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

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APPEAR   occurs   13 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... appear.   BB p.105, To Wives   Go to page 105 in the Big Book
We seldom had friends at our homes, never knowing how or when the men of the house would appear.

2.
... appear as big setbacks at the time, ...   12&12 p.111, Step Twelve
These will appear as big setbacks at the time, but will be seen later as stepping-stones to better things.

3.
... appear at an A.A. business meeting and ...   12&12 p.177, Tradition Ten
A corporation director who had just voted a company expenditure of a hundred thousand dollars would appear at an A.A. business meeting and blow his top over an outlay of twenty-five dollars' worth of needed postage stamps.


4.
... appear at hospitals and sanitariums.   BB p.22, There Is A Solution   Go to page 22 in the Big Book
Then he begins to appear at hospitals and sanitariums.

5.
... appear before civic organizations, church groups, and ...   12&12 p.186, Tradition Twelve
Soon, groups began to receive requests for A.A. speakers to appear before civic organizations, church groups, and medical societies.


6.
... appear somewhat sentimental, let them stand with ...   BB xxviii(xxvi), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for alcoholics we appear somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged this movement.

7.
... appear that A.A. consists mainly of racking ...   12&12 p.125, Step Twelve
We have been considering so many problems that it may appear that A.A. consists mainly of racking dilemmas and troubleshooting.

8.
... appear that A.A. was now backing education ...   12&12 p.158, Tradition Six
It would be bound to appear that A.A. was now backing education -- liquor trade association style.

9.
... appear to be an impossible job from ...   12&12 p.73, Step Seven
We will want to be rid of some of these defects, but in some instances this will appear to be an impossible job from which we recoil.


10.
... appear to be any kind of treatment ...   BB p.30, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 30 in the Big Book
Neither does there appear to be any kind of treatment which will make alcoholics of our kind like other men.


11.
... appear to be in the nature of ...   BB p.27, There Is A Solution   Go to page 27 in the Big Book
They appear to be in the nature of huge emotional displacements and rearrangements.


12.
... appear to be of extreme medical importance; ...   BB xxv(xxiii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
These facts appear to be of extreme medical importance; because of the extraordinary possibilities of rapid growth inherent in this group they may mark a new epoch in the annals of alcoholism.


13.
... appear to have recovered.   BB xxv(xxiii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
This man and over one hundred others appear to have recovered.


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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