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1.
  ... over.  BB Bill's Story, pp.8-9
The cheery voice of an old school friend asked if he might come over.


2.
  ... over.  BB Working With Others, p.95
Give him a chance to think it over.


3.
  ... over.  BB A Vision For You, p.158
He had been thinking it over.


4.
  ... over!  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless over alcohol, we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, "Well, thank God that's over!


5.
  ... over.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.134
The group conscience is about to take over.


6.
  ... over.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
"I was bowled over.


7.
  ... over 117,748 groups. There is A.A. activity ...  BB A Vision For You (Note), p.162
(*) Written in 1939. In 2016, there are over 117,748 groups. There is A.A. activity in approximately 180 countries, with an estimated membership of over two million.


8.
  ... over 90 countries.  BB Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii
By March 1976, when this edition went to the printer, the total worldwide membership of Alcoholics Anonymous was conservatively estimated at more than 1,000,000, with almost 28,000 groups meeting in over 90 countries.


9.
  ... over a bout, an alcoholic, sometimes the ...  BB To Employers, p.140
When drinking, or getting over a bout, an alcoholic, sometimes the model of honesty when normal, will do incredible things.


10.
  ... over a highball.  BB To Wives, p.110
His friends feel closer over a highball.


11.
  ... over a period of time.  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
Most of our experiences are what the psychologist William James calls the "educational variety" because they develop slowly over a period of time.


12.
  ... over a seemingly tragic experience out of ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we burst into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past.


13.
  ... over a spree, a certain amount of ...  BB To Employers, pp.142-143
For most alcoholics who are drinking, or who are just getting over a spree, a certain amount of physical treatment is desirable, even imperative.


14.
  ... over a trifle.  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
Sometimes he explodes over a trifle.


15.
  ... over a very different snag.  12&12 Step Eight, p.79
Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag.


16.
  ... over again.  BB There Is A Solution, p.22
Then comes the day when he simply cannot make it and gets drunk all over again.


17.
  ... over again.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.121
This made us misers and penny pinchers all over again.


18.
  ... over alcohol.  BB There Is A Solution, p.26
Yet he had no control whatever over alcohol.


19.
  ... over alcohol.  BB Into Action, p.76
Remember it was agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over alcohol.


20.
  ... over alcohol, and came to believe that ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
It is really saying to us that we now ought to be willing to try humility in seeking the removal of our other shortcomings just as we did when we admitted that we were powerless over alcohol, and came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.


21.
  ... over alcohol, but we also perceived that ...  12&12 Step Three, p.34
We saw that we were powerless over alcohol, but we also perceived that faith of some kind, if only in A.A. itself, is possible to anyone.


22.
  ... over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were powerless over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection.


23.
  ... over alcohol is his first step toward ...  12&12 Step Seven, pp.72-73
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.


24.
  ... over alcohol -- that our lives had become ...  BB How It Works, p.59
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol -- that our lives had become unmanageable.


25.
  ... over alcohol -- that our lives had become ...  12&12 Contents (Step One), p.5
Step One -- "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol -- that our lives had become unmanageable."


26.
  ... over alcohol -- that our lives had become ...  12&12 Step One, p.21
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol -- that our lives had become unmanageable."


27.
  ... over alcohol, we are apt to breathe ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless over alcohol, we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, "Well, thank God that's over!


28.
  ... over alcoholism.  BB To Wives, p.114
Some men cannot or will not get over alcoholism.


29.
  ... over alcoholism must remember he did much ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
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.


30.
  ... over-all public relations and they guarantee the ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
They are authorized by the groups to handle our over-all public relations and they guarantee the integrity of our principal newspaper, the A.A. Grapevine.


31.
  ... over an outlay of twenty-five dollars' worth ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.177
A corporation director who had just voted a company expenditure of a hundred thousand dollars would appear at an A.A. business meeting and blow his top over an outlay of twenty-five dollars' worth of needed postage stamps.


