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

threw
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THROUGH   occurs   93 times 59 in BB  •  33 in 12&12  •  1 in GV Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... through.  BB Bill's Story, p.14
I felt lifted up, as though the great clean wind of a mountain top blew through and through.


2.
  ... through.  BB Into Action, p.83
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.


3.
  ... through.  12&12 Step One, p.23
They were spared that last ten or fifteen years of literal hell the rest of us had gone through.


4.
  ... through.  12&12 Step Two, p.29
The will to win would carry us through.


5.
  ... through?  12&12 Step Three, p.38
Would the kind of dependence they had learned in A.A. carry them through?


6.
  ... through a doctor or an institution is ...  BB Working With Others, p.91
Approach through a doctor or an institution is a better bet.


7.
  ... through a few trusted friends.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
New prospects could find us only through a few trusted friends.


8.
  ... through a little further.  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Some who feel they have done well may dispute this, so let's try to think it through a little further.


9.
  ... through a severe hangover.  BB Working With Others, p.102
We often need it to carry green recruits through a severe hangover.


10.
  ... through A.A.  12&12 Foreword (Note), p.15
(*) In 2016, it is estimated that over two million have recovered through A.A.


11.
  ... through A.A., had brought us within reach ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.156
Providence, through A.A., had brought us within reach of our highest expectations.


12.
  ... through all the arts and abilities of ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.181
It resulted in more favorable publicity of Alcoholics Anonymous than could possibly have been obtained through all the arts and abilities of A.A.'s best press agents.


13.
  ... through an acquaintance who had heard the ...  BB A Vision For You, p.158
He came through an acquaintance who had heard the good news.


14.
  ... through, and though perhaps he came to ...  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.


15.
  ... through and through.  BB Bill's Story, p.14
I felt lifted up, as though the great clean wind of a mountain top blew through and through.


16.
  ... through channels like these.  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
It is no exaggeration to say that half of A.A.'s membership has been led to us through channels like these.


17.
  ... through contact with our two larger centers.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Little clusters of twos and threes and fives of us have sprung up in other communities, through contact with our two larger centers.


18.
  ... through drinking.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.35
His family was re-assembled, and he began to work as a salesman for the business he had lost through drinking.


19.
  ... through drinking and we certainly do not ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
We have not lost everything in life through drinking and we certainly do not intend to.


20.
  ... through drinking forever.  BB To Wives, p.105
Our men have sworn great solemn oaths that they were through drinking forever.


21.
  ... through -- finally and forever.  BB To Employers, p.136
I told him he was through -- finally and forever.


22.
  ... through forever.  BB Bill's Story, p.5
I was through forever.


23.
  ... through have been most interesting; in fact, ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
The cases we have followed through have been most interesting; in fact, many of them are amazing.


24.
  ... through hell for him.  BB Into Action, p.81
A man so involved often feels very remorseful at times, especially if he is married to a loyal and courageous girl who has literally gone through hell for him.


25.
  ... through high school I was more or ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
From childhood through high school I was more or less forced to go to church, Sunday School and evening service, Monday night Christian Endeavor and sometimes to Wednesday evening prayer meeting.


26.
  ... through him with the certainty and majesty ...  BB We Agnostics, p.56
It poured over and through him with the certainty and majesty of a great tide at flood.


27.
  ... through his family.  BB Working With Others, p.91
When possible, avoid meeting a man through his family.


28.
  ... through his kindness and that of my ...  BB Bill's Story, p.7
My brother-in-law is a physician, and through his kindness and that of my mother I was placed in a nationally-known hospital for the mental and physical rehabilitation of alcoholics.


29.
  ... through human aid, we had but two ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.25
We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help.


30.
  ... through ignorance of markets.  BB Bill's Story, p.2
I had developed a theory that most people lost money in stocks through ignorance of markets.


31.
  ... through in singlehanded combat.  12&12 Step One, p.22
Few indeed were those who, so assailed, had ever won through in singlehanded combat.


32.
  ... through is a lot wider than you ...  12&12 Step Two, p.26
The hoop you have to jump through is a lot wider than you think.


