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

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saving
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SAW   occurs   58 times 23 in BB  •  35 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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saying
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1.
  ... saw a man so obstinate.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.151
I never saw a man so obstinate.


2.
  ... saw a moving picture..." or "We saw ...  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...."


3.
  ... saw and felt in that hotel room.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.145
Ed never confided any more of what he saw and felt in that hotel room.


4.
  ... saw as never before that we could ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.159
We saw as never before that we could not lend the A.A. name to any cause other than our own.


5.
  ... saw at last.  BB We Agnostics, p.54
Little or nothing, we saw at last.


6.
  ... saw, could believe in God and defy ...  12&12 Step Two, p.31
No man, we saw, could believe in God and defy Him, too.


7.
  ... saw failure and misery transformed by humility ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
Everywhere we saw failure and misery transformed by humility into priceless assets.


8.
  ... saw, for example, that we lacked honesty ...  12&12 Step Five, p.58
All of us saw, for example, that we lacked honesty and tolerance, that we were beset at times by attacks of self-pity or delusions of personal grandeur.


9.
  ... saw Fred about a year ago in ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
We first saw Fred about a year ago in a hospital where he had gone to recover from a bad case of jitters.


10.
  ... saw how really ethical Charlie's proposal was.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
There were a few twinges of conscience until I saw how really ethical Charlie's proposal was.


11.
  ... saw I could not take so much ...  BB Bill's Story, p.5
I saw I could not take so much as one drink.


12.
  ... saw, I felt, I believed.  BB Bill's Story, p.12
At long last I saw, I felt, I believed.


13.
  ... saw in my friend.  BB Bill's Story, p.12
Upon a foundation of complete willingness I might build what I saw in my friend.


14.
  ... saw it, our wrath was always justified.  12&12 Step Ten, p.90
As we saw it, our wrath was always justified.


15.
  ... saw my friends drink and knew I ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
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.


16.
  ... saw no way out, for he had ...  BB A Vision For You, p.155
He had a desperate desire to stop, but saw no way out, for he had earnestly tried many avenues of escape.


17.
  ... saw others solve their problems by a ...  BB We Agnostics, p.52
When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God.


18.
  ... saw our faults we listed them.  BB How It Works, p.67
When we saw our faults we listed them.


19.
  ... saw ourselves getting married to all kinds ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.156
In consternation, we saw ourselves getting married to all kinds of enterprises, some good and some not so good.


20.
  ... saw personalities destroying whole peoples.  12&12 Tradition One, p.130
In the world about us we saw personalities destroying whole peoples.


21.
  ... saw something about A.A. on television...."  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...."


22.
  ... saw something different about her husband already.  BB A Vision For You, p.158
His wife came, scarcely daring to be hopeful, though she thought she saw something different about her husband already.


23.
  ... saw that faith in some kind of ...  BB We Agnostics, p.55
We finally saw that faith in some kind of God was a part of our make-up, just as much as the feeling we have for a friend.


24.
  ... saw that growth could start from that ...  BB Bill's Story, p.12
I saw that growth could start from that point.


25.
  ... saw that he had to place the ...  BB Into Action, p.80
He saw that he had to place the outcome in God's hands or he would soon start drinking again, and all would be lost anyhow.


26.
  ... saw that he would get nowhere if ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
He was ambitious to succeed in business, but saw that he would get nowhere if he drank at all.


27.
  ... saw that he would have to face ...  BB A Vision For You, p.155
He saw that he would have to face his problems squarely that God might give him mastery.


28.
  ... saw that his predicament was dangerous.  BB A Vision For You, p.154
Still physically weak, and sober but a few months, he saw that his predicament was dangerous.


29.
  ... saw that I had failed to help ...  BB To Employers, p.138
I wanted to throw up my hands in discouragement, for I saw that I had failed to help my banker friend understand.


30.
  ... saw that I wasn't attempting to change ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
Finally, he saw that I wasn't attempting to change his religious views, that I wanted him to find the grace in his own religion that would aid his recovery.


31.
  ... saw that if a hardworking secretary answered ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.168
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got sponsorship for ten newcomers, and was gently diplomatic with the irate drunk who complained about the job she was doing and how she was overpaid, then such a person could surely not be called a professional A.A.


32.
  ... saw that if a Higher Power had ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
In Step Eleven we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better, by as direct contact as possible.


33.
  ... saw that if they weren't, the man ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.161
We saw that if they weren't, the man coming in the door couldn't get a break.


34.
  ... saw that it really worked in others, ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.25
But we saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe in the hopelessness and futility of life as we had been living it.


35.
  ... saw that my attitude regarding these had ...  12&12 Step Two, p.27
I saw that my attitude regarding these had been anything but scientific.


36.
  ... saw that my friend was much more ...  BB Bill's Story, p.11
I saw that my friend was much more than inwardly reorganized.


37.
  ... saw that one more strike would put ...  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.


38.
  ... saw that reason isn't everything.  BB We Agnostics, p.54
Hence, we saw that reason isn't everything.


39.
  ... saw that since we could not restore ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
In Step Two we saw that since we could not restore ourselves to sanity, some Higher Power must necessarily do so if we were to survive.


40.
  ... saw that the group, exactly like the ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.146
We saw that the group, exactly like the individual, must eventually conform to whatever tested principles would guarantee survival.


41.
  ... saw that their common welfare came first.  12&12 Tradition One, p.131
How well they saw that their common welfare came first.


42.
  ... saw that these resentments must be mastered, ...  BB How It Works, p.66
We saw that these resentments must be mastered, but how?


43.
  ... saw that they must keep spiritually active.  BB A Vision For You, p.156
Both saw that they must keep spiritually active.


44.
  ... saw that we could not lend the ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Six), p.11
We saw that we could not lend the A.A. name to any outside activity.


45.
  ... saw that we had an answer for ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
The moment we saw that we had an answer for alcoholism, it was reasonable (or so it seemed at the time) for us to feel that we might have the answer to a lot of other things.


46.
  ... saw that we had to reconsider or ...  12&12 Step Two, p.30
We saw that we had to reconsider or die.


47.
  ... saw that we were not only in ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.108
In Step Eight, we continued our housecleaning, for we saw that we were not only in conflict with ourselves, but also with people and situations in the world in which we lived.


48.
  ... saw that we were powerless over alcohol, ...  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.


49.
  ... saw that we would need to give ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
We saw that we would need to give constantly of ourselves without demands for repayment.


50.
  ... saw that will power and self-knowledge would ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
I saw that will power and self-knowledge would not help in those strange mental blank spots.


51.
  ... saw the fruits of this belief: men ...  12&12 Step Two, p.31
In A.A. we saw the fruits of this belief: men and women spared from alcohol's final catastrophe.


52.
  ... saw them calmly accept impossible situations, seeking ...  12&12 Step Two, p.31
We saw them calmly accept impossible situations, seeking neither to run nor to recriminate.


53.
  ... saw them meet and transcend their other ...  12&12 Step Two, p.31
We saw them meet and transcend their other pains and trials.


54.
  ... saw these possibilities, they finally abandoned all ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.141
As group after group saw these possibilities, they finally abandoned all membership regulations.


55.
  ... saw this compromising fact for what it ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.158
The minute we saw this compromising fact for what it was, we asked the prospective publicity director how he felt about it.


56.
  ... saw through these fallacies.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.115
As we made spiritual progress, we saw through these fallacies.


57.
  ... saw we needn't always be bludgeoned and ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
We saw we needn't always be bludgeoned and beaten into humility.


58.
  ... saw we'd soon be mired in politics.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
We saw we'd soon be mired in politics.


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