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1.
... know."
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
That's what I
want to
know."
2.
... know.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Not a
soul must ever
know.
3.
... know.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
Perhaps we shall
need to
share with this
person facts about ourselves which no others ought to
know.
4.
... know.
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a
look backward and
try to
discover where we have been at
fault;
next we make a
vigorous attempt to
repair the
damage we have
done; and
third, having thus
cleaned away the
debris of
the
past, we
consider how,
with our
newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may
develop the
best possible relations with
every
human being we
know.
5.
... know.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
6.
... know.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
7.
... know."
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
Hence we are at
pains to tell why we
think our
present faith is
reasonable, why
we
think it more
sane and
logical to
believe than not
to
believe, why we say our
former thinking was
soft and
mushy when we
threw up our
hands in
doubt and said, "We don't
know."
8.
... know a
new freedom and a new ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
We are
going to
know a new
freedom and a new
happiness.
9.
... know a
single line of our parts.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
It was as if we were
actors on a
stage,
suddenly realizing that we did not
know a
single line of our
parts.
10.
... know about
anyhow.
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
11.
... know about
his drinking, and that it ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
State that you
know about his
drinking, and that it
must
stop.
12.
... know about
this sort of streamlining.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
13.
... know all
about liquor as a social ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
We
know all about
liquor as
a
social lubricant.
14.
... know all
about our drinking, and who ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
We shall at once
think of a few people who
know all about our
drinking, and
who have been most
affected by it.
15.
... know all
about the drinking game, commence ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
When he sees you
know all about the
drinking game,
commence to
describe yourself as an
alcoholic.
16.
... know and
admit the truth about ourselves ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
We'd have to have
outside help if we were
surely to
know and
admit the
truth about ourselves -- the
help of
God and another
human being.
17.
... know but
few instances where we have ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
We
know but few
instances
where we have
given these
doctors a
fair break.
18.
... know, demands
rigorous honesty.
BB p.145,
To Employers
In
fact, he may say almost anything if he has
accepted our
solution
which, as you
know,
demands
rigorous honesty.
19.
... know Ed
foregather, they exclaim, "What if ...
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
20.
... know God's
will for the person for ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
Such
prayers, of
course,
are
fundamentally good acts, but often they are
based upon a
supposition
that we
know God's will for the
person for whom we
pray.
21.
... know had
remarried.
BB p.79,
Into Action
A
man we
know had
remarried.
22.
... know happiness,
peace, and usefulness, in a ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
I was to
know happiness,
peace, and
usefulness,
in a way of
life that is
incredibly more
wonderful as
time passes.
23.
... know Him
better.
BB p.75,
Into Action
We
thank God from the
bottom of our
heart that we
know Him
better.
24.
... know how
hard up you are, Bill.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
'We
know how
hard up you are,
Bill.
25.
... know how
he feels.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
26.
... know how
to begin?
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
But what about the
rest of us who,
less fortunate, don't even
know how to
begin?
27.
... know how
to get well, ah -- yes, ...
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
But what about his
responsibilities --
his
family and the
men who
would
die because they would not
know how to get well,
ah -- yes, those
other
alcoholics?
28.
... know how
to handle situations which used ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
We will
intuitively know how to
handle situations which used to
baffle us.
29.
... know how
to make progress in the ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
He
asks only that we
try as
best we
know how to make
progress in the
building
of
character.
30.
... know how
wrong thinking and action have ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
If we have
swept the
searchlight of
Step Four back and
forth over our
careers, and it has
revealed in
stark relief those
experiences
we'd rather not
remember, if we have
come to
know how
wrong thinking and
action have
hurt us and others,
then the
need to
quit living by ourselves with those
tormenting ghosts of
yesterday gets more
urgent
than ever.
31.
... know how
you got well.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Even though your
protégé may not have
entirely admitted his
condition, he has
become
very
curious to
know how
you got well.
32.
... know I
must get along without liquor, ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
I
know I
must get along
without
liquor, but how can I?
33.
... know if
her husband's company insurance was ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
She
wanted to
know if her
husband's
company insurance was still in
force.
34.
... know immediately
what he was trying to ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
35.
