From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... know."
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
That's what I want to know."
2.
... know.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
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
Sacks of letters on every conceivable A.A. problem ranging from a lonely-heart Eskimo to the growing pains of thousands of groups must be answered by people who know.
6.
... know.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
I simply didn't know.
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.
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
In this prodigy of service, he was well assisted by Sister Ignatia at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio, one of the greatest friends our Fellowship
will ever know.
9.
... know a
new freedom and a new ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
10.
... 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.
11.
... know about
anyhow.
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
Then, for good measure, we
add dramatic descriptions of that part
of our drinking behavior which our friends
probably know about anyhow.
12.
... know about
his drinking, and that it ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
13.
... know about
this sort of streamlining.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
They wrote the Foundation(*), A.A.'s headquarters in New York, wanting to know about this sort of streamlining.
14.
... know all
about liquor as a social ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
15.
... 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.
16.
... know all
about the drinking game, commence ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
17.
... 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.
18.
... know but
few instances where we have ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
19.
... know, but
she did.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
20.
... 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.
21.
... know Ed
foregather, they exclaim, "What if ...
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
Nowadays, when oldtimers who know Ed foregather, they exclaim, "What if we had actually succeeded in throwing Ed out for blasphemy?
22.
... 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.
23.
... know had
remarried.
BB p.79,
Into Action
24.
... 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.
25.
... know Him
better.
BB p.75,
Into Action
26.
... know how
hard up you are, Bill.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
27.
... know how
he feels.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
We know how he feels.
28.
... know how
to begin?
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
29.
... 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?
30.
... know how
to handle situations which used ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
31.
... know how
to make progress in the ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
32.
... 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.
33.
... 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.
34.
... know I
must get along without liquor, ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
35.
... know I
would have been dead a ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
36.
... know if
her husband's company insurance was ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
37.
... know immediately
what he was trying to ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
38.
... 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.
39.
... 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.
40.
... know it.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
41.
... 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.
42.
... 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.
43.
... 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.
44.
... 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.
45.
... know little
of where I went or ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
46.
... know loneliness
such as few do.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
47.
... know more
about alcoholism.
BB p.141,
To Employers
48.
... know more
of how to proceed from ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
49.
... know more
than ever I can't stop."
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
50.
... know nothing
of alcoholism might be made ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
New acquaintances who
know nothing of alcoholism might be made
and thoughtful considerations given
their needs.
51.
... know of
an A.A. member who was ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
52.
... know of
it.
BB p.120,
To Wives
53.
... know of
many cases where this difficulty ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
54.
... know of
situations in which the alcoholic ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
55.
... know only
a little.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
56.
... 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.
57.
... know, or
we depend upon them far ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
58.
... know our
friend is like a boy ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
59.
... know peace.
BB p.84,
Into Action
60.
... 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.
61.
... know, should
we tell her?
BB p.81,
Into Action
62.
... know that
God lovingly watches over us.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
63.
... know that
he can stop if he ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
64.
... know that,"
he said.
12&12 p.159,
Tradition Six
"I know that," he said.
65.
... 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.
66.
... know that
little good can come to ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
We know that little good can come to any alcoholic who joins A.A. unless he has first accepted his devastating weakness
and all its consequences.
67.
... know that
no real alcoholic ever recovers ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
68.
... 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.
69.
... 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.
70.
... know that
their compatibility at spiritual, mental, ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
The prospective partners need to be solid A.A.'s and long enough acquainted to know that
their compatibility at spiritual, mental, and emotional levels is a fact and not wishful thinking.
71.
... know that
they must never drink.
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
72.
... 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?
73.
... know that
we have an answer for ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
But if you really and truly
want to quit drinking liquor for good and all, and sincerely
feel that you must have some
help, we know that we have an
answer for you.
74.
... know that
when we turn to Him, ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
75.
... 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.
76.
... 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.
77.
... know the
difference. Thy will, not mine, ...
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. Thy will, not mine, be done."
78.
... 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.
79.
... know the
necessities before considering the result.
BB p.140,
To Employers
80.
... know the
problem.
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
81.
... 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.
82.
... know them,
the entire absence of profit ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The 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.
83.
... 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.
84.
... 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.
85.
... 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.
86.
... know they
are not to change their ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
87.
... 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.
88.
... 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.
89.
... know to
be good for us.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
90.
... know we
are sorry.
BB p.78,
Into Action
91.
... 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.
92.
... 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.
93.
... know what
it means to give of ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
94.
... know what
to tell the children.
BB p.115,
To Wives
95.
... 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.'
96.
... know what
you are thinking.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
We know what you are thinking.
97.
... 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.
98.
... know who
the woman is and where ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
99.
... know why
they do it.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
100.
... know women
who are unafraid, even happy ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
101.
... know women
who have done it.
BB p.114,
To Wives
102.
... 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.
103.
... know you
have no quarrel with the ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
104.
... know you
will not want to miss ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
105.
... know your
stuff all right, but I ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
106.
... know you're
telling me the truth.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
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