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

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INDEED   occurs   21 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... indeed.   12&12 p.26, Step Two
"That," agrees the sponsor, "is a very good question indeed.

2.
... indeed.   12&12 p.37, Step Three
Therefore, we who are alcoholics can consider ourselves fortunate indeed.


3.
... indeed.   BB p.15, Bill's Story   Go to page 15 in the Big Book
Then faith would be dead indeed.


4.
... indeed.   BB p.50, We Agnostics   Go to page 50 in the Big Book
Here are thousands of men and women, worldly indeed.

5.
... indeed any man, who tries to run ...   12&12 p.103, Step Eleven
The A.A., or indeed any man, who tries to run his life rigidly by this kind of prayer, by this self-serving demand of God for replies, is a particularly disconcerting individual.

6.
... indeed are the practicing alcoholics who have ...   12&12 p.32, Step Two
Few indeed are the practicing alcoholics who have any idea how irrational they are, or seeing their irrationality, can bear to face it.

7.
... indeed, but it is bound to be ...   12&12 p.40, Step Three
More sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life.

8.
... indeed changing for the better, it is ...   12&12 p.85, Step Nine
As soon as we begin to feel confident in our new way of life and have begun, by our behavior and example, to convince those about us that we are indeed changing for the better, it is usually safe to talk in complete frankness with those who have been seriously affected, even those who may be only a little or not at all aware of what we have done to them.

9.
... indeed come a long way spiritually, and ...   12&12 p.63, Step Six
He goes on to explain that any person capable of enough willingness and honesty to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.

10.
... indeed could be said?   12&12 p.142, Tradition Three
What more indeed could be said?

11.
Indeed, God made him that way.   12&12 p.64, Step Six
Indeed, God made him that way.

12.
... indeed has been added.   12&12 p.74, Step Seven
Something new indeed has been added.


13.
... indeed inspiring to one who has labored ...   BB xxvii(xxv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
The unselfishness of these men as we have come to know them, the entire absence of profit motive, and their community spirit, is indeed inspiring to one who has labored long and wearily in this alcoholic field.


14.
... indeed miraculous.   BB p.25, There Is A Solution   Go to page 25 in the Big Book
The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous.

15.
... indeed no A.A. can give another a ...   12&12 p.132, Tradition Two
When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no board of directors who can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and enforce obedience, our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be. There must be an angle somewhere."

16.
... indeed ready to have all such defects ...   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.

17.
Indeed, the attainment of greater humility is ...   12&12 p.70, Step Seven
Indeed, the attainment of greater humility is the foundation principle of each of A.A.'s Twelve Steps.

18.
... indeed the beginning of a fatal progression.   12&12 p.23, Step One
By going back in our own drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that it was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression.

19.
... indeed the kind of giving that actually ...   12&12 p.109, Step Twelve
This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands nothing.

20.
... indeed were those who, so assailed, had ...   12&12 p.22, Step One
Few indeed were those who, so assailed, had ever won through in singlehanded combat.

21.
... indeed when we haven't done something right.   12&12 p.93, Step Ten
It's a poor day indeed when we haven't done something right.


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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