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


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1.
... understand.   12&12 p.57, Step Five
There was always that mysterious barrier we could neither surmount nor understand.

2.
... understand.   12&12 p.94, Step Ten
In most cases our motives won't be hard to see and understand.

3.
... understand.   12&12 p.106, Step Twelve
And these things which they have in common are not too hard to understand.


4.
... understand.   BB p.14, Bill's Story   Go to page 14 in the Big Book
Finally he shook his head saying, "Something has happened to you I don't understand.


5.
... understand.   BB p.112, To Wives   Go to page 112 in the Big Book
Show him that as alcoholics, the writers of the book understand.


6.
... understand.   BB p.138, To Employers   Go to page 138 in the Big Book
I wanted to throw up my hands in discouragement, for I saw that I had failed to help my banker friend understand.


7.
... understand!   BB p.151, A Vision For You   Go to page 151 in the Big Book
Unhappy drinkers who read this page will understand!


8.
... understand alcoholics.   BB p.74, Into Action   Go to page 74 in the Big Book
Of course, we sometimes encounter people who do not understand alcoholics.


9.
... understand alcoholism as I do now.   BB p.137, To Employers   Go to page 137 in the Big Book
Here were three exceptional men lost to this world because I did not understand alcoholism as I do now.


10.
... understand and approve what we are driving ...   BB p.74, Into Action   Go to page 74 in the Big Book
It is important that he be able to keep a confidence; that he fully understand and approve what we are driving at; that he will not try to change our plan.


11.
... understand and help, some men will try ...   BB p.141, To Employers   Go to page 141 in the Big Book
Seeing your attempt to understand and help, some men will try to take advantage of your kindness.

12.
... understand and help them.   12&12 p.93, Step Ten
With those we dislike we can begin to practice justice and courtesy, perhaps going out of our way to understand and help them.

13.
... understand and sympathize.   12&12 p.96, Step Eleven
Those of us who once felt this way can certainly understand and sympathize.


14.
... understand, and that you avoid these unnecessary ...   BB p.121, To Wives   Go to page 121 in the Big Book
That is why we are anxious that you understand, and that you avoid these unnecessary difficulties.(*)


15.
... understand and will not be upset by ...   BB p.144, To Employers   Go to page 144 in the Big Book
If he feels free to discuss his problems with you, if he knows you understand and will not be upset by anything he wishes to say, he will probably be off to a fast start.


16.
... understand as perhaps few can.   BB p.104, To Wives   Go to page 104 in the Big Book
As wives of Alcoholics Anonymous, we would like you to feel that we understand as perhaps few can.


17.
... understand, but what are we going to ...   BB p.81, Into Action   Go to page 81 in the Big Book
In fairness we must say that she may understand, but what are we going to do about a thing like that?


18.
... understand God.   BB p.164, A Vision For You   Go to page 164 in the Big Book
Abandon yourself to God as you understand God.


19.
Understand he was once a well-known lawyer ...   BB p.156, A Vision For You   Go to page 156 in the Big Book
Understand he was once a well-known lawyer in town, but just now we've got him strapped down tight.(*)

20.
... understand Him.   12&12 p.102, Step Eleven
With it we can broaden and deepen the channel between ourselves and God as we understand Him.

21.
... understand Him.   12&12 p.109, Step Twelve
The persistent use of meditation and prayer, we found, did open the channel so that where there had been a trickle, there now was a river which led to sure power and safe guidance from God as we were increasingly better able to understand Him.

22.
... understand Him, handle them as well and ...   12&12 p.113, Step Twelve
Can we now, with the help of God as we understand Him, handle them as well and as bravely as our nonalcoholic friends often do?

23.
... understand Him' tell us where we are ...   12&12 p.59, Step Five
We said, "Why can't 'God as we understand Him' tell us where we are astray?

24.
... understand him, when in actuality our true ...   12&12 p.94, Step Ten
Or, the person concerned not being present, we thought we were helping others to understand him, when in actuality our true motive was to feel superior by pulling him down.


