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1.
... accept a spiritual remedy for his problem.    BB p.39,  More About Alcoholism   Go to page 39 in the Big Book
Fred would not believe himself an alcoholic, much less accept a spiritual remedy for his problem.

2.
... accept actual reality.    12&12 p.122,  Step Twelve
He's still ambitious, but not absurdly so, because he can now see and accept actual reality.


3.
... accept all the tenets of the Oxford ...    BB xvi,  Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Though he could not accept all the tenets of the Oxford Groups, he was convinced of the need for moral inventory, confession of personality defects, restitution to those harmed, helpfulness to others, and the necessity of belief in and dependence upon God.

4.
... accept and adjust to either without despair ...    12&12 p.112,  Step Twelve
Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride?


5.
... accept and practice spiritual principles, there is ...    BB p.97,  Working With Others   Go to page 97 in the Big Book
Should they accept and practice spiritual principles, there is a much better chance that the head of the family will recover.


6.
... accept any sort of treatment or outside ...    BB p.569(571),  Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist: "As a psychiatrist, I have thought a great deal about the relationship of my specialty to A.A. and I have come to the conclusion that our particular function can very often lie in preparing the way for the patient to accept any sort of treatment or outside help.


7.
... accept as surely true the many articles ...    BB p.47,  We Agnostics   Go to page 47 in the Big Book
But I cannot accept as surely true the many articles of faith which are so plain to him."

8.
... accept conditions I cannot change?    12&12 p.52,  Step Four
Or, if my disturbance was seemingly caused by the behavior of others, why do I lack the ability to accept conditions I cannot change?

9.
... accept direction could we set foot on ...    12&12 p.59,  Step Five
Only by discussing ourselves, holding back nothing, only by being willing to take advice and accept direction could we set foot on the road to straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility.

10.
... accept employment with outside agencies dealing with ...    12&12 p.168,  Tradition Eight
No individuals have been more buffeted by such emotional gusts than those A.A.'s bold enough to accept employment with outside agencies dealing with the alcohol problem.

11.
... accept impossible situations, seeking neither to run ...    12&12 p.31,  Step Two
We saw them calmly accept impossible situations, seeking neither to run nor to recriminate.


12.
... accept life completely on life's terms, I ...    BB p.417(449),  Acceptance   Go to page 417(449) in the Big Book
Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy.


13.
... accept much on faith, we often found ...    BB p.47,  We Agnostics   Go to page 47 in the Big Book
Besides a seeming inability to accept much on faith, we often found ourselves handicapped by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning prejudice.


14.
... accept my alcoholism, I could not stay ...    BB p.417(449),  Acceptance   Go to page 417(449) in the Big Book
Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy.

15.
... accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with ...    12&12 p.112,  Step Twelve
Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity?


16.
... accept spiritual help.    BB p.25,  There Is A Solution   Go to page 25 in the Big Book
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.


17.
... accept that person, place, thing or situation ...    BB p.417(449),  Acceptance   Go to page 417(449) in the Big Book
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.

18.
... accept the entire implication of Step Six?    12&12 p.68,  Step Six
Many will at once ask, "How can we accept the entire implication of Step Six?

19.
... accept the sober fact that it does ...    12&12 p.166,  Tradition Eight
We do not decry professionalism in other fields, but we accept the sober fact that it does not work for us.

20.
... accept the things I cannot change, courage ...    12&12 p.41,  Step Three
In all times of emotional disturbance or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

21.
... accept the things we cannot change, Courage ...    12&12 p.125,  Step Twelve
God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, Courage to change the things we can, And wisdom to know the difference.

22.
... accept what he can't.    12&12 p.119,  Step Twelve
The alcoholic, realizing what his wife has endured, and now fully understanding how much he himself did to damage her and his children, nearly always takes up his marriage responsibilities with a willingness to repair what he can and to accept what he can't.

23.
... accept what he finds, and until he ...    12&12 p.88,  Step Ten
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.


24.
... accept with eagerness what you offer.    BB p.96,  Working With Others   Go to page 96 in the Big Book
You are sure to find someone desperate enough to accept with eagerness what you offer.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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