From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BREAKS occurs
4 times
(
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1.
... breaks anonymity
at the public level, that ...
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
It is
significant, now that almost no
A.A. in our
Fellowship breaks anonymity at the
public level, that
nearly all these
fears have
subsided.
2.
... breaks both
legs.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
He tells you he has
decided to
stop jay-
walking for
good, but in a few
weeks he
breaks both
legs.
3.
... breaks his
arm.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
4.
... breaks his
back.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
But the
day he
comes out he
races in
front of a
fire engine, which
breaks his back.
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