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

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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
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 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
Thus blinded by prideful self-confidence, we were apt to play the big shot.

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.


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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