32.
  ... over and over, and unless this person ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
This is repeated over and over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is very little hope of his recovery.


33.
  Over and over, he would say: "That's ...  BB A Vision For You, p.157
Over and over, he would say: "That's me. That's me. I drink like that."


34.
  ... over and over will often enable us ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.103
Just saying it over and over will often enable us to clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or misunderstanding, and permit us to return to the surest help of all -- our search for God's will, not our own, in the moment of stress.


35.
  ... over and through him with the certainty ...  BB We Agnostics, p.56
It poured over and through him with the certainty and majesty of a great tide at flood.


36.
  ... over, and unless this person can experience ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
This is repeated over and over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is very little hope of his recovery.


37.
  ... over another, that nothing like a central ...  12&12 Foreword, p.16
Why is it, they ask, that in A.A. no member can be set in personal authority over another, that nothing like a central government can anywhere be seen?


38.
  ... over-anxious, for that might spoil matters.  BB Working With Others, p.91
But urge them not to be over-anxious, for that might spoil matters.


39.
  Over any considerable period we get worse, ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.30
Over any considerable period we get worse, never better.


40.
  ... over beams in the cellar, and in ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
If my wife was planning to go out in the afternoon, I would get a large supply of liquor and smuggle it home and hide it in the coal bin, the clothes chute, over door jambs, over beams in the cellar, and in cracks in the cellar tile.


41.
  ... over by the mortgage holder, my mother-in-law ...  BB Bill's Story, p.5
The house was taken over by the mortgage holder, my mother-in-law died, my wife and father-in-law became ill.


42.
  ... over-concentration on financial success.  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
But he must see the danger of over-concentration on financial success.


43.
  ... over door jambs, over beams in the ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
If my wife was planning to go out in the afternoon, I would get a large supply of liquor and smuggle it home and hide it in the coal bin, the clothes chute, over door jambs, over beams in the cellar, and in cracks in the cellar tile.


44.
  ... over drinking for good.  BB To Wives, p.112
But after his next binge, ask him if he would really like to get over drinking for good.


45.
  ... over drinking until we have done our ...  BB Into Action, p.77
Simply we tell him that we will never get over drinking until we have done our utmost to straighten out the past.


46.
  ... over drinking will require a transformation of ...  BB To Employers, p.143
To get over drinking will require a transformation of thought and attitude.


47.
  ... over drinking, you need not be alarmed.  BB To Wives, p.120
If you are satisfied he really wants to get over drinking, you need not be alarmed.


48.
  ... over, eleven new ones have been added, ...  BB Preface, p.xii
Six of the stories in Part II have been carried over, eleven new ones have been added, and eleven taken out.


49.
  ... over factories and managements, but my wife ...  BB Bill's Story, p.2
I failed to persuade my broker friends to send me out looking over factories and managements, but my wife and I decided to go anyway.


50.
  ... over fifteen minutes.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
Wishing to be polite, though I felt very badly, I said, "Let's make the call," and extracted from my wife a promise that we would not stay over fifteen minutes.


51.
  ... over from the second edition; eight new ...  BB Preface, p.xii
Nine of the stories in Part II ("They Stopped in Time") were carried over from the second edition; eight new stories were added.


52.
  ... over from yesterday.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
Possibly today will see a continuation of a serious and as yet unresolved problem left over from yesterday.


53.
  ... over, he would say: "That's me. That's ...  BB A Vision For You, p.157
Over and over, he would say: "That's me. That's me. I drink like that."


54.
  ... over his house to be certain no ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.22
If he can afford it, he may have liquor concealed all over his house to be certain no one gets his entire supply away from him to throw down the wastepipe.


55.
  ... over his life, he can readily get ...  12&12 Step Four, p.50
Looking back over his life, he can readily get under way by consideration of questions such as these:


56.
  ... over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.135
The elder statesman is the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by considerable experience, is sound, and who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines patiently awaiting developments.


57.
  ... over hurt pride could be rewon.  BB The Family Afterward, p.125
Husbands and wives have sometimes been obliged to separate for a time until new perspective, new victory over hurt pride could be rewon.


