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1.
  ... see.  BB Into Action, p.73
This is the one he likes his fellows to see.


2.
  ... see?  BB A Vision For You, p.152
But am I to be consigned to a life where I shall be stupid, boring and glum, like some righteous people I see?


3.
  ... see."  BB A Vision For You, p.157
Said the future Fellow Anonymous: "Damn little to laugh about that I can see."


4.
  ... see.  12&12 Step Five, p.58
But we shall have to do more than see.


5.
  ... see.  12&12 Step Ten, p.93
Good intentions, good thoughts, and good acts are there for us to see.


6.
  ... see.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.172
Well, let's see.


7.
  ... see a continuation of a serious and ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
Possibly today will see a continuation of a serious and as yet unresolved problem left over from yesterday.


8.
  ... see a fellowship grow up about you, ...  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.


9.
  ... see a frightened human being determined to ...  12&12 Step Four, p.43
How frequently we see a frightened human being determined to depend completely upon a stronger person for guidance and protection.


10.
  ... see a man sinking into the mire ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
When we see a man sinking into the mire that is alcoholism, we give him first aid and place what we have at his disposal.


11.
  ... see a pathway beside which is an ...  12&12 Step Three, p.34
Once unlocked by willingness, the door opens almost of itself, and looking through it, we shall see a pathway beside which is an inscription.


12.
  ... see, A.A. was on the pious side.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.143
He browbeat everybody, and everybody expected that he'd soon get drunk -- for at the time, you see, A.A. was on the pious side.


13.
  ... see and accept actual reality.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
He's still ambitious, but not absurdly so, because he can now see and accept actual reality.


14.
  ... see and feel.  12&12 Step Two, p.27
The minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see and feel.


15.
  ... see and understand.  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
In most cases our motives won't be hard to see and understand.


16.
  ... see and understand our problem.  BB Into Action, p.74
We often find such a person quick to see and understand our problem.


17.
  ... see any bugs in it?"  12&12 Tradition Six, p.158
Do you headquarters folks see any bugs in it?"


18.
  ... see anything the matter here, Ma. Ain't ...  BB Into Action, p.82
To his wife, he remarked, "Don't see anything the matter here, Ma. Ain't it grand the wind stopped blowin'?"


19.
  ... see Appendix II.  BB There Is A Solution (Note), p.27
(*) For amplification -- see Appendix II.


20.
  ... See Appendix VI -- We shall be happy ...  BB To Employers (Note), p.150
(*) See Appendix VI -- We shall be happy to hear from you if we can be of help.


21.
  ... see articles in their church journals and ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
Clergymen see articles in their church journals and also make inquiries.


22.
  ... see at once that he has barely ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.129
He may not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insists on giving away the entire product.


23.
  ... see at once that he must redouble ...  BB To Wives, p.120
Your husband will see at once that he must redouble his spiritual activities if he expects to survive.


24.
  ... see, except for a nervous disposition.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.35
He is an intelligent man, normal so far as we can see, except for a nervous disposition.


25.
  ... see, feel, and wish to become:  12&12 Step Eleven, p.99
And as he came out the other side of that painful experience, this prayer was his expression of what he could then see, feel, and wish to become:


26.
  ... see, feel, direct, and use, without a ...  BB We Agnostics, p.48
Simply because it is impossible to explain what we see, feel, direct, and use, without a reasonable assumption as a starting point.


27.
  ... see for himself just what A.A. was ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.186
Consequently, many groups began to hold meetings which were open to interested friends and the public, so that the average citizen could see for himself just what A.A. was all about.


28.
  ... see from 50 to 200 persons.  BB Bill's Story, p.16
At these informal gatherings one may often see from 50 to 200 persons.


29.
  ... see good reasons why we should do ...  BB Into Action, p.72
We will be more reconciled to discussing ourselves with another person when we see good reasons why we should do so.


30.
  ... see he gives too little.  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
Little by little, mother and children will see they ask too much, and father will see he gives too little.


31.
  ... see he had an awful hangover.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.162
I could see he had an awful hangover.


32.
  ... see he is under no pressure.  BB Working With Others, p.91
Under these conditions your prospect will see he is under no pressure.


33.
  ... see, he now means a great deal ...  BB A Vision For You, p.156
As we shall see, he now means a great deal to his community, and the major liabilities of thirty years of hard drinking have been repaired in four.