... know in
every detail where we have ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
If the
Creator gave us our
lives in the
first place,
then He
must know in every
detail where we have since
gone
wrong.
36.
... know, in
my own particular case, that ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
I
know, in my
own particular case, that
nothing my
company could
have done would have
stopped me for, so
long as I was able to
hold my
position, I could not
possibly realize how
serious my
situation was.
37.
... know it.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
In
time they will see that he is a new
man and in their
own way they will
let him
know it.
38.
... know it
anyway, whether we think so ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
Telling them what we are
trying to do, we make no
bones
about our
drinking; they usually
know it anyway, whether we
think so
or not.
39.
... know, it
is nowhere on the record ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
So far as we
know, it is
nowhere on the
record that
God has
completely removed from any
human being
all his
natural drives.
40.
... know it
-- this utter inability to leave ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
This is the
baffling feature of
alcoholism as
we
know it -- this
utter inability to
leave it
alone, no
matter how
great
the
necessity or the
wish.
41.
... know it
would stop.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
If
nobody does the
group's
chores, if the
area's
telephone rings unanswered, if we do not
reply to our
mail, then
A.A. as we
know it would
stop.
42.
... know little
of where I went or ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I
know little of where I
went or what I said and did.
43.
... know loneliness
such as few do.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
Then he will
know loneliness such as few do.
44.
... know more
about alcoholism.
BB p.141,
To Employers
You now
know more about
alcoholism.
45.
... know more
of how to proceed from ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
You will
want to
know more of
how to
proceed from that
point.
46.
... know more
than ever I can't stop."
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
From what you tell me, I
know more than ever I can't
stop."
47.
... know nothing
of alcoholism might be made ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
48.
... know of
an A.A. member who was ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
We
know of an
A.A. member who was
living in a
large community.
49.
... know of
it.
BB p.120,
To Wives
You
need not
remind him of
his
spiritual deficiency -- he will
know
of it.
50.
... know of
many cases where this difficulty ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
We do not
know of many
cases
where this
difficulty lasted long.
51.
... know of
situations in which the alcoholic ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
For
example, we
know of
situations in which the
alcoholic or his
wife have
had
love affairs.
52.
... know only
a little.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
We
realize we
know only a
little.
53.
... know or
can learn.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
The
key words "
entirely ready"
underline the
fact that we
want to
aim at the very
best we
know or can
learn.
54.
... know, or
we depend upon them far ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
Either we
insist upon
dominating the people we
know, or we
depend upon them far
too much.
55.
... know our
friend is like a boy ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
We
know our
friend is like a
boy whistling in the
dark to
keep up his
spirits.
56.
... know peace.
BB p.84,
Into Action
We will
comprehend the
word serenity and we will
know peace.
57.
... know scores
of cases who were of ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
I
personally know scores of
cases who were of
the
type with whom other
methods had
failed completely.
58.
... know, should
we tell her?
BB p.81,
Into Action
If we are
sure our
wife does
not
know, should we tell her?
59.
... know that
God lovingly watches over us.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
We
know that
God lovingly watches over us.
60.
... know that
he can stop if he ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
And now you
know that he can
stop if he will!
61.
... know that,"
he said.
12&12 p.159,
Tradition Six
"I know that," he said.
62.
... know that
here was haven at last.
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
The
expression on the
faces of the
women, that
indefinable something in the
eyes of the
men, the
stimulating and
electric atmosphere of
the place,
conspired to let him
know that here was
haven at
last.
63.
... know that
little good can come to ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
64.
... know that
no real alcoholic ever recovers ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
65.
... know that
our Society will perish if ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
In this
respect, we do not
enter into
public controversy, because we
know that our
Society will
perish if it does.
66.
... know that
the pains of drinking had ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
How
heartily we
A.A.'s can
agree with him, for we
know
that the
pains of
drinking had to
come before
sobriety, and
emotional turmoil before
serenity.
67.
... know that
their compatibility at spiritual, mental, ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
68.
... know that
they must never drink.
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
They
know that they
must never drink.
69.
... know that
thousands of these sometimes frightening ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
How could we
know that
thousands of these sometimes
frightening people were to make
astonishing recoveries and
become our
greatest workers and
intimate friends?
