From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... average?
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
2.
... average.
BB p.58,
How It Works
3.
... average.
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
4.
... average alcoholic's
plight is, in my opinion, ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
One of these men, staff member of a world-renowned hospital, recently made this statement to some
of us: "What you say about the general hopelessness
of the average alcoholic's plight is, in
my opinion, correct.
5.
... average alcoholic,
self-centered in the extreme, doesn't ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme,
doesn't care for this prospect -- unless he has
to do these things in order
to stay alive himself.
6.
... average Americans.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
We are average Americans.
7.
... average citizen
could see for himself just ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Consequently, many groups began to hold meetings which were open to interested friends and the public, so
that the average citizen
could see for himself just what A.A. was all about.
8.
... average in
intelligence.
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
9.
... average man
like himself, a spiritual life ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
He will perceive that his
spiritual growth is lopsided, that for an average
man like himself, a spiritual life which does not include
his family obligations may not be so perfect after all.
10.
... average newcomer
wanted his family to know ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
11.
... average temperate
drinker.
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
We believe, and so suggested a few years ago, that the action of alcohol on these
chronic alcoholics is
a manifestation of an allergy; that the phenomenon of craving is
limited to this class and
never occurs in the average temperate drinker.
12.
... average; we
forgot the immense goodwill of ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
We forgot that most alcoholics in A.A. have an earning power considerably above average; we forgot the immense goodwill of our brother A.A.'s who were only too
eager to help us to better jobs when we deserved them; we forgot
the actual or potential
financial insecurity of every human being in the world.
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