From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BOTHERED occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... bothered by
fear, self-pity, and hurt feelings, ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Because we were still
bothered by
fear,
self-
pity, and
hurt feelings, it was
probable
we couldn't
appraise ourselves
fairly at all.
2.
... bothered with
the thought that faith and ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
We were
bothered with the
thought that
faith and
dependence upon a
Power beyond ourselves was somewhat
weak, even
cowardly.
3.
... bothered with
theological abstractions and religious duties, ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
Why should we be
bothered with
theological abstractions and
religious duties, or with
the
state of our
souls here
or
hereafter?
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