From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BITTERNESS occurs
5 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... bitterness?
BB p.69,
How It Works
2.
... bitterness, frustration,
or depression?
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
3.
... bitterness of
all sorts wiped out.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
I have seen
hundreds of
families set their
feet in the
path that really
goes somewhere; have seen the most
impossible domestic situations righted;
feuds and
bitterness of all
sorts wiped out.
4.
... bitterness or
hostility.
BB p.103,
Working With Others
Some
day we
hope that
Alcoholics Anonymous
will
help the
public to a
better realization of
the
gravity of the
alcoholic problem, but we
shall be of
little use if our
attitude is one of
bitterness
or
hostility.
5.
Bitterness still
overpowers him when he broods ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
Bitterness still
overpowers him when he
broods upon those he still
envies or
hates.
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