58.
  ... over in the other direction when, in ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
Or we may be tipped over in the other direction when, in rare cases, we get a cool and skeptical reception.


59.
  ... over-indulged.  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
Alcohol is so sexually stimulating to some men that they have over-indulged.


60.
  ... over-indulged.  BB The Family Afterward, p.135
There was no doubt he over-indulged.


61.
  ... over into tomorrow, making, of course, any ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
Here we need only recognize that we did act or think badly, try to visualize how we might have done better, and resolve with God's help to carry these lessons over into tomorrow, making, of course, any amends still neglected.


62.
  ... over it.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
Step One showed us an amazing paradox: We found that we were totally unable to be rid of the alcohol obsession until we first admitted that we were powerless over it.


63.
  ... over it, and if you are interested, ...  BB To Employers, p.147
The firm wants to help you get over it, and if you are interested, there is a way out.


64.
  ... over it, you may already be asking ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
If you are an alcoholic who wants to get over it, you may already be asking -- "What do I have to do?"


65.
  ... over long distance from Virginia.  BB To Employers, p.137
Still another experience: A woman's voice came faintly over long distance from Virginia.


66.
  Over many protests, these things were accomplished.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.161
Over many protests, these things were accomplished.


67.
  ... over membership, leadership, and money?  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
Would there be quarrels over membership, leadership, and money?


68.
  ... over my craving for liquor much during ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
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.


69.
  ... over night.  BB Working With Others, p.100
You should point out that his defects of character are not going to disappear over night.


70.
  ... over now.  BB Bill's Story, p.8
But that was over now.


71.
  ... over one hundred others appear to have ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxv
This man and over one hundred others appear to have recovered.


72.
  ... over others; that it reach all important ...  BB Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion, vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that it never perform acts of government, and that, like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and action.


73.
  ... over our careers, and it has revealed ...  12&12 Step Five, p.55
If we have swept the searchlight of Step Four back and forth over our careers, and it has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather not remember, if we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others, then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever.


74.
  ... over people and circumstances.  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
When temporary good fortune came our way, we indulged ourselves in fantasies of still greater victories over people and circumstances.


75.
  ... over property, money, and authority.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
Experience has often warned us that nothing can so surely destroy our spiritual heritage as futile disputes over property, money, and authority.


76.
  ... over property, money, and authority.  12&12 Tradition Seven (Long), p.191
Experience has often warned us that nothing can so surely destroy our spiritual heritage as futile disputes over property, money, and authority.


77.
  ... over-remorseful and make many resolutions, but never ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxx
They are over-remorseful and make many resolutions, but never a decision.


78.
  ... over such matters.  BB There Is A Solution, p.28
There is no friction among us over such matters.


79.
  ... over that chunk of money played havoc ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.161
The hassle over that chunk of money played havoc for years.


80.
  ... over that evening in Washington.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
"As soon as I regained my ability to think, I went carefully over that evening in Washington.


81.
  ... over that evening to meet a friend ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
About this time a lady called up my wife one Saturday afternoon saying she wanted me to come over that evening to meet a friend of hers who might help me.


82.
  ... over the amount you take, you are ...  BB We Agnostics, p.44
If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic.


83.
  ... over the barrel, all right -- but where ...  12&12 Step Two, p.25
Yes, you've got us over the barrel, all right -- but where do we go from here?"


84.
  ... over the Bridge of Reason toward the ...  BB We Agnostics, p.53
Some of us had already walked far over the Bridge of Reason toward the desired shore of faith.


85.
  ... over the dam.  BB Into Action, p.78
It's water over the dam.


86.
  ... over the first two or three high ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
But once over the first two or three high hurdles, the course ahead began to look easier.


87.
  ... over the group.  12&12 Tradition Four, p.149
A chill chokedamp of fear and frustration fell over the group.


