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SUGGESTED   occurs   18 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... suggested.   BB p.155, A Vision For You   Go to page 155 in the Big Book
A spiritual experience, he conceded, was absolutely necessary, but the price seemed high upon the basis suggested.


2.
... suggested a few years ago, that the ...   BB xxviii(xxvi), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
We believe, and so suggested a few years ago, that the action of alcohol on these chronic alcoholics is a manifestation of an allergy; that the phenomenon of craving is limited to this class and never occurs in the average temperate drinker.


3.
... suggested as a program of recovery:   BB p.59, How It Works   Go to page 59 in the Big Book
Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery:

4.
... suggested by A.A.   12&12 p.35, Step Three
Already a willingness has been achieved to cast out one's own will and one's own ideas about the alcohol problem in favor of those suggested by A.A.


5.
... suggested certain attitudes a wife may take ...   BB p.122, The Family Afterward   Go to page 122 in the Big Book
Our women folk have suggested certain attitudes a wife may take with the husband who is recovering.


6.
... suggested he write his first wife admitting ...   BB p.79, Into Action   Go to page 79 in the Big Book
We suggested he write his first wife admitting his faults and asking forgiveness.

7.
... suggested inventory.   12&12 p.45, Step Four
We will be offended at A.A.'s suggested inventory.


8.
... suggested, may be the manifestation of an ...   BB xxx(xxviii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
This phenomenon, as we have suggested, may be the manifestation of an allergy which differentiates these people, and sets them apart as a distinct entity.

9.
... suggested that a conscientious examination is likely ...   12&12 p.53, Step Four
To these it can be suggested that a conscientious examination is likely to reveal the very defects the objectionable questions are concerned with.

10.
... suggested that he first have a look ...   12&12 p.50, Step Four
Since Step Four is but the beginning of a lifetime practice, it can be suggested that he first have a look at those personal flaws which are acutely troublesome and fairly obvious.

11.
... suggested that I'd take a hand in ...   12&12 p.153, Tradition Five
Suppose I'd suggested that I'd take a hand in his domestic and business affairs?


12.
... suggested that underneath the material world and ...   BB p.49, We Agnostics   Go to page 49 in the Big Book
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.

13.
... suggested that we ought to become entirely ...   12&12 p.69, Step Six
It is suggested that we ought to become entirely willing to aim toward perfection.


14.
... suggested that you write the Al-Anon Family ...   BB p.573(575), Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.   Display entire Appendix VI
Should you be the relative or friend of an alcoholic who shows no immediate interest in A.A., it is suggested that you write the Al-Anon Family Groups, Inc., 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23456, USA.

15.
... suggested Twelve Steps to recovery, he almost ...   12&12 p.174, Tradition Nine
Unless each A.A. member follows to the best of his ability our suggested Twelve Steps to recovery, he almost certainly signs his own death warrant.


16.
... suggested vast laws and forces at work.   BB p.10, Bill's Story   Go to page 10 in the Big Book
My intellectual heroes, the chemists, the astronomers, even the evolutionists, suggested vast laws and forces at work.


17.
... suggested what then seemed a novel idea.   BB p.12, Bill's Story   Go to page 12 in the Big Book
My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea.

18.
... suggested, you'll be sure to discover one ...   12&12 p.27, Step Two
If you don't care for the one I've suggested, you'll be sure to discover one that suits if only you look and listen.


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.

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