33.
  Through it we begin to learn right ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.117
Through it we begin to learn right relations with people who understand us; we don't have to be alone any more.


34.
  ... through it, we shall see a pathway ...  12&12 Step Three, p.34
Once unlocked by willingness, the door opens almost of itself, and looking through it, we shall see a pathway beside which is an inscription.


35.
  Through many painful experiences, we think we ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
Through many painful experiences, we think we have arrived at what that policy ought to be.


36.
  ... through more sprees.  BB To Wives, p.113
Cheerfully see him through more sprees.


37.
  ... through most A.A. groups or from Box ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
(This address is now available in pamphlet form at nominal cost through most A.A. groups or from Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, under the title "Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W." -- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the Illness.")


38.
  ... through my mind.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.142
As we've been talking, five short words have been running through my mind.


39.
  ... through my window, sash and all.  BB Bill's Story, p.6
Then came the night when the physical and mental torture was so hellish I feared I would burst through my window, sash and all.


40.
  ... through no fault of her own, became ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.131
Thus mother, through no fault of her own, became accustomed to wearing the family trousers.


41.
  ... through our lives.  BB How It Works, p.65
We went back through our lives.


42.
  ... through our lives as far as memory ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
Then, as year by year we walk back through our lives as far as memory will reach, we shall be bound to construct a long list of people who have, to some extent or other, been affected.


43.
  ... through our own contributions.  Grapevine Preamble
There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions.


44.
  ... through prayer and meditation to improve our ...  BB How It Works, p.59
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.


45.
  ... through prayer and meditation to improve our ...  12&12 Contents (Step Eleven), p.8
Step Eleven -- "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."


46.
  ... through prayer and meditation to improve our ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.96
"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."


47.
  ... through self-seeking.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.151
If a group of doctors possessed a cancer cure, they might be conscience-stricken if they failed their mission through self-seeking.


48.
  ... through suffering might be all right for ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.74
Character-building through suffering might be all right for saints, but it certainly didn't appeal to us.


49.
  ... through that again!"  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
I'll never have to go through that again!"


50.
  ... through that institution.  BB A Vision For You, p.163
Arrangements were also made with the chief psychiatrist of a large public hospital to select still others from the stream of misery which flows through that institution.


51.
  ... through that night and the next day.  BB Bill's Story, p.8
With a certain satisfaction I reflected there was enough gin concealed about the house to carry me through that night and the next day.


52.
  ... through the day also, to hold his ...  BB To Wives, p.109
He sometimes drinks in the morning and through the day also, to hold his nervousness in check.


53.
  ... through the day, though I was very ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
I used to promise my wife, my friends, and my children that I would drink no more -- promises which seldom kept me sober even through the day, though I was very sincere when I made them.


54.
  ... through the day we pause, when agitated ...  BB Into Action, p.87
As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action.


55.
  ... through the day what our next step ...  BB Into Action, p.87
We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems.


56.
  ... through the emotional wringer.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.99
We won't be biased or scared off by that fact, because although he was not an alcoholic he did, like us, go through the emotional wringer.


57.
  ... through the lives of others.  BB Into Action, p.82
The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others.


58.
  ... through the local telephone directory, newspaper office, ...  BB Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
In such places, A.A. can be located through the local telephone directory, newspaper office, or police station, or by contacting local priests or ministers.


59.
  ... through the mind of every woman who ...  BB To Wives, p.108
These are some of the questions which race through the mind of every woman who has an alcoholic husband.


60.
  ... through the open and honest sharing of ...  12&12 Step Five, p.62
This feeling of being at one with God and man, this emerging from isolation through the open and honest sharing of our terrible burden of guilt, brings us to a resting place where we may prepare ourselves for the following Steps toward a full and meaningful sobriety.


61.
  ... through the receiver: "I just wanted to ...  BB To Employers, p.136
I still expected a plea for clemency, but these words came through the receiver: "I just wanted to tell you Paul jumped from a hotel window in Hartford last Saturday.


62.
  ... through the summer of 1935.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
This work at Akron continued through the summer of 1935.


