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


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1.
... known!   BB p.11, Bill's Story   Go to page 11 in the Big Book
Then he had, in effect, been raised from the dead, suddenly taken from the scrap heap to a level of life better than the best he had ever known!


2.
... known.   BB p.14, Bill's Story   Go to page 14 in the Big Book
There was a sense of victory, followed by such a peace and serenity as I had never known.


3.
... known.   BB p.78, Into Action   Go to page 78 in the Big Book
We have already admitted this in confidence to another person, but we are sure we would be imprisoned or lose our job if it were known.


4.
... known.   BB p.137, To Employers   Go to page 137 in the Big Book
I had been obliged to discharge him for drinking, though he was brilliant, alert, and one of the best organizers I have ever known.


5.
... known a spiritual experience.   BB p.56, We Agnostics   Go to page 56 in the Big Book
One night, when confined in a hospital, he was approached by an alcoholic who had known a spiritual experience.


6.
... known accounting firm.   BB p.39, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 39 in the Big Book
Fred is partner in a well known accounting firm.


7.
... known American psychiatrists.   BB p.26, There Is A Solution   Go to page 26 in the Big Book
He had consulted the best known American psychiatrists.


8.
... known are wrong?"   BB p.56, We Agnostics   Go to page 56 in the Big Book
But later, alone in his room, he asked himself this question: "Is it possible that all the religious people I have known are wrong?"

9.
... known as "two-stepping."   12&12 p.113, Step Twelve
In A.A. slang, that blissful state is known as "two-stepping."


10.
... known doctor, chief physician at a nationally ...   BB xxv(xxiii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
A well-known doctor, chief physician at a nationally prominent hospital specializing in alcoholic and drug addiction, gave Alcoholics Anonymous this letter:

11.
... known from the very beginning that we ...   12&12 p.176, Tradition Ten
As by some deep instinct, we A.A.'s have known from the very beginning that we must never, no matter what the provocation, publicly take sides in any fight, even a worthy one.


12.
... known him before.   BB xxxi(xxix), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
I talked with him for some time, but was not able to bring myself to feel that I had known him before.


13.
... known hospital for the mental and physical ...   BB p.7, Bill's Story   Go to page 7 in the Big Book
My brother-in-law is a physician, and through his kindness and that of my mother I was placed in a nationally-known hospital for the mental and physical rehabilitation of alcoholics.


14.
... known hospital for the treatment of alcoholic ...   BB p.162, A Vision For You   Go to page 161 in the Big Book
In one of these there is a well-known hospital for the treatment of alcoholic and drug addiction.

15.
... known in A.A. slang as "elder statesmen" ...   12&12 p.135, Tradition Two
Ultimately, they divide into two classes known in A.A. slang as "elder statesmen" and "bleeding deacons."


16.
... known lawyer in town, but just now ...   BB p.156, A Vision For You   Go to page 156 in the Big Book
Understand he was once a well-known lawyer in town, but just now we've got him strapped down tight.(*)


17.
... known means to get the jay-walking idea ...   BB p.38, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 38 in the Big Book
He tries every known means to get the jay-walking idea out of his head.

18.
... known only excitement, depression, or anxiety -- in ...   12&12 p.74, Step Seven
To those of us who have hitherto known only excitement, depression, or anxiety -- in other words, to all of us -- this newfound peace is a priceless gift.


19.
... known remedy.   BB p.137, To Employers   Go to page 137 in the Big Book
Some employers have tried every known remedy.


20.
... known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, ...   BB xxix(xxvii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again.

21.
... known surgeon and a New York broker.   12&12 p.16, Foreword
Alcoholics Anonymous began in 1935 at Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a meeting between a well-known surgeon and a New York broker.

22.
... known that no one can make much ...   12&12 p.88, Step Ten
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.


23.
... known these strangers always.   BB p.161, A Vision For You   Go to page 161 in the Big Book
They knew they had a host of new friends; it seemed they had known these strangers always.


24.
... known to man, religion and that instinct ...   BB p.569(571), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Dr. Foster Kennedy, neurologist: "This organization of Alcoholics Anonymous calls on two of the greatest reservoirs of power known to man, religion and that instinct for association with one's fellows ... the 'herd instinct.'


25.
... known to raise the very devil.   BB p.125, The Family Afterward   Go to page 125 in the Big Book
Members of a family should watch such matters carefully, for one careless, inconsiderate remark has been known to raise the very devil.


26.
... known to the authorities.   BB p.78, Into Action   Go to page 78 in the Big Book
Perhaps we have committed a criminal offense which might land us in jail if it were known to the authorities.

27.
... known today, were borrowed mainly from the ...   12&12 p.16, Foreword
The basic principles of A.A., as they are known today, were borrowed mainly from the fields of religion and medicine, though some ideas upon which success finally depended were the result of noting the behavior and needs of the Fellowship itself.


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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