"knows" in the Big Book

He knows that they are real.

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

Heaven knows, we have tried hard enough and long enough to drink like other people!

Almost everyone knows the reason.

He wants to enjoy a certain reputation, but knows in his heart he doesn’t deserve it.

If she knows in a general way that we have been wild, should we tell her in detail?

In that case he is going to wonder how you can add anything to what he already knows.

Admit that he probably knows more about it than you do, but call to his attention the fact that however deep his faith and knowledge, he could not have applied it or he would not drink.

Perhaps your story will help him see where he has failed to practice the very precepts he knows so well.

He knows that thousands of men, much like himself, have recovered.

Your husband knows he owes you more than sobriety.

Father knows he is to blame; it may take him many seasons of hard work to be restored financially, but he shouldn’t be reproached.

Everyone knows about the others’ alcoholic troubles.

Everybody knows that those in bad health, and those who seldom play, do not laugh much.

He knows the alcoholic as the employer sees him.

Here, for instance, is a typical example: An officer of one of the largest banking institutions in America knows I no longer drink.

If he feels free to discuss his problems with you, if he knows you under­

Being somewhat weakened, and faced with physical and mental readjustment to a life which knows no alcohol, he may overdo.

For he knows he must be honest if he would live at all.