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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
AFFECTED occurs
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1.
... affected.
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Then, as
year by
year we
walk back through our
lives as
far as
memory will reach, we
shall be
bound to
construct a
long list of
people who have, to
some
extent or
other, been
affected.
2.
... affected?
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Or do we
first consult those who are to be
gravely
affected?
3.
... affected.
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
And
even if they
failed us,
we could be
understanding and not too
seriously affected.
4.
... affected.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
We
hope this
volume will inform and
comfort those who are, or who
may be
affected.
5.
... affected also,
pleasantly at first, as they ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
The
family will be
affected also,
pleasantly at
first, as
they
feel their
money troubles are about to be
solved, then not so
pleasantly as they
find themselves neglected.
6.
... affected by
it.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
We
shall at
once think of a
few people who
know all about our
drinking, and who have been most
affected by it.
7.
... affected, even
those who may be only ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
As
soon as we
begin to
feel confident in our
new way of
life and have
begun, by our
behavior and
example, to
convince those about us
that we are
indeed changing for the
better, it
is
usually safe to
talk in
complete frankness with
those who
have been
seriously affected,
even those who may be only a
little
or not at all
aware of what we have
done to them.
8.
... affected, nor
can they understand the aberrations ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
Normal drinkers are not
so
affected,
nor can they
understand the
aberrations of the
alcoholic.
9.
... affected, one
does not necessarily have to ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
To be
gravely affected,
one does not
necessarily
have to
drink a
long time nor take the
quantities some of
us have.
10.
... affected other
people.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
11.
... affected, the
wife must become the head ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
If the
man is
affected, the
wife must become the
head of the
house,
often the
breadwinner.
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