63.
  ... through the town.  12&12 Tradition Four, p.148
The warmth of it all spread through the town.


64.
  ... through the well-known stages of a spree, ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again.


65.
  ... through the wringer, have to admit if ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
We, who have been through the wringer, have to admit if we substituted alcoholism for jay-walking, the illustration would fit us exactly.


66.
  ... through the years this conduct continues, accompanied ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
On through the years this conduct continues, accompanied by his continual promises to be careful or to keep off the streets altogether.


67.
  ... through the years were swept away.  BB We Agnostics, p.56
The barriers he had built through the years were swept away.


68.
  ... through their ability to elect all the ...  BB Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
VIII. The trustees are the principal planners and administrators of overall policy and finance. They have custodial oversight of the separately incorporated and constantly active services, exercising this through their ability to elect all the directors of these entities.


69.
  ... through these fallacies.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.115
As we made spiritual progress, we saw through these fallacies.


70.
  ... through this process in some degree.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.135
Nearly every oldtimer in our Society has gone through this process in some degree.


71.
  ... through times when we can pray only ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.105
All of us, without exception, pass through times when we can pray only with the greatest exertion of will.


72.
  ... through to the bottom, becoming club members; ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.148
Some would start at the top and come through to the bottom, becoming club members; others started in the club, pitched a binge, were hospitalized, then graduated to education on the third floor.


73.
  ... through Twelfth Step experiences where we will ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
We may often pass through Twelfth Step experiences where we will seem to be temporarily off the beam.


74.
  ... through us, or we perish.  BB Bill's Story, p.16
Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish.


75.
  ... through us, what He can do.  BB How It Works, p.68
Instead we let Him demonstrate, through us, what He can do.


76.
  ... through utter defeat are we able to ...  12&12 Step One, p.21
We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength.


77.
  ... through what we then called "moral psychology," ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
His alcoholic problem was so complex, and his depression so great, that we felt his only hope would be through what we then called "moral psychology," and we doubted if even that would have any effect.


78.
  ... through what you have.  BB To Wives, p.119
They need the counsel and love of a woman who has gone through what you have.


79.
  ... through which A.A. itself might survive.  12&12 Tradition One, pp.130-131
As we had once struggled and prayed for individual recovery, just so earnestly did we commence to quest for the principles through which A.A. itself might survive.


80.
  ... through which the light of reason can ...  12&12 Step Four, p.46
The problem is to help them discover a chink in the walls their ego has built, through which the light of reason can shine.


81.
  ... through which we passed to freedom.  BB How It Works, p.62
Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom.


82.
  ... through which we shall walk a free ...  BB Into Action, p.75
Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything, for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last.


83.
  ... through with a situation which might be ...  BB To Employers, p.137
We think the business fabric is shot through with a situation which might be helped by better understanding all around.


84.
  ... through with it."  BB How It Works, p.60
I can't go through with it."


85.
  ... through with it.  BB How It Works, p.67
It was an evil and corroding thread; the fabric of our existence was shot through with it.


86.
  ... through with it at the first opportunity.  BB Into Action, p.74
If that is so, this step may be postponed, only, however, if we hold ourselves in complete readiness to go through with it at the first opportunity.


87.
  ... through with liquor, or he is minus ...  BB To Employers, p.138
"Oh no," said my friend, "this chap is either through with liquor, or he is minus a job.


88.
  ... through with much hard feeling and controversy.  BB A Vision For You, p.154
The proceeding was shot through with much hard feeling and controversy.


89.
  ... through with room to spare."  12&12 Step Two, p.26
So did a friend of mine who was a one-time vice-president of the American Atheist Society, but he got through with room to spare."


90.
  ... through with the process, I had the ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
But the moment I made up my mind to go through with the process, I had the curious feeling that my alcoholic condition was relieved, as in fact it proved to be.


91.
  ... through with the Twelve Steps of the ...  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.


92.
  ... through work and self-sacrifice for others, he ...  BB Bill's Story, pp.14-15
For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead.


93.
  ... through you several families have adopted this ...  BB A Vision For You, p.153
Suppose now that through you several families have adopted this way of life.


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