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


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1.
... conclude our task is finished.   12&12 p.85, Step Nine
After taking this preliminary trial at making amends, we may enjoy such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished.

2.
... conclude that dependence of any sort must ...   12&12 p.38, Step Three
This very form of faulty dependence has caused many a rebellious alcoholic to conclude that dependence of any sort must be intolerably damaging.


3.
... conclude that others were wrong was as ...   BB p.66, How It Works   Go to page 66 in the Big Book
To conclude that others were wrong was as far as most of us ever got.

4.
... conclude that they are indeed ready to ...   12&12 p.67, Step Six
Some people, of course, may conclude that they are indeed ready to have all such defects taken from them.


5.
... conclude the period of meditation with a ...   BB p.87, Into Action   Go to page 87 in the Big Book
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.


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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