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

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ACCEPTED   occurs   14 times 9 in BB  •  5 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... accepted a sum of money from a ...  BB Into Action, p.80
While drinking, he accepted a sum of money from a bitterly-hated business rival, giving him no receipt for it.


2.
  ... accepted and brings still greater confusion.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
Then we are hurt and confused when the advice is rejected, or when it is accepted and brings still greater confusion.


3.
  ... accepted and encouraged this movement.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for alcoholics we appear somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged this movement.


4.
  ... accepted by 1950 that they were confirmed ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
Though none of these principles had the force of rules or laws, they had become so widely accepted by 1950 that they were confirmed by our first International Conference held at Cleveland.


5.
  ... accepted dad's new way of living and ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.134
This may hang on for months, long after their mother has accepted dad's new way of living and thinking.


6.
  ... accepted his devastating weakness and all its ...  12&12 Step One, p.21
We know that little good can come to any alcoholic who joins A.A. unless he has first accepted his devastating weakness and all its consequences.


7.
  ... accepted many things on faith which seemed ...  BB We Agnostics, p.47
That was great news to us, for we had assumed we could not make use of spiritual principles unless we accepted many things on faith which seemed difficult to believe.


8.
  ... accepted or solved with God's help, the ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
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.


9.
  ... accepted, our bankruptcy as going human concerns ...  12&12 Step One, p.21
Once this stark fact is accepted, our bankruptcy as going human concerns is complete.


10.
  ... accepted our lot, then we found we ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.122
When, with God's help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too.


11.
  ... accepted our solution which, as you know, ...  BB To Employers, p.145
In fact, he may say almost anything if he has accepted our solution which, as you know, demands rigorous honesty.


12.
  ... accepted the plan outlined in this book.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
He accepted the plan outlined in this book.


13.
  ... accepted the principles and procedure that had ...  BB To Employers, p.139
Without much ado, he accepted the principles and procedure that had helped us.


14.
  ... accepted them, the effect was electric.  BB Bill's Story, p.14
These were revolutionary and drastic proposals, but the moment I fully accepted them, the effect was electric.


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