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

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RECOVER   occurs   32 times 25 in BB  •  6 in 12&12  •  1 in GV Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... recover.  BB There Is A Solution, p.26
So he returned to this doctor, whom he admired, and asked him point-blank why he could not recover.


2.
  ... recover.  BB Working With Others, p.89
Perhaps you are not acquainted with any drinkers who want to recover.


3.
  ... recover.  BB Working With Others, p.97
Should they accept and practice spiritual principles, there is a much better chance that the head of the family will recover.


4.
  ... recover.  BB The Family Afterward, p.135
Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover.


5.
  ... recover?  BB To Employers, p.143
Can you have every confidence in his ability to recover?


6.
  ... recover.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover.


7.
  ... recover.  12&12 Tradition Three (Long), p.189
Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover.


8.
  ... recover and by which their Society functions.  12&12 Foreword, p.15
It presents an explicit view of the principles by which A.A. members recover and by which their Society functions.


9.
  ... recover, and how our society functions.  12&12 Introduction, p.14
Bill W., who along with Dr. Bob S. founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, wrote the book to share 18 years of collective experience within the Fellowship on how A.A. members recover, and how our society functions.


10.
  ... recover, and is a power in the ...  BB A Vision For You, p.158
He has helped other men recover, and is a power in the church from which he was long absent.


11.
  ... recover and that he will go to ...  BB To Employers, p.142
After satisfying yourself that your man wants to recover and that he will go to any extreme to do so, you may suggest a definite course of action.


12.
  ... recover are people who cannot or will ...  BB How It Works, p.58
Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.


13.
  ... recover, but I wouldn't.  BB Bill's Story, p.6
The market would recover, but I wouldn't.


14.
  ... recover by himself.  BB Working With Others, p.92
But insist that if he is severely afflicted, there may be little chance he can recover by himself.


15.
  ... recover by himself.  BB Working With Others, p.96
If you leave such a person alone, he may soon become convinced that he cannot recover by himself.


16.
  ... recover fortune and reputation and feels he ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.126
He is striving to recover fortune and reputation and feels he is doing very well.


17.
  ... recover from a bad case of jitters.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
We first saw Fred about a year ago in a hospital where he had gone to recover from a bad case of jitters.


18.
  ... recover from alcoholism.  Grapevine Preamble
A.A. Preamble -- Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.


19.
  ... recover had been made.  12&12 Foreword, p.18
Proof that alcoholics could recover had been made.


20.
  ... recover, he will tell you about it ...  BB To Employers, p.146
If he is, and is still trying to recover, he will tell you about it even if it means the loss of his job.


21.
  ... recover -- if he can and will.  BB A Vision For You, pp.163-164
When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity to recover -- if he can and will.


22.
  ... recover if they had the opportunity we ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
Many could recover if they had the opportunity we have enjoyed.


23.
  ... recover if they have the capacity to ...  BB How It Works, p.58
There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.


24.
  ... recover on a spiritual basis.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Understanding our work, he can do this with an eye to selecting those who are willing and able to recover on a spiritual basis.


25.
  ... recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.133
Now about health: A body badly burned by alcohol does not often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and depression vanish in a twinkling.


26.
  ... recover, provided he does not close his ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.568
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problems in the light of our experience can recover, provided he does not close his mind to all spiritual concepts.


27.
  ... recover they must acquire an immediate and ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
Though it was not our intention to create such an impression, many alcoholics have nevertheless concluded that in order to recover they must acquire an immediate and overwhelming "God-consciousness" followed at once by a vast change in feeling and outlook.


28.
  ... recover, three successful groups emerged -- the first ...  12&12 Foreword, p.16
After three years of trial and error in selecting the most workable tenets upon which the Society could be based, and after a large amount of failure in getting alcoholics to recover, three successful groups emerged -- the first at Akron, the second at New York, and the third at Cleveland.


29.
  ... recover, to see them help others, to ...  BB Working With Others, p.89
To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends -- this is an experience you must not miss.


30.
  ... recover unless he has his family back.  BB Working With Others, p.99
Let no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family back.


31.
  ... recover unless there is a group.  12&12 Tradition One, p.130
The moment this Twelfth Step work forms a group, another discovery is made -- that most individuals cannot recover unless there is a group.


32.
  ... recover, where that state of mind existed ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.27
The doctor said: "You have the mind of a chronic alcoholic. I have never seen one single case recover, where that state of mind existed to the extent that it does in you."


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