long ago, or else given an opportunity ...  BB To Employers, p.147
They often jeopardize their own positions by trying to help serious drinkers who should have been fired long ago, or else given an opportunity to get well.


12.
  ... long ago, trustees and staff members alike ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.173
But long ago, trustees and staff members alike found they could do no more than make suggestions, and very mild ones at that.


13.
  ... long and rocky.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
The road to this conclusion was long and rocky.


14.
  ... long and wearily in this alcoholic field.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
The unselfishness of these men as we have come to know them, the entire absence of profit motive, and their community spirit, is indeed inspiring to one who has labored long and wearily in this alcoholic field.


15.
  ... long as he does not bear business ...  BB To Employers, p.145
Can he talk frankly with you so long as he does not bear business tales or criticize his associates?


16.
  ... long as He may need us.  12&12 Tradition One, p.131
They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, which -- God willing -- shall sustain us in unity for so long as He may need us.


17.
  ... long as he plays well whatever cards ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
He learns that he can be content as long as he plays well whatever cards life deals him.


18.
  ... long as I was able to hold ...  BB To Employers, p.141
I know, in my own particular case, that nothing my company could have done would have stopped me for, so long as I was able to hold my position, I could not possibly realize how serious my situation was.


19.
  ... long as none of them gave us ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
Most of us must admit that we have loved but a few; that we have been quite indifferent to the many so long as none of them gave us trouble; and as for the remainder -- well, we have really disliked or hated them.


20.
  ... long as some of us were.  BB We Agnostics, p.48
Sometimes this was a tedious process; we hope no one else will be prejudiced for as long as some of us were.


21.
  ... long as we don't argue these matters ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
So long as we don't argue these matters privately, it's a cinch we never shall publicly."


22.
  ... long as we expressed the idea, voicing ...  BB How It Works, p.63
The wording was, of course, quite optional so long as we expressed the idea, voicing it without reservation.


23.
  ... long as we keep in fit spiritual ...  BB Into Action, p.85
That is how we react so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition.


24.
  ... long as we place dependence upon other ...  BB Working With Others, p.98
Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job -- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.


25.
  ... long as we placed self-reliance first, a ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question.


26.
  ... long as we try, however falteringly, to ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
And we will be comforted and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and do the will of our own Creator.


27.
  ... long as we were convinced that we ...  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.


28.
  ... long at a time.  BB Working With Others, p.97
We seldom allow an alcoholic to live in our homes for long at a time.


29.
  ... long before, and if they have not ...  12&12 Step Three, p.38
They should have been weaned long before, and if they have not been, they should wake up to the fact.


30.
  ... long before he is himself.  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
Quite often friends of the newcomer are aware of the difference long before he is himself.


31.
  ... long before I was drinking at least ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
It was not long before I was drinking at least a case and a half a day.


32.
  ... long before it is suspected.  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
This tragic situation has already arrived in practically every case long before it is suspected.


33.
  ... long beyond a reasonable period.  BB To Employers, p.137
Because of the employee's special ability, or of his own strong personal attachment to him, the employer has sometimes kept such a man at work long beyond a reasonable period.


34.
  ... long chat with him on his return.  BB To Employers, p.143
It might be well to have a long chat with him on his return.


35.
  ... long distance from Virginia.  BB To Employers, p.137
Still another experience: A woman's voice came faintly over long distance from Virginia.


36.
  ... long distances to be present.  BB A Vision For You, p.161
From surrounding towns, families drive long distances to be present.


37.
  ... long either."  BB We Agnostics, p.52
Show any longshoreman a Sunday supplement describing a proposal to explore the moon by means of a rocket and he will say, "I bet they do it -- maybe not so long either."


38.
  ... long enough acquainted to know that their ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.119
The prospective partners need to be solid A.A.'s and long enough acquainted to know that their compatibility at spiritual, mental, and emotional levels is a fact and not wishful thinking.


39.
  ... long enough to drink like other people!  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Heaven knows, we have tried hard enough and long enough to drink like other people!


40.
  Long experience with alcoholic excuses naturally arouses ...  BB To Employers, p.146
Long experience with alcoholic excuses naturally arouses suspicion.


41.
  ... long face in places where there is ...  BB Working With Others, p.102
Why sit with a long face in places where there is drinking, sighing about the good old days.


42.
  ... long for you to decide, if you ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it.


43.
  ... "long form" A.A. Traditions as first printed ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
This is a condensed version of the original "long form" A.A. Traditions as first printed in 1946.


44.
  ... "long form" is more explicit and of ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
Because the "long form" is more explicit and of possible historic value, it is also reproduced.


45.
  ... long hidden, our willingness to clean house ...  12&12 Step Five, p.60
Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical.


46.
  ... long hours helping other men and their ...  BB To Wives, p.119
You have been starving for his companionship, yet he spends long hours helping other men and their families.


