From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
RECEIVE occurs
20 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
Click
to display the full page from the Big Book
1.
... receive.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
Then only might I
expect to
receive.
2.
... receive a
disproportionate amount of time and ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
3.
... receive a
prompt reply from this world ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
4.
... receive as
we carry A.A.'s message to ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
To
watch the
eyes of
men and
women open with
wonder as they
move from
darkness into
light, to see their
lives quickly fill with new
purpose and
meaning, to see
whole families reassembled, to see the
alcoholic outcast received back into his
community in
full citizenship, and above all to
watch these people
awaken to
the
presence of a
loving
God in their
lives -- these
things are the
substance of what we
receive as we
carry A.A.'s
message to the
next alcoholic.
5.
... receive careful
consideration.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
6.
... receive forgiveness
and give it, too.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Our
moral inventory had
persuaded us that all-
round forgiveness was
desirable, but it was only when we
resolutely tackled Step Five that we
inwardly knew we'd be able to
receive forgiveness and
give it, too.
7.
... receive from
Step Five?
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
What are we
likely to
receive from
Step Five?
8.
... receive God's
help.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
It is a
step in the
development of that
kind
of
humility that makes it
possible for us to
receive God's
help.
9.
... receive great
joys in return.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
10.
... receive guidance
for our lives to just ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We
discover that we do
receive guidance for our
lives to just about the
extent
that we
stop making demands upon
God to
give it to us on
order and on
our
terms.
11.
... receive it.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
What he has
received is a
free gift, and
yet usually, at
least in some
small part, he has made himself
ready to
receive it.
12.
... receive it.
BB p.74,
Into Action
13.
... receive it;
better to understand than to ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
14.
... receive only
what we'd have to pay ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
If we
hired an
alcoholic, he'd
receive only
what we'd have to
pay a
nonalcoholic for the same
job.
15.
... receive requests
for A.A. speakers to appear ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
16.
... receive something
ourselves, but to give the ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We
sit in
A.A. meetings and
listen, not
only to
receive something ourselves, but to
give the
reassurance and
support which our
presence can bring.
17.
... receive that
grace of God which can ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Well, we
surely have a
chance if we
switch from "
two-
stepping" to "
twelve-
stepping," if we are
willing to
receive that
grace of
God which can
sustain and
strengthen
us in any
catastrophe.
18.
... receive the
stimulation we need to go ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
Out of them we
receive the
stimulation we
need to go
forward.
19.
... receive this
gift lies in the practice ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
20.
... receive while
we are still so inexperienced ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
While the
comment or
advice of others may be by no
means infallible, it is
likely to be far more
specific than any
direct guidance we may
receive while
we are still so
inexperienced in
establishing contact
with a
Power greater than
ourselves.
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.
Top
Copyright © 2005-2008, Recovery Press LLC; All Rights Reserved.
