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

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SURELY   occurs   33 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... surely brings a full return, the certainty ...   12&12 p.124, Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in the world outside we are partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.


2.
... surely come from medical men who have ...   BB xxv(xxiii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Convincing testimony must surely come from medical men who have had experience with the sufferings of our members and have witnessed our return to health.

3.
... surely convinced that the group cannot get ...   12&12 p.135, Tradition Two
The bleeding deacon is one who is just as surely convinced that the group cannot get along without him, who constantly connives for reelection to office, and who continues to be consumed with self-pity.

4.
... surely destroy our spiritual heritage as futile ...   12&12 p.191, Tradition Seven (Long)
Experience has often warned us that nothing can so surely destroy our spiritual heritage as futile disputes over property, money, and authority.


5.
... surely destroy our spiritual heritage as futile ...   BB p.564(566), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Experience has often warned us that nothing can so surely destroy our spiritual heritage as futile disputes over property, money, and authority.

6.
... surely destroy us.   12&12 p.140, Tradition Three
Any others would surely destroy us.

7.
... surely die.   12&12 p.189, Tradition One (Long)
A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die.


8.
... surely die.   BB p.15, Bill's Story   Go to page 15 in the Big Book
If he did not work, he would surely drink again, and if he drank, he would surely die.


9.
... surely die.   BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die.


10.
... surely drink again, and if he drank, ...   BB p.15, Bill's Story   Go to page 15 in the Big Book
If he did not work, he would surely drink again, and if he drank, he would surely die.

11.
... surely, electricity, that strange energy so few ...   12&12 p.36, Step Three
Silently and surely, electricity, that strange energy so few people understand, meets our simplest daily needs, and our most desperate ones, too.

12.
... surely get a warped yet definite satisfaction.   12&12 p.67, Step Six
From this defect we must surely get a warped yet definite satisfaction.

13.
... surely God-given.   12&12 p.42, Step Four
So these desires -- for the sex relation, for material and emotional security, and for companionship -- are perfectly necessary and right, and surely God-given.

14.
... surely have a chance if we switch ...   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.


15.
... surely have no monopoly.   BB xxi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Upon therapy for the alcoholic himself, we surely have no monopoly.

16.
Surely he must now depend upon Somebody ...   12&12 p.39, Step Three
Surely he must now depend upon Somebody or Something else.

17.
... surely keep our balance, provided we remember, ...   12&12 p.103, Step Eleven
If at these points our emotional disturbance happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to us in our reading or meditation.


18.
... surely meet some of us as you ...   BB p.164, A Vision For You   Go to page 164 in the Big Book
We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.

19.
... surely must try with a will, or ...   12&12 p.73, Step Seven
But again we are driven on by the inescapable conclusion which we draw from A.A. experience, that we surely must try with a will, or else fall by the wayside.

20.
... surely no member of A.A., wants to ...   12&12 p.71, Step Seven
Certainly no alcoholic, and surely no member of A.A., wants to deprecate material achievement.

21.
... surely not be called a professional A.A.   12&12 p.168, Tradition Eight
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got sponsorship for ten newcomers, and was gently diplomatic with the irate drunk who complained about the job she was doing and how she was overpaid, then such a person could surely not be called a professional A.A.

22.
... surely tempt the board to invent all ...   12&12 p.164, Tradition Seven
The pressure of that fat treasury would surely tempt the board to invent all kinds of schemes to do good with such funds, and so divert A.A. from its primary purpose.

23.
... surely, than we could easily mend with ...   12&12 p.79, Step Eight
No more, surely, than we could easily mend with a few casual apologies.

24.
Surely, the people there would have to ...   12&12 p.173, Tradition Nine
Surely, the people there would have to have some authority.

25.
Surely, then, a novice ought not lay ...   12&12 p.60, Step Five
Surely, then, a novice ought not lay himself open to the chance of making foolish, perhaps tragic, blunders in this fashion.

26.
Surely there could be no justice in ...   12&12 p.97, Step Eleven
Surely there could be no justice in this scheme of things, and therefore no God at all.

27.
... surely there is none which more jealously ...   12&12 p.129, Tradition One
We believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which lavishes more devoted care upon its individual members; surely there is none which more jealously guards the individual's right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.


28.
Surely this was the answer -- self-knowledge.   BB p.7, Bill's Story   Go to page 7 in the Big Book
Surely this was the answer -- self-knowledge.

29.
... surely to know and admit the truth ...   12&12 p.59, Step Five
We'd have to have outside help if we were surely to know and admit the truth about ourselves -- the help of God and another human being.


30.
... surely true the many articles of faith ...   BB p.47, We Agnostics   Go to page 47 in the Big Book
But I cannot accept as surely true the many articles of faith which are so plain to him."

31.
... surely trust.   12&12 p.37, Step Three
Besides, we think, there is no one we can surely trust.

32.
... surely won't take orders.   12&12 p.173, Tradition Nine
This doesn't mean an A.A. won't take advice or suggestions from more experienced members, but he surely won't take orders.

33.
Surely you can have faith in them.   12&12 p.27, Step Two
Surely you can have faith in them.


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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