From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... dark.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
2.
... dark and
negative side of our natures.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
As we have seen, self-searching is the means by
which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures.
3.
... dark as
it looks.
BB p.110,
To Wives
4.
... dark closet
and padlock the door.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
5.
... dark corner
of their minds?
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
But how many men and women speak love with their lips, and believe what they say, so that
they can hide lust in a dark corner of their minds?
6.
... dark cranny
of the past.
BB p.75,
Into Action
We pocket our pride and go to it, illuminating every twist of character, every dark cranny of the past.
7.
... dark enough.
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to put eight or twelve ounce bottles of alcohol in a fur lined glove and toss it onto the back airing porch when winter days got dark enough.
8.
... dark it
is before the dawn!
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
9.
... dark, joining
that endless procession of sots ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
10.
... dark past
is the greatest possession you ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
Cling to the thought that,
in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you
have -- the key to life and happiness for others.
11.
... dark regions
of dope addiction and criminality.
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
12.
... dark to
keep up his spirits.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
13.
... dark world
of the alcoholic.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
By late 1937, the number of members having substantial sobriety
time behind them was sufficient to convince
the membership that a new
light had entered the
dark world of the alcoholic.
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