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

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SHOW   occurs   40 times 31 in BB  •  9 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   shows
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1.
  ... show?  BB How It Works, p.61
And do not his actions make each of them wish to retaliate, snatching all they can get out of the show?


2.
  ... show.'  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
"'Well,' said I, 'I think you're just a conceited Irishman who thinks he can run the whole show.'


3.
  ... show a 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.


4.
  ... show a willingness to remedy your own ...  BB To Wives, p.118
If you both show a willingness to remedy your own defects, there will be little need to criticize each other.


5.
  Show any longshoreman a Sunday supplement describing ...  BB We Agnostics, p.52
Show any longshoreman a Sunday supplement describing a proposal to explore the moon by means of a rocket and he will say, "I bet they do it -- maybe not so long either."


6.
  ... show doesn't come off very well.  BB How It Works, p.61
The show doesn't come off very well.


7.
  ... show drinking scenes; we must not go ...  BB Working With Others, pp.100-101
People have said we must not go where liquor is served; we must not have it in our homes; we must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn't think or be reminded about alcohol at all.


8.
  ... show everybody else how.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.156
Having learned to live so happily, we'd show everybody else how.


9.
  Show him, from your own experience, how ...  BB Working With Others, p.92
Show him, from your own experience, how the queer mental condition surrounding that first drink prevents normal functioning of the will power.


10.
  Show him how they worked with you.  BB Working With Others, p.95
Show him how they worked with you.


11.
  Show him that as alcoholics, the writers ...  BB To Wives, p.112
Show him that as alcoholics, the writers of the book understand.


12.
  ... show him that humility was the main ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
But as he calmed down, he began to listen while I tried to show him that humility was the main key to sobriety.


13.
  Show him the mental twist which leads ...  BB Working With Others, p.92
Show him the mental twist which leads to the first drink of a spree.


14.
  Show him these things in yourself and ...  BB To Wives, p.118
Show him these things in yourself and they will be reflected back to you from him.


15.
  Show him you have confidence in his ...  BB To Wives, p.112
Show him you have confidence in his power to stop or moderate.


16.
  Show him your copy of this book ...  BB To Wives, p.112
Show him your copy of this book and tell him what you have found out about alcoholism.


17.
  ... show his contrition for what they suffered.  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
They expect him to give them the nice times they used to have before he drank so much, and to show his contrition for what they suffered.


18.
  ... show how the change came over them.  BB We Agnostics, p.51
They show how the change came over them.


19.
  ... show, humbly saying to ourselves many times ...  BB Into Action, pp.87-88
We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done."


20.
  ... show intolerance or hatred of drinking as ...  BB Working With Others, p.103
We are careful never to show intolerance or hatred of drinking as an institution.


21.
  ... show irritation when reproved for his delinquencies.  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
He may take small interest in the children and may show irritation when reproved for his delinquencies.


22.
  ... show; is forever trying to arrange the ...  BB How It Works, p.60
Each person is like an actor who wants to run the whole show; is forever trying to arrange the lights, the ballet, the scenery and the rest of the players in his own way.


23.
  ... show it to his alcoholic prospect.  BB To Employers, p.148
He need not, and often should not show it to his alcoholic prospect.


24.
  ... show kindness where we had shown none.  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
We can show kindness where we had shown none.


25.
  ... show-offs.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.185
They had changed from A.A. members into A.A. show-offs.


26.
  ... show other alcoholics precisely how we have ...  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book.


27.
  ... show others who still suffered the same ...  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.


28.
  ... show ourselves.  BB Into Action, p.76
We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves.


29.
  ... show that years before we realized it ...  12&12 Step One, p.23
By going back in our own drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that it was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression.


30.
  ... show the underlying reasons why they were ...  BB We Agnostics, pp.50-51
Once confused and baffled by the seeming futility of existence, they show the underlying reasons why they were making heavy going of life.


31.
  Show them that he has entered upon ...  BB Working With Others, p.100
Show them that he has entered upon a period of growth.


32.
  ... show them the same tolerance, pity, and ...  BB How It Works, p.67
We asked God to help us show them the same tolerance, pity, and patience that we would cheerfully grant a sick friend.


33.
  ... show to his liking?  BB The Family Afterward, p.122
Is not each trying to arrange the family show to his liking?


34.
  ... show unselfishness and love under his own ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
He is not likely to get far in any direction if he fails to show unselfishness and love under his own roof.


35.
  ... show up.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.167
They just didn't show up.


36.
  ... show us how to take a kindly ...  BB How It Works, p.67
We cannot be helpful to all people, but at least God will show us how to take a kindly and tolerant view of each and every one.


37.
  ... show us the way of patience, tolerance, ...  BB Into Action, p.83
So we clean house with the family, asking each morning in meditation that our Creator show us the way of patience, tolerance, kindliness and love.


38.
  ... show would be great.  BB How It Works, pp.60-61
If his arrangements would only stay put, if only people would do as he wished, the show would be great.


39.
  ... show you how to create the fellowship ...  BB A Vision For You, p.164
He will show you how to create the fellowship you crave.(*)


40.
  ... show you how to have.  BB To Wives, p.117
We urge you to try our program, for nothing will be so helpful to your husband as the radically changed attitude toward him which God will show you how to have.


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