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


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1.
... criticize.   BB p.89, Working With Others   Go to page 89 in the Big Book
So cooperate; never criticize.


2.
... criticize.   BB p.117, To Wives   Go to page 117 in the Big Book
Your husband will sometimes be unreasonable and you will want to criticize.


3.
... criticize.   BB p.129, The Family Afterward   Go to page 129 in the Big Book
The opposite may happen should the family condemn and criticize.


4.
... criticize each other.   BB p.118, To Wives   Go to page 118 in the Big Book
If you both show a willingness to remedy your own defects, there will be little need to criticize each other.


5.
... criticize his associates?   BB p.145, To Employers   Go to page 145 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 125 in the Big Book
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.


7.
... criticize, pointing out how he is falling ...   BB p.126, The Family Afterward   Go to page 126 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
Under no condition do we criticize such a person or argue.


9.
... criticize them.   BB p.83, Into Action   Go to page 83 in the Big Book
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.


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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