From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... realizing how
hopeless they actually were.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
2.
... realizing it,
made a beginning on Step ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three.
3.
... realizing it
we were just accumulating funds ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
4.
... realizing that
nothing worth while can be ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
We are there to sweep off our side of the street, realizing that nothing worth while can be accomplished until we do
so, never trying to tell him what he should do.
5.
... realizing that
we did not know a ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
It was as if we were actors on a stage, suddenly realizing that we did not know a single line of our parts.
6.
... realizing they
are dealing with a sick ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
7.
... realizing what
his wife has endured, and ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
The alcoholic, realizing
what his wife has endured,
and now fully understanding how much
he himself did to damage
her and his children, nearly always takes up his marriage responsibilities with a willingness to repair
what he can and to accept what he can't.
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