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

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1.
  ... read.  BB To Wives, p.112
Tell him some of the interesting stories you have read.


2.
  ... read:  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.569
Following are excerpts from the comments of doctors present at the annual meeting(*) of the Medical Society of the State of New York where a paper on A.A. was read:


3.
  ... read.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.145
Opening the book, he read.


4.
  ... read a great deal and talked to ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
It must be remembered that I had read a great deal and talked to everyone who knew, or thought they knew anything about the subject of alcoholism.


5.
  ... read a piece in the newspapers..."; another, ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
One voice says, "I read a piece in the newspapers..."; another, "We heard a radio program..."; and still another, "We saw a moving picture..." or "We saw something about A.A. on television...."


6.
  ... read again and again that faith did ...  BB How It Works, p.70
In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves.


7.
  ... read aloud, "The only requirement for A.A. ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.144
He read aloud, "The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking."


8.
  ... read Appendix II on "Spiritual Experience."  BB We Agnostics (Note), p.47
(*) Please be sure to read Appendix II on "Spiritual Experience."


9.
  ... read at the Association's annual meeting of ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
The American Psychiatric Association requested, in 1949, that a paper be prepared by one of the older members of Alcoholics Anonymous to be read at the Association's annual meeting of that year.


10.
  ... read everything I could find, and talked ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
I read everything I could find, and talked to everyone who I thought knew anything about it.


11.
  ... read, highlights man's pride in his own ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.70
Much of the everyday talk we hear, and a great deal of what we read, highlights man's pride in his own achievements.


12.
  ... read it a close-up view of the ...  12&12 Foreword, p.18
It is hoped that this volume will afford all who read it a close-up view of the principles and forces which have made Alcoholics Anonymous what it is.


13.
  ... read, it was discovered she had left ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.163
When her will was read, it was discovered she had left Alcoholics Anonymous in trust with the Alcoholic Foundation a sum of ten thousand dollars.


14.
  ... read medical papers about Alcoholics Anonymous and ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
Doctors read medical papers about Alcoholics Anonymous and call for more information.


15.
  ... read: "Middleton Group #1. Rule #62."  12&12 Tradition Four, p.149
The cover read: "Middleton Group #1. Rule #62."


16.
  ... read our fear that large numbers of ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
Between these lines, it is easy to read our fear that large numbers of incoming people might break our anonymity wide open.


17.
  ... read our prayer, and again try to ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
Once more we read our prayer, and again try to see what its inner essence is.


18.
  ... read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are ...  12&12 Step Two, p.25
The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma, sometimes a serious one.


19.
  ... read the book and he may go ...  BB To Wives, p.113
He may not share your enthusiasm, but he is practically sure to read the book and he may go for the program at once.


20.
  ... read the experience of a man who ...  BB We Agnostics, p.55
In this book you will read the experience of a man who thought he was an atheist.


21.
  ... read the moment the patient is able, ...  BB To Employers, p.144
If the book is read the moment the patient is able, while acutely depressed, realization of his condition may come to him.


22.
  ... read this book.  BB To Wives, p.114
In any event, try to have your husband read this book.


23.
  ... read this book in the interval.  BB Working With Others, p.95
If he is sincerely interested and wants to see you again, ask him to read this book in the interval.


24.
  ... read this book or at least the ...  BB To Wives, pp.111-112
When a discussion does arise, you might suggest he read this book or at least the chapter on alcoholism.


25.
  ... read this book through, and though perhaps ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxii
I earnestly advise every alcoholic to read this book through, and though perhaps he came to scoff, he may remain to pray.


26.
  ... read this page will understand!  BB A Vision For You, p.151
Unhappy drinkers who read this page will understand!


27.
  ... read this volume and says he is ...  BB Working With Others, p.96
He has read this volume and says he is prepared to go through with the Twelve Steps of the program of recovery.


28.
  ... read Tradition Two, and learn that the ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.132
These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience.


29.
  ... read wordy books and indulge in windy ...  BB We Agnostics, p.49
We read wordy books and indulge in windy arguments, thinking we believe this universe needs no God to explain it.


30.
  ... read 'zero,' and we saw that one ...  12&12 Step Two, p.29
Finally, when all our score cards read 'zero,' and we saw that one more strike would put us out of the game forever, we had to look for our lost faith.


The 164 and More™ Book, eBook, and Web Site are all CONCORDANCES which display passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, and the A.A. Grapevine (A.A. Preamble only).  Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and More concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc., or the A.A. Grapevine, Inc.  Further A.A.W.S. Inc. and the A.A. Grapevine Inc. have no objection to the use of this material in the 164 and More concordance.

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