47.
  ... long in darkening.  12&12 Tradition Four, p.148
But alas, this bright scene was not long in darkening.


48.
  ... long journey in the vain endeavor to ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
There my drinking became so much worse that the boys in the fraternity house where I lived felt forced to send for my father, who made a long journey in the vain endeavor to get me straightened around.


49.
  ... long last I saw, I felt, I ...  BB Bill's Story, p.12
At long last I saw, I felt, I believed.


50.
  ... long list of people who have, to ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
Then, as year by year we walk back through our lives as far as memory will reach, we shall be bound to construct a long list of people who have, to some extent or other, been affected.


51.
  ... long, long time.  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
To get completely away from our aversion to the idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired for itself, takes most of us a long, long time.


52.
  ... long nor is it very expensive.  BB To Employers, p.143
In competent hands, this seldom takes long nor is it very expensive.


53.
  ... long or happily in this world.  BB Into Action, pp.73-74
We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world.


54.
  ... long overdue account.  BB The Family Afterward, p.123
God, they believe, almost owes this recompense on a long overdue account.


55.
  ... long period because of an overpowering desire ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
We have heard of a few instances where people, who showed definite signs of alcoholism, were able to stop for a long period because of an overpowering desire to do so.


56.
  ... long period of patient striving may be ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.118
When the distortion has been great, however, a long period of patient striving may be necessary.


57.
  ... long period of reconstruction ahead.  BB Into Action, p.83
Yes, there is a long period of reconstruction ahead.


58.
  ... long period of sobriety and self-discipline had ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
Then he fell victim to a belief which practically every alcoholic has -- that his long period of sobriety and self-discipline had qualified him to drink as other men.


59.
  ... long rendezvous with hurt pride, frustration, self-pity, ...  BB To Wives, p.104
We have had long rendezvous with hurt pride, frustration, self-pity, misunderstanding and fear.


60.
  ... long road, marked by successive defeats and ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
It was only at the end of a long road, marked by successive defeats and humiliations, and the final crushing of our self-sufficiency, that we began to feel humility as something more than a condition of groveling despair.


61.
  ... long run wiser than any single leader.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.135
This is the experience which has led us to the conclusion that our group conscience, well-advised by its elders, will be in the long run wiser than any single leader.


62.
  ... long silence.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.137
There was a long silence.


63.
  ... long since been adjusted.  BB Into Action, p.79
Of course she did not, and the whole situation has long since been adjusted.


64.
  ... long-standing difficulties had better be postponed, when ...  12&12 Step Ten, pp.90-91
The consideration of long-standing difficulties had better be postponed, when possible, to times deliberately set aside for that purpose.


65.
  ... long stretch, we could thereafter drink normally.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
Most of us have believed that if we remained sober for a long stretch, we could thereafter drink normally.


66.
  ... long talk.  BB Into Action, p.75
We have a written inventory and we are prepared for a long talk.


67.
  ... long talks when I would still her ...  BB Bill's Story, p.2
We had long talks when I would still her forebodings by telling her that men of genius conceived their best projects when drunk; that the most majestic constructions of philosophic thought were so derived.


68.
  ... long-term meaning.  12&12 Step Six, p.69
That word, in the mind of a rationalizing alcoholic, could certainly be given a long-term meaning.


69.
  ... long time.  12&12 Step Four, p.47
To see how erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time.


70.
  ... long time.  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
To get completely away from our aversion to the idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired for itself, takes most of us a long, long time.


71.
  ... long time.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.185
The charting of a safe path between these extremes took a long time.


72.
  ... long time ago.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
If she had not, I know I would have been dead a long time ago.


73.
  ... long time has passed with no return ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
A long time has passed with no return to alcohol.


74.
  ... long time nor take the quantities some ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
To be gravely affected, one does not necessarily have to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of us have.


75.
  ... long time that some form of moral ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
We doctors have realized for a long time that some form of moral psychology was of urgent importance to alcoholics, but its application presented difficulties beyond our conception.


76.
  ... long time to outgrow that serious handicap.  BB The Family Afterward, p.125
It takes some of us a long time to outgrow that serious handicap.


77.
  ... long to repair.  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
Let them remember that his drinking wrought all kinds of damage that may take long to repair.


78.
  ... long to wait.  BB To Wives, p.113
If he does not, you will probably not have long to wait.


79.
  ... long was a working faith in a ...  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.


80.
  ... long way from admitting that he could ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
He was interested and conceded that he had some of the symptoms, but he was a long way from admitting that he could do nothing about it himself.


81.
  ... long way from making good to the ...  BB Into Action, p.82
But he is yet a long way from making good to the wife or parents whom for years he has so shockingly treated.


82.
  ... long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled ...  12&12 Step Six, p.63
He goes on to explain that any person capable of enough willingness and honesty to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.


83.
  ... long, your listener may well tell a ...  12&12 Step Five, p.62
Before long, your listener may well tell a story or two about himself which will place you even more at ease.


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