34.
  ... see him now and then and he ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxii
I see him now and then and he is as fine a specimen of manhood as one could wish to meet.


35.
  ... see him relapse.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
For example, we may set our hearts on getting a particular person sobered up, and after doing all we can for months, we see him relapse.


36.
  ... see him through more sprees.  BB To Wives, p.113
Cheerfully see him through more sprees.


37.
  ... see his shortcomings and admits them to ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
As each member of a resentful family begins to see his shortcomings and admits them to the others, he lays a basis for helpful discussion.


38.
  ... see how erratic emotions victimized us often ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
To see how erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time.


39.
  ... see how many people he has hurt, ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.77
To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways.


40.
  ... see how our experience can benefit others.  BB Into Action, p.84
No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.


41.
  ... see how these two contrasting ideas -- attraction ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.181
Let's see how these two contrasting ideas -- attraction and promotion -- work out.


42.
  ... see how you can be of any ...  BB To Employers, p.148
I don't see how you can be of any help to us for, as you see, we don't have any alcoholic problem."


43.
  ... see how you would like him to ...  BB Working With Others, p.90
You need this information to put yourself in his place, to see how you would like him to approach you if the tables were turned.


44.
  ... see humility as a necessity.  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
So it is that we first see humility as a necessity.


45.
  ... see in them a way to happy ...  12&12 Foreword, p.16
They see in them a way to happy and effective living for many, alcoholic or not.


46.
  ... see it.  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
We have concluded to publish an anonymous volume setting forth the problem as we see it.


47.
  ... see it!(*)  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
But try and get them to see it!(*)


48.
  ... see it.  BB To Wives, p.109
It may be slowing him up mentally and physically, but he does not see it.


49.
  ... see it, being very careful not to ...  BB Into Action, p.83
We ought to sit down with the family and frankly analyze the past as we now see it, being very careful not to criticize them.


50.
  ... see it in the interval.  BB Working With Others, p.90
You might place this book where he can see it in the interval.


51.
  ... see it, there is an All Powerful, ...  BB We Agnostics, p.49
When, however, the perfectly logical assumption is suggested that underneath the material world and life as we see it, there is an All Powerful, Guiding, Creative Intelligence, right there our perverse streak comes to the surface and we laboriously set out to convince ourselves it isn't so.


52.
  ... see its significance everywhere.  BB How It Works, p.69
They see its significance everywhere.


53.
  ... see large numbers of potential alcoholics among ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
We, who are familiar with the symptoms, see large numbers of potential alcoholics among young people everywhere.


54.
  ... see liberty verging on license, yet they ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.130
They see liberty verging on license, yet they recognize at once that A.A. has an irresistible strength of purpose and action.


55.
  ... see me.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
"Two of the members of Alcoholics Anonymous came to see me.


56.
  ... see me, and I experienced a very ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
One year later he called to see me, and I experienced a very strange sensation.


57.
  ... see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.112
We know this because we see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.


58.
  ... see newsreels of lunar flight?  BB We Agnostics, p.52
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people -- was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight?


59.
  ... see no joy or fun in our ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it.


60.
  ... see one of my prospects for a ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.36
Then I decided to drive into the country and see one of my prospects for a car.


61.
  ... see others taking with impunity.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, pp.xxviii-xxix
They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks -- drinks which they see others taking with impunity.


62.
  ... see our way of life.  BB Bill's Story, p.16
He could not, or would not, see our way of life.


63.
  ... see ourselves as chips off the same ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.123
But now we see ourselves as chips off the same old block.


64.
  ... see scores of members.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Then, in this eastern city, there are informal meetings such as we have described to you, where you may now see scores of members.


65.
  ... see such members render prodigies of service, ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.120
We daily see such members render prodigies of service, and receive great joys in return.


66.
  ... see that all people, including ourselves, are ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.


67.
  ... see that character-building and spiritual values had ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.71
We had lacked the perspective to see that character-building and spiritual values had to come first, and that material satisfactions were not the purpose of living.


68.
  ... see that drink meant ruin to them?  BB To Wives, p.107
Why could they not see that drink meant ruin to them?


69.
  ... see that each sober A.A. member has ...  12&12 Step Six, p.64
It is plain for everybody to see that each sober A.A. member has been granted a release from this very obstinate and potentially fatal obsession.


70.
  ... see that every time we played the ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
We had to see that every time we played the big shot, we turned people against us.


