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Many years ago one of the leading contributors to
this book came under our care in this hospital and while here he acquired some ideas which he put into practical application
at once.
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This was only a beginning, though if honestly and humbly made, an effect, sometimes a very great one, was felt at once.
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He may not share your enthusiasm, but he is practically sure to read the book and he may go for the program at once.
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On the other hand -- and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand
-- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of
ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only
effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.
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Understand he was once a
well-known lawyer in town, but just now we've got him strapped down tight.(*)
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Still goaded by sheer necessity, we reluctantly come to grips with those serious character flaws that made problem drinkers of us in
the first place, flaws which must be dealt with to prevent a retreat into alcoholism
once again.
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Many an A.A., once agnostic or atheistic, tells us that it
was during this stage of Step Five that he first actually felt the presence of God.
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Of alcoholics who came to
A.A. and really tried, 50% got
sober at once and remained that way; 25% sobered up after some relapses, and among the remainder, those who stayed on with A.A. showed improvement.
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They took a drink a day or so prior to the date, and then the phenomenon
of craving at once became paramount to all other interests so that the
important appointment was not met.
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Though it was not our intention to create such an impression, many alcoholics have nevertheless concluded
that in order to recover
they must acquire an immediate and overwhelming "God-consciousness" followed at once by a vast change in feeling and outlook.
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They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they
can again experience the
sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks -- drinks which they see others taking with impunity.
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Once confused and baffled by the seeming futility of existence,
they show the underlying
reasons why they were making heavy going of life.
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There was an insistent yearning to enjoy life as we once did and a heartbreaking obsession that some new miracle of control would enable us to do it.
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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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... once exercised
by the founders, must necessarily ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
IX. Good service leadership at all
levels is indispensable for our future functioning and safety. Primary world service leadership, once exercised by the founders,
must necessarily be assumed by the trustees.
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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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Though our decision was a
vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us.
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Some of us once had great self-confidence, but it
didn't fully solve the fear problem, or any other.
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I used to get terribly upset when I saw my friends drink and knew I could not, but I
schooled myself to believe that though I once had the same privilege, I had abused it
so frightfully that it was withdrawn.
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These allergic types can never safely use alcohol in any form at all; and once having formed the habit and found they cannot break it, once having lost their self-confidence, their reliance upon things human, their problems pile up on them and become astonishingly difficult to solve.
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These allergic types can never safely use alcohol in any form at all; and once having formed the habit and found they cannot break it, once having lost their self-confidence, their reliance upon things human, their problems pile up on them and become astonishingly difficult to solve.
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He may start off as a moderate drinker; he may or
may not become a continuous hard drinker; but at some stage of
his drinking career he begins to lose all control of his liquor consumption, once he starts to drink.
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We are equally positive
that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system, something happens, both in the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to stop.
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It is the most natural thing
in the world, once his liquor problem is solved, to feel that he will now measure up to that cherished vision.
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Never once in my life have I had a headache,
which fact leads me to believe that I was an alcoholic almost from the start.
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But once these men had hit upon a cure, once it became apparent that only by
their united effort could
this be accomplished, then all of them would feel bound to devote themselves solely to the relief of cancer.
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We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, know thousands of men and women who were once just as hopeless as Bill.
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Henry Ford once made a wise remark to the effect that experience is
the thing of supreme value in life.
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Some of us veered from extreme to extreme, ever hoping that one day our loved ones would be themselves once more.
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For a while they would be their old sweet selves, only to dash the new structure of affection to pieces once more.
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But when he gets over the spree, he begins to think once more how he can drink moderately next time.
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As we approach the actual
taking of Step Seven, it might be well if we A.A.'s inquire once more just
what our deeper objectives are.
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Someone who knew what he was
talking about once remarked that pain was the touchstone of all spiritual progress.
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We have not once sought to be
one in a family, to be a friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society.
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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.
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They see liberty verging on license, yet they recognize at once that A.A. has an irresistible strength
of purpose and action.
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He may not see at once that he
has barely scratched a limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines it
for the rest of his life and insists on giving away the entire product.
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Your husband will see at once that he must redouble his spiritual activities if
he expects to survive.
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Once the card was unfolded, a single pungent sentence leaped to the eye: "Don't take yourself too damn seriously."
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Ideas, emotions, and attitudes which were once the
guiding forces of the lives of these men are suddenly cast to one side, and a completely new set of conceptions and motives begin to dominate them.
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But once these men had hit upon a cure, once it became apparent that only by
their united effort could
this be accomplished, then all of them would feel bound to devote themselves solely to the relief of cancer.
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We shall at once think of a few people who know all about our drinking, and who have been most affected by it.
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Once this healthy practice has become grooved, it will be so interesting and profitable that the time it
takes won't be missed.
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Once unlocked by willingness, the door opens almost of itself, and looking through it, we shall see a pathway beside which is an inscription.
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We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us.
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Once we have a complete willingness to take inventory, and exert ourselves to do the job thoroughly, a wonderful
light falls upon this foggy scene.
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Once we have come into agreement with these ideas,
it is really easy to begin the practice of Step Three.
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Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more.
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I had had some success at speculation, so we had a little money, but we once worked on a farm for a month to avoid drawing on our small capital.
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