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

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TRUTH   occurs   21 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... truth.   12&12 p.22, Step One
In A.A.'s pioneering time, none but the most desperate cases could swallow and digest this unpalatable truth.

2.
... truth.   12&12 p.26, Step Two
"Well," says the newcomer, "I know you're telling me the truth.

3.
... truth.   12&12 p.98, Step Eleven
To an amazing extent the facts of A.A. life confirm this ageless truth.


4.
... truth.   BB p.23, There Is A Solution   Go to page 23 in the Big Book
Once in a while he may tell the truth.


5.
... truth.   BB p.70, How It Works   Go to page 70 in the Big Book
But this is only a half-truth.


6.
... truth about alcoholism.   BB p.144, To Employers   Go to page 144 in the Big Book
Whether your employee likes it or not, he will learn the grim truth about alcoholism.


7.
... truth about his condition, whatever that happens ...   BB p.144, To Employers   Go to page 144 in the Big Book
We hope the doctor will tell the patient the truth about his condition, whatever that happens to be.

8.
... truth about ourselves -- the help of God ...   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.


9.
... truth about the stock-in-trade.   BB p.64, How It Works   Go to page 64 in the Big Book
It is an effort to discover the truth about the stock-in-trade.


10.
... truth about yourself.   BB p.71, How It Works   Go to page 71 in the Big Book
That being so you have swallowed and digested some big chunks of truth about yourself.


11.
... truth, and he got it.   BB p.26, There Is A Solution   Go to page 26 in the Big Book
He begged the doctor to tell him the whole truth, and he got it.


12.
... truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an ...   BB p.33, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 33 in the Big Book
We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic."

13.
... truth, faith, hope, light, and joy to ...   12&12 p.101, Step Eleven
Then he asked for the grace to bring love, forgiveness, harmony, truth, faith, hope, light, and joy to every human being he could.


14.
... truth is that if the man be ...   BB p.23, There Is A Solution   Go to page 23 in the Big Book
The tragic truth is that if the man be a real alcoholic, the happy day may not arrive.


15.
... truth: Job or no job -- wife or ...   BB p.98, Working With Others   Go to page 98 in the Big Book
Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job -- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.

16.
... truth, justice, and love as the real ...   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.


17.
... truth nor have we followed their advice.   BB p.73, Into Action   Go to page 73 in the Big Book
We have seldom told them the whole truth nor have we followed their advice.


18.
... truth, strange to say, is usually that ...   BB p.23, There Is A Solution   Go to page 23 in the Big Book
And the truth, strange to say, is usually that he has no more idea why he took that first drink than you have.


19.
... truth than we realized.   BB p.106, To Wives   Go to page 106 in the Big Book
We have told small tots that father was sick, which was much nearer the truth than we realized.


20.
... truth that faith alone is insufficient.   BB p.93, Working With Others   Go to page 93 in the Big Book
He may be an example of the truth that faith alone is insufficient.

21.
... truth -- that where there is doubt, I ...   12&12 p.99, Step Eleven
"Lord, make me a channel of thy peace -- that where there is hatred, I may bring love -- that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness -- that where there is discord, I may bring harmony -- that where there is error, I may bring truth -- that where there is doubt, I may bring faith -- that where there is despair, I may bring hope -- that where there are shadows, I may bring light -- that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.


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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