From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CRITICIZE occurs
10 times
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1.
... criticize.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
So
cooperate;
never
criticize.
2.
... criticize.
BB p.117,
To Wives
3.
... criticize.
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
The
opposite may
happen
should the
family condemn
and
criticize.
4.
... criticize each
other.
BB p.118,
To Wives
5.
... criticize his
associates?
BB p.145,
To Employers
Can he
talk frankly with
you so
long as he does not
bear business tales or
criticize his
associates?
6.
... criticize or
laugh at himself and it ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
7.
... criticize, pointing
out how he is falling ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
They
criticize,
pointing
out how he is
falling down on his
spiritual program.
8.
... criticize such
a person or argue.
BB p.77,
Into Action
9.
... criticize them.
BB p.83,
Into Action
We
ought to
sit down with the
family and
frankly analyze the
past as we
now see it,
being very careful not to
criticize them.
10.
... criticize; we
are trying to proclaim our ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Here we are not
trying to
help those we
criticize; we are
trying to
proclaim our
own righteousness.
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