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

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TRY   occurs   77 times 37 in BB  •  40 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... try.  BB There Is A Solution, p.28
If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we may form a relationship upon simple and understandable terms as soon as we are willing and honest enough to try.


2.
  ... try.  BB To Wives, p.111
You may be unable to do so, no matter how hard you try.


3.
  ... try.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.153
I don't even want to try.


4.
  ... try.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
We of Alcoholics Anonymous could not be all things to all men, nor should we try.


5.
  ... try again.  BB Working With Others, p.96
Search out another alcoholic and try again.


6.
  ... try and get them to see it!(*)  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
But try and get them to see it!(*)


7.
  ... try and help me and to help ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.152
"Still dubious, he demanded, 'Do you really mean the only reason you are here is to try and help me and to help yourself?'


8.
  ... try as best we know how to ...  12&12 Step Six, p.65
He asks only that we try as best we know how to make progress in the building of character.


9.
  ... try beer and wine?"  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
"Why don't you try beer and wine?"


10.
  ... try, exactly how can he turn his ...  12&12 Step Three, p.35
No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can he turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is?


11.
  ... try for better things tomorrow will be ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.95
An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude for blessings received, and a willingness to try for better things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek.


12.
  ... try hard to seek them out.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.120
Yes -- whenever they try hard to seek them out.


13.
  ... try, however falteringly, to find and do ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
And we will be comforted and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and do the will of our own Creator.


14.
  ... try humility in seeking the removal of ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
It is really saying to us that we now ought to be willing to try humility in seeking the removal of our other shortcomings just as we did when we admitted that we were powerless over alcohol, and came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.


15.
  ... try it by himself for once; maybe ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.144
"Leave him alone! Let him try it by himself for once; maybe he'll learn a lesson!"


16.
  Try it more than once.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Try it more than once.


17.
  ... try leaving liquor alone for one year.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
If anyone questions whether he has entered this dangerous area, let him try leaving liquor alone for one year.


18.
  Try not to condemn your alcoholic husband ...  BB To Wives, p.108
Try not to condemn your alcoholic husband no matter what he says or does.


19.
  ... try not to indulge in cynicism over ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders.


20.
  ... try our method, unless the doctor thinks ...  BB To Wives, p.114
If he is already committed to an institution, but can convince you and your doctor that he means business, give him a chance to try our method, unless the doctor thinks his mental condition too abnormal or dangerous.


21.
  ... try our program, for nothing will be ...  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.


22.
  ... try our suggestions.  BB To Wives, p.104
There is every evidence that women regain their health as readily as men if they try our suggestions.


23.
  ... try repeatedly Step Six on all his ...  12&12 Step Six, p.63
He goes on to explain that any person capable of enough willingness and honesty to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.


24.
  ... try some controlled drinking.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking.


25.
  ... try some more controlled drinking, bearing in ...  12&12 Step One, p.23
Why don't you try some more controlled drinking, bearing in mind meanwhile what we have told you about alcoholism?"


26.
  ... try the old game again, for he ...  BB A Vision For You, p.152
He will presently try the old game again, for he isn't happy about his sobriety.


27.
  ... try the program, the process has begun.  12&12 Step Nine, p.83
The moment we tell our families that we are really going to try the program, the process has begun.


28.
  ... try this.  12&12 Step Five, p.57
It seems plain that the grace of God will not enter to expel our destructive obsessions until we are willing to try this.


29.
  ... try this.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.134
Every one of them may be promptly eliminated at the next election if they try this.


30.
  ... try to answer for you.  BB To Wives, p.110
His case presents additional questions which we shall try to answer for you.


31.
  ... try to arrange a man's life so ...  BB To Wives, p.120
We never, never try to arrange a man's life so as to shield him from temptation.


32.
  ... try to ask for those right things ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
Having opened our channel as best we can, we try to ask for those right things of which we and others are in the greatest need.


33.
  ... try to avoid harming third parties, whoever ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.86
And even in those cases where such a matter must be discussed, let's try to avoid harming third parties, whoever they may be.


34.
  ... try to be absolutely sure that we ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.87
Above all, we should try to be absolutely sure that we are not delaying because we are afraid.


35.
  ... try to be humbly grateful and exert ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
When by devoted service to family, friends, business, or community we attract widespread affection and are sometimes singled out for posts of greater responsibility and trust, we try to be humbly grateful and exert ourselves the more in a spirit of love and service.


36.
  ... try to build.  12&12 Step Four, p.49
These fears are the termites that ceaselessly devour the foundations of whatever sort of life we try to build.


37.
  ... try to bypass Step Five.  12&12 Step Five, p.55
So intense, though, is our fear and reluctance to do this, that many A.A.'s at first try to bypass Step Five.


38.
  ... try to carry A.A.'s message.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
If our turn comes to speak at a meeting, we again try to carry A.A.'s message.


39.
  ... try to change our plan.  BB Into Action, pp.74-75
It is important that he be able to keep a confidence; that he fully understand and approve what we are driving at; that he will not try to change our plan.


