RE in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

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rationalize

rationalizing

razor

RE occurs 6 times (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

reach

reached

reaching

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... re-assembled, and he began to work as ... BB p.35, More About Alcoholism

His family was re-assembled, and he began to work as a salesman for the business he had lost through drinking.

... re-create their lives. BB xxviii(xxvi), The Doctor's Opinion

In nearly all cases, their ideals must be grounded in a power greater than themselves, if they are to re-create their lives.

... re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic ... BB p.39, More About Alcoholism

This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it has been revealed to us out of bitter experience.

... re-establish friendly relations with his children. BB p.134, The Family Afterward

The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children.

... re-opened a subject which our man thought ... BB p.45, We Agnostics

But his face falls when we speak of spiritual matters, especially when we mention God, for we have re-opened a subject which our man thought he had neatly evaded or entirely ignored.

... re-reading chapters two and three, where the ... BB p.140, To Employers

If this presents difficulty, re-reading chapters two and three, where the alcoholic sickness is discussed at length might be worth while.

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