71.
  ... see that he is a new man ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
In time they will see that he is a new man and in their own way they will let him know it.


72.
  ... see that he is mentally and physically ...  BB To Employers, p.141
You can see that he is mentally and physically sick.


73.
  ... see that he is suffering from a ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.129
If the family cooperates, dad will soon see that he is suffering from a distortion of values.


74.
  ... see that he really does love you ...  BB To Wives, p.108
You can see that he really does love you with his better self.


75.
  ... see that I was presented with the ...  BB To Employers, p.141
Had they fired me first, and had they then taken steps to see that I was presented with the solution contained in this book, I might have returned to them six months later, a well man.


76.
  ... see that instinct run wild in themselves ...  12&12 Step Four, p.44
Alcoholics especially should be able to see that instinct run wild in themselves is the underlying cause of their destructive drinking.


77.
  ... see that our new attitude toward liquor ...  BB Into Action, p.85
We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part.


78.
  ... see that our unreasonable demands had been ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.115
We blamed them, being quite unable to see that our unreasonable demands had been the cause.


79.
  ... see that the making of direct amends ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.83
After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflected carefully upon each instance, and have tried to possess ourselves of the right attitude in which to proceed, we will see that the making of direct amends divides those we should approach into several classes.


80.
  ... see that the world and its people ...  BB How It Works, p.66
We began to see that the world and its people really dominated us.


81.
  ... see that these expressions refer to people ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
We see that these expressions refer to people whose reactions are very different from ours.


82.
  ... see that though adult in years we ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.115
We had failed to see that though adult in years we were still behaving childishly, trying to turn everybody -- friends, wives, husbands, even the world itself -- into protective parents.


83.
  ... see that we can't tie this thing ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.137
As generous as Charlie has been to us, don't you see that we can't tie this thing up with his hospital or any other?


84.
  ... see that we have been making unreasonable ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
We now clearly see that we have been making unreasonable demands upon ourselves, upon others, and upon God.


85.
  ... see that we have no right or ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.171
We see that we have no right or need to discourage A.A.'s who wish to work as individuals in these wider fields.


86.
  ... see that we must work together and ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
We alcoholics see that we must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone.


87.
  ... see that when we began to drink ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
We now see that when we began to drink deliberately, instead of casually, there was little serious or effective thought during the period of premeditation of what the terrific consequences might be.


88.
  ... see that when we harbored grudges and ...  12&12 Step Four, p.47
We had to see that when we harbored grudges and planned revenge for such defeats, we were really beating ourselves with the club of anger we had intended to use on others.


89.
  ... see that you are not there to ...  BB Working With Others, p.93
Let him see that you are not there to instruct him in religion.


90.
  ... see that you want to be helpful ...  BB To Wives, p.111
Let him see that you want to be helpful rather than critical.


91.
  ... see the alcoholic outcast received back into ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
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.


92.
  ... see the Beatitudes for the 'begats.'  12&12 Step Two, p.30
The Bible, we said, was full of nonsense; we could cite it chapter and verse, and we couldn't see the Beatitudes for the 'begats.'


93.
  ... see the change setting in.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.109
Looking at those who were only beginning and still doubted themselves, the rest of us were able to see the change setting in.


94.
  ... see the danger of over-concentration on financial ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
But he must see the danger of over-concentration on financial success.


95.
  ... see the desirability of doing so too.  BB To Wives, p.116
As our husbands began to apply spiritual principles in their lives, we began to see the desirability of doing so too.


96.
  ... see the full implication of Step Seven: ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
It marked the time when we could commence to see the full implication of Step Seven: "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."


97.
  ... see the gay crowd inside.  BB A Vision For You, p.154
He could see the gay crowd inside.


98.
  ... see the light of day.  BB Into Action, p.73
He hopes they will never see the light of day.


99.
  ... See the Pioneer Section. This resulted in ...  BB A Vision For You (Note), p.156
(*) This refers to Bill's and Dr. Bob's first visit to A.A. Number Three. See the Pioneer Section. This resulted in A.A.'s first group, at Akron, Ohio, in 1935.


100.
  ... see the real issue involved.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
At first, we couldn't see the real issue involved.


101.
  ... see the right upon issues of our ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.177
Nor does it mean that the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, now restored as citizens of the world, are going to back away from their individual responsibilities to act as they see the right upon issues of our time.


102.
  ... see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for alcoholics we appear somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged this movement.


