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


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1.
... brother?   12&12 p.141, Tradition Three
Who dared to be judge, jury, and executioner of his own sick brother?

2.
... brother A.A.'s who were only too eager ...   12&12 p.121, Step Twelve
We forgot that most alcoholics in A.A. have an earning power considerably above average; we forgot the immense goodwill of our brother A.A.'s who were only too eager to help us to better jobs when we deserved them; we forgot the actual or potential financial insecurity of every human being in the world.

3.
... brother alcoholic, the one who is even ...   12&12 p.109, Step Twelve
Even the newest of newcomers finds undreamed rewards as he tries to help his brother alcoholic, the one who is even blinder than he.

4.
... brother alcoholic, we'd sometimes discuss those intimate ...   12&12 p.185, Tradition Twelve
Enthusiastic over the spectacular recovery of a brother alcoholic, we'd sometimes discuss those intimate and harrowing aspects of his case meant for his sponsor's ear alone.


5.
... brother, and he wished to give me ...   BB p.136, To Employers   Go to page 136 in the Big Book
My secretary returned to say that is was not Mr. B___ on the phone; it was Mr. B___'s brother, and he wished to give me a message.


6.
... brother-executive suffered from a serious illness.   BB p.139, To Employers   Go to page 138 in the Big Book
He simply could not believe that his brother-executive suffered from a serious illness.

7.
... brother has yet received anything or not.   12&12 p.109, Step Twelve
And then he discovers that by the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether his brother has yet received anything or not.


8.
... brother-in-law is a physician, and through his ...   BB p.7, Bill's Story   Go to page 7 in the Big Book
My brother-in-law is a physician, and through his kindness and that of my mother I was placed in a nationally-known hospital for the mental and physical rehabilitation of alcoholics.

9.
... brother sufferer to pay him, or even ...   12&12 p.109, Step Twelve
He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him.


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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