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

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TRULY   occurs   11 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... truly able to forgive others, no matter ...   12&12 p.58, Step Five
Often it was while working on this Step with our sponsors or spiritual advisers that we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt they had wronged us.

2.
... truly as any of us.   12&12 p.24, Step One
He had hit bottom as truly as any of us.

3.
... truly awful to admit that, glass in ...   12&12 p.21, Step One
It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us.

4.
... truly childish.   12&12 p.123, Step Twelve
We would not believe that our adult dreams were often truly childish.


5.
... truly Christian principle that a man cannot ...   BB p.572(574), Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix V
The Episcopal magazine, The Living Church, observes editorially: "The basis of the technique of Alcoholics Anonymous is the truly Christian principle that a man cannot help himself except by helping others.

6.
... truly exceptional abilities?   12&12 p.51, Step Four
Or by griping that others failed to recognize my truly exceptional abilities?

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... truly happy.   12&12 p.70, Step Seven
Nearly all A.A.'s have found, too, that unless they develop much more of this precious quality than may be required just for sobriety, they still haven't much chance of becoming truly happy.

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... truly open mind.   12&12 p.26, Step Two
Third, all you really need is a truly open mind.

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... truly religious people.   12&12 p.56, Step Five
It has been validated in every century, and it characterizes the lives of all spiritually centered and truly religious people.

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... truly thank God for the blessings we ...   12&12 p.95, Step Ten
Having so considered our day, not omitting to take due note of things well done, and having searched our hearts with neither fear nor favor, we can truly thank God for the blessings we have received and sleep in good conscience.


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... truly yours, William D. Silkworth, M.D.   BB xxvi(xxiv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Very truly yours, William D. Silkworth, M.D.


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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