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1.
... real.   12&12 p.78, Step Eight
These obstacles, however, are very real.


2.
... real.   BB p.14, Bill's Story   Go to page 14 in the Big Book
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
The trouble is that this kind of thinking takes no real account of the facts.

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   Go to page 21 in the Big Book
But what about the real alcoholic?


7.
... real alcoholic.   BB p.109, To Wives   Go to page 109 in the Big Book
These are the earmarks of a real alcoholic.


8.
... real alcoholic and in a serious condition.   BB p.35, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 35 in the Big Book
He agreed he was a real alcoholic and in a serious condition.


9.
... real alcoholic and very far advanced, there ...   BB p.34, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 34 in the Big Book
If he is a real alcoholic and very far advanced, there is scant chance of success.


10.
... real alcoholic, begin to dwell on the ...   BB p.92, Working With Others   Go to page 92 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 30 in the Big Book
We know that no real alcoholic ever recovers control.


12.
... real alcoholic, the happy day may not ...   BB p.23, There Is A Solution   Go to page 23 in the Big Book
The tragic truth is that if the man be a real alcoholic, the happy day may not arrive.


13.
... real alcoholics.   BB p.30, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 30 in the Big Book
Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics.


14.
... real alcoholics are not going to believe ...   BB p.31, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 31 in the Big Book
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
They become the real and permanent leadership of A.A.


17.
... real answer, that he has no attitude ...   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
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)
They derive no real authority from their titles; they do not govern.


19.
... real authority from their titles; they do ...   BB p.565(567), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
They derive no real authority from their titles; they do not govern.

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   Go to page 148 in the Big Book
If he wants to stop, he should be afforded a real chance.

23.
... real cheap.   12&12 p.168, Tradition Eight
They could regain some measure of virtue, it was thought, if they worked for A.A. real cheap.

24.
... real crackerjack had started up.   12&12 p.147, Tradition Four
In a town we'll call Middleton, a real crackerjack had started up.

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   Go to page 21 in the Big Book
He is a real Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.


28.
... real employment for five years, or hardly ...   BB p.4, Bill's Story   Go to page 4 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 66 in the Big Book
In that state, the wrong-doing of others, fancied or real, had power to actually kill.

30.
... real happiness he will find none at ...   12&12 p.21, Step One
Of real happiness he will find none at all.

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
What real harm, therefore, had we done?


33.
... real help to other people -- was not ...   BB p.52, We Agnostics   Go to page 52 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 23 in the Big Book
Once this malady has a real hold, they are a baffled lot.

35.
... real humility at work.   12&12 p.187, Tradition Twelve
These experiences taught us that anonymity is real humility at work.


36.
... real infidelity, for loyalty to my wife, ...   BB p.3, Bill's Story   Go to page 3 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 149 in the Big Book
There is a real interest, both humanitarian and business, in the well-being of employees.

38.
... real issue involved.   12&12 p.170, Tradition Eight
At first, we couldn't see the real issue involved.

39.
... real leadership?"   12&12 p.134, Tradition Two
This brings us straight to the question "Does A.A. have a real leadership?"

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
Therefore, we ought to consider each request carefully to see what its real merit is.


42.
... real mistake to dampen his enthusiasm for ...   BB p.119, To Wives   Go to page 119 in the Big Book
We find it a real mistake to dampen his enthusiasm for alcoholic work.


43.
... real money to train a man for ...   BB p.137, To Employers   Go to page 137 in the Big Book
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
We enjoy moments in which there is something like real peace of mind.


47.
... real problem.   BB p.139, To Employers   Go to page 139 in the Big Book
To you, liquor is no real problem.


48.
... real purpose is to fit ourselves to ...   BB p.77, Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us.


49.
... real reliance is always upon Him.   BB p.164, A Vision For You   Go to page 164 in the Big Book
God will determine that, so you must remember that your real reliance is always upon Him.


50.
... real satisfaction when I was asked to ...   BB xxvii(xxv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire 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   Go to page 12 in the Big Book
The real significance of my experience in the Cathedral burst upon me.

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   Go to page 33 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 19 in the Big Book
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
It doesn't make much sense when a real tosspot calls a kettle black.

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.


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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