25.
... understand his new way of life.   BB p.99, Working With Others   Go to page 99 in the Big Book
The wife should fully understand his new way of life.


26.
... understand how such a seemingly above-board chap ...   BB p.140, To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
You may be at a loss to understand how such a seemingly above-board chap could be so involved.

27.
... understand it.   12&12 p.174, Tradition Nine
The man in the street says, "I don't understand it.


28.
... understand it."   BB p.157, A Vision For You   Go to page 157 in the Big Book
I can't understand it."


29.
... understand it, then a chapter addressed to ...   BB p.28, There Is A Solution   Go to page 28 in the Big Book
In the following chapter, there appears an explanation of alcoholism, as we understand it, then a chapter addressed to the agnostic.

30.
... understand, meets our simplest daily needs, and ...   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.


31.
... understand -- once a psychic change has occurred, ...   BB xxix(xxvii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
On the other hand -- and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand -- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.


32.
... understand our problem.   BB p.74, Into Action   Go to page 74 in the Big Book
We often find such a person quick to see and understand our problem.

33.
... understand our refusal of all personal publicity.   12&12 p.182, Tradition Eleven
In the beginning, the press could not understand our refusal of all personal publicity.


34.
... understand ourselves so well after what you ...   BB p.38, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 38 in the Big Book
We admit we have some of these symptoms, but we have not gone to the extremes you fellows did, nor are we likely to, for we understand ourselves so well after what you have told us that such things cannot happen again.


35.
... understand people who said that a problem ...   BB p.42, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 42 in the Big Book
I had never been able to understand people who said that a problem had them hopelessly defeated.

36.
... understand than to be understood; better to ...   12&12 p.101, Step Eleven
He thought it better to give comfort than to receive it; better to understand than to be understood; better to forgive than to be forgiven.

37.
... understand, than to be understood -- to love, ...   12&12 p.99, Step Eleven
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted -- to understand, than to be understood -- to love, than to be loved.

38.
... understand than to be understood, to love ...   12&12 p.103, Step Eleven
At these critical moments, if we remind ourselves that "it is better to comfort than to be comforted, to understand than to be understood, to love than to be loved," we will be following the intent of Step Eleven.


39.
... understand that emphatically.   BB p.142, To Employers   Go to page 142 in the Big Book
He should understand that emphatically.


40.
... understand that he must undergo a change ...   BB p.143, To Employers   Go to page 143 in the Big Book
Though you are providing him with the best possible medical attention, he should understand that he must undergo a change of heart.


41.
... understand the aberrations of the alcoholic.   BB p.140, To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
Normal drinkers are not so affected, nor can they understand the aberrations of the alcoholic.


42.
... understand the alcoholic.   BB xiii, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
We think this account of our experiences will help everyone to better understand the alcoholic.

43.
... understand the difference between sane drinking and ...   12&12 p.33, Step Two
They are abetted in this blindness by a world which does not understand the difference between sane drinking and alcoholism.


44.
... understand the malady better, you may feel ...   BB p.139, To Employers   Go to page 139 in the Big Book
Even when you understand the malady better, you may feel this feeling rising.


45.
... understand the problem and will no longer ...   BB p.148, To Employers   Go to page 148 in the Big Book
But at least he will understand the problem and will no longer be misled by ordinary promises.

46.
... understand, the sense of belonging was tremendously ...   12&12 p.57, Step Five
When we reached A.A., and for the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the sense of belonging was tremendously exciting.

47.
... understand us; we don't have to be ...   12&12 p.117, Step Twelve
Through it we begin to learn right relations with people who understand us; we don't have to be alone any more.


48.
... understand, yet be unaffected.   BB p.74, Into Action   Go to page 74 in the Big Book
Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected.


49.
... understand you at once.   BB p.92, Working With Others   Go to page 92 in the Big Book
If he is alcoholic, he will understand you at once.


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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