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


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1.
... critical.   BB p.111, To Wives   Go to page 111 in the Big Book
Let him see that you want to be helpful rather than critical.


2.
... critical during such a discussion.   BB p.111, To Wives   Go to page 111 in the Big Book
Be sure you are not critical during such a discussion.

3.
... critical, impatient, and humorless.   12&12 p.81, Step Eight
Suppose that we are irritable, critical, impatient, and humorless.

4.
... critical moments, if we remind ourselves that ...   12&12 p.103, Step Eleven
At these critical moments, if we remind ourselves that "it is better to comfort than to be comforted, to understand than to be understood, to love than to be loved," we will be following the intent of Step Eleven.


5.
... critical of them.   BB p.13, Bill's Story   Go to page 13 in the Big Book
Never was I to be critical of them.


6.
... critical of them.   BB p.100, Working With Others   Go to page 100 in the Big Book
In this way you can set them on the right track without becoming critical of them.


7.
... critical spirit.   BB p.117, To Wives   Go to page 117 in the Big Book
Just be careful not to disagree in a resentful or critical spirit.


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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