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You think he ought to know the subject better, as everyone should
have a clear understanding of the risk
he takes if he drinks too
much.
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And we cling with a passionate persistence
to others which are just as disturbing to our equilibrium, because we
still enjoy them too much.
8.
At Step Six, many of us balked -- for the practical reason that we did
not wish to have all our defects of character removed, because we still loved some of them too
much.
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He was as much a fact as we
were.
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Neither should the family
hysterically plead with
him to do anything, nor
should they tell him much about
you.
11.
But while this was a humiliating experience, it didn't necessarily mean that we had
yet acquired much actual humility.
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When men and women pour so much alcohol into themselves
that they destroy their lives, they commit a most unnatural act.
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It is probably true that you
and your husband have been living too much alone, for drinking many times isolates the wife of an alcoholic.
16.
Little by little, mother and children will see they ask too much, and father will see he gives too little.
17.
They grinned, which I didn't like so much, and then asked me if I thought myself alcoholic and if I
were really licked this time.
18.
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.
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Even when our fortunes had
not ebbed that much and we nevertheless found ourselves alone in the world, we still vainly tried to be secure by some unhealthy kind of domination or dependence.
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During these years, I drank as much as my purse permitted, still without paying too great a penalty, although I was beginning to have morning
"jitters" at times.
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We finally saw that faith in some kind of God was a part of our make-up, just
as much as the feeling we
have for a friend.
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Nothing will help the man who is off on a spiritual tangent so much as the wife who adopts a sane spiritual program, making a better practical use of it.
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Nothing would please us so
much as to write a book which would contain no basis for contention or argument.
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They spoke with great freedom from embarrassment, which I could never do, and they seemed very much at ease on all occasions and appeared very healthy.
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Demands made upon other people for too much attention, protection,
and love can only invite domination or revulsion
in the protectors themselves -- two emotions quite as unhealthy as the demands
which evoked them.
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Should they accept and practice spiritual principles, there is a much
better chance that the head of the family will recover.
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Although these attitudes are common enough, we A.A.'s find we need something much better in order to keep our balance.
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I learned that it was something of a spiritual
nature, which did not appeal
to me very much, but I thought it could do no harm.
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Compared to this prospect, the ten thousand dollars under consideration
wasn't much, but like the alcoholic's first drink it would, if taken, inevitably set up a disastrous chain reaction.
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Nearly all A.A.'s have found, too, that unless they develop much more of this precious quality than may be required
just for sobriety, they still haven't much chance of becoming truly happy.
46.
Then too, we view with much concern those A.A. treasuries which continue, beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for no stated A.A.
purpose.
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Then, too, we view with much concern those A.A. treasuries which continue, beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for no stated A.A.
purpose.
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This much could be a fragment of what is called meditation, perhaps our very first attempt at a mood, a flier into the realm of spirit, if you like.
50.
I conducted myself so creditably that I was able to
secure a much coveted internship in a western city, where I spent two years.
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The classification of alcoholics seems most difficult, and in much detail is outside the scope of this book.
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At first many of these feel lonely, hurt, and left out as they witness so much domestic happiness about them.
58.
Unlike most of our crowd, I
did not get over my craving for liquor much during the first two and one-half years of abstinence.
59.
We have seen A.A.'s ask with much earnestness and faith for
God's explicit guidance on matters ranging all the way from a shattering domestic or financial crisis to correcting a minor personal fault, like tardiness.
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There are many opportunities even for those of us who feel unable to speak at meetings or who are so situated that we cannot do much
face-to-face Twelfth Step work.
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It could come quite as much from our voluntary reaching for it as it could from unremitting suffering.
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Ministers and doctors
are competent and you can learn much from them if you wish, but it happens that because of your own drinking experience you
can be uniquely useful to
other alcoholics.
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If we keep on the way we are going there is little doubt that much good will result, but the surface of the
problem would hardly be scratched.
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Much has already been said about receiving strength, inspiration,
and direction from Him who has all knowledge and power.
78.
Much has been written pro and con, but among physicians, the general opinion seems to be that most chronic
alcoholics are doomed.
79.
The alcoholic, realizing what his wife has endured, and now fully understanding how
much he himself did to damage her and his children,
nearly always takes up his marriage responsibilities with a willingness to repair what
he can and to accept what he can't.
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Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.
81.
