From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... denied, did
I become vengeful or depressed?
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
2.
... denied having
received the money and used ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
He subsequently denied
having received the money
and used the incident as a
basis for discrediting the man.
3.
... denied himself.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
In a very real sense he has been transformed, because he
has laid hold of a source of strength which,
in one way or another, he had hitherto
denied himself.
4.
... denied to
family men and women.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
Free of marital responsibilities, they can participate in enterprises which would be denied to family men and women.
5.
... denied us?
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
Can we steadfastly content ourselves with
the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied
us?
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