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1.
... possible.   12&12 p.44, Step Four
We have drunk to escape the guilt of passions, and then have drunk again to make more passions possible.

2.
... possible.   12&12 p.109, Step Twelve
In Step Eleven we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better, by as direct contact as possible.

3.
... possible."   12&12 p.112, Step Twelve
The A.A. answer to these questions about living is "Yes, all of these things are possible."

4.
... possible.   12&12 p.16, Foreword
The second section of this volume, though designed for A.A.'s membership, will give such inquirers an inside view of A.A. never before possible.

5.
... possible.   12&12 p.17, Foreword
This established identification with alcoholic readers and proved to them that the virtually impossible had now become possible.

6.
... possible.   12&12 p.168, Tradition Eight
The job was not to do Twelfth Step work; it was to make Twelfth Step work possible.

7.
... possible.   12&12 p.168, Tradition Eight
She was not professionalizing the Twelfth Step; she was just making it possible.


8.
... possible.   BB p.62, How It Works   Go to page 62 in the Big Book
God makes that possible.


9.
... possible.   BB p.91, Working With Others   Go to page 91 in the Big Book
See your man alone, if possible.


10.
... possible, and we only smiled.   BB p.55, We Agnostics   Go to page 55 in the Big Book
They said God made these things possible, and we only smiled.

11.
... possible answer.   12&12 p.187, Tradition Twelve
At this altitude (press, radio, films, and television), anonymity -- 100 percent anonymity -- was the only possible answer.

12.
... possible as a solution.   12&12 p.45, Step Four
As we morbidly pursue this melancholy activity, we may sink to such a point of despair that nothing but oblivion looks possible as a solution.

13.
... possible attitude one can take in order ...   12&12 p.65, Step Six
So Step Six -- "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character" -- is A.A.'s way of stating the best possible attitude one can take in order to make a beginning on this lifetime job.


14.
... possible, avoid meeting a man through his ...   BB p.91, Working With Others   Go to page 91 in the Big Book
When possible, avoid meeting a man through his family.


15.
... possible, by substantial unanimity; that its actions ...   BB p.575, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion, vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that it never perform acts of government, and that, like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and action.


16.
... possible committees, corporate service directors, executives, staffs, ...   BB p.575, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
XI. The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives, staffs, and consultants.

17.
... possible, except when to do so would ...   12&12 p.83, Step Nine
"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."


18.
... possible, except when to do so would ...   BB p.59, How It Works   Go to page 59 in the Big Book
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.


19.
... possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a ...   BB p.46, We Agnostics   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.


20.
... possible express a lack of hard feeling ...   BB p.142, To Employers   Go to page 142 in the Big Book
If possible express a lack of hard feeling toward him.


21.
... possible for him to be insincere.   BB p.96, Working With Others   Go to page 96 in the Big Book
You will be making it possible for him to be insincere.


22.
... possible for me to drink again.   BB p.40, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 40 in the Big Book
Let him tell you about it: "I was much impressed with what you fellows said about alcoholism, and I frankly did not believe it would be possible for me to drink again.


23.
... possible for me to earn more money, ...   BB p.177, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 177 in the Big Book
It was really a horrible nightmare, this earning money, getting liquor, smuggling it home, getting drunk, morning jitters, taking large doses of sedatives to make it possible for me to earn more money, and so on ad nauseam.

24.
... possible for the rest to earn their ...   12&12 p.155, Tradition Six
We'd gather up derelicts from skid rows, sort out those who could get well, and make it possible for the rest to earn their livelihood in a kind of quarantined confinement.


25.
... possible for us doctors to obtain, neither ...   BB p.175, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 175 in the Big Book
At that time I was not aware of the almost unlimited supply the government made it possible for us doctors to obtain, neither had I any knowledge of the bootlegger who soon appeared on the horizon.

26.
... possible for us to receive God's help.   12&12 p.98, Step Eleven
It is a step in the development of that kind of humility that makes it possible for us to receive God's help.


