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... apt to
be all dressed up as ...
12&12
Step Six, p.67
And even while staying within conventional bounds, many people have to admit that their imaginary sex excursions are apt to be all dressed up as dreams of romance.
2.
... apt to
be noisy good fellows craving ...
12&12
Step Five, p.57
Either we were shy, and dared not draw near others, or we were apt to be noisy good fellows craving attention and companionship, but never
getting it -- at least to
our way of thinking.
3.
... apt to
be so exhilarating as to ...
12&12
Step Nine, p.85
This atmosphere of approval and praise is apt to be so exhilarating as
to put us off balance by creating an insatiable appetite for more of the same.
4.
... apt to
be swamped with guilt and ...
12&12
Step Four, p.45
If temperamentally we are on the depressive side, we are apt to be swamped with guilt and self-loathing.
5.
... apt to
breathe a great sigh of ...
12&12
Step Seven, p.73
When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless over alcohol, we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, "Well, thank God that's over!
6.
... apt to
call the tune, and if ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.164
Whoever pays the piper is apt to call the tune, and if the A.A. Foundation obtained money from outside sources, its trustees might be tempted to run things without reference to the wishes of
A.A. as a whole.
7.
... apt to
congratulate ourselves.
12&12
Step Six, p.66
8.
... apt to
get used to that quite ...
12&12
Step Five, pp.59-60
Though we may at first be startled to realize that God knows all about us, we are
apt to get used to that quite quickly.
9.
... apt to
occur.
12&12
Step Five, p.62
10.
... apt to
play the big shot.
12&12
Step Ten, p.92
11.
... apt to
regard it as a somewhat ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.96
To be sure, we feel it is something that might help us
to meet an occasional emergency, but at first many of us are apt to regard it as a somewhat mysterious skill of clergymen, from which we may hope to get a secondhand benefit.
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