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

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TRUE   occurs   64 times 24 in BB  •  40 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... true?  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
It's strong language -- but isn't it true?


2.
  ... true.  BB We Agnostics, p.55
We had seen spiritual release, but liked to tell ourselves it wasn't true.


3.
  ... true.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
To some extent this is already true.


4.
  ... true.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.125
To a certain extent, that is true.


5.
  ... true alcoholic, as our behavior patterns vary.  BB There Is A Solution, p.22
This is by no means a comprehensive picture of the true alcoholic, as our behavior patterns vary.


6.
  ... true alcoholics.  BB We Agnostics, p.44
At first some of us tried to avoid the issue, hoping against hope we were not true alcoholics.


7.
  ... true alcoholics after a while.  BB To Wives, p.109
Of those who keep on, a good number will become true alcoholics after a while.


8.
  True ambition is not what we thought ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
True ambition is not what we thought it was.


9.
  True ambition is the deep desire to ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.


10.
  ... true and important for the A.A.'s who ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.119
The considerations are equally true and important for the A.A.'s who marry "outside" A.A.


11.
  ... true, apparently, ever since man had first ...  12&12 Step One, p.22
And this had been true, apparently, ever since man had first crushed grapes.


12.
  ... true basis of intolerance?  12&12 Tradition Three, p.140
After all, isn't fear the true basis of intolerance?


13.
  ... true brotherhood we had small comprehension.  12&12 Step Four, p.53
Of true brotherhood we had small comprehension.


14.
  ... true, but is positive that he will ...  BB To Wives, p.109
He admits this is true, but is positive that he will do better.


15.
  ... true, but it doesn't fully apply.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
Some of you are thinking: "Yes, what you tell us is true, but it doesn't fully apply.


16.
  ... true catalog of our defects and had ...  12&12 Step Five, p.59
How could we be certain that we had made a true catalog of our defects and had really admitted them, even to ourselves?


17.
  True, each physician in such a group ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.150
True, each physician in such a group might have his own specialty.


18.
  ... true even when we believed that God ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
This was true even when we believed that God existed.


19.
  ... true fellowship.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.175
Though Tradition Nine at first sight seems to deal with a purely practical matter, in its actual operation it discloses a society without organization, animated only by the spirit of service -- a true fellowship.


20.
  ... true for the alcoholic!  BB Bill's Story, p.14
And how appallingly true for the alcoholic!


21.
  True, founders and their friends are sometimes ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.133
True, founders and their friends are sometimes wiser and more humble than this.


22.
  ... true freedom of the human spirit.  12&12 Contents (Step Seven), p.7
The avenue to true freedom of the human spirit.


23.
  ... true freedom of the human spirit, to ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
To get completely away from our aversion to the idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired for itself, takes most of us a long, long time.


24.
  ... true from the false.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate the true from the false.


25.
  True humility and an open mind can ...  12&12 Step Two, p.33
True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to Him.


26.
  ... true if he has, in fact, behaved ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.78
This is especially true if he has, in fact, behaved badly at all.


27.
  ... true independence of the spirit.  12&12 Step Three, p.36
Therefore dependence, as A.A. practices it, is really a means of gaining true independence of the spirit.


28.
  ... true, it would follow that life originated ...  BB We Agnostics, p.49
Were our contentions true, it would follow that life originated out of nothing, means nothing, and proceeds nowhere.


29.
  ... true kinship with man and God.  12&12 Contents (Step Five), p.6
Beginning of true kinship with man and God.


30.
  ... true kinship with man and God.  12&12 Step Five, p.57
It was the beginning of true kinship with man and God.


31.
  ... true leaders in A.A. are but trusted ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced servants of the whole.


32.
  ... true leaders in A.A. are but trusted ...  12&12 Tradition Nine (Long), p.191
All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced servants of the whole.


33.
  True leadership, we find, depends upon able ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
True leadership, we find, depends upon able example and not upon vain displays of power or glory.


34.
  ... true love of man and God the ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
We never thought of making honesty, tolerance, and true love of man and God the daily basis of living.


