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


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1.
  ... sense.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
But as ex-problem drinkers, we can say that his explanation makes good sense.


2.
  ... sense.  BB Bill's Story, p.13
Common sense would thus become uncommon sense.


3.
  ... sense.  BB Into Action, p.77
When it will serve any good purpose, we are willing to announce our convictions with tact and common sense.


4.
  ... sense.  BB Into Action, p.85
We have begun to develop this vital sixth sense.


5.
  ... sense.  BB A Vision For You, p.159
After a bit, he said, "The way you fellows put this spiritual stuff makes sense.


6.
  ... sense, and high character.  BB There Is A Solution, p.26
A certain American business man had ability, good sense, and high character.


7.
  ... sense and loving kindness is to let ...  BB Into Action, p.82
It may be that both will decide that the way of good sense and loving kindness is to let by-gones be by-gones.


8.
  ... sense and will power that he still ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.22
What has become of the common sense and will power that he still sometimes displays with respect to other matters?


9.
  ... sense enough never to go to the ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.176
During the subsequent fifteen years I had sense enough never to go to the hospital if I had been drinking, and very seldom did I receive patients.


10.
  ... sense had we ever taken stock of ...  12&12 Step Two, p.32
In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.


11.
  ... sense he has been transformed, because he ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.107
In a very real sense he has been transformed, because he has laid hold of a source of strength which, in one way or another, he had hitherto denied himself.


12.
  ... sense in the light of the havoc ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.23
Sometimes these excuses have a certain plausibility, but none of them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic's drinking bout creates.


13.
  ... sense it includes meditation.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
Prayer is the raising of the heart and mind to God -- and in this sense it includes meditation.


14.
  ... sense more deeply the inner meaning of ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.125
With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more deeply the inner meaning of A.A.'s simple prayer:


15.
  ... sense of being in partnership or brotherhood ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
It became clear that if we ever were to feel emotionally secure among grown-up people, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop the sense of being in partnership or brotherhood with all those around us.


16.
  ... sense of belonging that comes to us.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.105
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.


17.
  ... sense of belonging was tremendously exciting.  12&12 Step Five, p.57
When we reached A.A., and for the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the sense of belonging was tremendously exciting.


18.
  ... sense of direction flowed into them.  BB We Agnostics, p.50
In the face of collapse and despair, in the face of the total failure of their human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into them.


19.
  ... Sense of duty.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.181
1. Sense of duty.


20.
  ... sense of ease and comfort which comes ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, pp.xxviii-xxix
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.


21.
  ... sense of His presence had been blotted ...  BB Bill's Story, p.12
But soon the sense of His presence had been blotted out by worldly clamors, mostly those within myself.


22.
  ... sense of impending calamity.  BB Bill's Story, p.6
My brain raced uncontrollably and there was a terrible sense of impending calamity.


23.
  ... sense of isolation, receive forgiveness and give ...  12&12 Contents (Step Five), p.6
Lose sense of isolation, receive forgiveness and give it; learn humility; gain honesty and realism about ourselves.


24.
  ... sense of isolation we've always had.  12&12 Step Five, p.57
For one thing, we shall get rid of that terrible sense of isolation we've always had.


25.
  ... sense of persecution, and a desire to ...  12&12 Step Four, p.53
Then we develop hurt feelings, a sense of persecution, and a desire to retaliate.


26.
  ... sense of power and direction, provided we ...  BB We Agnostics, p.46
As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.


27.
  ... sense of public responsibility.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
It would be a good thing, they believed, for the liquor trade to show a sense of public responsibility.


28.
  ... sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.130
This dream world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing consciousness of the power of God in our lives.


29.
  ... sense of real satisfaction when I was ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
There was, therefore, a sense of real satisfaction when I was asked to contribute a few words on a subject which is covered in such masterly detail in these pages.


30.
  ... sense of relief at finally facing ourselves ...  12&12 Step Four, p.50
As we persist, a brand-new kind of confidence is born, and the sense of relief at finally facing ourselves is indescribable.


31.
  ... sense of relief that we conclude our ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
After taking this preliminary trial at making amends, we may enjoy such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished.


32.
  ... sense of relief will mount from minute ...  12&12 Step Five, p.62
Provided you hold back nothing, your sense of relief will mount from minute to minute.


33.
  ... sense of responsibility for others.  BB To Wives, pp.119-120
Both of you will awaken to a new sense of responsibility for others.


34.
  ... sense of the word.  BB Foreword to First Edition, pp.xiii-xiv
We are not an organization in the conventional sense of the word.


35.
  ... sense of the word.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
This is Twelfth Step work in the very best sense of the word.


36.
  ... sense of the word, is needed or ...  BB Working With Others, pp.97-98
For the type of alcoholic who is able and willing to get well, little charity, in the ordinary sense of the word, is needed or wanted.


37.
  ... sense of timing, courage, and prudence -- these ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.83
Good judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage, and prudence -- these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine.


38.
  ... sense of victory, followed by such a ...  BB Bill's Story, p.14
There was a sense of victory, followed by such a peace and serenity as I had never known.


39.
  ... sense practically nobody has it.  12&12 Step Six, p.65
In an absolute sense practically nobody has it.


40.
  ... sense that real tolerance of other people's ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more useful to others.


41.
  ... sense that these drinkers are abnormal, but ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.23
In a vague way their families and friends sense that these drinkers are abnormal, but everybody hopefully awaits the day when the sufferer will rouse himself from his lethargy and assert his power of will.


42.
  ... sense that you can prove a straight ...  BB We Agnostics, p.54
We could not prove life in the sense that you can prove a straight line is the shortest distance between two points, yet, there it was.


43.
  ... sense the flow of His Spirit into ...  BB Into Action, p.85
If we have carefully followed directions, we have begun to sense the flow of His Spirit into us.


44.
  ... sense, their will power?  BB To Wives, p.107
What had become of their judgment, their common sense, their will power?


45.
  ... sense these things, they will not take ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
If they sense these things, they will not take so seriously his periods of crankiness, depression, or apathy, which will disappear when there is tolerance, love, and spiritual understanding.


46.
  ... sense to him.  BB Working With Others, p.93
He can choose any conception he likes, provided it makes sense to him.


47.
  ... sense we find it necessary, until they ...  BB Into Action, p.73
But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all their life story.


48.
  ... sense, we still suffered many of the ...  12&12 Step Five, p.57
But we soon discovered that while we weren't alone any more in a social sense, we still suffered many of the old pangs of anxious apartness.


49.
  ... sense whatever can its members govern or ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.134
In no sense whatever can its members govern or direct the group.


50.
  ... sense when a real tosspot calls a ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.78
It doesn't make much sense when a real tosspot calls a kettle black.


51.
  ... sense, which makes it virtually impossible for ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.22
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.


52.
  ... sense would thus become uncommon sense.  BB Bill's Story, p.13
Common sense would thus become uncommon sense.


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