27.
... possible for you to become quite sure ...   BB p.139, To Employers   Go to page 139 in the Big Book
Drinking occasionally, and understanding your own reactions, it is possible for you to become quite sure of many things which, so far as the alcoholic is concerned, are not always so.


28.
... possible historic value, it is also reproduced.   BB p.561(563), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Because the "long form" is more explicit and of possible historic value, it is also reproduced.

29.
... possible in a given set of conditions.   12&12 p.87, Step Nine
But all of them do require a complete willingness to make amends as fast and as far as may be possible in a given set of conditions.

30.
... possible is the purpose of A.A.'s Twelve ...   12&12 p.40, Step Three
To make this increasingly possible is the purpose of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, and Step Three opens the door.


31.
... possible, let your husband explain.   BB p.115, To Wives   Go to page 115 in the Big Book
Whenever possible, let your husband explain.


32.
... possible means of recovery.   BB xxv(xxiii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
In the course of his third treatment he acquired certain ideas concerning a possible means of recovery.


33.
... possible medical attention, he should understand that ...   BB p.143, To Employers   Go to page 143 in the Big Book
Though you are providing him with the best possible medical attention, he should understand that he must undergo a change of heart.

34.
... possible or due us, that is the ...   12&12 p.65, Step Six
When they drive us blindly, or we willfully demand that they supply us with more satisfactions or pleasures than are possible or due us, that is the point at which we depart from the degree of perfection that God wishes for us here on earth.

35.
... possible organization."   12&12 p.172, Tradition Nine
When Tradition Nine was first written, it said that "Alcoholics Anonymous needs the least possible organization."

36.
... possible organization.   12&12 p.191, Tradition Nine (Long)
Nine -- Each A.A. group needs the least possible organization.


37.
... possible organization.   BB p.565(567), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
9. Each A.A. group needs the least possible organization.


38.
... possible organization, even in our service centers.   BB xix, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
There was to be the least possible organization, even in our service centers.

39.
... possible, perhaps arranging for the coffee and ...   12&12 p.110, Step Twelve
We can be the ones who take on the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the coffee and cake after the meetings, where so many skeptical, suspicious newcomers have found confidence and comfort in the laughter and talk.

40.
... possible public relations policy for Alcoholics Anonymous.   12&12 p.180, Tradition Eleven
Therefore, a great responsibility fell upon us to develop the best possible public relations policy for Alcoholics Anonymous.

41.
... possible relations with every human being we ...   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.


42.
... possible slip.   BB p.181, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 181 in the Big Book
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.

43.
... possible source of emotional stability to be ...   12&12 p.116, Step Twelve
When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself.


44.
... possible that all the religious people I ...   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?"

45.
... possible that no deep-lying emotional handicap in ...   12&12 p.119, Step Twelve
They need to be as sure as possible that no deep-lying emotional handicap in either will be likely to rise up under later pressures to cripple them.

46.
... possible to anyone.   12&12 p.34, Step Three
We saw that we were powerless over alcohol, but we also perceived that faith of some kind, if only in A.A. itself, is possible to anyone.


47.
... possible to dig up past misdeeds so ...   BB p.124, The Family Afterward   Go to page 124 in the Big Book
It is possible to dig up past misdeeds so they become a blight, a veritable plague.


48.
... possible to have a full and useful ...   BB p.111, To Wives   Go to page 111 in the Big Book
It is possible to have a full and useful life, though your husband continues to drink.


49.
... possible, to stick to our own stories.   BB p.125, The Family Afterward   Go to page 125 in the Big Book
We find it better, when possible, to stick to our own stories.

50.
... possible, to times deliberately set aside for ...   12&12 p.91, Step Ten
The consideration of long-standing difficulties had better be postponed, when possible, to times deliberately set aside for that purpose.

51.
... possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, ...   12&12 p.117, Step Twelve
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at some time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.


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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