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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... boy.   12&12 p.118, Step Twelve
Very gradually, and usually without any realization of the fact, the wife is forced to become the mother of an erring boy.

2.
... boy.   12&12 p.119, Step Twelve
At this point he firmly but lovingly commences to behave like a partner instead of like a bad boy.

3.
... boy in the United States dreams of ...   12&12 p.122, Step Twelve
Practically every boy in the United States dreams of becoming our President.

4.
... "boy meets girl on A.A. campus," and ...   12&12 p.119, Step Twelve
It is only where "boy meets girl on A.A. campus," and love follows at first sight, that difficulties may develop.


5.
... boy was on fire all right.   BB p.9, Bill's Story   Go to page 9 in the Big Book
Yes, the old boy was on fire all right.

6.
... boy we thought God was looking after ...   12&12 p.113, Step Twelve
Maybe there are serious domestic or romantic difficulties, or perhaps that boy we thought God was looking after becomes a military casualty.


7.
... boy whistling in the dark to keep ...   BB p.152, A Vision For You   Go to page 152 in the Big Book
We know our friend is like a boy whistling in the dark to keep up his spirits.


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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