From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BLAME occurs
9 times
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1.
... blame.
BB p.61,
How It Works
Admitting he may be
somewhat at
fault, he is
sure that
other people are
more to
blame.
2.
... blame?
BB p.67,
How It Works
Where were we to blame?
3.
... blame each
other and ask when their ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Both of them
blame each other and
ask when their
marriage is
ever going to be
happy again.
4.
... blame for
what befell his home.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
The
head of the
house ought to
remember that he is
mainly to
blame for what
befell his
home.
5.
... "blame" from
our speech and thought.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
Where
other people were
concerned, we had to
drop
the
word "
blame" from our
speech and
thought.
6.
... blame in
any way."
BB p.136,
To Employers
He
left us a
note saying you were the
best boss he
ever had, and that you
were not to
blame in
any way."
7.
... blame; it
may take him many seasons ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Father knows he is to
blame; it may
take him
many seasons of
hard work to be
restored financially,
but he shouldn't be
reproached.
8.
... blame them
if they have been short ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
And we, who have
imposed on the
best of
employers, can
scarcely blame them if they
have been
short with us.
9.
... blame yourself.
BB p.120,
To Wives
If he
gets drunk, don't
blame yourself.
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