From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... real.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
2.
... real.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
He knows that they are real.
3.
... real ability
to cope with life.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
But all who are in the least reasonable will agree upon one point: that there is plenty wrong with us alcoholics about which plenty will have to be done if we are to expect sobriety, progress, and
any real ability to cope with life.
4.
... real account
of the facts.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
5.
... real advantage
in the use of this ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
If we would gain any real advantage in the use of this Step on problems other than alcohol, we shall need to make a brand new venture into open-mindedness.
6.
... real alcoholic?
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
But what about the real alcoholic?
7.
... real alcoholic.
BB p.109,
To Wives
8.
... real alcoholic
and in a serious condition.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
9.
... real alcoholic
and very far advanced, there ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
10.
... real alcoholic,
begin to dwell on the ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
If you are satisfied that he is a real alcoholic, begin to dwell on the hopeless feature of the malady.
11.
... real alcoholic
ever recovers control.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
12.
... real alcoholic,
the happy day may not ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
13.
... real alcoholics.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
14.
... real alcoholics
are not going to believe ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going
to believe they are in that class.
15.
... real and
eternal things in life, we ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all
the seeming evidence to
the contrary that surrounds us in purely human affairs.
16.
... real and
permanent leadership of A.A.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
17.
... real answer,
that he has no attitude ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the man who is making
the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with
a real answer, that he has
no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that
there are no fees to pay, no axes
to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured -- these are the conditions we have found
most effective.
18.
... real authority
from their titles; they do ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Nine (Long)
19.
... real authority
from their titles; they do ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
20.
... real cash.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Perhaps the fear will always lurk in every A.A. heart that one day our name will be exploited by somebody
for real cash.
21.
... real chance.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
But when we are willing to place spiritual growth first -- then and only
then do we have a real chance.
22.
... real chance.
BB p.148,
To Employers
23.
... real cheap.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
24.
... real crackerjack
had started up.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
25.
... real danger
should we commence to call ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
There would be real danger
should we commence to call
some groups "wet," others "dry," still others "Republican" or "Communist," and yet others "Catholic" or "Protestant."
26.
... real desire
to learn and grow by ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
A continuous look at our
assets and liabilities, and a real desire to learn and grow by this means, are necessities for us.
27.
... real Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
28.
... real employment
for five years, or hardly ...
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
Mercifully, no one could guess that I was to
have no real employment for five years, or hardly draw a sober breath.
29.
... real, had
power to actually kill.
BB p.66,
How It Works
30.
... real happiness
he will find none at ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
31.
... real happiness
is not to be found ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
In later life he finds that real happiness is not to be found in just trying to be a number one man, or even a first-rater in the heartbreaking struggle for money, romance, or self-importance.
32.
... real harm,
therefore, had we done?
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
33.
... real help
to other people -- was not ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we
couldn't make a living, we
had a feeling of uselessness, we were full
of fear, we were unhappy,
we couldn't seem to be of real
help to other people -- was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we
should see newsreels of lunar flight?
34.
... real hold,
they are a baffled lot.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
35.
... real humility
at work.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
36.
... real infidelity,
for loyalty to my wife, ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
There had been no real infidelity, for loyalty
to my wife, helped at times by extreme drunkenness, kept me out of those scrapes.
37.
... real interest,
both humanitarian and business, in ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
38.
... real issue
involved.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
39.
... real leadership?"
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
40.
... real love
for our fellows actually means.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves,
are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach
true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.
41.
... real merit
is.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
42.
... real mistake
to dampen his enthusiasm for ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
43.
... real money
to train a man for ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
My downfall cost the business community unknown thousands of dollars, for it takes real money to train a man for an executive position.
44.
... real motive
was to win a useless ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
We "constructively criticized" someone who
needed it, when our real motive was to win a useless argument.
45.
... real or
fancied.
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
We shall want to hold ourselves to the course of admitting the things we have done, meanwhile forgiving the
wrongs done us, real or fancied.
46.
... real peace
of mind.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
47.
... real problem.
BB p.139,
To Employers
48.
... real purpose
is to fit ourselves to ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
49.
... real reliance
is always upon Him.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
50.
... real satisfaction
when I was asked to ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
There was, therefore, a sense of real satisfaction when I was asked to contribute a few words on a subject which is covered in
such masterly detail in these pages.
51.
... real sense
he has been transformed, because ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
In a very real sense he has been transformed, because he
has laid hold of a source of strength which,
in one way or another, he had hitherto
denied himself.
52.
... real significance
of my experience in the ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
53.
... real strength.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
Each needed to consider the others, and in
abiding faith they knew they must find their real strength.
54.
... real tests
of the situation are your ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to confide
and your full confidence
in the one with whom you share
your first accurate self-survey.
55.
... real thing
and are gone beyond recall ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years.
56.
... real tolerance
of other people's shortcomings and ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings
and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions
are attitudes which make
us more useful to others.
57.
... real tosspot
calls a kettle black.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
58.
... real trouble
was our almost total inability ...
12&12 p.100,
Step Eleven
Perhaps the real trouble was our almost total inability to point imagination toward the right objectives.
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