From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... possibly be.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
2.
... possibly be
substitutes.
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are
partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
3.
... possibly can.
BB p.117,
To Wives
4.
... possibly can.
BB p.119,
To Wives
5.
... possibly have.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
If that degree of humility could enable us to
find the grace by which such a deadly obsession could be banished, then there must be
hope of the same result respecting any other problem we could possibly
have.
6.
... possibly have
been obtained through all the ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
It resulted in more favorable publicity of
Alcoholics Anonymous than could possibly have been obtained through all the arts and abilities of A.A.'s best press agents.
7.
... possibly have
had any power.
BB p.118,
To Wives
At such moments we forget that alcoholism is
an illness over which we
could not possibly have had any
power.
8.
... possibly he
can -- if he is not ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
If he sticks to the idea
that he can still control
his drinking, tell him
that possibly he can -- if he is not too alcoholic.
9.
... possibly joined
A.A. at all, so great ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
If all those rules had been
in effect everywhere,
nobody could have possibly
joined A.A. at all, so great was the sum of our anxiety and fear.
10.
... possibly make
a public statement exonerating his ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
11.
... possibly make
right.
BB p.80,
Into Action
12.
... possibly meet
our incessant demands.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
If we lean too heavily on
people, they will sooner or later fail us, for they are human,
too, and cannot possibly meet
our incessant demands.
13.
... possibly place
their common welfare first?
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
14.
... possibly realize
how serious my situation was.
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.
15.
... possibly summon
the resolution and the willingness ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
How can we possibly summon
the resolution and the willingness to get rid of such overwhelming compulsions and desires?
16.
Possibly today
will see a continuation of ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Possibly today will see a continuation of a serious and as yet unresolved problem left over from yesterday.
17.
Possibly, too,
we were still handicapped by ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Possibly, too, we were still
handicapped by many liabilities, great and small, we never knew we had.
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