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1.
Therefore, a great responsibility fell upon us ...   12&12 p.180, Tradition Eleven
Therefore, a great responsibility fell upon us to develop the best possible public relations policy for Alcoholics Anonymous.


2.
... therefore, a sense of real satisfaction when ...   BB xxvii(xxv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
There was, therefore, a sense of real satisfaction when I was asked to contribute a few words on a subject which is covered in such masterly detail in these pages.

3.
... therefore all genuine humility.   12&12 p.45, Step Four
Here, of course, we have lost all perspective, and therefore all genuine humility.


4.
Therefore, ask yourself on each occasion, "Have ...   BB p.101, Working With Others   Go to page 101 in the Big Book
Therefore, ask yourself on each occasion, "Have I any good social, business, or personal reason for going to this place?


5.
... therefore be successful where you men failed.   BB p.40, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 40 in the Big Book
I reasoned I was not so far advanced as most of you fellows, that I had been usually successful in licking my other personal problems, and that I would therefore be successful where you men failed.

6.
Therefore dependence, as A.A. practices it, is ...   12&12 p.36, Step Three
Therefore dependence, as A.A. practices it, is really a means of gaining true independence of the spirit.

7.
... therefore entitled to be called a man ...   12&12 p.63, Step Six
He goes on to explain that any person capable of enough willingness and honesty to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults -- without any reservations whatever -- has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and likeness of his own Creator.

8.
Therefore, every nation, in fact every form ...   12&12 p.172, Tradition Nine
Therefore, every nation, in fact every form of society, has to be a government administered by human beings.


9.
... therefore good, neither to be used lightly ...   BB p.69, How It Works   Go to page 69 in the Big Book
We remembered always that our sex powers were God-given and therefore good, neither to be used lightly or selfishly nor to be despised and loathed.

10.
... therefore, had we done?   12&12 p.79, Step Eight
What real harm, therefore, had we done?


11.
... therefore, I did not take the morning ...   BB p.176, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 176 in the Big Book
Most of the time, therefore, I did not take the morning drink which I craved so badly, but instead would fill up on large doses of sedatives to quiet the jitters, which distressed me terribly.


12.
Therefore, it is not surprising that our ...   BB p.30, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 30 in the Big Book
Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people.

13.
Therefore, it seems plain that few of ...   12&12 p.68, Step Six
Therefore, it seems plain that few of us can quickly or easily become ready to aim at spiritual and moral perfection; we want to settle for only as much perfection as will get us by in life, according, of course, to our various and sundry ideas of what will get us by.


14.
Therefore it would make no great difference, ...   BB p.175, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 175 in the Big Book
Therefore it would make no great difference, even if I should do some drinking.

15.
... therefore more honesty about ourselves are the ...   12&12 p.58, Step Five
More realism and therefore more honesty about ourselves are the great gains we make under the influence of Step Five.

16.
... therefore no God at all.   12&12 p.97, Step Eleven
Surely there could be no justice in this scheme of things, and therefore no God at all.

17.
Therefore, no peace was to be had ...   12&12 p.76, Step Seven
Therefore, no peace was to be had unless we could find a means of reducing these demands.


18.
Therefore, no society of men and women ...   BB p.561(563), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Therefore, no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity.


19.
... therefore nonalcoholic.   BB p.31, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 31 in the Big Book
By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic.

20.
Therefore, our first practical move toward humility ...   12&12 p.58, Step Five
Therefore, our first practical move toward humility must consist of recognizing our deficiencies.

21.
Therefore our problem now becomes just how ...   12&12 p.34, Step Three
Therefore our problem now becomes just how and by what specific means shall we be able to let Him in?

22.
Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point ...   12&12 p.33, Step Two
Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us.

23.
... therefore, that any considerable property of genuine ...   12&12 p.190, Tradition Six (Long)
We think, therefore, that any considerable property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material from the spiritual.


24.
... therefore, that any considerable property of genuine ...   BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
We think, therefore, that any considerable property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material from the spiritual.


25.
Therefore, the first portion of this volume, ...   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
Therefore, the first portion of this volume, describing the A.A. recovery program, has been left untouched in the course of revisions made for the second, third, and fourth editions.

26.
... therefore the joy of good living is ...   12&12 p.125, Step Twelve
Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living; therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step.


27.
Therefore, the main problem of the alcoholic ...   BB p.23, There Is A Solution   Go to page 23 in the Big Book
Therefore, the main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, rather than in his body.

28.
... therefore the only god that his universe ...   12&12 p.25, Step Two
How he does cherish the thought that man, risen so majestically from a single cell in the primordial ooze, is the spearhead of evolution and therefore the only god that his universe knows!

29.
Therefore, thoroughness ought to be the watchword ...   12&12 p.54, Step Four
Therefore, thoroughness ought to be the watchword when taking inventory.


30.
Therefore, we are not to be the ...   BB p.79, Into Action   Go to page 79 in the Big Book
Therefore, we are not to be the hasty and foolish martyr who would needlessly sacrifice others to save himself from the alcoholic pit.

31.
Therefore, we ought to consider each request ...   12&12 p.102, Step Eleven
Therefore, we ought to consider each request carefully to see what its real merit is.

32.
Therefore we remained self-deceived, and so incapable ...   12&12 p.32, Step Two
Therefore we remained self-deceived, and so incapable of receiving enough grace to restore us to sanity.


33.
... therefore, we speak to you of God, ...   BB p.47, We Agnostics   Go to page 47 in the Big Book
When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God.


34.
Therefore, we started upon a personal inventory.   BB p.64, How It Works   Go to page 64 in the Big Book
Therefore, we started upon a personal inventory.

35.
Therefore we think our indignation is justified ...   12&12 p.46, Step Four
Therefore we think our indignation is justified and reasonable -- that our resentments are the "right kind."


36.
... therefore, we were approached by those in ...   BB p.25, There Is A Solution   Go to page 25 in the Big Book
When, therefore, we were approached by those in whom the problem had been solved, there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet.

37.
Therefore, we who are alcoholics can consider ...   12&12 p.37, Step Three
Therefore, we who are alcoholics can consider ourselves fortunate indeed.


38.
Therefore, you probably need fresh interests and ...   BB p.119, To Wives   Go to page 119 in the Big Book
Therefore, you probably need fresh interests and a great cause to live for as much as your husband.


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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