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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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AFFECTED   occurs   11 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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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   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 126 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 33 in the Big Book
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
Though in some cases we cannot make restitution at all, and in some cases action ought to be deferred, we should nevertheless make an accurate and really exhaustive survey of our past life as it has affected other people.

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.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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