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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CONTRARY occurs
8 times
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1.
... contrary effect.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
A
man may
criticize or
laugh at himself and it will
affect others
favorably,
but
criticism or
ridicule coming from
another often
produces the
contrary effect.
2.
... contrary indications,
I had little doubt that ...
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
3.
... contrary that
surrounds us in purely human ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
The
moment we
catch even a
glimpse of
God's will, the
moment we
begin to see
truth,
justice, and
love as the
real and
eternal things in
life, we are
no
longer deeply disturbed by all the
seeming evidence to the
contrary that
surrounds
us in
purely human affairs.
4.
... contrary to
his own desires, was obliged ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
5.
... contrary to
our natural desires . . . they all ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
All of
A.A.'s
Twelve Steps ask us to go
contrary to our
natural desires . . . they all
deflate our
egos.
6.
... contrary to
the experience of society and ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
Why did we
dare to say,
contrary to the
experience of
society and
government everywhere, that we would neither
punish nor
deprive any
A.A. of
membership, that we
must never compel anyone to
pay anything,
believe anything, or
conform to anything?
7.
... contrary, we
have recovered from a hopeless ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Doubtless you are
curious to
discover how
and why, in the
face of
expert opinion to the
contrary, we have
recovered
from a
hopeless condition of
mind and
body.
8.
... contrary, you
are sure he is doing ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
If, on the
contrary, you are
sure he is doing his
utmost,
you may
wish to
give him
another
chance.
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