From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
APT occurs
11 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... apt to
be all dressed up as ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
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 p.57,
Step Five
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 p.85,
Step Nine
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 p.45,
Step Four
5.
... apt to
breathe a great sigh of ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
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 p.164,
Tradition Seven
Whoever pays the
piper is
apt to call the
tune, and if the
A.A.
7.
... apt to
congratulate ourselves.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
We who have
escaped these
extremes are
apt to
congratulate ourselves.
8.
... apt to
get used to that quite ...
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
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 p.62,
Step Five
And when
humility and
serenity are so
combined,
something else of
great moment is
apt to
occur.
10.
... apt to
play the big shot.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
11.
... apt to
regard it as a somewhat ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
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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