70.
... know that
when we turn to Him, ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
We
know that when we
turn to
Him, all will be well with us, here and
hereafter.
71.
... know that
while the alcoholic keeps away ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
We
know that while the
alcoholic keeps away from
drink, as he may do for
months or
years, he
reacts much like other
men.
72.
... know the
difference.
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.
73.
... know the
difference.
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.
74.
... know the
nature of his illness.
BB p.115,
To Wives
While you
need not
discuss
your
husband at
length,
you can
quietly let your
friends know the
nature of his
illness.
75.
... know the
necessities before considering the result.
BB p.140,
To Employers
76.
... know the
problem.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
He'd
certainly know the
problem.
77.
... know the
subject better, as everyone should ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
You
think he ought to
know
the
subject better, as
everyone should have a
clear
understanding of the
risk he
takes if he
drinks too much.
78.
... know them,
the entire absence of profit ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
79.
... know there's
a way out.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
Under these
compulsions of
self-
preservation,
duty, and
love, it is not
strange that our
Society
has
concluded that it has but one
high mission -- to
carry the
A.A. message to those who don't
know there's a way out.
80.
... know there
are difficult wives and families, ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
We
know there are
difficult wives and
families, but the
man who is
getting over
alcoholism must remember he did much to make them so.
81.
... know these
suggestions are sometimes difficult to ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
We
know these
suggestions are sometimes
difficult to
follow, but
you will
save many a
heartbreak if you can
succeed in
observing
them.
82.
... know they
are not to change their ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
Let your
friends know they
are not to
change their
habits on your
account.
83.
... know this
because we see monotony, pain, ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
We
know this because we see
monotony,
pain, and even
calamity turned to
good use by those who
keep on
trying to
practice A.A.'s
Twelve Steps.
84.
... know thousands
of men and women who ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
We, of
Alcoholics Anonymous,
know thousands of
men and
women who were once just as
hopeless as
Bill.
85.
... know to
be good for us.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
We should
simply resume prayer as soon as we can, doing what we
know to be
good for us.
86.
... know we
are sorry.
BB p.78,
Into Action
Arranging the
best deal we can we let these people
know we are
sorry.
87.
... know we
can seldom keep the precious ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
It is the
great paradox of
A.A. that we
know we can
seldom keep the
precious gift of
sobriety unless we
give it away.
88.
... know what
it's all about, and that ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
He may tell
mother, who has been
religious all her
life, that
she doesn't
know what it's all about, and that she
had
better get his
brand of
spirituality while there is
yet time.
89.
... know what
it means to give of ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Then you will
know what it
means to
give of
yourself that others may
survive and
rediscover
life.
90.
... know what
to tell the children.
BB p.115,
To Wives
You do not
know what to tell the
children.
91.
... know what's
wrong.'
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
But from what you've told me about
yourself and
your
problems and how you
propose to
lick them, I
think I
know what's
wrong.'
92.
... know what
you are thinking.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
We
know what you are
thinking.
93.
... know where
he is and what he ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
Your
desire to
protect
him should not
cause you to
lie to people when they have a
right to
know where he is and
what he is doing.
94.
... know who
the woman is and where ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
She will
want to
know who the
woman is and where she is.
95.
... know why
they do it.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
But in their
hearts they really do not
know why they do it.
96.
... know women
who are unafraid, even happy ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
We
know women who are
unafraid, even
happy under
these
conditions.
97.
... know women
who have done it.
BB p.114,
To Wives
We
know women who have done
it.
98.
... know you
are available if he wishes ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
Let him
know you are
available if he
wishes to
make a
decision and tell his
story, but do not
insist upon
it if he
prefers to
consult someone else.
99.
... know you
have no quarrel with the ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
You might let them
know you have no
quarrel with the
alcoholics of your
organization.
100.
... know you
will not want to miss ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
We
know you will not
want to
miss it.
101.
... know your
stuff all right, but I ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
You
fellows know your
stuff all
right, but I don't
see what
good it'll do.
102.
... know you're
telling me the truth.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
"Well," says the
newcomer, "I
know you're
telling me the
truth.
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