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

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WORD   occurs   27 times 12 in BB  •  15 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   words
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1.
  ... word.  BB Foreword to First Edition, pp.xiii-xiv
We are not an organization in the conventional sense of the word.


2.
  ... word.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.106
The joy of living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step, and action is its key word.


3.
  ... word.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
This is Twelfth Step work in the very best sense of the word.


4.
  ... word.  12&12 Tradition Four, p.146
Autonomy is a ten-dollar word.


5.
  ... word about sex relations.  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
A word about sex relations.


6.
  ... word and as an ideal, has a ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.70
Humility, as a word and as an ideal, has a very bad time of it in our world.


7.
  ... word and trying to take in the ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.99
As beginners in meditation, we might now reread this prayer several times very slowly, savoring every word and trying to take in the deep meaning of each phrase and idea.


8.
  ... word "blame" from our speech and thought.  12&12 Step Four, p.47
Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our speech and thought.


9.
  ... word "dependence" is as distasteful to many ...  12&12 Step Three, p.38
We realize that the word "dependence" is as distasteful to many psychiatrists and psychologists as it is to alcoholics.


10.
  ... word "fear" is bracketed alongside the difficulties ...  BB How It Works, p.67
Notice that the word "fear" is bracketed alongside the difficulties with Mr. Brown, Mrs. Jones, the employer, and the wife.


11.
  ... word for that, too; we call it ...  12&12 Step Six, p.67
When gluttony is less than ruinous, we have a milder word for that, too; we call it "taking our comfort."


12.
  ... word "God" brought up a particular idea ...  BB We Agnostics, p.45
To others, the word "God" brought up a particular idea of Him with which someone had tried to impress them during childhood.


13.
  ... word God still aroused a certain antipathy.  BB Bill's Story, p.12
The word God still aroused a certain antipathy.


14.
  ... word "harm" in a practical way, we ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.80
To define the word "harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual damage to people.


15.
  ... word, in the mind of a rationalizing ...  12&12 Step Six, p.69
That word, in the mind of a rationalizing alcoholic, could certainly be given a long-term meaning.


16.
  ... word, is needed or wanted.  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.


17.
  ... word itself is often intensely disliked.  12&12 Step Seven, p.70
Not only is the idea misunderstood; the word itself is often intensely disliked.


18.
  ... word may be, we call this plain ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
Whatever the precise definition of the word may be, we call this plain insanity.


19.
  ... word of mouth.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
New groups started up and it was found, to the astonishment of everyone, that A.A.'s message could be transmitted in the mail as well as by word of mouth.


20.
  ... word-of-mouth method was too limited.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.186
But it became apparent that the word-of-mouth method was too limited.


21.
  ... word often misunderstood.  12&12 Step Five, p.58
Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another human being is humility -- a word often misunderstood.


22.
  ... word on this subject, but so far ...  BB To Employers, p.144
By no means do we offer it as the last word on this subject, but so far as we are concerned, it has worked with us.


23.
  ... word serenity and we will know peace.  BB Into Action, pp.83-84
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.


24.
  ... word somehow touches about every aspect of ...  BB How It Works, p.67
This short word somehow touches about every aspect of our lives.


25.
  ... word 'spiritual' out of my mouth than ...  12&12 Tradition Five, pp.152-153
I'd no sooner got the word 'spiritual' out of my mouth than he pounced.


26.
  ... word, the alpha and the omega, the ...  BB We Agnostics, p.49
Instead of regarding ourselves as intelligent agents, spearheads of God's ever advancing Creation, we agnostics and atheists chose to believe that our human intelligence was the last word, the alpha and the omega, the beginning and end of all.


27.
  ... word was said.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.142
Not another word was said.


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