40.
  ... try to cover up those feelings of ...  12&12 Step Four, p.51
Did I try to cover up those feelings of inadequacy by bluffing, cheating, lying, or evading responsibility?


41.
  ... try to discover where we have been ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.77
First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know.


42.
  ... try to do by what he called ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
This he would try to do by what he called self-forgetting.


43.
  ... try to do in the future.  BB Into Action, p.79
He told her what he would try to do in the future.


44.
  ... try to do much the same thing?  12&12 Step Eleven, p.100
And though sober nowadays, don't we often try to do much the same thing?


45.
  ... try to dominate the whole family, either ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.81
What happens when we try to dominate the whole family, either by a rule of iron or by a constant outpouring of minute directions for just how their lives should be lived from hour to hour?


46.
  Try to drink and stop abruptly.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Try to drink and stop abruptly.


47.
  ... try to forget.  BB To Wives, p.106
Next day they would be themselves again and we would forgive and try to forget.


48.
  ... try to give them advice about their ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
Perhaps we try to give them advice about their affairs which we aren't really competent to give or ought not give at all.


49.
  ... try to give up our natural desires ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.187
Moved by the spirit of anonymity, we try to give up our natural desires for personal distinction as A.A. members both among fellow alcoholics and before the general public.


50.
  Try to have him bring up the ...  BB To Wives, p.111
Try to have him bring up the subject himself.


51.
  ... try to have it.  12&12 Step Six, pp.65-66
The best we can do, with all the honesty that we can summon, is to try to have it.


52.
  ... try to have your husband read this ...  BB To Wives, p.114
In any event, try to have your husband read this book.


53.
  ... try to help him about getting a ...  BB Working With Others, p.96
If he is, you might try to help him about getting a job, or give him a little financial assistance.


54.
  ... try to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety?  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
Can we love the whole pattern of living as eagerly as we do the small segment of it we discover when we try to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety?


55.
  ... try to help other alcoholics when he ...  BB Working With Others, p.94
Make it plain he is under no obligation to you, that you hope only that he will try to help other alcoholics when he escapes his own difficulties.


56.
  ... try to help others and who will ...  BB Working With Others, p.90
You should be described to him as one of a fellowship who, as part of their own recovery, try to help others and who will be glad to talk to him if he cares to see you.


57.
  ... try to help the wife of another ...  BB To Wives, p.112
Meanwhile you might try to help the wife of another serious drinker.


58.
  ... try to hug the new treasure to ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.129
For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself.


59.
  ... try to increase the pleasure of those ...  BB Working With Others, p.102
If it is a happy occasion, try to increase the pleasure of those there; if a business occasion, go and attend to your business enthusiastically.


60.
  ... try to live by self-propulsion.  BB How It Works, p.60
Most people try to live by self-propulsion.


61.
  ... try to make our will conform with ...  12&12 Step Three, p.40
It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly.


62.
  ... try to manipulate others to our own ...  12&12 Step Four, p.53
When we habitually try to manipulate others to our own willful desires, they revolt, and resist us heavily.


63.
  ... try to move toward it.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.100
Well, meditation is like that, too; it helps to envision our spiritual objective before we try to move toward it.


64.
  ... try to pause and count your blessings.  BB To Wives, p.119
When resentful thoughts come, try to pause and count your blessings.


65.
  ... try to practice the A.A. program unless ...  12&12 Step One, p.24
The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom.


66.
  ... try to prove themselves exceptions to the ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic.


67.
  ... try to put spiritual principles to work ...  BB To Wives, p.116
Now we try to put spiritual principles to work in every department of our lives.


68.
  Try to remember that though God has ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.133
Try to remember that though God has wrought miracles among us, we should never belittle a good doctor or psychiatrist.


69.
  ... try to repair the damage immediately lest ...  BB Working With Others, p.99
But we must try to repair the damage immediately lest we pay the penalty by a spree.


70.
  ... try to see what its inner essence ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
Once more we read our prayer, and again try to see what its inner essence is.


71.
  ... try to stop making unreasonable demands upon ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
We can try to stop making unreasonable demands upon those we love.


72.
  ... try to take advantage of your kindness.  BB To Employers, p.141
Seeing your attempt to understand and help, some men will try to take advantage of your kindness.


73.
  ... try to tell your story.  BB Working With Others, p.91
Usually the family should not try to tell your story.


74.
  ... try to think it through a little ...  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.


75.
  ... try to visualize how we might have ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
Here we need only recognize that we did act or think badly, try to visualize how we might have done better, and resolve with God's help to carry these lessons over into tomorrow, making, of course, any amends still neglected.


76.
  ... try with a will, or else fall ...  12&12 Step Seven, pp.73-74
But again we are driven on by the inescapable conclusion which we draw from A.A. experience, that we surely must try with a will, or else fall by the wayside.


77.
  ... try, with or without your cooperation, various ...  BB To Wives, p.109
He has begun to try, with or without your cooperation, various means of moderating or staying dry.


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