Let him tell you about it: "I was
much impressed with what
you fellows said about alcoholism, and I frankly
did not believe it would be possible for me to drink again.
82.
But point out that we alcoholics have much in common and that you would like,
in any case, to be friendly.
83.
Being possessed of a spiritual experience,
the alcoholic will find he has much in common with these people, though he may differ with them
on many matters.
84.
Practical experience
shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics.
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"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?"
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Many of our friends encourage us by saying that
this is but a beginning, only the augury of a much larger future ahead.
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The theory seems to be that
once everybody's primary instincts are satisfied, there won't be much
left to quarrel about.
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We know that while the alcoholic keeps away from drink, as he may do for
months or years, he reacts much like other men.
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We are much more afraid of what people might say than the trouble this strange alcoholic might bring.
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A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective
homes, occupations and
affairs.
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Nearly all A.A.'s have found, too, that unless they develop much more of this precious quality than may be required
just for sobriety, they still haven't much chance of becoming truly happy.
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Like so much of A.A.'s basic text, those words have proved to be far more visionary than the founding members could ever have imagined.
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Seeing much of each other, scarce an evening passed that someone's home did not shelter a little gathering of men and women, happy in their release, and constantly thinking how
they might present their discovery to some newcomer.
108.
We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of
which we had not even dreamed.
109.
Among many employers nowadays, we think of one member who has spent much of his life in the world of big business.
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For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
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Much of the everyday talk we hear, and a great deal of what we read, highlights man's pride in his own achievements.
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Much of the political, economic, and religious life of the world is dependent upon publicized leadership.
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We've repeatedly strained the patience of
our best friends to a snapping point, and have brought out the very worst in those who didn't think much of us to begin with.
117.
Besides a seeming inability to accept much on faith, we often found ourselves handicapped
by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning prejudice.
118.
I need to concentrate not
so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what
needs to be changed in me
and in my attitudes.
119.
No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can he turn his own will and his own life over
to the care of whatever God he thinks there is?
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Therefore, it seems plain that few of us can quickly or easily become ready to aim at spiritual and moral perfection; we want to settle for only as much perfection as will get us by in life, according, of course, to our various and sundry ideas of what will get us by.
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Tell him you once felt as he does, but you doubt whether you would have made
much progress had you not taken action.
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Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought to
be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups.
125.
Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought to
be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups.
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They were deeply religious people, much shocked by their son's refusal to have anything to do with the church.
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When such thoughts break in, we might recall, a little ruefully, how much store we used to set by imagination as it tried to
create reality out of bottles.
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They will tell how they tried to carry the load alone; how much they suffered of irritability, anxiety,
remorse, and depression; and how, unconsciously seeking
relief, they would sometimes accuse even their best friends of the very character defects they themselves were trying to
conceal.
139.
I gave the matter much time and study for the next two and a half years, but I still got tight every night nevertheless.
140.
Those of us who have spent
much time in the world of spiritual make-believe have eventually seen the childishness of it.
141.
To spend too much time on any one situation is to deny some other alcoholic an opportunity to live and be
happy.
142.
Father will necessarily spend much time with other alcoholics, but this
activity should be balanced.
143.
If there is none nearby, you
will be invited to carry on a correspondence which will
do much to insure your sobriety no matter how isolated you are.
144.
We know there are difficult
wives and families, but the
man who is getting over alcoholism must remember he did much to make them so.
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Being wrecked in the same vessel, being restored and united under one God, with hearts and minds attuned to the welfare of others, the things which matter so much to some people no longer signify much to them.
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Being wrecked in the same vessel, being restored and united under one God, with hearts and minds attuned to the welfare of others, the things which matter so much to some people no longer signify much to them.
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Upon entering A.A., these attitudes were sharply reversed, often going much too far in the opposite direction.
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Without it, they cannot live
to much useful purpose, or, in adversity,
be able to summon the faith that can meet any emergency.
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It did not matter too much
what our material condition was, but it did matter what our spiritual condition was.
156.
They experienced a few distressing failures,
but in those cases they made an effort to bring the man's family into a spiritual way of living, thus relieving much worry and suffering.
157.
When our drinking had become much worse, money was only an urgent requirement which
could supply us with the next
drink and the temporary comfort of oblivion it brought.
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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.
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You, as well as your husband,
ought to think of what you can
put into life instead of how much you can take out.
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