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

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WHATEVER   occurs   42 times 19 in BB  •  23 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... whatever.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
Once he started, he had no control whatever.


2.
  ... whatever.  BB We Agnostics, p.49
Actually, we used to have no reasonable conception whatever.


3.
  ... whatever.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
Concerning such matters they can express no views whatever.


4.
  ... whatever.  12&12 Step Three, p.40
This statement may surprise newcomers who have experienced nothing but constant deflation and a growing conviction that human will is of no value whatever.


5.
  ... whatever.  12&12 Step Eleven, pp.96-97
Many of us had strong logic, too, which "proved" there was no God whatever.


6.
  ... whatever.  12&12 Tradition Ten (Long), p.192
Concerning such matters they can express no views whatever.


7.
  ... whatever against the first drink.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.41
Not only had I been off guard, I had made no fight whatever against the first drink.


8.
  ... whatever can its members govern or direct ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.134
In no sense whatever can its members govern or direct the group.


9.
  ... whatever cards life deals him.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
He learns that he can be content as long as he plays well whatever cards life deals him.


10.
  ... whatever description, is a moving and fascinating ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.77
Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure.


11.
  ... whatever except the sincere desire to be ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.18
That the man who is making the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured -- these are the conditions we have found most effective.


12.
  ... whatever for them to go.  12&12 Step Two, p.28
Since both ways have proved bitterly disappointing, they have concluded there is no place whatever for them to go.


13.
  ... whatever for three years, and this in ...  BB To Employers, p.138
I pointed out that I had had nothing to drink whatever for three years, and this in the face of difficulties that would have made nine out of ten men drink their heads off.


14.
  ... whatever God he thinks there is?  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?


15.
  ... whatever -- has indeed come a long way ...  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.


16.
  ... whatever He will perform this miracle.  12&12 Step Two, p.25
Some of us won't believe in God, others can't, and still others who do believe that God exists have no faith whatever He will perform this miracle.


17.
  ... whatever; in fact, it was a total ...  12&12 Step One, p.22
Then we had been told that so far as alcohol is concerned, self-confidence was no good whatever; in fact, it was a total liability.


18.
  ... whatever in the total field of alcoholism.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
The A.A. groups, many thought, could go into business, might finance any enterprise whatever in the total field of alcoholism.


19.
  ... whatever into his system, something happens, both ...  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.


20.
  ... whatever, is unwise.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


21.
  ... whatever, is unwise.  12&12 Tradition Seven (Long), p.190
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


22.
  ... whatever it is, be done for others ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.104
It is A.A.'s experience that particularly in these cases we ought to pray that God's will, whatever it is, be done for others as well as for ourselves.


23.
  ... whatever obligations, financial or otherwise, we owe.  12&12 Step Nine, p.84
We can pay, or promise to pay, whatever obligations, financial or otherwise, we owe.


24.
  Whatever our ideal turns out to be, ...  BB How It Works, p.69
Whatever our ideal turns out to be, we must be willing to grow toward it.


25.
  Whatever our protestations, are not most of ...  BB How It Works, p.62
Whatever our protestations, are not most of us concerned with ourselves, our resentments, or our self-pity?


26.
  ... whatever our race, creed, or color are ...  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.


27.
  ... whatever over alcohol.  BB There Is A Solution, p.26
Yet he had no control whatever over alcohol.


28.
  ... whatever personal cost.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.150
In the radiance of such a miraculous discovery, any doctor would set his other ambitions aside, at whatever personal cost.


29.
  ... whatever personality traits, if any, this group ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.123
The doctors weren't trying to find how different we were from one another; they sought to find whatever personality traits, if any, this group of alcoholics had in common.


30.
  ... whatever price in humility we must pay, ...  12&12 Step Two, p.31
We soon concluded that whatever price in humility we must pay, we would pay."


31.
  ... whatever self-will has blocked you off from ...  BB How It Works, p.71
We hope you are convinced now that God can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Him.


32.
  ... whatever sort of life we try to ...  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.


33.
  ... whatever tested principles would guarantee survival.  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.


34.
  ... whatever that happens to be.  BB To Employers, p.144
We hope the doctor will tell the patient the truth about his condition, whatever that happens to be.


35.
  Whatever the defects, they have finally ambushed ...  12&12 Step Four, p.54
Whatever the defects, they have finally ambushed us into alcoholism and misery.


36.
  ... whatever the human frailties of various faiths ...  BB We Agnostics, p.49
We have learned that whatever the human frailties of various faiths may be, those faiths have given purpose and direction to millions.


37.
  Whatever the method, its object is to ...  BB To Employers, p.143
Whatever the method, its object is to thoroughly clear mind and body of the effects of alcohol.


38.
  Whatever the precise definition of the word ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
Whatever the precise definition of the word may be, we call this plain insanity.


39.
  Whatever the situation, we usually have to ...  BB Into Action, p.81
Whatever the situation, we usually have to do something about it.


40.
  ... whatever they were.  12&12 Step Four, p.47
It never occurred to us that we needed to change ourselves to meet conditions, whatever they were.


41.
  ... whatever we need to take care of ...  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.


42.
  ... whatever with becoming a lay therapist.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
There was nothing wrong whatever with becoming a lay therapist.


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