"answer" in the Big Book

Surely this was the answer—self-knowledge.

That the man who is making the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured—these are the condi­

If you are an alcoholic who wants to get over it, you may already be asking—“What do I have to do?’’ It is the purpose of this book to answer such questions specifically.

Perhaps there never will be a full answer to these questions.

We cannot answer the riddle.

We told him what we knew of alcoholism and the answer we had found.

“Then they outlined the spiritual answer and program of action which a hundred of them had followed successfully.

Our friend’s gorge rose as he bitterly cried out: “If there is a God, He certainly hasn’t done anything for me!’’ But later, alone in his room, he asked himself this question: “Is it possible that all the religious people I have known are wrong?’’ While pondering the answer he felt as though he lived in hell.

The right answer will come, if we want it.

If we can answer to our satisfaction, we then look at Step Six.

If you answer these questions satisfactorily, you need have no apprehension.

His case presents additional questions which we shall try to answer for you.

The only answer I could make was that if the man followed the usual pattern, he would go on a bigger bust than ever.

Ask him if he thinks he has the answer.

The practical answer is that since these things have happened among us, they can happen with you.

Many an alcoholic who entered there came away with an answer.