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

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NUMBER   occurs   27 times 20 in BB  •  7 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   numbers
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Click the page number or the book cover icon    to view that page in the literature.


1.
  ... number made a journey to a certain ...  BB A Vision For You, p.153
Years ago, in 1935, one of our number made a journey to a certain western city.


2.
  ... number many hundreds.(*)  BB A Vision For You, p.161
Being a large place, we think that some day its Fellowship will number many hundreds.(*)


3.
  ... number of A.A.'s can say to the ...  12&12 Step Two, p.28
Any number of A.A.'s can say to the drifter, "Yes, we were diverted from our childhood faith, too.


4.
  ... number of drinks, never drinking alone, never ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties, switching from scotch to brandy, drinking only natural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off forever (with and without a solemn oath), taking more physical exercise, reading inspirational books, going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums -- we could increase the list ad infinitum.


5.
  ... number of eminent psychologists and doctors made ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
When A.A. was quite young, a number of eminent psychologists and doctors made an exhaustive study of a good-sized group of so-called problem drinkers.


6.
  ... number of ideas, people, and constructive projects.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.120
In partnership with others -- women and men -- they can devote themselves to any number of ideas, people, and constructive projects.


7.
  ... number of members having substantial sobriety time ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
By late 1937, the number of members having substantial sobriety time behind them was sufficient to convince the membership that a new light had entered the dark world of the alcoholic.


8.
  ... number of personal appeals which may result ...  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.


9.
  ... number of personal appeals which may result ...  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.


10.
  ... number of scrapes, perhaps pretty messy ones.  BB To Employers, p.140
Your man has probably been trying to conceal a number of scrapes, perhaps pretty messy ones.


11.
  ... number of sudden revolutionary changes are described.  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
In the first few chapters a number of sudden revolutionary changes are described.


12.
  ... number one.  BB Into Action, p.79
Maybe we are divorced, and have remarried but haven't kept up the alimony to number one.


13.
  ... number one.  BB To Wives, p.110
Let's now go back to husband number one.


14.
  ... number one man.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
He wants to be his country's number one man.


15.
  ... number one man, or even a first-rater ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
In later life he finds that real happiness is not to be found in just trying to be a number one man, or even a first-rater in the heartbreaking struggle for money, romance, or self-importance.


16.
  ... "number one" offender.  BB How It Works, p.64
Resentment is the "number one" offender.


17.
  ... number one people to cover up our ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.123
We simply had to be number one people to cover up our deep-lying inferiorities.


18.
  ... number one should be practiced.  BB To Wives, p.112
The same principles which apply to husband number one should be practiced.


19.
  ... number sixty or eighty as a rule.  BB A Vision For You, p.161
Now, this house will hardly accommodate its weekly visitors, for they number sixty or eighty as a rule.


20.
  ... number three.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
Their very first case, a desperate one, recovered immediately and became A.A. number three.


21.
  ... number three husband, you may be in ...  BB To Wives, p.113
If you have a number three husband, you may be in luck.


22.
  ... Number Three. See the Pioneer Section. This ...  BB A Vision For You (Note), p.156
(*) This refers to Bill's and Dr. Bob's first visit to A.A. Number Three. See the Pioneer Section. This resulted in A.A.'s first group, at Akron, Ohio, in 1935.


23.
  ... number two.  BB To Wives, p.109
Three: This husband has gone much further than husband number two.


24.
  ... number two.  BB To Wives, p.112
Suppose, however, that your husband fits the description of number two.


25.
  ... number two he became worse.  BB To Wives, p.109
Though once like number two he became worse.


26.
  ... number was a patient there.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Six years ago one of our number was a patient there.


27.
  ... number will become true alcoholics after a ...  BB To Wives, p.109
Of those who keep on, a good number will become true alcoholics after a while.


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