88.
  ... over the hypocrisy, bigotry, and crushing self-righteousness ...  12&12 Step Two, p.30
We gloated over the hypocrisy, bigotry, and crushing self-righteousness that clung to so many 'believers' even in their Sunday best.


89.
  ... over the idea that the Higher Power ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
We began to get over the idea that the Higher Power was a sort of bush-league pinch hitter, to be called upon only in an emergency.


90.
  ... over the last ounce of food, our ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.128
Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold.


91.
  ... over the list of business acquaintances and ...  BB Into Action, p.76
As we look over the list of business acquaintances and friends we have hurt, we may feel diffident about going to some of them on a spiritual basis.


92.
  ... over the names these defects should be ...  12&12 Step Four, p.48
To avoid falling into confusion over the names these defects should be called, let's take a universally recognized list of major human failings -- the Seven Deadly Sins of pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth.


93.
  ... over the NBC network, said, in part: ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
Dr. W. W. Bauer, broadcasting under the auspices of The American Medical Association in 1946, over the NBC network, said, in part: "Alcoholics Anonymous are no crusaders; not a temperance society.


94.
  ... over the sins of the twentieth century; ...  BB How It Works, p.61
He is like the retired business man who lolls in the Florida sunshine in the winter complaining of the sad state of the nation; the minister who sighs over the sins of the twentieth century; politicians and reformers who are sure all would be Utopia if the rest of the world would only behave; the outlaw safe cracker who thinks society has wronged him; and the alcoholic who has lost all and is locked up.


95.
  ... over the spectacular recovery of a brother ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.185
Enthusiastic over the spectacular recovery of a brother alcoholic, we'd sometimes discuss those intimate and harrowing aspects of his case meant for his sponsor's ear alone.


96.
  ... over the spree, he begins to think ...  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.


97.
  ... over the state of the nations, nor ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders.


98.
  ... over the threshold of that home into ...  BB A Vision For You, p.160
Many a man, yet dazed from his hospital experience, has stepped over the threshold of that home into freedom.


99.
  ... over the world.  12&12 Step Three, p.38
A.A.'s entered the services and were scattered all over the world.


100.
  ... over the world.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
Eight tons of books and literature per month do not package and channel themselves all over the world.


101.
  ... over the world, statements just like this ...  12&12 Step Six, p.64
In A.A. meetings all over the world, statements just like this are heard daily.


102.
  Over the years, every conceivable deviation from ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.146
Over the years, every conceivable deviation from our Twelve Steps and Traditions has been tried.


103.
  ... over the years in the Big Book ...  BB Preface, p.xii
All changes made over the years in the Big Book (A.A. members' fond nickname for this volume) have had the same purpose: to represent the current membership of Alcoholics Anonymous more accurately, and thereby to reach more alcoholics.


104.
  ... over the years past.  BB How It Works, p.69
We reviewed our own conduct over the years past.


105.
  ... over them.  BB We Agnostics, p.51
They show how the change came over them.


106.
  ... over them.  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
They want him to make a fuss over them.


107.
  ... over them may bear witness to those ...  BB How It Works, p.63
Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life.


108.
  ... over them, too.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
When, with God's help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too.


109.
  ... "Over There."  BB Bill's Story, p.1
In time we sailed for "Over There."


110.
  ... over there on the hillside; there was ...  BB Bill's Story, p.10
I could almost hear the sound of the preacher's voice as I sat, on still Sundays, way over there on the hillside; there was that proffered temperance pledge I never signed; my grandfather's good natured contempt of some church folk and their doings; his insistence that the spheres really had their music; but his denial of the preacher's right to tell him how he must listen; his fearlessness as he spoke of these things just before he died; these recollections welled up from the past.


111.
  ... over to a bookshelf and took up ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.143
He reached over to a bookshelf and took up a sheaf of papers.


112.
  ... over to a Higher Power.  12&12 Step Three, p.38
So it is by circumstance rather than by any virtue that we have been driven to A.A., have admitted defeat, have acquired the rudiments of faith, and now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to a Higher Power.


