From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 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
It is not to be expected that an alcoholic employee will receive a disproportionate amount of time and attention.
3.
... receive a
prompt reply from this world ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
If you cannot find A.A. in your
locality, visit our Web site: www.aa.org; or a letter addressed to Alcoholics Anonymous,
Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, USA, will receive a prompt reply from this world center, referring you to the nearest A.A. group.
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)
V. Throughout our structure, a traditional "Right of Appeal" ought to prevail, so that minority
opinion will be heard and personal grievances receive careful consideration.
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
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
Those of us belonging to
a religious denomination which requires confession must, and of course, will want to go to the properly appointed authority whose duty it is to receive it.
13.
... receive it;
better to understand than to ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
He thought it better to
give comfort than to receive it; better to understand than to be understood; better to forgive than to be forgiven.
14.
... receive only
what we'd have to pay ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
15.
... receive patients.
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
During the subsequent
fifteen years I had sense enough never to go to the hospital if I had been drinking, and very seldom did I receive patients.
16.
... receive requests
for A.A. speakers to appear ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Soon, groups began to receive requests for A.A. speakers to appear before civic organizations, church
groups, and medical societies.
17.
... 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.
18.
... 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.
19.
... receive the
stimulation we need to go ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
20.
... receive this
gift lies in the practice ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the
Twelve Steps in our program.
21.
... 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.
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