From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... argument.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
2.
... argument.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
We "constructively criticized" someone who
needed it, when our real motive was to win a useless argument.
3.
... argument.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Nothing would please us
so much as to write a book which would contain no basis for contention or argument.
4.
... argument.
BB p.67,
How It Works
5.
... argument among
A.A. members.
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
It could almost be said that
we were born with it, for, as one oldtimer recently declared, "Practically never have I
heard a heated religious, political,
or reform argument among A.A. members.
6.
Argument and
fault-finding are to be avoided ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
7.
... argument, but
that now he has become ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
Dad may feel that for years his drinking has placed him on the wrong side of every argument, but that now he has become a superior person with God on his side.
8.
... argument he
has with them while drinking.
BB p.115,
To Wives
Unless they actually need protection from their
father, it is best not to take sides in any argument he has with them while drinking.
9.
... argument, self-pity,
self-justification or resentful criticism.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
These family talks will be constructive if
they can be carried on without heated argument, self-pity, self-justification or resentful criticism.
10.
... argument they
allowed me to return and ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
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