From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... see.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
2.
... see.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
3.
... see.
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
4.
... see.
BB p.73,
Into Action
5.
... see?
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
But am I to be consigned to a life where I shall be stupid, boring and glum, like some righteous people I see?
6.
... see."
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
7.
... see a
continuation of a serious and ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
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 p.89,
Working With Others
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 p.43,
Step Four
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 p.132,
The Family Afterward
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 p.34,
Step Three
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 p.143,
Tradition Three
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 p.122,
Step Twelve
14.
... see and
feel.
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
15.
... see and
understand.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
16.
... see and
understand our problem.
BB p.74,
Into Action
17.
... see any
bugs in it?"
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
18.
... see anything
the matter here, Ma.
BB p.82,
Into Action
19.
... see Appendix
II.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution (Note)
20.
... See Appendix
VI -- We shall be happy ...
BB p.150,
To Employers (Note)
21.
... see articles
in their church journals and ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
22.
... see at
once that he has barely ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
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 p.120,
To Wives
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 p.35,
More About Alcoholism
25.
... see, feel,
and wish to become:
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
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 p.48,
We Agnostics
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 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
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 p.16,
Bill's Story
29.
... see good
reasons why we should do ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
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 p.127,
The Family Afterward
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 p.162,
Tradition Seven
32.
... see he
is under no pressure.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
33.
... see, he
now means a great deal ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
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 xxxii(xxx),
The Doctor's Opinion
35.
... see him
relapse.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
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 p.113,
To Wives
37.
... see his
shortcomings and admits them to ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
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 p.47,
Step Four
39.
... see how
many people he has hurt, ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
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 p.84,
Into Action
41.
... see how
these two contrasting ideas -- attraction ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
42.
... see how
you can be of any ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
43.
... see how
you would like him to ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
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 p.73,
Step Seven
45.
... see in
them a way to happy ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
46.
... see it.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
47.
... see it!(*)
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
48.
... see it.
BB p.109,
To Wives
49.
... see it,
being very careful not to ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
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 p.90,
Working With Others
51.
... see it,
there is an All Powerful, ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
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 p.69,
How It Works
53.
... see large
numbers of potential alcoholics among ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
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 p.130,
Tradition One
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 p.42,
More About Alcoholism
56.
... see me,
and I experienced a very ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
57.
... see monotony,
pain, and even calamity turned ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
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 p.52,
We Agnostics
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 p.132,
The Family Afterward
60.
... see one
of my prospects for a ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
61.
... see others
taking with impunity.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
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 p.16,
Bill's Story
63.
... see ourselves
as chips off the same ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
64.
... see scores
of members.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
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 p.120,
Step Twelve
66.
... see that
all people, including ourselves, are ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
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 p.71,
Step Seven
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 p.107,
To Wives
69.
... see that
each sober A.A. member has ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
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 p.47,
Step Four
71.
... see that
he is a new man ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
72.
... see that
he is mentally and physically ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
73.
... see that
he is suffering from a ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
74.
... see that
he really does love you ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
75.
... see that
I was presented with the ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
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 p.44,
Step Four
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 p.85,
Into Action
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 p.115,
Step Twelve
79.
... see that
the making of direct amends ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
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 p.66,
How It Works
81.
... see that
these expressions refer to people ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
82.
... see that
though adult in years we ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
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 p.137,
Tradition Two
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 p.76,
Step Seven
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 p.171,
Tradition Eight
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 p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
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 p.37,
More About Alcoholism
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 p.47,
Step Four
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 p.93,
Working With Others
90.
... see that
you want to be helpful ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
91.
... see the
alcoholic outcast received back into ...
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.
92.
... see the
Beatitudes for the 'begats.'
12&12 p.30,
Step Two
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 p.109,
Step Twelve
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 p.127,
The Family Afterward
95.
... see the
desirability of doing so too.
BB p.116,
To Wives
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 p.75,
Step Seven
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 p.154,
A Vision For You
98.
... see the
light of day.
BB p.73,
Into Action
99.
See the
Pioneer Section.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You (Note)
100.
... see the
real issue involved.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
101.
... see the
right upon issues of our ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
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 xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
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 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.
104.
... see their
own defects and admit them.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
105.
... see their
son wasting away.
BB p.104,
To Wives
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 p.70,
How It Works
107.
... see them.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
108.
... see them
help others, to watch loneliness ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
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 p.158,
A Vision For You
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 p.29,
There Is A Solution
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 p.114,
Step Twelve
112.
... see they
ask too much, and father ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
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 p.80,
Step Eight
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 p.164,
A Vision For You
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 p.105,
Step Eleven
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 p.40,
More About Alcoholism
117.
... see Wallace
Beery in "Tugboat Annie," after ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
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 p.148,
To Employers
119.
... see what
good it'll do.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
120.
... see what
he can take from the ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
121.
... see what
it is.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
122.
... see what
its inner essence is.
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
123.
... see what
its real merit is.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
124.
... see what
real love for our fellows ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
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 p.93,
Working With Others
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 p.52,
Step Four
127.
... see where
religious people are right.
BB p.87,
Into Action
128.
... see whole
families reassembled, to see the ...
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.
129.
... see why.
BB p.87,
Into Action
130.
... see why.
BB p.110,
To Wives
131.
... see why
it should be to anyone ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
132.
... see why
their love and devotion did ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
133.
... see why
you should starve meanwhile.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
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 p.90,
Working With Others
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 p.95,
Working With Others
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 p.94,
Working With Others
137.
... see you,
never force yourself upon him.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
138.
See your
man alone, if possible.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
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