"recover" in the Big Book

The market would recover, but I wouldn’t.

Many could recover if they had the opportunity we have enjoyed.

So he returned to this doctor, whom he admired, and asked him point-blank why he could not recover.

I have never seen one single case recover, where that state of mind existed to the extent that it does in you.’’ Our friend felt as though the gates of hell had closed on him with a clang.

We first saw Fred about a year ago in a hospital where he had gone to recover from a bad case of jitters.

Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.

There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.

To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends—this is an experience you must not miss.

Perhaps you are not acquainted with any drinkers who want to recover.

But insist that if he is severely afflicted, there may be little chance he can recover by himself.

If you leave such a person alone, he may soon become convinced that he cannot recover by himself.

Should they accept and practice spiritual principles, there is a much better chance that the head of the family will recover.

Let no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family back.

He is striving to recover fortune and reputation and feels he is doing very well.

Now about health: A body badly burned by alcohol does not often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and depression vanish in a twinkling.

Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover.

After satisfying yourself that your man wants to recover and that he will go to any extreme to do so, you may suggest a definite course of action.

Can you have every confidence in his ability to recover?

If he is, and is still trying to recover, he will tell you about it even if it means the loss of his job.

He has helped other men recover, and is a power in the church from which he was long absent.

Understanding our work, he can do this with an eye to selecting those who are willing and able to recover on a spiritual basis.

selves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity to recover— if he can and will.