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


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1.
... realizing how hopeless they actually were.   12&12 p.22, Step One
Even these "last-gaspers" often had difficulty in realizing how hopeless they actually were.

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
Without realizing it we were just accumulating funds for the next spree.


4.
... realizing that nothing worth while can be ...   BB p.77, Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 90 in the Big Book
They should be patient, realizing they are dealing with a sick person.

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.


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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