35.
  True, most of us thought good character ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.71
True, most of us thought good character was desirable, but obviously good character was something one needed to get on with the business of being self-satisfied.


36.
  ... true motive was to feel superior by ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
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.


37.
  ... true motives were.  12&12 Step Ten, p.94
But in other instances only the closest scrutiny will reveal what our true motives were.


38.
  ... true nature of his malady, that person ...  12&12 Step One, p.23
It was then discovered that when one alcoholic had planted in the mind of another the true nature of his malady, that person could never be the same again.


39.
  ... true of certain nonalcoholic people who, though ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
That may be true of certain nonalcoholic people who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not been damaged as ours were.


40.
  ... true of women.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
This is particularly true of women.


41.
  ... true only if one is willing to ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.124
That is true only if one is willing to turn the past to good account.


42.
  ... true partnership with another human being.  12&12 Step Four, p.53
The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being.


43.
  ... true progress.  12&12 Step Four, pp.48-49
For pride, leading to self-justification, and always spurred by conscious or unconscious fears, is the basic breeder of most human difficulties, the chief block to true progress.


44.
  ... true purpose.  12&12 Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
Instincts restored to true purpose.


45.
  ... true purpose and direction.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
But today, in well-matured A.A.'s, these distorted drives have been restored to something like their true purpose and direction.


46.
  ... true purpose of our lives, produced another ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.72
This lack of anchorage to any permanent values, this blindness to the true purpose of our lives, produced another bad result.


47.
  ... true religious feeling.  12&12 Step Two, p.32
Or, going to the other extreme, we had wallowed in emotionalism and had mistaken it for true religious feeling.


48.
  True, some of the projects to which ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.171
True, some of the projects to which A.A.'s have attached themselves have been ill-conceived, but that makes not the slightest difference with the principle involved.


49.
  ... true that few subjects have been the ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.166
Despite this certainty, it is nevertheless true that few subjects have been the cause of more contention within our Fellowship than professionalism.


50.
  ... true that in all matters touching upon ...  12&12 Step Three, p.35
Isn't it true that in all matters touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance of Alcoholics Anonymous?


51.
  ... true that our first printing gave many ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
Yet it is true that our first printing gave many readers the impression that these personality changes, or religious experiences, must be in the nature of sudden and spectacular upheavals.


52.
  ... true that the best mathematical minds had ...  BB We Agnostics, p.51
Was it not true that the best mathematical minds had proved man could never fly?


53.
  ... true that we like to let greed ...  12&12 Step Six, p.66
Isn't it true that we like to let greed masquerade as ambition?


54.
  ... true that you and your husband have ...  BB To Wives, p.119
It is probably true that you and your husband have been living too much alone, for drinking many times isolates the wife of an alcoholic.


55.
  ... true the many articles of faith which ...  BB We Agnostics, p.47
But I cannot accept as surely true the many articles of faith which are so plain to him."


56.
  ... true this is, few realize.  BB There Is A Solution, p.23
How true this is, few realize.


57.
  ... true throughout the material world.  BB We Agnostics, p.49
These tiny bodies are governed by precise laws, and these laws hold true throughout the material world.


58.
  ... true to some extent, in fact, to ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
These things were true to some extent, in fact, to a considerable extent with some of us.


59.
  ... true tolerance and see what real love ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.92
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.


60.
  ... true voice of Alcoholics Anonymous.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.135
They become the voice of the group conscience; in fact, these are the true voice of Alcoholics Anonymous.


61.
  ... true voice, welling up out of my ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.138
Here was the true voice, welling up out of my friends.


62.
  ... True when this book was first published. ...  BB More About Alcoholism (Note), p.34
(*) True when this book was first published. But a 2014 U.S./Canada membership survey showed about eleven percent of A.A.'s were thirty and under.


63.
  ... true whether we had been believers or ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.75
And this was true whether we had been believers or unbelievers.


64.
  ... true with many of our men, it ...  BB To Wives, p.120
Though it is infinitely better that he have no relapse at all, as has been true with many of our men, it is by no means a bad thing in some cases.


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