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... fully accepted them, the effect was electric.   BB p.14, Bill's Story   Go to page 14 in the Big Book
These were revolutionary and drastic proposals, but the moment I fully accepted them, the effect was electric.


2.
... fully acquainted him with my problems and ...   BB p.13, Bill's Story   Go to page 13 in the Big Book
My schoolmate visited me, and I fully acquainted him with my problems and deficiencies.


3.
... fully agree with dad's spiritual activities, they ...   BB p.129, The Family Afterward   Go to page 129 in the Big Book
Though the family does not fully agree with dad's spiritual activities, they should let him have his head.


4.
... fully apply.   BB p.38, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 38 in the Big Book
Some of you are thinking: "Yes, what you tell us is true, but it doesn't fully apply.


5.
... fully concede to our innermost selves that ...   BB p.30, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 30 in the Big Book
We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics.


6.
... fully define or comprehend that Power, which ...   BB p.46, We Agnostics   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or comprehend that Power, which is God.


7.
... fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that ...   BB p.29, There Is A Solution   Go to page 29 in the Big Book
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this thing."


8.
... fully established in an individual with alcoholic ...   BB p.24, There Is A Solution   Go to page 24 in the Big Book
When this sort of thinking is fully established in an individual with alcoholic tendencies, he has probably placed himself beyond human aid, and unless locked up, may die or go permanently insane.


9.
... Fully explained -- Appendix II.   BB p.25, There Is A Solution (Note)   Go to page 25 in the Big Book
(*) Fully explained -- Appendix II.


10.
... fully realize what it meant to be ...   BB p.155, A Vision For You   Go to page 155 in the Big Book
Painfully aware of being somehow abnormal, the man did not fully realize what it meant to be alcoholic.(*)


11.
... fully responsible.   BB p.143, To Employers   Go to page 143 in the Big Book
It is better for him to feel fully responsible.


12.
... fully right.   BB p.83, Into Action   Go to page 83 in the Big Book
There may be some wrongs we can never fully right.

13.
... fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions."   12&12 p.160, Tradition Seven
"Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions."


14.
... fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Seven -- Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.


15.
... fully solve the fear problem, or any ...   BB p.68, How It Works   Go to page 68 in the Big Book
Some of us once had great self-confidence, but it didn't fully solve the fear problem, or any other.

16.
... fully support the office.   12&12 p.164, Tradition Seven
"Maybe," some said, "the groups will never fully support the office.

17.
... fully supported by the voluntary contributions of ...   12&12 p.190, Tradition Seven (Long)
Seven -- The A.A. groups themselves ought to be fully supported by the voluntary contributions of their own members.


18.
... fully supported by the voluntary contributions of ...   BB p.564(566), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
7. The A.A. groups themselves ought to be fully supported by the voluntary contributions of their own members.

19.
... fully to eliminate our instinctual drives.   12&12 p.65, Step Six
It is nowhere evident, at least in this life, that our Creator expects us fully to eliminate our instinctual drives.


20.
... fully understand and approve what we are ...   BB p.74, Into Action   Go to page 74 in the Big Book
It is important that he be able to keep a confidence; that he fully understand and approve what we are driving at; that he will not try to change our plan.


21.
... fully understand his new way of life.   BB p.99, Working With Others   Go to page 99 in the Big Book
The wife should fully understand his new way of life.

22.
... fully understanding how much he himself did ...   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.
... fully understood the nature of the alcoholic ...   BB p.107, To Wives   Go to page 107 in the Big Book
Had we fully understood the nature of the alcoholic illness, we might have behaved differently.

24.
... fully with their Creator's desire to give ...   12&12 p.64, Step Six
Here their powerful instinct to live can cooperate fully with their Creator's desire to give them new life.


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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