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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... realize.   BB p.23, There Is A Solution   Go to page 23 in the Big Book
How true this is, few realize.


2.
... realize, as they start their journey, that ...   BB p.122, The Family Afterward   Go to page 122 in the Big Book
Let families realize, as they start their journey, that all will not be fair weather.

3.
... realize,' he went on, 'that you can ...   12&12 p.137, Tradition Two
'Don't you realize,' he went on, 'that you can never become a professional?


4.
... realize how serious my situation was.   BB p.141, To Employers   Go to page 141 in the Big Book
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.


5.
... realize some men are thoroughly bad-intentioned, that ...   BB p.108, To Wives   Go to page 108 in the Big Book
We realize some men are thoroughly bad-intentioned, that no amount of patience will make any difference.


6.
... realize that dad, though marvelously improved, is ...   BB p.127, The Family Afterward   Go to page 127 in the Big Book
The family must realize that dad, though marvelously improved, is still convalescing.


7.
... realize that God is doing for us ...   BB p.84, Into Action   Go to page 84 in the Big Book
We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.

8.
... realize that God knows all about us, ...   12&12 p.60, Step Five
Though we may at first be startled to realize that God knows all about us, we are apt to get used to that quite quickly.


9.
... realize that some people are as fanatical ...   BB p.70, How It Works   Go to page 70 in the Big Book
We realize that some people are as fanatical about sex as others are loose.

10.
... realize that the sacrificial spirit -- well symbolized ...   12&12 p.184, Tradition Twelve
Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the common good, we realize that the sacrificial spirit -- well symbolized by anonymity -- is the foundation of them all.


11.
... realize that the things which came to ...   BB p.100, Working With Others   Go to page 100 in the Big Book
When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned.

12.
... realize that the word "dependence" is as ...   12&12 p.38, Step Three
We realize that the word "dependence" is as distasteful to many psychiatrists and psychologists as it is to alcoholics.

13.
... realize that these are only the pains ...   12&12 p.111, Step Twelve
But in the longer run we clearly realize that these are only the pains of growing up, and nothing but good can come from them if we turn more and more to the entire Twelve Steps for the answers.


14.
... realize that we are engaged upon a ...   BB p.75, Into Action   Go to page 75 in the Big Book
He should realize that we are engaged upon a life-and-death errand.


15.
... realize that we have been giving you ...   BB p.121, To Wives   Go to page 121 in the Big Book
We realize that we have been giving you much direction and advice.


16.
... realize that your attempt to pass this ...   BB p.94, Working With Others   Go to page 94 in the Big Book
It is important for him to realize that your attempt to pass this on to him plays a vital part in your own recovery.


17.
... realize their predicament.   BB p.92, Working With Others   Go to page 92 in the Big Book
Explain that many are doomed who never realize their predicament.


18.
... realize we know only a little.   BB p.164, A Vision For You   Go to page 164 in the Big Book
We realize we know only a little.


19.
... realize what it meant to be alcoholic.(*)   BB p.155, A Vision For You   Go to page 155 in the Big Book
Painfully aware of being somehow abnormal, the man did not fully realize what it meant to be alcoholic.(*)


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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