"real" in the Big Book

There had been no real infidelity, for loyalty to my wife, helped at times by extreme drunkenness, kept me out of those scrapes.

Mercifully, no one could guess that I was to have no real employment for five years, or hardly draw a sober breath.

The real significance of my experience in the Cathedral burst upon me.

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

Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people’s shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us

But what about the real alcoholic?

He is a real Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Once this malady has a real hold, they are a baffled lot.

The tragic truth is that if the man be a real alcoholic, the happy day may not arrive.

M ost of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics.

We know that no real alcoholic ever recovers control.

Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going to believe they are in that class.

Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years.

If he is a real alcoholic and very far advanced, there is scant chance of success.

He agreed he was a real alcoholic and in a serious condition.

We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn’t control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn’t make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn’t seem to be of real help to other people— was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight?

In that state, the wrong-doing of others, fancied or real, had power to actually kill.

Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us.

If you are satisfied that he is a real alcoholic, begin to dwell on the hopeless feature of the malady.

These are the earmarks of a real alcoholic.

We find it a real mistake to dampen his enthusiasm for alcoholic work.

My downfall cost the business community unknown thousands of dollars, for it takes real money to train a man for an executive position.

To you, liquor is no real problem.

If he wants to stop, he should be afforded a real chance.

There is a real interest, both humanitarian and business, in the well-being of employees.

God will determine that, so you must remember that your real reliance is always upon Him.