103.
  ... see their lives quickly fill with new ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
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.


104.
  ... see their own defects and admit them.  BB Working With Others, p.99
Little by little the family may see their own defects and admit them.


105.
  ... see their son wasting away.  BB To Wives, p.104
But for every man who drinks others are involved -- the wife who trembles in fear of the next debauch; the mother and father who see their son wasting away.


106.
  ... see their terrible destructiveness.  BB How It Works, p.70
We have commenced to see their terrible destructiveness.


107.
  ... see them.  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
Before going into a detailed discussion, it may be well to summarize some points as we see them.


108.
  ... see them help others, to watch loneliness ...  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.


109.
  ... see, there were three alcoholics in that ...  BB A Vision For You, p.158
So, you see, there were three alcoholics in that town, who now felt they had to give to others what they had found, or be sunk.


110.
  ... see these pages, and we believe that ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.29
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this thing."


111.
  ... see these situations met with fortitude and ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
Ordinarily we see these situations met with fortitude and faith.


112.
  ... see they ask too much, and father ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
Little by little, mother and children will see they ask too much, and father will see he gives too little.


113.
  ... see those flaws which were basic, flaws ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.80
We can go far beyond those things which were superficially wrong with us, to see those flaws which were basic, flaws which sometimes were responsible for the whole pattern of our lives.


114.
  See to it that your relationship with ...  BB A Vision For You, p.164
See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others.


115.
  ... see truth, justice, and love as the ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.105
The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all the seeming evidence to the contrary that surrounds us in purely human affairs.


116.
  ... see us.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
He soon indicated he was anxious to see us.


117.
  ... see Wallace Beery in "Tugboat Annie," after ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.177
This worked nicely until my wife and I went to see Wallace Beery in "Tugboat Annie," after which the pant-leg and stocking racket were out!


118.
  ... see, we don't have any alcoholic problem."  BB To Employers, p.148
I don't see how you can be of any help to us for, as you see, we don't have any alcoholic problem."


119.
  ... see what good it'll do.  BB A Vision For You, p.157
You fellows know your stuff all right, but I don't see what good it'll do.


120.
  ... see what he can take from the ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.122
Is he not unconsciously trying to see what he can take from the family life rather than give?


121.
  ... see what it is.  12&12 Step Five, p.58
No defect can be corrected unless we clearly see what it is.


122.
  ... see what its inner essence is.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.101
Once more we read our prayer, and again try to see what its inner essence is.


123.
  ... see what its real merit is.  12&12 Step Eleven, p.102
Therefore, we ought to consider each request carefully to see what its real merit is.


124.
  ... see what real love for our fellows ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.


125.
  ... see where he has failed to practice ...  BB Working With Others, p.93
Perhaps your story will help him see where he has failed to practice the very precepts he knows so well.


126.
  ... see where I have been at fault?  12&12 Step Four, p.52
Appraising each situation fairly, can I see where I have been at fault?


127.
  ... see where religious people are right.  BB Into Action, p.87
Be quick to see where religious people are right.


128.
  ... see whole families reassembled, to see the ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
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.


129.
  ... see why.  BB Into Action, p.87
You can easily see why.


130.
  ... see why.  BB To Wives, p.110
He admits he cannot drink like other people, but does not see why.


131.
  ... see why it should be to anyone ...  BB To Employers, p.139
You cannot see why it should be to anyone else, save the spineless and stupid.


132.
  ... see why their love and devotion did ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.128
They may not see why their love and devotion did not straighten him out.


133.
  ... see why you should starve meanwhile.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
Some day this bunch of ex-drunks of yours will fill Madison Square Garden, and I don't see why you should starve meanwhile.


134.
  ... see you.  BB Working With Others, p.90
You should be described to him as one of a fellowship who, as part of their own recovery, try to help others and who will be glad to talk to him if he cares to see you.


135.
  ... see you again, ask him to read ...  BB Working With Others, p.95
If he is sincerely interested and wants to see you again, ask him to read this book in the interval.


136.
  ... see you again if he doesn't want ...  BB Working With Others, p.94
Make it clear that he is not under pressure, that he needn't see you again if he doesn't want to.


137.
  ... see you, never force yourself upon him.  BB Working With Others, p.90
If he does not want to see you, never force yourself upon him.


138.
  See your man alone, if possible.  BB Working With Others, p.91
See your man alone, if possible.


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