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


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1.
  ... next?"  12&12 Tradition Three, p.139
Our unspoken, constant thought was "Which of us may be the next?"


2.
  ... next alcoholic.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled, to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in full citizenship, and above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.


3.
  ... next alcoholic who comes along.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.96
We A.A.'s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, usually for the first time in our lives, and strenuously trying to help the next alcoholic who comes along.


4.
  ... next ask ourselves what we mean when ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.80
We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have "harmed" other people.


5.
  ... next bender which, if an alcoholic, he ...  BB To Employers, p.142
If he temporizes and still thinks he can ever drink again, even beer, he might as well be discharged after the next bender which, if an alcoholic, he is almost certain to have.


6.
  ... next binge, ask him if he would ...  BB To Wives, p.112
But after his next binge, ask him if he would really like to get over drinking for good.


7.
  ... next calls saying he is sick, you ...  BB To Employers, p.146
When his wife next calls saying he is sick, you might jump to the conclusion he is drunk.


8.
  Next came the expression of an aspiration ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
Next came the expression of an aspiration and a hope for himself.


9.
  ... next chapter is entirely devoted to Step ...  BB Into Action, p.88
The next chapter is entirely devoted to Step Twelve.


10.
  ... next day.  BB Bill's Story, p.8
With a certain satisfaction I reflected there was enough gin concealed about the house to carry me through that night and the next day.


11.
  Next day found me drinking both gin ...  BB Bill's Story, p.7
Next day found me drinking both gin and sedative.


12.
  Next day found the prospect more receptive.  BB A Vision For You, p.158
Next day found the prospect more receptive.


13.
  ... next day she called again.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
The next day she called again.


14.
  Next day they would be themselves again ...  BB To Wives, p.106
Next day they would be themselves again and we would forgive and try to forget.


15.
  Next day we would ask ourselves, in ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
Next day we would ask ourselves, in all earnestness and sincerity, how it could have happened.


16.
  ... next debauch; the mother and father who ...  BB To Wives, p.104
But for every man who drinks others are involved -- the wife who trembles in fear of the next debauch; the mother and father who see their son wasting away.


17.
  ... next drink and the temporary comfort of ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.120
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.


18.
  ... next drinking bout.  BB Working With Others, p.90
They should wait for the end of his next drinking bout.


19.
  ... next election if they try this.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.134
Every one of them may be promptly eliminated at the next election if they try this.


20.
  ... next fellow, or even quite a lot ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Who, for example, doesn't like to feel just a little superior to the next fellow, or even quite a lot superior?


21.
  ... next few years fortune threw money and ...  BB Bill's Story, p.3
For the next few years fortune threw money and applause my way.


22.
  ... next few years, I developed two distinct ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
During the next few years, I developed two distinct phobias.


23.
  ... next forty years, except when circumstances made ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
This resolution I kept steadfastly for the next forty years, except when circumstances made it seem unwise to absent myself.


24.
  ... next function is to grow in understanding ...  BB Into Action, p.84
Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness.


25.
  Next he can be assured that you ...  BB To Employers, p.142
Next he can be assured that you do not intend to lecture, moralize, or condemn; that if this was done formerly, it was because of misunderstanding.


26.
  ... next he stumbled.  BB A Vision For You, p.160
Many a distracted wife has visited this house to find loving and understanding companionship among women who knew her problem, to hear from the lips of their husbands what had happened to them, to be advised how her own wayward mate might be hospitalized and approached when next he stumbled.


27.
  ... next morning.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
I remember having several more that night and plenty next morning.


28.
  ... next morning.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, pp.179-180
He came and got me home and to bed, gave me a few drinks that night, and one bottle of beer the next morning.


29.
  ... next morning are unforgettable.  BB Bill's Story, p.6
The remorse, horror and hopelessness of the next morning are unforgettable.


30.
  ... next morning better than most of my ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
I seemed to be able to snap back the next morning better than most of my fellow drinkers, who were cursed (or perhaps blessed) with a great deal of morning-after nausea.


31.
  ... next morning he searches madly for the ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
Yet early next morning he searches madly for the bottle he misplaced the night before.


32.
  Next morning I telephoned a friend in ...  BB Bill's Story, p.4
Next morning I telephoned a friend in Montreal.


33.
  ... next move was to take up the ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
My next move was to take up the study of medicine, entering one of the largest universities in the country.


34.
  ... next night, I had to stay sober ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
My phobia for sleeplessness demanded that I get drunk every night, but in order to get more liquor for the next night, I had to stay sober during the day, at least up to four o'clock.


35.
  ... next occasion, still more demanding or gracious, ...  BB How It Works, p.61
He becomes, on the next occasion, still more demanding or gracious, as the case may be.


36.
  ... next page, A.A.'s "12 Traditions" are seen ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
On the next page, A.A.'s "12 Traditions" are seen in their so-called "short form" the form in general use today.


37.
  ... next pages.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
He had also been greatly helped by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, a New York specialist in alcoholism who is now accounted no less than a medical saint by A.A. members, and whose story of the early days of our Society appears in the next pages.


38.
  ... next problem will be to discover the ...  12&12 Step Five, p.60
Our next problem will be to discover the person in whom we are to confide.


39.
  ... next question: 'What are you getting out ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.152
"His next question: 'What are you getting out of it?'


40.
  ... next spree.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.120
Without realizing it we were just accumulating funds for the next spree.


41.
  ... next step is to be, that we ...  BB Into Action, p.87
We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems.


42.
  ... next sufferer?  12&12 Step One, p.24
Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A.'s message to the next sufferer?


43.
  ... next suffering alcoholic and which finally translates ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.109
The wonderful energy it releases and the eager action by which it carries our message to the next suffering alcoholic and which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent reality, of Alcoholics Anonymous.


44.
  ... next the plight of those who once ...  12&12 Step Two, p.28
Consider next the plight of those who once had faith, but have lost it.


45.
  ... next thought is that you should never ...  BB To Wives, p.111
Our next thought is that you should never tell him what he must do about his drinking.


46.
  ... next three years I spent in Boston, ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
The next three years I spent in Boston, Chicago, and Montreal in the employ of a large manufacturing concern, selling railway supplies, gas engines of all sorts, and many other items of heavy hardware.


47.
  ... next time.  BB To Wives, p.109
But when he gets over the spree, he begins to think once more how he can drink moderately next time.


48.
  ... next time, but I might as well ...  BB Bill's Story, p.6
As the whisky rose to my head I told myself I would manage better next time, but I might as well get good and drunk then.


49.
  Next time you and he have a ...  BB To Wives, p.118
Next time you and he have a heated discussion, no matter what the subject, it should be the privilege of either to smile and say, "This is getting serious.


50.
  ... next to me.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.163
"I heard all this quite plainly, as I was piously trying to convert a newcomer who sat next to me.


51.
  ... next two and a half years, but ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
I gave the matter much time and study for the next two and a half years, but I still got tight every night nevertheless.


52.
  ... next two Steps are concerned with personal ...  12&12 Contents (Step Eight), p.7
This and the next two Steps are concerned with personal relations.


53.
  Next, we decided that hereafter in this ...  BB How It Works, p.62
Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director.


54.
  Next we launched out on a course ...  BB How It Works, p.63
Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted.


55.
  ... next we make a vigorous attempt to ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.77
First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know.


56.
  ... next years alcoholics flocked to A.A. by ...  12&12 Foreword, p.17
In the next years alcoholics flocked to A.A. by tens of thousands, largely as the result of excellent and continuous publicity freely given by magazines and newspapers throughout the world.


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