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1.
... badly?   12&12 p.50, Step Four
What people were hurt, and how badly?

2.
... badly.   12&12 p.150, Tradition Five
"Shoemaker, stick to thy last!" ... better do one thing supremely well than many badly.


3.
... badly.   BB p.153, A Vision For You   Go to page 153 in the Big Book
From a business standpoint, his trip came off badly.


4.
... badly.   BB p.180, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 180 in the Big Book
I spend a great deal of time passing on what I learned to others who want and need it badly.

5.
... badly at all.   12&12 p.78, Step Eight
This is especially true if he has, in fact, behaved badly at all.

6.
... badly beat-up topers could find needed care.   12&12 p.170, Tradition Eight
Now and then, A.A. members have bought farms or rest homes where badly beat-up topers could find needed care.


7.
... badly burned by alcohol does not often ...   BB p.133, The Family Afterward   Go to page 133 in the Big Book
Now about health: A body badly burned by alcohol does not often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and depression vanish in a twinkling.


8.
... badly, but instead would fill up on ...   BB p.176, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 176 in the Big Book
Most of the time, therefore, I did not take the morning drink which I craved so badly, but instead would fill up on large doses of sedatives to quiet the jitters, which distressed me terribly.


9.
... badly enough to gradually impair him physically ...   BB p.20, There Is A Solution   Go to page 20 in the Big Book
He may have the habit badly enough to gradually impair him physically and mentally.


10.
... badly, I said, "Let's make the call," ...   BB p.179, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 179 in the Big Book
Wishing to be polite, though I felt very badly, I said, "Let's make the call," and extracted from my wife a promise that we would not stay over fifteen minutes.


11.
... badly mangled before they really commence to ...   BB p.43, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 43 in the Big Book
Most alcoholics have to be pretty badly mangled before they really commence to solve their problems.

12.
... badly that -- drained of all A.A. spirit ...   12&12 p.135, Tradition Two
A few hemorrhage so badly that -- drained of all A.A. spirit and principle -- they get drunk.

13.
... badly, try to visualize how we might ...   12&12 p.94, Step Ten
Here we need only recognize that we did act or think badly, try to visualize how we might have done better, and resolve with God's help to carry these lessons over into tomorrow, making, of course, any amends still neglected.


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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