113.
  ... over to a newfound Providence, then what ...  12&12 Step Three, p.35
Now if this is not turning one's will and life over to a newfound Providence, then what is it?


114.
  ... over to get me.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.179
These good people notified my wife, who sent my newly made friend over to get me.


115.
  ... over to God as we understood Him.  BB How It Works, p.60
Being convinced, we were at Step Three, which is that we decided to turn our will and our life over to God as we understood Him.


116.
  ... over to Higher Power.  12&12 Contents (Step Three), p.5
Turning our will over to Higher Power.


117.
  ... over to the care of God as ...  BB How It Works, p.59
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.


118.
  ... over to the care of God, as ...  12&12 Contents (Step Three), p.5
Step Three -- "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him."


119.
  ... over to the care of God as ...  12&12 Step Three, p.34
"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."


120.
  ... over to the care of God as ...  12&12 Step Three, pp.34-35
In fact, the effectiveness of the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have tried to come to "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."


121.
  ... over to the care of God as ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
Consequently, in Step Three we turned our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.


122.
  ... over to the care of Something or ...  12&12 Step Three, p.36
If I keep on turning my life and my will over to the care of Something or Somebody else, what will become of me?


123.
  ... over to the care of whatever God ...  12&12 Step Three, p.35
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?


124.
  ... over to the care, protection, and guidance ...  12&12 Step Three, p.35
Isn't it true that in all matters touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance of Alcoholics Anonymous?


125.
  ... over to the Higher Power?  12&12 Step Three, p.39
So how, exactly, can the willing person continue to turn his will and his life over to the Higher Power?


126.
  ... over to the nearest barroom and try ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking.


127.
  ... over to the undertaker or the asylum.  BB Bill's Story, p.7
She would soon have to give me over to the undertaker or the asylum.


128.
  ... over two million.  BB A Vision For You (Note), p.162
(*) Written in 1939. In 2016, there are over 117,748 groups. There is A.A. activity in approximately 180 countries, with an estimated membership of over two million.


129.
  ... over two million have recovered through A.A.  12&12 Foreword (Note), p.15
(*) In 2016, it is estimated that over two million have recovered through A.A.


130.
  ... over us.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.105
We know that God lovingly watches over us.


131.
  ... over us all.  BB Bill's Story, p.14
I must turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all.


132.
  ... over us all.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.566
This to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all.


133.
  ... over us all.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.125
For it is only by accepting and solving our problems that we can begin to get right with ourselves and with the world about us, and with Him who presides over us all.


134.
  ... over us all.  12&12 Tradition Twelve (Long), p.192
This to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all.


135.
  ... over us: first we were smitten by ...  12&12 Step One, p.22
The tyrant alcohol wielded a double-edged sword over us: first we were smitten by an insane urge that condemned us to go on drinking, and then by an allergy of the body that insured we would ultimately destroy ourselves in the process.


136.
  ... over what other people are thinking and ...  BB To Wives, p.114
If your husband is a drinker, you probably worry over what other people are thinking and you hate to meet your friends.


137.
  ... over when he thinks of all the ...  12&12 Step Three, p.39
His financial insecurity worries him sick, and panic takes over when he thinks of all the bridges to safety that alcohol burned behind him.


138.
  ... over which we could not possibly have ...  BB To Wives, p.118
At such moments we forget that alcoholism is an illness over which we could not possibly have had any power.


139.
  ... over will often enable us to clear ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.103
Just saying it over and over will often enable us to clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or misunderstanding, and permit us to return to the surest help of all -- our search for God's will, not our own, in the moment of stress.


140.
  ... over with self-reliance and contentment.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
From a trembling, despairing, nervous wreck, had emerged a man brimming over with self-reliance and contentment.


141.
  ... over your drinking.  BB To Employers, p.148
He remarked: "I'm mighty glad you fellows got over your drinking.


142.
  ... over your head.  BB To Wives, p.108
An alcoholic of this temperament may be quick to use this chapter as a club over your head.


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