From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... cry, are
caused by the behavior of ...
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
Our present anxieties
and troubles, we cry, are
caused by the behavior
of other people -- people who really need a moral inventory.
2.
... cry: "Do
these oldtimers think they can ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
Still more important, murmurs are heard in the body politic, which swell into a
loud cry: "Do these oldtimers think they can run this group forever?
3.
... cry for
money and shelter before conquering ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
4.
... cry for
sex and more sex; who ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
Then we have the voices who cry for sex and more sex; who bewail the institution
of marriage; who think
that most of the troubles of the race are traceable to sex causes.
5.
... cry from
permanent sobriety and a contented, ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
More sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life.
6.
... cry out,
"Look what you people have ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
7.
... cry "Professionalism!
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
8.
... cry that
sex is a lust of ...
BB p.68,
How It Works
9.
... cry, "There
oughtta be a law!"
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
Watching alcoholics
committed willy-nilly to prisons or asylums, we began to cry, "There oughtta be a law!"
10.
... cry, "This
I will never give up!"
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
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